1. Next-Gen Data Center
Virtualization:
Studies in Implementation
Anil Vasudeva
Principal Analyst & President
anil@imexresearch.com
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2. • Markets Drivers / Industry Dynamics
Mainframes to Blade Servers - Evolution in Tiered Computing
Segmenting Applications/IT Workloads – TC, HPC
Motivators, Inhibitors
Market Penetration
• Virtualization Implementation
Implementation At Various Levels – OS, Server, Network, Stg
Economics of Virtualization
• Futures
Next-Gen Data Center: Integration, Virtualization, Autonomics,
Grids, Services
Grids
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3. Chaos in the Enterprise . . .
File transfers AIX to
Database extracts MVS FTP between Sun - HP/UX via Platinum
to SP2 via MQ Series 4.4 NT 9.9
Network
IBM3090-600J IBM RS6000
TM TM AIX 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 HP
MVS/ESA Sun DB2/6000 UX 10, 11.0, 11.2 MPE
Server/OS IMS / ADABAS Solaris 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 Sybase 11.9, 12
TM TM
Oracle 7.5, 8.0
Fujitsu
Database IBM AS/400 DS90UX Compaq
OS/400 P/M ProLiant 2500,5500
NT 3.5, 4.0 SQL
Application CICS
Batch CAD/CAM Inventory PeopleSoft
Financials Lotus
E-commerce Exchange Notes
OLTP
Storage
STK Silos Tape
Legato to DLT
BU by FDR 8mm Backup Cheyenn
Backup Upstream IBM e to 4mm HP
ADSM3490 OmniBack
Test
Disaster D/R plan (MF only)
Recovery
(1) Scales poorly (2) Difficult to manage (3) Reliability is questionable (4) Management costs out of control
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4. DC Mgmt Nightmares Driving Virtualization
Servers Win 5-10%, SMP 20-35%, MF 30-50%
Utilization 80+%
Servers 15-30
Servers/Admin 300+
1
Application
Application/Server 20
30-45% Disk, 20-40% Tape
Storage
Utilization
75+%
1TB
Storage 100TB
Terabytes/DBA
MIS Alerts 20-40
Urgent Alerts/Day 4-5
System HAL- 3 (99.9%)
Availability
HAL- 5 (99.999%)
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5. End to End IT Infrastructure with HA & Security
xSP IntrDet
VPN Enterprise
WebServices App.Server
DBServers
IntrDet Layer 3 Layer 4-7 Layer 2 Stg Fibre
Switches Switches Switches Switches
(Routers)
Supplier/Partner ISP
IntrDet
ISP Internet ISP
Core
Edge Optical
Networking ISP
Access
ISP
IntrDet
Remote Office ISP
Caching, Proxy, Application,HA, Database,
FW, SSL, IDS, File/Print, ERP, Middleware,
DNS, LB, Web Security, SCM, Data Mgmt
Servers CRM Servers Servers
Cable Modem Tier-1 Tier-2 Tier-3
DSL Edge Computing Applications Data Bases
MP3 VOD
Cellular Directory Security Policy Management
Wireless Home Networks
Software OS Platform
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6. Consolidated Data Center
xSP
VPN
IntrDet
Enterprise
WebServices App.Server
DBServers
IntrDet
Supplier/Partner ISP Switches: Layer 4-7,
Layer 2, 10GbE, FC Stg
ISP Internet ISP
Core FC/
Edge Optical
Networking IPSAN
ISP
Access
ISP
Remote Office ISP Caching, Proxy, Database,
FW, SSL, IDS, DNS, Middleware, Data
LB, Web Servers Mgmt Servers
Tier-1
Tier-1 Application,HA, Tier-3
Edge File/Print, ERP,
Edge Data Base
Cable Modem Servers SCM, CRM Servers
Apps Servers
DSL Tier-2 Apps
MP3 VOD
Cellular Directory Security Policy Management
Wireless Home Networks Software OS Platform
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7. Market Segments by Applic./Workloads
OLTP
Transaction
10 K Processing
eCommerce
Data DSS (RAID - 0, 3)
(RAID - 1, 5, 6)
1K Warehousing
IOPs Visual DB
(Latency)
100 Scientific Computing NIC
NIC
Imaging
TPC
10 Reference Data Streaming
Streaming
HPC
Audio/Video
1
1 5 10 50 100 500
*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms) MB/sec
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8. Genesis of VZ & Grid Computing
CFO vs. CIO - Shocking Observations
• IT Infrastructure Investments yet to achieve TCO/ROI Financial Objectives
• Expected Boost in Corporate Productivity not Visible
• Post 2000 Dictum: Do More with Less
Reason – IT Spiral
• Web Growth > New Apps Mushroom > Lo Cost Win Servers Sprawl (Tier-1)
• Business Growth > Need More Computing Power > App/DB Servers (Tier-2,3)
• More Servers > Storage > DC Facilities > IT Support > IT Staff
• More Low Cost Servers > 5% Utilization >Scale Out Infrast. (Racks & Blades)
• IT Costs == Business Growth
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9. Market Adoption of Storage Virtualization
Market Adoption of Storage Virtualization
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Medium Enterprise Large Enterprise Very Lg. Enterprise
Empl 100-1K Empl 1K-10K Empl >10K
Deployed + Deploying within 1 yr Don't Know No
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10. Implementing Virtualization
Client At Various Levels
Workstations
Microprocessor
LAN
Ethernet
– Intel VT, AMD-Pacifica
Switches OS
- zOS, pOS, UNIX, Windows, Linux
Application &
DB Servers - IBM, HP, Sun, VMWare, Xen, SWSoft …
SAN
File System
GbE or FC - DFS …
Switches
Networking
Storage Arrays - Multiport NICs
Storage
- Host, SAN, Controller
- In-Band, Out-of-Band Management
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11. Implementing Virtualization
VZ Extensions at Processor
Source: AMD
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12. Blade Infrastructure:Local Area Grid (LAG©)
Management Modules Remote Mgmt+KVM over IP
Midplane Networking: Gbit Ethernet Switches
W/Connectors Storage: IP NAS or FC SAN
To Blades & Back
Switch
Cooling N+1Fans/Cooling Modules
Processor Blades Modules
(6-24 typically) Power: N+1Power Supplies
Blade
Control
Panel
USB Ports,
CD/Floppy I/F
~ GbE Switch supports
Trunking/Port Aggregation
Flow Control
Gbit QoS Packet Prioritization
Memory Ethernet SNMP/RMON
Systems I/F
Micro- DDR w IGMP/BOOTP/TFTP
Monitor
Processors ECC ……
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13. Fabric based Integrated Architecture
Ethernet,
Network Fabric Wi-Fi.
System Fabric
Quadrics,
Management
Myrinet,
SNMP, InfiniBand,
Fabric
IETF/ Ethernet / IP,
CIM, Ethernet IP
SMI-S, w/TOE,
SMASH. Ethernet IP
w/TOE and
RDMA.
SCSI,
Fiber
Channel,
ISCSI.
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14. Server Virtualization - Competition
Server Virtualization
Company Server Virtualization Product
Akimbi Systems 
Altiris 
BladeLogic  Operations Manager
BMC Software  Performance Manager  Performance Assurance
CA  Unicenter Advanced Systems Management
Cassatt  Collage Cross Virtualization Manager
Cirba  Data Center Intelligence
HP  Virtual Server Environment
IBM  Tivoli Workload Scheduler  Intelligent
Microsoft  Virtual Server 2005 MOM  System Center VMM
Novell  Xen SuSE SEL 10
Opsware  Server Automation System
Platform  VM Orchestrator
Qlusters 
Red Hat  Xen RHEL 5
SolarWinds 
SWsoft  Virtuozzo for Linux
Sun 
Virtual Iron  Xen Virtual Iron Platform
 GSX Server  GSX Server  ESX Server 
VMware  VMotion  VirtualCenter
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Xen Source  Xen
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15. Storage Virtualization
Clients
Storage VZ Implemented
at Different Levels by Vendors
LAN
Host SAN Cntrllr.
Servers
Out-of- Symantec, EMC, Fujitsu
Band StorageAge
SAN
In- Cloverleaf, HDS,
Storage Band DataCore, IBM, NetApp, Sun
FalconStor
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16. Storage Virtualization – Desired Features
Storage VZ Must Have Features
Clients
LAN
• Scale Non-Disruptively in Capacity
• Snapshot Point-In-Time across Stg.devices
Servers • Remote Replication across Heterogeneous Stg. Devices
SAN
• Policy Based Non-Disruptive Data Migration between
Heterogeneous Stg Systems & Between Stg Tiers
Storage • Centralized Mgmt of all Stg.VZ under Single Image
• Support Tiered Storage
• Volume Management for Multivendor Stg. Systems
• Common Set of Tools: Provisioning, Mgmt & Replication
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17. Storage Virtualization - Competition
Storage Virtualization
Company Storage Virtualization Product
Cloverleaf 
Datacore 
EMC  Invista
FalconStor 
Fujitsu 
Hitachi Data Systems  TagmaStor Universal Storage Platform
IBM  SAN Volume Controller
NetApp 
StorageAge 
Sun  6920 W StorEdge Pool Manager
Symantec/Veritas 
Desktop Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization – Interested Companies
Altiris, AppStream, Ardence, Checkpoint, Citrix, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens,
Hitachi, HP, IBM, LeoStream, NEC, Parallels, Platform Computing,
Softricity/Microsoft, Sun, Wyse
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18. The Next Gen Data Center
Automation
Automatically Maintains
Application Service
Level Objectives
Provisioning
Provisions the Resources
Required to Deliver a
Business Service
Virtualization
Pools Resources. Allocates,
Monitors, and Meters the
Usage of Pooled Resources
Integration
Integrates physical infrastructure using
standardized devices for CAPSIMS:
Cost, Availability, Performance, Scalability, Inter-
operability, manageability & Security
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19. Servers - TCO Savings & ROI
3 Year TCO Savings
TCO Savings in..
Rack vs. Blade Servers
OPEX
100% Staff/
Support
Maintenance/ 25%
80% Downtime
54%
Facilities/
% Contribution
60% Power
67% OPEX 21%
40%
46% CAPEX
Networking
19%
20% Servers
33% 46% Storage
CAPEX 25% Infrastructure
13%
0%
1 SW
Rack Servers Blade2Servers Infrastructure
22%
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20. Economics of Virtualization
Virtualization results in overall cost reduction 35-60%
Storage VZ alone has produced ~20% cost reductions
Savings achieved through Storage Virtualization
1000
Total Svgs
900
- 21%/yr.
800 SAN
Expenses/Year $K
700 Admin - 19%
600
500 SW
- 16%
400
300
200 HW
- 24%
100
0
w /o Stg VZ w Stg VZ
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21. Next Gen Data Center
Virtualization:
Studies in Implementation
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Anil Vasudeva
(408) 268-0800
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