2. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
2
AGENDA
3. Avoid disruptions and hassles
– Outgrowing the storage in the server
– Outgrowing the server
– Downtime for OS upgrades
– (VMware VMotion requires a SAN)
– Disruptive hardware refreshes
Gross underutilization of physical assets
Backup challenges
Recovery challenges
Save labor
Save cost?
3
WHY SAN?
4. Avoid disruptions and hassles
– Outgrowing the RAID set
– Outgrowing the storage controllers
– Disruptive hardware refreshes
Gross underutilization of physical assets
– One processor or RAID set “slammed”, others idle
Backup challenges
– Snapshot-enabled backup
Recovery challenges
– INSTANT restore (and keep all copies and options)
– Remote recovery
Save labor
– Planning requirements, re-configuration
Flexibility
4
WHY A VIRTUALIZED SAN?
6. Dynamic virtual storage
Addresses changing business needs in real time at
a reasonable cost
Dynamic:
– Unconstrained by previous configurations
Virtual:
– Free of most hardware constraints
Addresses business needs without delay
– Store, Protect, Recover, Copy, Grow, Re-provision
Reasonable cost
– No feature license and software maintenance charges
– Minimum study and effort : intuitive; avoid “gotchas”
– Maximum performance efficiency
– Maximum asset economic life
6
EQUALLOGIC IS CHANGING HOW
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STORAGE
(FAST ISCSI IS A TINY PIECE OF THIS)
7. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
7
AGENDA
8. Founded 2001
Acquired by Dell in 2008 (for US$1.4b)
At acquisition: over 3,500 customers in
30 countries worldwide
8
EQUALLOGIC BACKGROUND
10. TM
10
EQUALLOGIC IS CHANGING THE WAY
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STORAGE
By delivering dynamic virtual storage solutions that enable IT organizations
to address changing business needs in real time at a reasonable cost
11. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
11
Quality Categories* EqualLogic SUN HP NTAP
All
Others
Initial Product Quality 6.30 6.08 5.42 5.23
Features 6.26 6.11 5.71 5.53
Reliability 5.92 5.83 5.21 5.13
Technical Support 5.96 5.85 5.44 5.18
Sales Force Competence 5.57 5.85 5.32 5.31
Overall 6.00 5.26 5.42 5.28
Buy again? (% Yes) 93% 80.0 82.1 81.0
*Customers' rating of 1 - 8 given in each quality category
LowerthanEqualLogic
Customers Rate EqualLogic #1 in
Storage Magazine
12. Same support that won the awards continues
Unmatched Support Staff & Knowledge
– Extensive knowledgebase of overall iSCSI ecosystem
– Helpful beyond just the product itself
– No limit on calls; we’re happy to help
Telephone installation support
Cost-effective in all years, not just the first three
EQUALLOGIC SUPPORT
PROGRAMS
ENSURING OUR CUSTOMER’S SUCCESS
13. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
13
AGENDA
14. SAN CONFIGURATION CHOICE
ON DEMAND STORAGE GROWTH WITH ANY ARRAY TYPE
Add New Array Online
Choose Any Configuration
– Mix SAS and SATA arrays
Complete Modularity
– Add disks
– Add and/or remove arrays
Auto Load Balancing Across
Entire SAN
No Manual Tuning Required E-mail
Shares
SQL
AD/Dom
Shares
Shares
Backups
Backups
Free Space
Backup
Servers
File
Servers
Application
Servers
Switched
Gb Ethernet
15. PS SERIES PRODUCT LINE
PS5000XV
2.3, 4.8 TB
15,000 RPM SAS
PS5000X
6.4 TB
10,000 RPM SAS
PS5000E
2, 4, 8, 12, 16 TB
7,200 RPM SATA
Balanced performance and large
capacity for enterprise data centers
Databases, Exchange servers, high-
I/O virtual server environments, etc.
Entry-level configurations for
affordable capacity
High capacity configuration for data-
intensive applications, highly
consolidated environments
Tiered storage, File Services,
moderate I/O Exchange, databases,
backup data, DR sites, etc.
Highest performance for the most critical
and demanding enterprise applications
• Mix and match PS5000 series arrays to scale out capacity and performance
• All arrays interoperate, including with previous hardware generations
PS5500E
24 or 48 TB
7,200 RPM SATA
High-Performance SAS
Capacity-Oriented SATA
New
15
16. Fully Redundant & Hot Swappable
(5-9’s Availability)
– Controllers
– 16 or 48 disk drives
– Fans and power supplies
High-end Components
– 3 active 1-GB network interfaces
– Enterprise SATA or SAS drives
– 2 or 4 GB battery-backed mirrored
memory
ENTERPRISE-PROVEN STANDARD
HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE
Hotswap Drive Carriers
Redundant Power Supplies & Fans
Dual Controllers
Enclosure Monitoring
System
– Component status
– Disk drive health
– Temperature
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17. LIKE MAINFRAME STORAGE ONLY
WITHOUT THE FIXED FRAME
Stripe data across pairs
Each block lives on one pair only
To Servers
Disks grouped by pair of controllers
Redundant Paths
Mainframe storage:
Fixed Frame
EqualLogic: use
switches for paths: no
need for the frame
18. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
18
AGENDA
19. Avoid hitting performance limits
Be more clever in using the disks
Be more clever with advanced functions
– Enhanced capabilities
– Fewer “gotchas”
19
PLENTY OF CONTROLLER POWER
20. THE EXCHANGE 2007 PERFORMANCE
LEADER
EQUALLOGIC SUPPORTS MORE USERS WITH FEWER DISKS
60000
26000
25000
20000
8000192
152
240
112
48
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
PS3900XV 3070c AMS1000 StorageWorks 6000 DS4800
Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP)
Users
Disks
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Data source: Microsoft Corp: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb412164.aspx
* Performance not sustained over time and not sustained as raw capacity utilization increases above the 24%
NetApp tested. (NetApp TR3521-3 “Cooking the Numbers“) Additional restrictions apply.
** HP did not test heavy users as the other vendors did. The IOPS demonstrated could support 17,800 heavy
(0.4 IOPS) users with the required 20% headroom. HP used 10Krpm disks and limited utilization to reduce seek
distances. EVA 8000 tests on Exchange 2003 using 15Krpm disks indicate that 98 15Krpm disks would have
produced the same total IOPS.
*
*
Fibre
**
21. HIGHEST PERFORMANCE FOR TRANSACTIONAL
DATABASE APPLICATIONS
HIGHEST NUMBER IOPS / DISK FOR TRANSACTIONAL APPLICATIONS
174
125
115
80
76
0
50
100
150
200
PS3900 XV = PS5000XV DS 4800 FAS 3070c AMS 1000 StorageWorks 6000
Transactional database application IOs per second per disk
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Data source: Microsoft Corp: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb412164.aspx
* Performance not sustained over time and not sustained as raw capacity utilization increases above the 24% NetApp tested.
(NetApp TR3521-3 “Cooking the Numbers“) Additional restrictions apply.
** HP used 10Krpm disks. EVA 8000 tests on Exchange 2003 using 15Krpm disks indicate that 15Krpm disks would provide
98 IOPS each. HP also limited disk utilization to reduce seek distances.
**
*
*
23. DISK OPTIONS
PS5000E PS5000X PS5000XV
SATA
Up to 16 TB
10K SAS
6.4 TB
15K SAS
Up to 4.8 TB
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Lower $/GB
Higher performance limit/GB
Higher performance limit/$
Same great application performance
as long as your load is below the limit
25. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
25
AGENDA
26. PS SERIES COMPREHENSIVE DATA
MANAGEMENT
ALL-INCLUDED AT NO ADDITIONAL COST OR LICENSE FEES
BASE
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Management
+ Instant on ‘set-up’ manager
+ Group manager
+ Rapid provisioning
+ Roles-based management
Data Protection and Availability
+ RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50
+ Automatic RAID placement
+ Multi-path / IO support
Maintenance
+ Phone home
+ Enclosure monitoring system
+ Historical performance trending
ADVANCED
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Storage Virtualization
+ Auto-load balancing
+ Automatic storage pools & tiering
+ Thin provisioning
+ Array evacuation/ incremental retirement
Data Protection and Recovery
+ Writeable snapshots
+ Multi-volume snapshots
+ Instant restore / cloning
+ Multi-way replication for disaster recovery
Server Management Integration
+ VSS and VDS Providers
+ Automatic MPIO Connection Management
+ Smart Copy and Restore
+ SQL Server protection and quick recovery
+ Windows file systems protection
27. 27
GOT SNAPSHOTS?
(ACTUALLY, IT’S NOT A “YES/NO” QUESTION)
Snapshot sub-feature Benefit
Many snapshots (512/volume) Retention + Frequency: minimize
exposure to loss; speed recovery.
Snapshots with high performance,
(avoid real-time copy)
Major applications eligible for
snapshots; save $ on h/w
Instant Restore Users don’t have to wait offline for
you to copy data from the snapshot
back into the production volume
Snapshot of “bad” data retained
during restore
Enables failure analysis and/or data
extraction
Cloning of snapshots Analyze and retain snapshots without
risk of over-writing them. Create test
beds that can be re-set.
Snapshots retained during re-
configuration
Protection all the time.
Fast storage (and avoid storage
fragmentation)
Applications recover quicker,
including from unattended reboots
28. ADVANCED REPLICATION –
MANUAL SYNC
Manual (Tape or Disk) Transfer Option for Initial Replication
– Perform initial volume replication using transportable media
– Perform complete re-sync of existing volume replica using transportable media
– Follow-on updates are done via the network at scheduled intervals
Failback Option: For temporary use of D/R site
– Re-synch the incremental changes back to the production site.
WAN
Network Replication
Primary Site
IP SAN
PS Series
Remote Site
IP SAN
PS Series
Transport
Initial Replication
Disk
Copy to transportable media
Tape
Disk
29. AUTOMATED CONNECT
MANAGEMENT FOR MPIO
EqualLogic Advantage - Connection
Aware MPIO
– Easy configuration and
management
– End-to-end load balancing
– Server and the PS Series Group
decide the best mapping to
maximize availability and
performance
– Automatically adapts to
configuration changes on the
Server, Network or PS Group
– Ensures best-practice
deployment
MPIO
iSCSI
SCSI
Application
NICs or HBAs
HA Volume
HA Volume
HA Volume
Application
Application
Switched Gb Ethernet Network
31. AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER
SMART COPY FEATURE
Empower line of business administrators to improve operations
– No ‘translation’ into storage terminology - manage and recover
applications at the host level, without SAN knowledge or privileges
– Integration of SAN copy facilities – snapshot, clone, replication to
server and database operations: “clean” copies
– Multi-step application and SAN copy processes are coordinated
transparently and presented in simplified host views
– Scheduling capability
– Scripting via CLI
Extends EqualLogic simplicity to server administrators
32. SMART COPY RESULTS
Backup
– Transparent to existing
backup operations
Data and Disaster Recovery
– More frequent copy
protection
– Faster recovery
– Application aware recovery
Enables parallel processing
– Reporting
– Data mining
Testing and development
– Easily setup and update copies
of data for testing and
development environments
Facilitates system maintenance
and application upgrades
– Allows existing backup software
to perform off host backups
– Database or file system
validation on another node
– Simplifies and accelerates the
recovery process
33. EQUALLOGIC IN A VMWARE
ENVIRONMENT
HCL-certified, purpose-built
enterprise storage increases
availability
Fully virtualized SAN speeds
deployment and removes
complexity
Automatic load balancing and
online volume migration maximizes
IT responsiveness
Application-consistent snapshots
enables faster backup and recovery
Auto-Replication integration with
VMware Site Recovery Manager for
reliable disaster recovery
34. AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER /VMWARE EDITION
AUTOMATED, INTEGRATED, AND SCALABLE PROTECTION FOR
VIRTUAL MACHINES
Works with Virtual Center to
Snapshot the VM and then
take PS Series snapshot
Allows for scheduling and
automation of protection
Works with VMware’s folder
structure for scalability
Allows for Rollback of VMs for
fast recovery
Automated Rollback of
datastore or selective restore
of individual VMs
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VMware
Snapshot
Mode
VMFS1 VMFS2
ASM
VMware
Edition
VMFS1 VMFS2
VMware
Production
Mode
SAN Based
Hardware
Snapshot
Virtual
Machine
1
Virtual
Machine
2
Virtual
Machine
1
Virtual
Machine
2
35. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
35
AGENDA
36. ISCSI MAKES SAN EASIER
AND MORE AFFORDABLE
$-
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
FIBRE CHANNEL ISCSI
ISCSI, FIBRE CHANNEL
INFRASTRUCTURE LIST PRICING
(8 FULLY REDUNDANT HOSTS)
HBAS/NICS SWITCH PORTS CABLES
>$1,400
SAVINGS
per host
Source: Dell Analysis
– LOWER TCO
– LOWER COST INFRASTRUCTURE
– NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED
– COMPARABLE PERFORMANCE TO
FIBRE CHANNEL FOR MANY
APPLICATIONS
– BROAD APPLICATION, OS
SUPPORT
– LEVERAGES IT KNOWLEDGE
BASE
36
37. 37
ISCSI - BASED ON TWO
ESTABLISHED STANDARDS
Robust data access transport built on existing standards
– SCSI storage access protocol – Well-established for over 20
years
– TCP/IP networking – In use for over 30 years
Same result as Fibre: the OS sees a raw “SCSI device”
Servers Storage
TCP/IP
Packet
Ethernet
SCSI
38. 38
ISCSI INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
Complete OS
support
Multi-path I/O
Boot from SAN
HBAs
Clusters
Storage over
distance
Enterprise SAN
backup
Tape and disk
support
39. Transactional applications
– The wire is never a bottleneck for
transactional/business databases: not even close
– Bottlenecks: disks and controllers
– EqualLogic is the leader in breaking the bottlenecks
Bulk data streaming
– Physical media: 125MB/sec per wire per direction.
– Test-validated payload: 116MB/sec per wire per
direction.
– That’s over 400GB/hour/wire
– Test-validated CPU load: roughly one GHz of one
Xeon per 1 TB/hour of transfer
– (Can eliminate via HBAs)
39
ISCSI PERFORMANCE
40. Enables use of EqualLogic storage
– Many features shown not available in Fibre-capable
storage
Enables use of VSS snapshot backups in VMware
VM’s
Dramatically less expensive connections than Fibre
Less complex; more interoperable
– Who cares what brand of switch is in the closet?
40
ISCSI BENEFITS VS. FIBRE
41. OS doesn’t fully support iSCSI?
Truly extreme bulk data streaming needs?
No room for NICs in the server?
– Must share existing Fibre HBAs with existing storage?
Dependence on multi-vendor SAN management tools
that don’t fully support iSCSI?
If “Yes”, then we suggest Dell | EMC CX3
– Best combination of features, performance, and support
among all Fibre-capable storage offerings.
41
DO YOU STILL NEED FIBRE?
42. How EqualLogic changes the experience of storage
EqualLogic background
EqualLogic scaling model
Application performance
Features
A couple minutes on iSCSI
Demo
42
AGENDA
43. Automation and intelligence that is ahead of the competition
Fastest and most scalable iSCSI product
All inclusive price with no hidden costs
The industry’s only enterprise class system designed for iSCSI
The industry’s most comprehensive iSCSI ecosystem support
EQUALLOGIC DELIVERS
44. Setup a new array from scratch
Create a volume/ assign to server and mount
Make snapshots, use for instant restore
Clone a snapshot into a stand-alone volume
Expand the volume and file system on the fly
Expand the storage with automatic optimization
Configure remote replication
Create separate pools; move a volume between pools
without disrupting snapshots and replication
44
DEMO TIME!
45. CONTACT DELL EQUALLOGIC
Dell EqualLogic
110 Spit Brook Road
Building ZKO2
Nashua, NH 03062 USA
Tel: 603-579-9762
Toll Free USA and
Canada: 888-579-9762
www.equallogic.com
Sales
sales@equallogic.com
Tel: 603-579-9762 x7792
Channel Development
partnerinfo@equallogic.com
Tel: 603-249-7915
Marketing
emarketing@equallogic.com
Tel: 603-579-9762 x7653
