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Virtual Storage for a Virtual World

Claudia CastellanosVirtualization and Storage Practice Manager

& VMware Certified Professional

http://www.richmondfed.org/



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Storage back-end is critical for Virtual Infrastructure functionality

Next generation technology delivers a 2-3x performance improvement

Slash number of disk drives up to 80% with new storage innovations

Improve PerformanceReduce CAPEX Compellent’s Storage Center

The first SAN to automate tiered storage within every drive

Go Green

Reduce data center floor space, power and cooling costs

Reduce OPEX

Automatically optimize system performance and disk utilization

Reduce the number of drives without sacrificing performance


Feature Benefits

Fast Track•30% fewer drives from optimal placement of data•Use of less-expensive drives •Saves power

Thin Import• Increased utilization – 50% fewer drives needed when

moving data from a legacy SAN • Saves power

Windows Space Recovery • Fewer drives by reclaiming unused disk space

Application Optimizer • Improved performance with fewer drives for applications like e-mail, database and imaging

New Controller

• Field upgradeable, backwards compatible for investment protection

• Improved performance with fewer drives• RoHS compliance for green data centers

New innovations improve performance by 2-3X, reduce drive usage by 80%

Advanced Automated Tiered Storage

Advanced Thin Provisioning

Performance, Scalability

Performance, Utilization


Fast Track Advantage: Dynamic Block Architecture

The only storage solution that manages data inside the volume Metadata

– Creation, Access, and Modification time– Frequency of access– Disk drive type/RAID level

Sophisticated data movement engine Dynamic and automated placement of blocks No performance impact

Compellent

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Traditional SANs

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Optimize Data Placement

Compellent Advantage

Operates inside the volume at the block-level

Use up to 30% fewer drives

Significantly reduce latency times

Decrease the need for costly, high-power drives

Improve disk utilization Optimize performance on

actual usage patterns

Fast Track Benefits

Reduce the number of drives without sacrificing performance

Traditional Data Placement Volume-level placement Active data distributed across

the drives

Allocated but empty space on outer tracks

Wasted inner tracks on the drive

Data on the Fast TrackMinimize seek time


Thin Import

Compellent Advantage Thin Import Benefits

Traditional Data Migration

Convert legacy volumes into thin provisioned volumes

Reduce replication bandwidth by eliminating empty block transmission

Can cut required drives by 50%

Increases disk utilization and efficiency when migrating legacy volumes

Thick provisioned volumes waste capacity when transferred to thin provisioned systems


Advanced Thin Provisioning


Operates with Windows file system

Removes deleted blocks from overall volume size

Reclaims space no longer in use

Continuous process recovers space over time

Intuitive interface includes automated notifications

Windows Space Recovery

Automatically reclaim file space from deleted files

Traditional Thin Provisioning Windows OS does not release

space no longer in use OS misreports available

capacity


Application Optimizer

Compellent Advantage Application Optimizer

Improve performance for individual applications

Provide a flexible page size to match I/O demand

Smaller page sizes improve performance for Exchange

Larger page sizes improve performance for large I/O such as image processing

Typically not available with traditional SANs

512 KB – Heavy I/O ApplicationsFrequent Replays (E-mail, Database)

2 MB – System DefaultAppropriate for most Applications

(file, print, web)

4 MB – Large Amount of Disk SpaceInfrequent Replays (HD video,

medical imaging)

Page Size Options


The Fast Track Advantage

Operates ‘inside the volume’– Others treat volume as a single entity– Fast Track operates within the volume on

blocks– Thin Provisioning ensures only actual data

written to outer tracks– Use up 30% fewer drives

Automated– All operations automated through Data

Progression– No one else offers this level of automation– Optimize without manual intervention

Dynamic– Data Progression provides continuous

analysis and daily data movement


Fast Track Advantage: Dynamic Optimization

Full Disk Drive With Fast Track

Active blocks are dynamically and automatically placed on outer edge

ActiveInactive


Fast Track Advantage: Thin Provisioning

Without Thin Provisioning With Thin Provisioning

Data written to the outer tracks limited to actual data, not provisioned but unwritten

Active BlocksContaining Data

Inactive

Allocated but empty


The Benefits of Data Progression + Fast Track

Licensed

Unlicensed

Licensed Unlicensed

Outer tracks reserved

Continuous block analysis

No outer track reservation Continuous block analysis

No outer track reservation

No continuous block analysis

Outer tracks reserved

No continuous block analysis

Data Progression

Fast Track



Current scenario– NTFS writes 50 GB to file system

– Later 25 GB space deleted

– Windows does not reset file system pointer

– Additional 25 GB written at current file system pointer

– Windows now reports 50 GB used, based on total data

– Compellent reports 75 GB used, based on file system pointer

Traditional Thin Provisioning

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50 GB

Step 125 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer

0 GB

50 GB

Step 225 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer

0 GB

50 GB

Step 325 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer



New scenario– NTFS writes 50 GB to file system

– Later 25 GB space deleted

– Space Recovery identifies unused space

– Additional 25 GB written at current file system pointer

– Both Windows and Compellent now report 50 GB used, based on total data

CompellentThin Provisioning

0 GB

50 GB

Step 125 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer

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50 GB

Step 225 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer

0 GB

50 GB

Step 325 GB

75 GB

100 GB

File system pointer


Enterprise Manager


Chargeback costs based on actual storage

consumption

Easily showcase storage cost and power savings

Recover Windows space

Cut administrative time

Lower network bandwidth costs, reduce disk

expenditures

Enterprise Manager Benefits

Enterprise storage management at your fingertips

Robust reporting capabilities Single pane of glass for multiple

systems

Bandwidth shaping and simulation

Six clicks to replication

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Enterprise Manager Suite

Product Features

Enterprise Manager Foundation

Discovery Replication Management Event Management Free Space Recovery

Enterprise Manager Reporter Performance Management Capacity Management Threshold Alerting

Enterprise Manager Chargeback Storage-Based Chargeback Compellent Hero (Savings) Reports Power and C02 Emission Savings NEW!

NEW!


NEW: Storage-Based Chargeback

Compellent Advantage Chargeback

Associate actual storage usage costs with business departments

Create an unlimited number of departments

Assign volumes to any department

Associate different costs to multiple

storage tiers Export reports, schedule reports for

automatic email delivery

Charge higher or lower prices for individual

departments


NEW: Hero Reports

Compellent Advantage SAN Savings Reports

Innovative technologies translate into real dollars for IT

Dynamic Capacity report shows Thin Provisioning

capacity savings Data Instant Replay

illustrates savings of space-efficient snapshots

Data Progression identifies the savings of migrating data to lower

cost storage


NEW: Power Savings Report

Compellent Advantage Green Savings Report

Automatically calculate energy costs and C02 emissions

Powerful foundation for a green IT strategy

Reduce CO2 emissions by using the ideal mix of

disks Eliminate the need to increase the size of the

data center Avoid purchasing a larger

UPS, bigger backup generator and

infrastructure expansion


NEW: Advanced Thin Provisioning


Operates with Windows file system

Removes deleted blocks from overall volume size

Reclaims space no longer in use

Continuous process recovers space over time

Intuitive interface includes automated notifications

Free Space Recovery

Automatically reclaim file space from deleted files

Traditional Thin Provisioning Windows OS does not release

space no longer in use OS misreports available

capacity


Discovery

Single interface discovers and monitors multiple Storage Center systems

Identify all local and remote Storage Center systems using

a single console

Compare aggregate views across all Storage Center

systems

Multi-system and system specific system information

includes available space, used space, free space, number of

volumes, and more


Capacity Management

View current and historical storage capacity utilization for all Storage Center systems

Storage consumption reports include capacity summaries for volumes, Replays, disks, servers and more

View historical summaries from last week, month, or year

Accurately assess storage utilization and needs


Performance Management

Identify performance and capacity trends

View current and historical storage I/O utilization for all Storage Center systems

I/O usage reports include performance summaries for volumes, Replays, disks, servers and more

View CPU and memory utilization for each Storage Center system

View historical summaries from last week, month, or year


Reporting and Data Export

Easy to use reporting allows informed decisions

Automatically e-mail reports daily, weekly, and/or monthly

Export report data into comma separated Values (CSV) files

Utilize volume consumption metrics in your charge back and billing applications

Save reports in Adobe (PDF), Crystal Reports (RPT) and Rich Text (RTF) formats


Replication Management

Streamlined configuration simplifies replication management and maximizes bandwidth

Centralize configuration and management of Remote Instant Replays

Point-and-click local volume validation and recovery

Point-and-click disaster site activation and verification

Monitor bandwidth utilization over time to accurately assess bandwidth requirements


Event Management

Resolve problems faster with centralized alerting and log file management

Alerts from all Storage Center systems are forwarded to Enterprise Manager

Real-time alert notification

View log files from all Storage Center systems

Export, sort, filter, find and clear alerts/log files


Threshold Alerting

Threshold definition– Storage Usage– I/O Usage

Threshold queries– Historical I/O and storage

usage

Threshold notification– E-mail– Threshold alert view

Set threshold alerts for storage and I/O usage


Key Benefits

Cuts administration time with a single interface and a complete view of storage resources

Reduces disk expenditures with reports and alerts that enable accurate resource assessment, planning for future capacity needs and Chargeback for actual consumption

Simplifies disaster recovery process with reduced configuration and replication recovery time

Reduces initial bandwidth purchase by accurately estimating bandwidth requirements

Speeds issue resolution with centralized alert management and event log management


Server Software Suite

Enterprise Manager

Management Information Base (MIB)

Replay Manager (VSS/VDI)

VDS Manager (VDS)

Multipath Manager (MPIO)

Server Replay Utility

Collect Storage Center information from an enterprise management framework

Enterprise Mgmt and Monitoring

Backup and restore Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server databases online

Create and manage Storage Center volumes from a single Windows interface

WindowsStorage

Solutions

Create and manage Compellent Replays from customized scriptsScript

Monitor, measure, and manage all Compellent systems from a single console

Provide multiple paths for data between servers and Storage Center


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Virtual Storage for a Virtual World

Claudia CastellanosVirtualization and Storage Practice Manager , VCP

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