BEST OVERALL Storage for Virtual Environments*

* Nemertes Research 2008 PilotHouse Virtualization Awards

AGENDA

Introductions EqualLogic Value proposition Overview of EqualLogic architecture Live Demonstration

– Clone VM– Grow SAN performance and capacity– Create DR playbook

Questions???

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Abstracting the logical view of the storage from the physical view Intent is to mask underlying complexity for productivity gains

STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

Benefits Reduce cost and complexity Enhance performance tuning Enable online data migrations Simplify storage provisioning Optimize capacity utilization Centralize and simplify storage

and data management Seamless scalability

Architectures Host-based Network-based Array-based

Mission Critical Hardware that Provide:– End-to-end reliability– On demand scalability

Enterprise Software Features that Deliver:– Easy set-up– Single-view management– Rapid provisioning– Optimized performance– Seamless expansion– Comprehensive data protection– Flexible online tiering

EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES VIRTUALIZED iSCSI SANS

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WHY iSCSI IS IMPORTANT TO VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES

Simplifies Networked Storage – Uses more affordable hardware and

existing infrastructure– Leverages ubiquitous networking knowledge

Enhances Consolidation ROI– Simplifies virtual server deployments– Reduces acquisition, deployment and

ongoing management costs

Enables a Simple Virtualized Storage Architecture– Natively supports virtualization primitives– Allows scalable, flexible networked storage

grid implementations– Load balances across all SAN resources

iSCSISAN

IDC's Top Storage Predictions:

Virtual servers will emerge as the killer application for iSCSI

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SEAMLESS SAN EXPANSIONCONTINUOUS SOFTWARE ADVANCEMENTS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST

PS3000 SeriesBackup Servers

AD / DomPS100 Series PS3000

SeriesPS5000 Series

PS5500E PS6000 Series

Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft ® Edition (ASM/ME)

Thin ProvisioningCore Data Protection

VMware Site Recovery Manager

Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition (ASM/VE)

ASM/ME for Hyper-VSAN Headquarters

VMware vStorageContinuous Advancements ofAll-inclusive Firmware & Software

2004 2009

Single Multi-Generational SAN

COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RECOVERY & DATA PROTECTION WITH NO ADDITIONAL LICENSE COST

Auto-Snapshot Manager/ Microsoft

Edition

Auto-Replication With VMware

Site Recovery Manager►Automated Protection for Windows Applications

►SQL►Exchange

►Protection for Windows file system

►Automated DR for the

Virtual Datacenter►Integrated with Auto-

Replication►SRM Storage

Adapters

Dell EqualLogicTM PS Series►Enterprise Class iSCSI SAN ►Designed for 99.999% Availability

►Automated Local Protection for VMware Virtual Machines►Simplifies protection►Fast Recovery of Virtual Machines►Scalable Snapshots for VMware

Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware

Edition

CUSTOMER TREND: VIRTUAL SERVERS MEET VIRTUAL STORAGE

Physical Infrastructure

Virtualized Assets

A Cost Efficient, Scalable and Resilient Infrastructure for Both Servers and Storage

EthernetFabric

NON-DISRUPTIVE “PAY AS YOU GROW” SAN EXPANSION

Purchaser must– Estimate frame size to support

requirements over the product life cycle Results in

– Greater upfront cost due to over-provisioning and/or

– Disruptive and costly upgrades due to under-provisioning

Buy only resources needed for initial deployment

Non-disruptively expand as capacity / performance needs arise

– New resources automatically applied to pre-existing workloads

– No downtime, no forklift upgrades Amortize costs over total system life

Fixed storage expandability, performance and I/O

Cache Controller

Disk Drives configured in RAID sets

Classic Storage Architecture

Number of disks

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Frameless Storage Architecture

Number of disks

Perf

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ance

HIGH STORAGE UTILIZATION VIA VIRTUALIZED VOLUMES In contrast to classic

storage arrays, volumes are not mapped to RAID groups

– Volumes are striped across all the disks in the array

– Unallocated space is consolidated in a logical pool Ethernet Switch Fabric

iSCSI Initiator

ESX Server

VMFS2VMFS3VMFS1

VMFS1

VMFS2

VMFS3

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HIGH AGGREGATE PERFORMANCE WITH NO TUNING EFFORTS Automatically apply SAN

resources where and when needed

– Controller resources grow as storage grows

– Automatic striping across entire pool of storage

– Automatic load balancing across all SAN resources

VMFS1

VMFS2

VMFS3+ +=

Ethernet Switch Fabric

iSCSI Initiator

ESX Server

VMFS2VMFS3VMFS1

AUTOMATIC TIERING ACROSS STORAGE TIERS

Economic Benefits of Storage Tiering– Save $$$’s on capital investments

– Buy the right storage tier for the application– Efficiently meet service level requirements

– Data placed on the right storage tier to deliver optimal performance– Reduce environmental costs

– Lower total expenditures on power and cooling by making use of lower RPM disk drives

15K HDDs

10K HDDs

7200 HDDs

Hi-performance apps

Performance apps

Mainstream appsArchival, backup

Lower• $/GB• Power

Single SAN view

THIN PROVISIONING HELPS REDUCE CAPITAL OUTLAYS Thin Provisioning

– Method of assigning virtual storage volumes to applications and consuming physical capacity on demand

Economic/Environmental Benefits– Eliminate much of standard provisioning costs

– Buy storage later, as you need it

– Improves storage utilization– Reduce power costs

– fewer disks spinning, less cooling needed

– Manpower savings in time spent provisioning volumes Management Benefits

– Avoid server disruptions due to growth procedures– Centralized management– Eliminate 80% of server reprovisioning– Prioritize staff time away from provisioning grunt work

Thin Provisioned Volume

Standard Physical Provisioning

Allocated, in use

Physically Allocated, not in use

Allocated, in use

Physically Allocated, not in use

Additional virtually allocated storage to application

Available today for Dell EqualLogic– Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition– VMware Site Recovery Manager Adapter

Advanced engineering– SAN accelerated provisioning– Snapshot processing– SAN accelerated Storage VMotion– Thin provisioning – Advanced multipathing

GREATER EFFICIENCY THROUGH VSTORAGE API INTEGRATION

SANFabric

GOAL: Leverage the SAN to optimize storage functions CHALLENGE: Coordinate between ESX and Storage Arrays

API’s

Group Manager

Virtual Center