Combining Storage and Server Virtualisation to Integrate Primary Storage, File Archive, and The Cloud

Mark Govan

F5 Networks

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Agenda

• Challenge of rapid data growth

• What is storage tiering?

• Enabling data mobility

• Putting it together

• Growing into the cloud

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Data Growth Is Still a Problem

IDC -IVIEW Sponsored by EMC, "The Digital Universe Decade - Are You Ready?" Doc.# IDC_925, May 2010

2009:800 PB

2010:35.2 ZB

Growing by a factor of 44

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What Does Growth Mean to You?

File Sprawl

FrequentDisruption

Inefficient Utilization

IT Overhead

High Costs

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data protection

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disruption

Storage Resource Management

data classification

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“Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication”~Leonardo da Vinci

High Cost

High Performance

Low Cost

Low Performance

Performance

Cost

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“Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication”~Leonardo da Vinci

Performance

Cost

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“Simplicity Is the Ultimate Sophistication”~Leonardo da Vinci

Performance

Cost

MemoryStorage

(Flash, DRAM)

TraditionalTier 1

(High-perf SAS)

OptimizedStorage

(Deduped SATA)

CloudStorage

TraditionalTier 2

(High-cap SATA)

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Islands of Storage

TraditionalTier 1

TraditionalTier 2

Memory

Optimized

Cloud

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The Problem with Traditional Infrastructures

Inflexible

Complex

Inefficient

Expensive

Applications and Users

NAS and File Servers

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Building a Cloud-ready Infrastructure

Users and Applications

Local Storage Cloud Storage

Virtualization

Data Mobility

Data Classification

Automated Policy

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Dynamic

Seamless

Efficient

Integrated

Virtualization Enables Data Mobility

Applications and Users

NAS and File Servers

Virtualization

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What Data Mobility Looks Like

Files reside on a physical CIFS share or NFS export presented by a file server or NAS device

Files reside on a physical CIFS share or NFS export presented by a file server or NAS device

Virtualization device proxies file access to appropriate physical location

Virtualization device proxies file access to appropriate physical location

User access is unaffected by physical location

User access is unaffected by physical location

Users mount a virtual CIFS share or NFS export presented by the virtualization device

Users mount a virtual CIFS share or NFS export presented by the virtualization device

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Classifying Your Data

• Not all data is created equal• Different files have varying

degrees of business value– Type– Age– Name

• Business value will impact choice of storage– Performance – Availability– Capacity cost

OfficeTowerLayout.DWGType: AutoCAD Drawing

Database FileLast Modified: 2 days agoPerformance Req.: MediumBusiness Value: High

HotNewWidgetSpecs.SOType: GNU C Compiler Shared

LibraryLast Modified: 2 days agoPerformance Req.: HighBusiness Value: High

BoD.PPTType: Microsoft Office

PowerPoint PresentationLast Modified: 180 days agoPerformance Req.: LowBusiness Value: Medium

PopArtist.MP3Type: MP3 Audio fileLast Modified: 60 days agoPerformance Req.: LowBusiness Value: Very Low

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Putting It Together with Automated Policy

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Performance-sensitive files created on SSD

Performance-sensitive files created on SSD

SASSSD

General-purpose data created on SAS

General-purpose data created on SAS

Low-value data created on deduped SATA

Low-value data created on deduped SATA

Files >3 months automatically moved to deduped SATA

Files >3 months automatically moved to deduped SATA

Files >1 year automatically moved to the cloud

Files >1 year automatically moved to the cloud

DedupedSATA

Cloud

User access is unaffected by physical location

User access is unaffected by physical location

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Home on “server1” (U:)

BoD.ppt 12/31/2009 2:54 PM Microsoft Office…

PopArtist.mp3 12/31/2009 2:54 PM MP3 Format So…

HotNewWidgetSpecs… 12/31/2009 2:54 PM Microsoft Office…

Performance-sensitive files created on SSD

Performance-sensitive files created on SSD

SASSSD

General-purpose data created on SAS

General-purpose data created on SAS

Low-value data created on deduped SATA

Low-value data created on deduped SATA

Files >3 months automatically moved to deduped SATA

Files >3 months automatically moved to deduped SATA

Files >1 year automatically moved to the cloud

Files >1 year automatically moved to the cloud

DedupedSATA

Cloud

User access is unaffected by physical location

User access is unaffected by physical location

Example - Benefits of ARX Tiering

Apply aggressive Backup and DR

Policies

Apply aggressive Backup and DR

Policies

Apply monthly backup and DR

Policies

Apply monthly backup and DR

Policies

Limited backupLimited backup

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IT Agility

Faster Migration

Reduce Costs

Optimize Backups

Better Utilization

Less Admin

Benefits Today • 77% of IT organizations reduced their data migration time by 20% or more after deploying F5 ARX

(Source: TechValidate. TVID: 85A-09A-7EC)

• 52% of IT organizations reduced their overall storage budget by an average of 20% or more by deploying F5 ARX

(Source: TechValidate. TVID: 3F9-1DA-708)

• A Global 500 banking company had a backup time of 34 hours before deploying their F5 ARX and achieved a backup time of 2 hours after deploying their F5 ARX, resulting in a 94% reduction of backup time.

(Source: TechValidate. TVID: 0F4-DD0-DEB)

• A Global 500 transportation services company increased its storage utilization from 50% to 85%, resulting in a 70% improvement in its storage utilization with their F5 ARX

(Source: TechValidate. TVID: 9F4-972-612)

• 50 IT organizations that deployed F5 ARX reduced their storage administration time by an average of 21%

(Source: TechValidate. TVID: 97C-976-0E5)

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Growing into the Cloud

Enabling Data Mobility

Automated Storage Tiering

Private Cloud

Public Cloud

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Next Step: Private Cloud

• Storage as a service (SaaS)– Built from systems in the

datacenter and managed by IT– Provisions capacity individually

to users, applications, and business groups

• Benefits:– Provides capacity on-demand– Seamlessly scales in response

to data growth– Automatically blends storage

types to meet individual needs– Maximizes performance where

needed at the lowest overall cost• Organizational economies of scale for

greatest cost control

Data Delivery Services

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The Future: Public Cloud

Data Delivery Services

• Storage as a service (SaaS)– Storage tiering to the “cloud”– Blends internal and external

storage based on access and performance requirements

• Benefits:– Automatically moves appropriate

data to the public cloud– Reduces operational costs for

managing the most inactive or least accessed data

– Easily scales capacity to handle spikes in growth