hyperscale nightmare-potential consequences of using consumer ssds in datacenter
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Hyper-scale Nightmare: The Potential Consequences of using
Consumer-grade Flash in the Datacenter
Learn how to avoid:
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1. Inconsistent Performance
2. Poor Reliability
3. Frequent Drive Replacement
4. Excessive Management Overhead
5. High Cost - of using all enterprise SSDs
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About George Crump
● Founder of Storage Switzerland, and its lead analyst
● Areas of expertise include performance optimization and data protection
● Recognized for his talks, white papers and chalktalk videos on such current technology as all-flash arrays, SSDs and software-defined storage
● He has 25 years of experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US
● Analyst firm focused on storage, cloud and virtualization
● Knowledge of these markets is gained through product testing and interaction with end users and suppliers
● The results of this research can be found in the articles, videos, webinars, product analysis and case studies on our web site:
http://storageswiss.com
Storage Swiss Background
About Shawn Worsell
Shawn Worsell is OCZ Storage Solutions’ Director of Product Management, focused on expanding Toshiba’s Enterprise footprint with innovative SATA based SSD products. Prior to OCZ, he managed NVIDIA’s Quadro Mobile Workstation graphics solutions where he captured and maintained the market leadership position in professional notebook graphics through an ongoing quest for competitive advantage. In his limited spare time, Shawn also enjoys sailing, snowboarding and creating music.
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OCZ Storage Solutions is…
…a leading solid-state storage provider that addresses client and enterprise storage challenges
…a Toshiba Group Company
…a fully-integrated technology company whose sole mission is to deliver best-in-class SSDs
» PROVEN IN-HOUSE TECHNOLOGY Multiple award winning product generations feature proprietary controller/firmware
» BROAD MARKET EXPOSURE100s of reseller, distribution, enterprise & OEM customers
» GLOBAL BRAND RECOGNITION1000s of rave product reviews from around the world
OCZ delivers intelligent and optimized approaches to how your data is captured, stored, accessed, analyzed and leveraged in today’s data-driven era.
Polling Question
How would you characterize your company’s use of SDDs?
❏ We only use hard disk drives (HDDs)❏ We use only enterprise-grade SSDs❏ We use only client or consumer-grade SSDs❏ We use both consumer- and
enterprise-grade SSDs
Polling Question
How would you characterize your company’s use of SDDs?
The State of the Hyper-scale Datacenter
Cost Containment is a Priority
Hyper-competitive environment
• Web-based businesses
• Public cloud-enabled services
• Enterprise cost pressures
Common Solution: Use consumer-grade SSDs
• Simple to implement
• Provides Immediate Cost Relief
• Enterprise IT Staff don’t need ‘zero-touch’ solutions
But using consumer-grade SSDs can have unintended consequences...
Potential Consequences of UsingConsumer-grade SSDs
Inconsistent Performance
• FOB vs Steady State
• Importance of Flash Controller - wear leveling - over-provisioning
Performance different in Consumer-grade drivesthan with Enterprise SSDs
Poor Reliability
• Power loss can cause data corruption
• Data corruption can affect metadata
• Metadata corruption can cause drive failure
Consumer-grade drives have no protection for data in-flight
Frequent Drive Replacement
• Drive failure means server is down - reduced production and resiliency
• Failed drives = eventual replacement - more work for IT, more cost for business
Management Overhead
• Most datacenters are mixed environments - enterprise drives used in critical servers
• Variety of consumer-grade drives used - may be supported by multiple SSD vendors
High Cost - of using all enterprise SSDs
In an effort to address first four consequences, IT may give up on consumer-grade drives altogether
- and pay the price
How to Fill the Void - between consumer and enterprise SSDs
Hyper-scale Datacenters need a New SSD
- one that acts like an enterprise drive and is priced more like a consumer drive
• Price point close to consumer drives• Good, consistent performance • Protection against drive failures• Enterprise-level supplier
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Meet Saber 1000 When Data Grows & Demand Increases, But Budgets Don’t
» Solid-state solution for high-volume deployment enterprise applications
• Designed for applications with >90% read-intensive I/O workloads
• Ideal for hyper-scale, web-hosting and distributed computing environments
• Targeted for media streaming, VoD, online archiving, web browsing, etc.
• Predictable, sustained performance
» Part of the OCZ enterprise product portfolio
• Provides a cost-effective entry point to OCZ enterprise SATA SSD solutions
• Competes in the largest serviceable segment of the enterprise SATA SSD market where 70% of deployments support read-intensive applications
• Delivers OCZ’s highest enterprise SATA SSD capacity (960GB)
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Saber 1000 Feature-SetDelivers OCZ’s highest enterprise SATA SSD user capacity at 960GB, in addition to 480GB, 240GB and 120GB options
Leverages OCZ’s Barefoot 3 controller, in-house firmware and next generation Toshiba A19nm NAND
Supports Power Failure Management Plus (PFM+) in the event of power loss
Utilizes small 7mm, 2.5” enclosure footprint
Superior TCO with lower energy and cooling costs (uses 3.7W active)
Central SSD management via OCZ StoragePeak 1000 Software
5-year warranty
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Saber 1000: Targeting High-Volume Applications
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Hyper-scale Nightmare: The Potential Consequences of using
Consumer-grade Flash in the Datacenter
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