ibm sonas and the cloud storage taxonomy

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sVC33

IBM SONAS and the

Cloud Storage Taxonomy

Tony PearsonIBM Master Inventor and Senior Managing Consultant


Confused over the different types of

cloud storage? IBM's scale out network

attached storage (SONAS) can be used

in a variety of use cases. This session

will provide an overview of IBM's SONAS

solution, provide an update on the latest

features and functions recently

announced, and explain how it can be

deployed in various private, public and

hybrid cloud environments.


Sessions -- Tony Pearson

• Monday – 1:00pm Storing Archive Data for Compliance Challeng es– 4:15pm IBM Watson: What it Means for Society

• Tuesday – 4:15pm Using Social Media: Birds of a Feather (BOF)

• Wednesday – 9:00am Data Footprint Reduction: IBM Storage option s– 2:30pm IBM's Storage Strategy in the Smarter Comput ing era– 4:15pm IBM SONAS and the Cloud Storage Taxonomy

• Thursday – 9:00am IBM Watson: What it Means for Society– 10:30am Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Overview– 5:30pm IBM Edge “Free for All” hosted by Scott Drummo nd

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Scale Out Network Attached

Storage Market Opportunity

• There is a significant shift in storage usage from traditional structured data to unstructured, file storage content.

• ‘Content Depots’ are emerging in storage market in areas like archiving, media repositories, web content, health records, etc. Some reports show this space growing at +90% annually.

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W o r l d w i d e F i l e - B a s e d vs B l o c k - B a s e d S t o r a g e

C a p a c i t y S h i p m e n t s , 2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 4

Source: IDC's 2010 Enterprise Disk Storage Consumption Model4



Reference Storage• Archives

• Images/Video• NENR / Compliance

Ephemeral Storage• Typically boot volumes,

page files and temporary data• Goes away when VM

is shutdown

Persistent Storage• Persists across

VM reboots• Can be shared

between VMs• Transactional• High Performance

Storage as the CloudStorage for the Cloud

Hosted Storage• File Storage• Backup/Disaster Recovery• Web API objects

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Storage as the CloudStorage for the Cloud

Persistent Storage

• Persists across VM reboots

• Can be shared between VMs�Transactional�High

Performance

�SVC, XIV, Storwize V7000

Reference Storage

• Archives• Images Video�NENR / Compliance / Immutability

Ephemeral Storage

• Typically boot volumes, page files and temporary

• Goes away when VMis shutdown

Hosted Storage• File Storage• Backup• Disaster Recovery�Web API objects

IBM SONAS

� Information Archive�N series

�IBM partners with Nirvanix

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The Problems with NAS filers

today

“I loved my first filer. It was so easy to

manage. When we installed our 20 th,I started to hate

them.”

Classic Filers

• Current NAS solutions do not scale

• Customers have to add box after box and manage them individually

• Difficult to apply policies across independent data islands

• Some applications require parallel access and high data rates

• Migration, integration or removal of storage for file services is a disruptive nightmare

• Backup windows are a big issue and get worse as the amount of data increases

� All files online, but more than 80% haven't been accessed during the last 6 months

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Using a Global Name Space

• Many attempts to solve this with a Mount Point Aggregator (F5 Acopia, ONTAP GX) – Each individual file is pinned to a single NAS

filer– Maximum single file performance is equal to

the performance of the individual hosting filer– Bottlenecks on individual directory branches– Islands regarding disks, backup, etc.

/

/sales

/finance

/web

• Each filer is individually accessed

• “Finding the file”becomes…– Finding the server that

has the file… then …– finding the file on that

server

/sales

/finance

/web

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Core Value – Simple

Management

/

/sales

/finance

/web

each file is pinnedto a single filer

“Cloud“ IP Layer“Cloud“ IP Layer

Classic Filers

/

/sales

/finance

/web

Global name space,Every file is accessible from all interface nodes

Scale-Out Network Attached Storage

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History of SONAS

2000 2010

IBM LaunchesSAN File System

(software only)

2003 2005 2007 2011

IBM Research announces“Storage Tank” project

IBM Partnerswith NetApp

Scale-Out File Services (SoFS)

Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS)

Smart BusinessStorage Cloud

SONASR1.3

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IBM Storage Product

Positioning – Primary Data

Entry Level

Sequential

DS5000 StorwizeV7000

XIV

SVC

DS8000SONAS

N3000

Random

N6000

High Performance Computing

UnifiedStorage

Enterprise

Flash & Stash

DS3000

Midrange

Mainframe Optimized

Distributed

NAS for all servers

DCS3700StorwizeV7000 Unified

N7000

SSDSSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

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Storage Approach: Carpeting

versus Rugs

Wall-to-Wall Carpeting ApproachSome clients want a strategic storage solution for all of their workloads, applications and servers.

� Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS)

Area Rugs ApproachSome clients focused on tactical solutions for particular workloads or applications.

� Storwize V7000 Unified or N series for specific projects, groups or remote office/branch office (ROBO)

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SONAS – Host Attachment

• Integrates Clustered CIFS and Clustered NFS via CTDB, which provides:

– Transparent, non-disruptive failover of CIFS and NFS with no client side changes

– Integrated Acess Control Lists (ACL) between Unix, Linux and Windows

• Active Directory• LDAP

– Unparalleled aggregate performance scaling, Intelligent load balancing, simultaneous access to a single file by heterogeneous clients.

• FTP/SCP for File transfers• HTTPS for web content

CIFSCIFS

IBMGPFSIBM

GPFS

Enterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux

IBM ServerIBM Server

IBM DiskIBM Disk

ReportingReporting

MonitoringMonitoring

ProvisioningProvisioning

NFSNFS HTTPSHTTPSFTPFTP

CTDBCTDB

Space ManagementSpace Management

Backup & RestoreBackup & Restore

ReplicationReplication

SCPSCP

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SONAS – System Software Stack

• General Parallel File System (GPFS) - IBM’s high end clustered file system

– Designed for extreme performance, scalability, and availability – features distributed metadata, wide striping, byte range locking, parallel I/O, variable block size, and extensive tuning parameters

– Reference www.top500.org

• Rsync for file-level Asynchronous Replication

CIFSCIFS

IBMGPFSIBM

GPFS



IBM DiskIBM Disk

ReportingReporting




CTDBCTDB




SCPSCP

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HPC

GPFS General File

Serving� Standards� Portable

operating system interface (POSIX) semantics-Large block� Directory and � Small file perf� Data

management

Virtual Tape Server (VTS)

Linux®Clusters (Multiple architectures)

IBM AIX®Loose Clusters

GPFS 2.1-2.3

HPC

ResearchVisualizationDigital MediaSeismicWeather explorationLife sciences

32 bit /64 bitInter-op (IBM AIX & Linux)GPFS Multicluster

GPFS over wide area networks (WAN)

Large scale clustersthousands of nodes

GPFS 3.1-3.2

2006-7

First called GPFS

First called GPFS

GPFS 3.4 introduces improvements in performance, scalability, migration and diagnostics and enhanced Windows™ high performance computing (HPC) server support, including support for homogenous Windows clusters.

GPFS 3.4

Enhanced Windows cluster support- Homogenous Windows Server

Performance and scaling improvements

Enhanced migration and diagnostics support

2009

GPFS 3.3

Restricted Admin Functions

Improved installation

New license model

Improved snapshot andbackup

Improved ILM policy engine

2010

Ease of administration

Multiple-networks/ RDMA

Distributed Token Management

Faster failover

Multiple NSD servers

NFS v4 Support

Small file performance

Information lifecycle management (ILM)

� Storage Pools� File sets� Policy Engine

IBM General Parallel File System

(GPFS™) – History and evolution

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GPFS: ASC Purple/C Supercomputer

• 1536-node, 100 Teraflop IBM System P cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• 2 PB GPFS file system (one mount point)

• 500 RAID controller pairs, 11000 disk drives

• 126 GB/s parallel I/O measured to a single file (134GB/s to multiple files)

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SONAS – The Logical File

System View

FS1 FS2 FS256

SONAS can hold up to 16.9 PB of usable file space (21 PB raw)

. . .

One big file system or divide into as many as 256 smaller file systems.

• RPQ required for file systems larger than 8 PB

Each file system can be further divided into filesetcontainers (tree branches)

• Policies applied at the fileset level

Gold Silver Bronze

Each Storage Pool consists of a set of LUNs on the Storage Pods

Soft and hard quotas can be defined for user, group, or fileset

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On SONAS, the IBM Active Cloud Engine™ provides:

• Policy-based file management• High Speed Scan engine to

identify files to be processed • HSM migration of files to tape,

with transparent recall• WAN caching across distance

Active Cloud Engine™

What is IBM Active Cloud Engine™? Think of it as a very

smart, very fast robot – that never sleeps – keeping your cloud storage neat, tidy, and

running smoothly…

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SONAS – HSM and

Information Lifecycle Management

• Capacity managed centrally • Average utilization >80%• Policy driven � File placement – direct new

files to the correct initial disk tier� File movement – between

storage tiers, the least active files can be migrated to tape via TSM� File expiration – delete files

after they are no longer neededJust buy the capacity

you really need

SONAS TSM

ILM HSM

IP Network

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File Placement

Example using DB2 or Oracle

• Databases by default places index and data table spaces in the same directory

• File placement policies can direct the data to a pool with appropriate performance characteristics using file extension

– Data table spaces have a .DAT extension

– Index table spaces have an .INX extension

FastIndex_pool15K RPM

Lower Costdata_pool7200 RPM

/DATA/MYDB/ SQL00002.DAT

SQL00002.INX

SQL00003.DAT

SQL00003.INX

SQL00004.DAT

SQL00004.INX

Rule ‘Data rule’ set pool ‘index_pool’

Where UPPER(NAME) like ‘%.INX’

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SONAS – Backup and Data

Replication Options

FS1

Gold Silver Bronze

LAN

Files can be backed up to Tivoli Storage Manager

• High Speed Scan• Data sent over LAN

NDMP for other backup software

Up to 256 Snapshots of entire file system, 256 snapshots per fileset

• Read-Only, Space-Efficient• Microsoft VSS Interface• /fs1/.snapshot/snap1• /fs1/.snapshot/snap2

Writeable, space-efficient File clones

File System Replication• Synchronous (Rank to Rank)• Asynchronous (SONAS to another SONAS)

via Rsync

snap1 snap2

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SONAS – Options for TSM and

NDMP Backups

SONAS

ILM

IP Network

SONAS NDMP

IP Network

Option 1:TSM for Backup and HSM

SONAS TSM

IP Network

Option 2:NDMP software for Backup only,No HSM

Symantec NetBackup, CommVault Simpana, and

EMC Legato

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Symantec, McAfee Antivirus Software.Add more nodes for

scalability

3) Scan nodes attached to customer IP Network scan the files and return

results

2) SONAS intercepts request and sends to

Scan Nodes

Load balances across scan nodes and

manages scan results.

1) Client Requests Windows File

� Identify customers using CIFS and who require antiv irus software for data protection.

� On-access AV connector provides tight integration t o Antivirus scan nodes

� Files can be scanned manually or through a schedule defined on SONAS

� "Scan file system" function allows files to be scan ned manually or through a schedule defined on SONAS

� "Scan on access" function automatically scans all s pecified files on a CIFS share when created, opened , or updated depending on policy settings

Antivirus Scan Nodes

InterfaceNodes

InterfaceNodes

High Cap

InterfaceNodes

InterfaceNodes

High Perf

High Perf High Cap

StorageNodes

StorageNodes

StorageNodes

StorageNodes

Network

AV

Con

nect

or

Validated for Symantec and McAfeeanti-virus programs

Antivirus to Protect Your Data

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Active Cloud Engine:

WAN Caching• Central site gets

updates frequently

• Regional/edge sites can periodically prefetch or pull on demand

• Data is revalidated

Backup Site

Periodic pre-fetch

Data Ingest on location(writer) On Demand Pull

Periodic Prefetch

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Scale-Out NAS hardware components

• Since the early 1990s, IBM ’s SeaScape Architecture focused on using Commercial Off-the-Shelf hardware for its storage systems

• SONAS continues this tradition, using IBM System x3650 servers, and high density disk drawers

• This approach allows IBM to take advantage of R&D spent on other server and storage projects

CIFSCIFS

IBMGPFSIBM

GPFS



IBM DiskIBM Disk

ReportingReporting




CTDBCTDB




SCPSCP

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SONAS ArchitectureA clustered configuration of three basic

building blocks

MoreDisk

MoreDisk

DualCtrl+Disk

DualCtrl+Disk

MoreDisk

MoreDisk

DualCtrl+Disk

DualCtrl+Disk

IP Mgmt Infiniband

1GbE or 10GbELocal Console Manager (LCM)

CIFS, NFS v2/v3, FTP, HTTPall mainframe and distributed

20Gbps DDR InfiniBanddata network

2 Storage Nodes per Storage Pod

2 to 30 Interface Nodes (3.5GB/s per node)

x4 3Gbps SAS between controllers and disk expansion

1 to 30 Storage Pods

Management network 1GbE

8Gbps FCP between storage nodes and disk controllers

LAN

60 disks (each)

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Sample configurations for

IBM SONAS system

MoreDisk

MoreDisk

Storage NodeStorage Node

60 Disks

60 Disks


60 Disks

2 Ctrls+Disk

60 Disks

Switches

Storage Dense Configuration

DualCtrl+Disk

DualCtrl+Disk

2 Ctrls+Disk

2 Ctrls+Disk

2 Ctrls+Disk

Interface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface Node

Switches

I/O Dense Configuration

LCM

Switches

Base Configuration


60 Disks

60 Disks

2 Ctrls+Disk

2 Ctrls+Disk

Interface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface NodeInterface Node

MoreDisk

MoreDisk

DualCtrl+Disk

DualCtrl+Disk

IP Mgmt Infiniband

1GbE or 10GbE Switches

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Interface and Storage Nodes…

• IBM System x3650– Form: 2U– Processor:

• Dual Quad Core or Single Six-core Intel® Xeon® X5530

• 2.26GHz, 8MB L2 cache, 80W

– Memory: 8GB to 144GB DDR3 RAM – Storage: 300G SAS 10K disk drives– Four PCIe Gen 2.0 x8 adapter slots– Network Interfaces

• Quad-port 1 GbE NICs• Dual-port 10 Gb CEE CNAs• Single port 4X DDR InfiniBand Host

Channel Adapters• Dual-port 8Gbps Fibre Channel Host

Bus Adapters (HBAs)

FRONT VIEW

REAR VIEW

IBM x3650M2 rack-mount server28


IBM SONAS Node Components

─ IBM System x3650

• Memory:– 24 to 144 GB DDR3 RAM

• Storage:– 2 – 300G SAS 10K (RAID1 pair)

• Network Interfaces:– 1 GbE and/or 10 GbE interfaces

• 2 for Management

– Two single port 4X DDR InfinibandHost Channel Adapters

Interface Node

The interface node provides the connections to the customer’s IP network for attaching to the SONAS system for network file serving capabilities (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP, SCP).

Storage Node

The storage node provides the Infiniband connection to the InfiniBandcluster interconnect and direct fibre-channel attachment to the SONAS RAID controllers. Storage nodes must be configured in High-availability pairs.

•Memory:– 32 GB DDR3 RAM

•Storage:– 2 – 300G SAS 10K (RAID1 pair)

•Network Interfaces:– Two single port 4X DDR Infiniband Host

Channel Adapters

– Two dual-port 8Gbps Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBA)

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• Fast• 2GB/s Throughput • 30,000 IOPS to Disk

• Ultra-Dense• 60 Drives in just 4U• Scales to 120 Drives with Additional 4U

Enclosure, 240 Drives per Pod

• Flexible• Intermix SAS and NL-SAS Drawers for

Storage Tiering

• Highly Reliable• Active/Active Failover • SATAssure Data Integrity Validation• RAID 6• Redundancy Throughout• Battery Backed Cache

SONAS Integrated Storage

High density advanced storage

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Disk Types/Capacity Supported

for SONAS

Feature Code

Drive Type

Drive Capacity

RAID Config

TotalDrives

Data Drives

Parity Drives

Usable Capacity

6 x 1310

10K RPM

900 GB

RAID 6 60 48 12 43 TB

6 x 1300

7200 RPM

3 TB RAID 6 60 48 12 141 TB

•All storage controllers/expansion drawers must be fully populated

•No mixing of disk types within the controller or expansion drawer

•Controller and attached expansion drawer can contain different disk types

•Maximum 7200 drives (3TB) � usable capacity 16.9 PB

•More drive types will be supported as certification and validation tests continue

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IBM SONAS Gateway with

XIV Storage

IBM XIV

8Gbps FC switchesKVM

IBM SONAS Base Rack

MGT NodeMGT Node

LCM

Switches






Storage NodeStorage NodeUp to 5

StoragePods

per rack

1 or 2 XIV systems per Storage Pod

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IBM SONAS Gateway with

Storwize V7000

1 or 2Storwize V7000 controller enclosures

IBM SONAS Base Rack

MGT NodeMGT Node

LCM

Switches






Storage NodeStorage NodeUp to 5

StoragePods

per rack

8Gbps FC switches

2 or 4SVC nodes

8Gbps FC switches IBM DS3400IBM DS5300

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iRPQ


A new GUI similar to XIV, SVC and StorwizeV7000

System and Alert logs, notification settings, and thresholds

Ease of Management –

New GUI for SONAS 1.3!

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Policies defined easily in the GUI, edited and disp layed

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A variety of applications

generate large volumes of data

Web Content Store

Collaboration Data & General File

Storage

Energy & Geo-Sciences

High Performance Analytics

Digital Media

Hyper-scalable storage for large Web 2.0 stores and for other vendors looking to build their own

Cloud/SaaS applications

General purpose file storage environments where clients are challenged with the manageability of

current NAS systems

Energy exploration and geo-sciences require huge addressable namespaces for analytics and very

high performance.

Many business applications like financial services can make use of our large single namespace

High performance, simplified management alternative for widely varying use cases in digital

media environments.

Many environments needing easy-to-manage high performance, scalable storage.

Computer Aided Engineering

Auto / Aero / Electronics design processes experiencing rapid file-centric storage growth as

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High level view of

Scale-Out NAS

Storage (SONAS)

Benchmark Performance:403,326 IOPS single file system(SPECsfs2008.nfs)

• SONAS Release 1.2• Single File System over 900TB usable

• 10 Interface Nodes; each with:– Maximum 144 GB of memory – One active 10GbE port

• 8 Storage Pods; each with:– 2 Storage nodes and 240 drives – Drive type: 15K RPM SAS hard drives– Data Protection: the drives were

configured in RAID ranks

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IBM Scale Out Network

Attached Storage (SONAS)

• Enterprise Class Solution for IP-based File System Storage

• One global repository for application and user files– One huge file system, or up to 256 file systems per

SONAS

• Enterprise solution for all applications, departments and users

– Provision and monitor usage by application, file, department or whatever makes sense to the business

– Includes ability to report usage and access pattern s for chargeback

– Capacity managed centrally

– Extremely high utilization rates

• Simplified management of petabytes of storage

• Independently scalable performance and capacity eliminates trade-offs

• Cloud-readyIBM SONAS 38


IBM SmartCloud

for Development and Test

The client gets:

• Choice of 7 virtual server configurations

• Option to add persistent storage charged per usage

• Network bandwidth charged per usage

• Choice of 14 pre-configured software images– Rational Application Lifecycle Management software

– Lotus, WebSphere, DB2 and Informix stacks

Payment options:

• Pay-as-you-go option (per VM hour charge)

• Shared Reserved option – 6 bundles (small, medium, large for 6 or 12 months)

– Reserved capacity plus discounted usage rate

Available support:

• Web-based forum for users to submit requestswww.ibm.com/cloud/developer

A dynamic virtual development and test infrastructure service -- designed for the enterprise -- on the IBM Cloud

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IBM SmartCloud

Development and Test Cloud

Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS)• Up to 16.9 PB of usable storage• Read/Write access via CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP, SCP• Policy-driven placement, movement and expiration

iDataPlex• Up to 10 iDataPlex pairs per SONAS disk system• Two iDataPlex have 168 servers sharing 1 file system

Hypervisor

Virtual Machines• Up to 32 VMs per iDataPlex server• Used for ephemeral and persistent storage needs• Each file in standard 256GB, 512GB, or 2TB size• Appears as “Block Storage” to the virtual machine

32 x 168 x 10 = 53,760 VMs per SONAS

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IBM Drinks its own Champagne

Business challenge:

IGA (IBM’s internal operations) is a massive operat ion. Data growth and labor costs were outpacing budgets. Provisioning responsiveness was not meeting objectives.

Benefits:

� Provisioning time reduced from months to days

� 20% increase in storage utilization

� 50% reduction in cost / TB through consolidation and tiering

Storage Solution:

Implement a Storage Hypervisor with IBM System Stor age SAN Volume Controller and Tivoli Storage Productivity C enter. With 9PB of tiered storage now virtualized and connected to over 35k fibre channel ports, IGA can improve labor productivity and storage efficiency while delivering higher service levels.

Block Storage Solution components:

� IBM SAN Volume Controller

• Increased utilization

• Live performance balancing

• Concurrent maintenance

� IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center

• Performance and Capacity Management

• Smarter ILM

File Storage Solution components:

� IBM SONAS

• Policy-driven placement, movement and expiration

• Disk-to-Disk and Disk-to-Tape migration options

• Integrated backup and high-speed scan engine

15 PBTape Capacity

1 PBFile Storage

9 PBBlock Storage

24+ PBTotal Storage

Size and Scope

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IBM provides seamless

transition to a cloud model

• Support for open standards in use in their datacenters today

• High degrees of scalability: petabytesof data and billions of files

• Global namespace to eliminate islands of data in your environment

• Bullet-proof security that integrates into your existing authentication systems

• Built-in data placement and ILM via a global policy engine

• Support for multiple tiers of storageincluding low-cost tape technology

• High performance and availability,making it useful in your environment today

IBM has focused it’s efforts on the demanding needs of our

enterprise client base.

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Sessions about SONAS

• Presentations– IBM SONAS and the Cloud Storage Taxonomy– What’s new in SONAS and Storwize V7000 in 2012– IBM Active Cloud Engine on SONAS 1.3 and Storwize V7 000

• Hands-on Labs– IBM SONAS GUI Basic Administration – Hands-on Lab– Data Policies in IBM SONAS – Hands-on Lab– Configuring IBM SONAS WAN Caching – Hands-on Lab

• Q&A Panels– IBM Edge “Free for All” hosted by Scott Drummond

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Thank You!

Session: sVC33Presenter: Tony Pearson


About the Speaker

Mr. Tony Pearson

Master Inventor,

Senior Managing Consultant

IBM System Storage

Tony Pearson is a Master Inventor and Senior managing consultant for the IBM System Storage™ product line. Tony joined

IBM Corporation in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and has lived there ever since. In his current role, Tony presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line, Tivoli storage software products, and topics related to Cloud

Computing. He interacts with clients, speaks at conferences and events, and leads client workshops to help clients with strategic planning for IBM’s integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products.

Tony writes the “Inside System Storage” blog, which is read by hundreds of clients, IBM sales reps and IBM Business Partners every week. This blog was rated one of the top 10 blogs for the IT storage industry by “Networking World” magazine, and #1

most read IBM blog on IBM’s developerWorks. The blog has been published in series of books, Inside System Storage: Volume I through IV.

Over the past years, Tony has worked in development, marketing and customer care positions for various storage hardware and software products. Tony has a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in

Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Arizona. Tony holds 19 IBM patents for inventions on storage hardware and software products.

9000 S. Rita RoadBldg 9070 Mail 9070Tucson, AZ 85744

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Tony Pearson

Master Inventor, Senior Managing Consultant

IBM System Storage™


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