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New Developments with VersaStack

VersaStackTM Solutionby Cisco and IBM

October 2015

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VersaStack Platform

VersaStackSolution

Easy Deployment

Efficient Resource Utilization

Versatile Infrastructure & Use Cases

Cisco

Nexus

and MDS

Cisco UCS

IBM FlashSystem and

IBM Storwize Storage

IBM Spectrum

Virtualize

Security ServicesBusiness Continuity Security Services

UCS Director

Cisco

ACI

Ready


New VersaStack CVDs

Brings New Architectures to Address Nearly

all Data Center and Edge Workloads

Performance-Critical, Data Center Workloads

General-Purpose, Data Center Applications

UCS + IBM FlashSystem 9000 Storage

UCS + IBM Storwize 7000 Storage

Edge Workloads: ROBO, Factory, Oil Well

UCS Mini + IBM Storwize 5000 Storage

UCS Management: Data Center to Edge

UCS Director, UCS Central, UCS Manager


VersaStack - Powers Your Application

From the Data Center to the Edge


VersaStack with Storwize V5000

At-a-Glance:

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/da

ta-center-virtualization/versastack-solution-cisco-

ibm/versastack-aag-storwize.pdf

• Sized and priced for the branch

• Scales to the Data Center (up/out)

• Zero touch flash optimization

• Piece of mind (encryption)

• Enhance existing storage

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/versastack-solution-cisco-ibm/versastack-aag-storwize.pdf


VersaStack with FlashSystem V9000

• Cut user complaints

• Scale to more users

• Cut response times

• Remove I/O waits

• Speed up applications

• Low power and space

• Scale up and/or Scale out



Design Guide:

Deployment Guide:

At-a-Glance:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/

ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflashdesign.htm

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http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/

ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflash.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/da

ta-center-virtualization/versastack-solution-cisco-

ibm/versastack-flashsystem.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflashdesign.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflash.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/versastack-solution-cisco-ibm/versastack-flashsystem.pdf


VersaStack with SQL Server

VersaStack Solution with SQL

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/a

bstracts/sg248301.html?Open

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg248301.html?Open


VersaStack with PureApplication SW

IBM PureApplication Software Version 2.1

on VersaStack:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp

5258.html?Open

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5258.html?Open


PureApplication Software Support


PureApplication Software PatternsApplication Deployment: Easy and Flexible

Deploy Existing Pattern

Deploy IBM and Leading 3rd Party

Software in Minutes

DB2

WebSphere

InfoSphere

Mobile Application Platform (Worklight)

Microsoft SQL

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft Sharepoint

Oracle DB Enterprise Edition

SAP Business Suite

Many more…….

Build Your Own Pattern


VersaStack Solution Support

Cisco Solution Support

Cisco® solution expertise and

accountability for centralized issue

management and resolution among

Cisco and technology partner

products in our covered multivendor

solutions. Includes Cisco product

support and solution-level support

in a single service.

CiscoSolution Support

Primary Point of Contact

Solution Focused Expertise

Coordinates Between Key

Vendors

ManagesCase to

Resolution

Priority Access to Solution Experts


Rapid Resolution for Complex Issues

• Recent Cisco® study of more than 10,000 complex customer support cases.

• Using product support, complex issue resolution in multivendor environments is estimated to be 22 days (average).

• Using Cisco Solution Support, complex issue resolution averages a 41% improvement in time to complex issue resolution versus using product support alone.0

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10

15

20

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Average Days to Resolve Complex Issues

22days

13days

Cisco

Product Support

Cisco

Solution Support

Normal

business

resumes

9 days

sooner


New Support SKUs

+

=Cisco

Solution Support

Inclusive of Product Support

for Eligible Cisco Solutions

Cisco

Solution

Support

Attached to

Cisco

Hardware

Component A

Cisco

Solution

Support

Attached to

Cisco

Hardware

Component B

Cisco

Solution

Support

Attached to

Cisco

Hardware

Component C

Cisco

Solution

Support

Attached to

Cisco

Software

Component A

Cisco

Solution

Support

Attached to

Cisco

Software

Component B

Introduction to IBM FlashSystem V9000

VersaStack for Data Center


IBM Ranked #1

*Calculations by IBM based on Gartner Report: Market Share

Analysis: SSDs and Solid-State Arrays, Worldwide, 2014

More than 4,500 units soldProvided 2X more value in GB/$

Global market acceptance62 PB NAND sold, 33% of total petabytes delivered for the year

Clear leadership position82% more all flash capacity than closest competitive product

for Flash Storage(SSA) Market Share, Worldwide in

both units and capacity shipped.


Introducing IBM FlashCore™

IBM uses tools and technologies to drive a robust solution…

Hardware accelerated I/O

IBM MicroLatency™ module

Advanced flash management

Industry standard chip technology

Industry standard interface


FlashCore: Hardware Accelerated I/O

Engineered for Flash

Hardware RAID

Non-blocking Crossbar Switch

Hardware Only Data Path

Single Box Highly Available Architecture

Concurrent Code Load

Concurrent Maintenance

Canister-1 Canister-2

FC-1

MC-2MC-1

FC-3 FC-4FC-2

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FlashCore: IBM MicroLatency™ Module

IBM Engineered

Massively Parallel Design

FPGAs in the Data Path

Distributed RAM

High Speed Interface

Hardware-based Data at Rest Encryption


IBM MicroLatency™ Module vs SSD

IBM MicroLatency™ Module SSD

CUSTOM

Requires hardware engineering

FAST

Designed for low latency

RELIABLE

Innovative flash management

COMMODITY

No hardware skills needed

SLOW

Designed for low cost

FALLIBLE

More single points of failure

Better Performance Better Reliability Better Density Lower $/IOPS


FlashCore: Advanced Flash Management

IBM Advanced Flash Management improves MLC flash endurance 9x

over standard implementations without sacrificing latency.

“Through close collaboration between IBM research, development and flash engineering, IBM created an advanced flash characterization platform to test thousands of flash devices over a lifetime of wear. As a result, IBM has made major strides in advanced flash management.” – Andy Walls, IBM Fellow

Key accomplishments:

• Innovative ECC algorithm corrects very high bit error rates

• Variable voltage and read level shifting maximizes flash endurance

• Advanced Flash Management continually monitors the health of blocks

and performs asymmetrical wear leveling and sub-chip tiering:

- Health binning: up to 57% improvement in endurance!

- Heat segregation: up to 45% reduction in write amplification!

• Micron Technology provides special access to the chip

Backed by IBM’s Flash Wear Guarantee!

9.4X Endurance Improvement

Standard MLC Flash

IBM Enhanced MLC


IBM’s premier, fully-integrated, tier 1, all-flash offering


Introducing IBM FlashSystem V9000

IBM’s choice for open system tier 1 storage

• Scalable all-flash architecture accelerates applications and entire

infrastructures

• Performs at up to 2.5M IOPS with IBM MicroLatency

• Up to 57TB usable (285TB effective capacity) in only 6U and scales to

456TB usable (2.28PB effective capacity) in only 34U

• New licensing structure to simplify ordering and planning for External Data

Virtualization, FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Real-time Compression

• FlashSystem Tier 1 Guarantee

Scalable Performance Agile IntegrationEnduring Economics

Fully integrated, flexible, feature rich all-flash storage…

Powered by

IBM FlashCore™ Technology


IBM FlashSystem Tier 1 Guarantee

Data Reduction:

Flexible: up to 5:1 storage efficiency savings, based on Comprestimator results

Estimate-free: sight un-seen 50% guarantee for rapid workload deployment

Performance: IBM MicroLatency™ performance.

Endurance: Flash memory will be covered for read/write endurance as

long as you are under warranty or maintenance.

7 year 24 x 7 Support: Up to 7 years support available with optional price

protection and flash media retention offerings.

Peace of Mind: No Charge, Complimentary IBM services for all tier 1

opportunities: 40 hours for 228+TB solutions up to 556TB, or 80 hours for

556+TB solutions, Lab Services delivery in 2015.

IBM FlashSystem – GUARANTEED!!!


Paradigm shift in enterprise storage

Dimensions of value

Scalable Performance

AgileIntegration

EnduringEconomics


FlashSystem V9000 options for deployment


• Great for multiple mixed

workloads that drive huge I/O

• Scale out for more all flash

capacity, IOPS and bandwidth

• Up to 2.5M IOPS, 200µs

• Up to 228TB usable, 1.1PB

Effective

Mixed Workload Accelerator

• Great for data centers with

heterogeneous storage

• Extends core feature set to

other storage arrays

• Up to 2.5M IOPS, 200µs

• Up to 32PB virtualized by a

single FlashSystem V9000

Virtualized Data Center

• Great for database and VDI

workloads

• Accelerate, migrate, tier,

clone, snapshot, replicate,

compress existing storage

• Up to 630K IOPS, 200µs

• Up to 57TB usable, 285TB

effective

Small Data Center

• Great for tier 1 disk

replacement

• Scale up and out for

more processing, more

capacity and more I/O

• Up to 2.5M IOPS,

200µs

• Up to 456TB usable,

2.2PB Effective

Public or Private Cloud

• Great for large data sets with

big I/O requirements and

needing storage services

• Scale up for more all flash

capacity

• Up to 630K IOPS, 200µs

• Up to 285TB usable, 1.4PB

Effective

Application Accelerator


Flexible volumes

Agile Integration

Thick and thin provisioned volumes

Snapshots, clones, backups, and replication

Automated tiering

Migration and preferred-read mirroring

Space efficient snaps

IBM Real-time Compression

Hypervisor integration

Quality of service

External virtualization


Enduring Economics

Database Office Files CAD/CAMGeoseismicVirtual

ServersJPEG/ZIP

80% 30% 5% 50% 72% 70%Compression Rate

Traditional

Storage

Average of

50% Compression

Real-time Compression Efficient

Half the Data Storage

Real-time Compression, for active and inactive data

Flash for less than the cost of Tier 1 disk


FlashSystem V9000 makes applications faster


CPU Utilization

& App. Efficiency

4%

Total application

processing yime

5,200μs (5.2ms)

5,000μs (5ms)

200μs (.2ms)

Application

processing time

Time waiting for I/0(Waiting for array)

Time processing data(Server CPU)

Disk/Hybrid

SW-based SSD

HW-based

solution

CPU utilization

& app. efficiency

50%

Total application

processing time

400μs (.4ms)

200μs (.2ms)

200μs (.2ms)

What will you do with

the Extra Time?


Mixed workload consolidation

Agile Integration

ERP / SCM

Transaction

Big Data

Virtualization

Cloud

Qualities needed for

mixed workloads:

• Capacity scaling

• Performance scaling

• Automatic tiering

• Quality of service

• Strong mixed R/W

performance


Boost IT efficiency

driven by consolidation of hardware and software, deployment speed, efficient use of IT staff as well as power and cooling savings

Source: IBM Client Experiences

The data below are based on average operating conditions that may or may not be representative of a

particular customer’s operating environment. The use case measurements are from IBM Flash customers

using the flash technology that has been integrated into IBM’s systems.

No changes to applicationor architecture

Benefits & economics outweigh disk

Reduce floor space, power & cooling

98% Reduction

in application processing time

50% Reduction

in TCO

97% Reduction

in physical footprint

95% Reduction

in power consumption

Enduring Economics


Where to use flash


Client feedback: flash is about economics

“How can I leverage all this data

for my business and keep what

I truly need?”

“Can you get me up and

running fast?”

“Can I add functions and

scale?”

Business Critical…

“Keep me running!

Secure my data.”

Economics =

Speed, Flexibility &

Labor Costs

Economics =

LOB specific (Risk, Expertise,

etc.)

Economics = Business Impact

Data Intensive

Business Solutions

Start Quickly…

Add Value…


Application acceleration market

Improve Performance

Cloud-Scale

Infrastructures

OLTP

Databases

Virtual

Infrastructures

Analytical

Apps / OLAP

High Performance

Computing

Government

Financial

Telecom

eCommerce

Computational

Applications

Use Case Industry Vertical


IBM FlashSystem accelerates databases

Improve Performance

Databases

• Logs

• Temporary Files

• Hot Tablespaces

• Entire Databases

• OLAP/OLTP/Key:Value

• Bare Metal/Virtual

• Real-time/Batch


IBM FlashSystem accelerates databases

Improve Performance

Oracle• Standalone

• RAC

MySQL

SQL Server• Standalone

• Clustered

• Always-On

DB2 Sybase

SAP HANA

Flash is an equal opportunity database accelerator.

You name it, flash makes it faster.


7.5x fasterSAP HR payment calculations

98 reductionin critical batch process times

50 percentlower TCO compared to

traditional disk storage

Solution Components• SAP ERP

• IBM Power Systems

• IBM FlashSystem 810

• IBM SAN Volume Controller

• IBM InfoSphere

Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)Puts reliable public transport on the fast track with flash and SAP

Business challenge: Slow response times impacted SSB’s ability to co-ordinate

logistics and deliver sale, efficient urban transport to their passengers.

The solution: SSB gained greater business insight and the ability to perform

advanced data analytics by moving critical SAP ERP applications to flash.

“…we can easily move whole systems or databases from traditional storage

to flash storage at the push of a button. This capability has increased our

agility and enables us to improve the user experience and react quickly to

changing performance requirements.”

- Roland Wagner, Team Lead Systems & Operations, SSB


33x fasterthan tier 1 EMC VMAX storage

3.6x moreiPhone activations per minute

#1 rankingin customer satisfaction among

national carriers

Solution Components• Oracle RAC

• IBM AIX

• IBM FlashSystem 820


• Microsoft Lync

SprintTransforming customer service with ultra-fast flash storage

Business challenge: Sprint’s call-center agents needed fast, reliable access to

respond to customer issues. Existing storage infrastructure was unable to keep up.

The solution: Sprint deployed IBM FlashSystem to greatly improve performance

and resolve customer queries faster, while slashing energy consumption, data

center footprint and overall operations cost, e.g. reduced software licenses.

“IBM FlashSystem solution allows us to identify and address potential

customer issues faster, helping us to maintain and build our subscriber

numbers—which is absolutely the most critical metric in our industry.”

- Karim Abdullah, Director of IT Operations, Sprint Nextel


2x fasterresponse times

5x increasein system load on the 1st day of

install

14x reductionin physical rackspace for

significant cost savings

Solution Components• IBM FlashSystem

• IBM System x

• IBM Storwize V7000

• IBM DB2

SciQuestStaying ahead of the competition with IBM FlashSystem

Business challenge: New challenges for optimal performance and availability

amid growing user demand for cloud solutions, constraints around costs, energy,

and rackspace.

The solution: Replaced a full rack of standard spinning disks with an IBM

FlashSystem occupying only 3U of rackspace.

“With IBM FlashSystem . . . we’re able to focus on bringing new customers

in. . . it’s a wonderful thing to show the performance.”- Bill Kirchhoff, Production Infrastructure Manager, SciQuest


292 percentdecrease in I/O wait time

72 percentimprovement in response time

4.5 millionclaims facilitated daily for over

45M providers & beneficiaries



• Oracle Federal Financials Suite

• Healthcare Integrated General Ledger

Accounting System (HIGLAS)

• IBM Flash Centers of Competency

CMS HIGLASIBM FlashSystem helps Medicare services provider ease payment burden

Business challenge: Running one of the largest Oracle databases in the world for

payment processing, the HIGLAS accounting system required greater performance

and scalability to accommodate increasingly more providers and beneficiaries.

The solution: IBM architected a solution using the IBM FlashSystem and SVC to

provide higher Oracle performance while allowing reductions in overall power and

time.

Business impact: Substantial performance improvements provided the client with

confidence to support not only current service levels but also future increases in

workloads.

Reference for sales situations only. Any public use requires IBM and client approval.


96 percentreduction in power consumption

98 percentreduction in rack space

5000 affiliatedphysicians, 12 hospitals, 100+

outpatient locations supported


• IBM Flex System

• IBM Storwize V7000

• IBM DS8800


• Oracle

• Cerner

• IBM Business Partner: Mark III Systems

Memorial HermannMaking a smarter planet healthier with IBM FlashSystem

Business challenge: The largest not-for-profit health care system in South East

Texas was faced with increasing requirements for speed and reliability in

delivering effective, high-quality medical services supporting patients’ needs.

The solution: IBM FlashSystem deployed in a tiered environment with SVC

providing greatly improved data access for EMR and support for real-time

analysis of medical data.

Business impact: Improved speed and reliability of applications and access to

electronic medical records provided doctors faster access to data facilitating

better treatment decisions.


What is next?

Drive new business opportunities using

VersaStack with FlashSystem V9000 Run Mixed Workloads

Lower the Cost of Flash

Protect your Investment

Enable Data Center

Consolidation

Simplified Management

Improve Workforce

Productivity

Accelerate Applications


IBM MS SQL Server Analysis Tool

Projects performance gains

Gives visual representations for clients


IBM Oracle AWR Analysis Tool

Top 5 Wait events in DB comparison

% Improvement

Latency improvements

Read/Write ratio


For more information

Flash Essentials for IBM Business Partners: https://ibm.biz/BPFlashEssentials

Instructions to gain access: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/page/TS312393USEN

Direct link to recorded webinars for IBM FlashSystem education: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/SGDM084427N10464V23

Solutions Engineering team for performance analysis/data capture: [email protected]

https://ibm.biz/BPFlashEssentials

http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/page/TS312393USEN

http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/SGDM084427N10464V23

mailto:[email protected]

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