we max storage! – the next generation

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Human Centric Innovation

in Action

Fujitsu Forum 2015

18th – 19th November

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WE MAX Storage ! – The next Generation Hermann Brummer Senior Manager Product Marketing Fujitsu

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The end of your storage

capacity is near

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The Data Centre’s Survival Guide for Storage

Care about BIG

headroom

Look for flexible

scalability

Ensure

zero downtime

Automation is

key

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Data Centre Storage for Survivors

Fujitsu has announced a new generation of

enterprise-class storage systems

Flexible scalability up to

14 Petabytes / 4M IOPS

Product names:

ETERNUS DX8700 S3 and DX8900 S3

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Design objectives

Headroom for

unpredictable

data growth

Flexible scalability

Pay as you grow

Zero downtime

for business

critical data

Automation to

manage more

data without

more staff

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Headroom for unpredictable data growth

ETERNUS DX8900 S3 ETERNUS DX8700 S3

architecture Scale-out Scale-out

storage controllers 2 – 24 2 – 8

max. storage capacity 13,824 TB 4,608 TB

max. disk drives 4,608 1,536

max. cache memory (DRAM) 6 TB Up to 1 TB

max. second-level cache (SSD) 67.2 TB Up to 22.4 TB

max. connectable hosts 8,192 Up to 8,192

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Headroom for unpredictable data growth

ETERNUS DX8900 S3 ETERNUS DX8700 S3

architecture Scale-out Scale-out

storage controllers 2 – 24 2 – 8

max. storage capacity 13,824 TB 4,608 TB

max. disk drives 4,608 1,536

max. cache memory (DRAM) 6 TB 1 TB

max. second-level cache (SSD) 67.2 TB 22.4 TB

max. connectable hosts 8,192 8,192

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Flexible Quad Star Architecture

scale-out architecture with up to 24

storage control modules (CMs)

modular scalability of capacity and

performance by adding CMs

PCIe (3rd gen) interconnect of CMs

for high performance

Active-active cross-access for

optimized load-balancing

Massive scalability of capacity and performance

FRT = front end router

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Flexible scalability by design

Max. 4

(DX8700 S3)

Max. 12

(DX8900 S3)

Front-end Router (FRT)

Max. 384 Disk/SSD Disk/SSD



FRT FRT FRT FRT

Storage

Controller

Storage

Controller

Storage

Controller

Storage

Controller

Storage

Controller

Storage

Controller

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Built for leading scalability in performance

8× 2× 8×

Up to 6 TB

DRAM

Cache

Up to 67 TB

SSD cache

SAS3

drive interface

PCIe (Gen 3)

Interconnect

Multicore (6/10)

Mutlithread

SMP, 64 Bit OS

faster pumps,

bigger pipes

I/O Performance Bandwidth Bus Performance

Compared to biggest pre-decessor model

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Zero-downtime thanks to end-to end redundancy

Redundant

front-end

routers

Redundant

connections

to control

modules

Redundant

connections

to disks/SSDs

Redundancy

of data Shared data via RAID

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Zero d(r)owntime for your petabytes

Ensure

zero downtime

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Zero downtime if there is a complete system failure

Simple and cost efficient system failover with ETERNUS Storage Cluster.

Sync. mirror

Sync. mirror

Server

Storage

Access

Primary Secondary

Switch

Server

Primary Secondary

Switch

Non-stop

operation

Storage

Access

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Collecting performance data Adjusting bandwidth

(and eventually storage tier)

to achieve the required

response time

Admin defines requested

response time or priority

per volume

Automation of reliable data service levels

ETERNUS

Automated

Quality of

Service 1

2

3

Comparing required and measured data

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The impact of variety

Economy storage Entry-level storage Midrange storage Enterprise storage

HW

architecture

system

software

Most vendors offer completely different storage architectures in the high-end segment

Increased operational effort when operating different system sizes

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ETERNUS DX – Family architecture

One system management from small to high-end

Same building blocks

Data mirroring/replication and system failover between different model sizes

ETERNUS SF storage management software

DX100 S3 DX200 S3 DX500 S3 DX600 S3 DX8700 S3

Economy Entry-level and midrange storage Enterprise storage

DX8900 S3 DX60 S3

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Reducing costs of data growth

Extreme scalability of capacity

No unplanned migration during system lifetime

No over-provisioning

Flexible scalability of capacity

No unnecessary up-front-investments

Scalable, leading performance

Higher system utilization

Higher storage consolidation

SAVINGS

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Higher staff productivity, better data services

Automated quality of service management

Less manual tuning efforts

Better service levels

Higher system utilization

End-to-end system redundancy

Less planned or unplanned downtime

ETERNUS Storage Cluster

Higher uptime at less costs

and at less complexity

PRODUCT-

IVITY /

SLAs

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Taking the lead in enterprise storage

Leading in

Scalability

Leading in

Flexibility

Leading in

High-availability

Leading in

Automation

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