webinar: dr strategies for hyperconverged architectures
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In this webinar you will learn:
● The DR limitations of VMware / Hyper-V
● The challenges with a 3rd party DR product
● The advantages of alternative hypervisors
DR Strategies for Hyperconverged Architectures
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● 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
Who Is Storage Switzerland?
Our SpeakersW. Curtis Preston is a Senior Analyst at Storage Switzerland. He has been specializing in data protection for over 20 years, having designed and implemented backup, DR, and archive systems for some of the largest companies in the world. He is the author of O’Reilly’s Backup & Recovery and Using SANs and NAS.
Our SpeakersMike Lyon is the service delivery manager for Scale Computing, and he works to develop professional services as well as integrations and partnerships that enhance the ecosystem of Scale Computing’s HC3 Hyperconverged infrastructure platform.
Lately, he worked to launch a DRaaS offering that provides a managed disaster recovery solution, along with the SSD Retrofit service to enable existing HC3 clusters to take advantage of flash. Mike has 20 years of experience as an IT professional, in financial services, higher education, and national retail.
Who is Scale?
International PresenceIndianapolis (HQ)Silicon ValleyLondonParisTorontoDubai
1500+ Customers5500+ Systems
• HC3 launched in 2012
• Market Leader in SMB/SME Hyperconvergence
• Integrated IT Infrastructure– Unique technology powered by 24 patents.
• Scale’s DNA– Radically simplified management – High availability designed in– Comprehensive support
• Net Promoter Score: 88– Higher customer loyalty than the Apple iPhone
• Healthcare, Education, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Government & Defense.
Servers, Storage, and Virtualization. Simplified.
Polling Question
What is your DR plan for your VMs?
Array-Based Limitations• Most HCI vendors do not support external storage
• Must have same exact array setup
• Cannot do many to one, one to many
• All virtual disks, VMX files, RDM devices and LUN working directory must all be in the same array
• Cannot change snapshot location (WorkingDir)
• Supports linked clones, but all nodes in a snapshot tree must be replicated
Software Replication Limitations
• Only recover to last snapshot in VMware
• Previous snapshots wiped out in a restore
• Multiple VMware snapshots a bad idea anyway
• vSphere Replication does not support linked clones
• Hyper-V limited to 24 recovery points and 24 hours of history
• Hyper-V DR only supports Windows 2012
Shared Site Limitations• SRM does not support one to many replication
• Each SRM pair must have its own physical host machine at recovery site
• Shared recovery site can handle max of 10 protected sites
• Every customer at a shared recovery site can see every other customer’s data!
• Hyper-V extended replication doesn’t support application consistency
CPU Limitations
• Must have 100% compatible CPUs on BIOS settings if using memory state snapshots
The Challenges With Adding A Third Party DR Product
• Cost
• Complexity of learning, integrating and managing 3rd party product
The Advantages Of Alternative Hypervisors
• Integrated DR without these limitations
• No “VMware tax”
• No 3rd party backup product to buy, learn, manage
Scale HC3 Features
• Single Unified Management Interface• Block Access, Direct Attached Storage System• Hybrid Flash with Automated Tiering• Cluster to Cluster Replication and Failover• Thin Cloning and Snapshots• Rolling, Non-Disruptive Updates• Deploy a Cluster with Live VMs in <1 Hour• Deploy a New Node with No Downtime in Minutes
HC3 Simplified Management
HC3 Advantages
• Designed Specifically for the SMB• Hyper-Efficient I/O Path – No VSA Architecture• Hypervisor Included – No 3rd Party Licensing• Fully Redundant, Fault Tolerant, Stress Free• 24/7/365 In-House ScaleCare Support• Near Turnkey Deployment• No Expertise Required (Storage, HA, Virtualization)
What’s New?
New in 2016!• Hybrid Flash, Tiered Storage Nodes
– HC1150, HC2150, HC4150 • New HC1100 Node• HEAT – Turn it up to 11• Snapshot Scheduling• Per-VM Real-Time Statistics• Cluster-wide IOPS Statistic
HC3 Systems
Sample Configurations: Compute
# of Cores: 18RAM: 192GB
StorageSSD Raw Capacity: 12TBDisk Speed: 7.2k RPM
Network6 x 11GbE bonded active/passive
Compute# of Cores: 160RAM: 4TB
StorageSSD Raw Capacity: 12.8TBSAS Raw Capacity: 96TB
Network16 x 10GbE bonded active/passive
8 x HC41503 x HC1100
$25,500 $350,000
HC1100
HC2100
HC2150
HC4100
HC4150
6 - 8 $8,5001GbE or 10GbE64GB – 128GB
$11,700
$20,50010GbE
$22,60010GbE
$35,87510GbE
Cores RAM
6 - 8 64GB - 256GB
8 128GB - 256GB
12 - 20 128GB – 512GB
16 - 20 384GB - 512GB
4TB - 16TB 7.2k
Raw Capacity
2.4TB – 7.2TB 10k
7.2k
4.8TB – 14.4TB 10k
7.2k
1GbE or 10GbE
COMPUTEper node
STORAGEper node
NETWORKper node
PRICEper node starting at
SSD: 400GB - 800GB
SAS: 3TB – 18TB
SSD: 800GB - 1.6TB
SAS: 6TB – 12TB
Disk Speed (RPM)
HC2
000
HC4
000
HC1150 1GbE or 10GbE8SSD: 480GB – 1.92TB
SAS: 3TB – 12TB$10,000
HC1
000
64GB - 256GB 7.2k
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DR Strategies for Hyperconverged Architectures
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