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® 2 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Agenda What is ProtecTIER? ProtecTIER Terminology ProtecTIER Family ProtecTIER Performance and Benchmarking ProtecTIER Sizing ProtecTIER Demonstration –ProtecTIER Manager Navigation Tour –Creating a Virtual Tape Library Next Steps Note: Run this presentation in screenshow mode since it includes considerable animation

® 3 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation What is ProtecTIER?

® 4 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Virtual Tape – Why is it interesting? Small Servers can’t optimize a tape drive Offsite Shipments are Costly and a BotherTapes are Hard to Manage Writing WaitingWaitingWaiting Small Backups don’t fill a tape Virtual tape can provide multiple virtual drives Virtual tape can make virtual volumes of any size Virtual tape keeps all the volumes inside the device Virtual tape can transmit them to a remote site

® 5 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Ohio ProtecTIERIBM i What does ProtecTIER do? Local Saves to Virtual Tape with De-dup Backup Server or IBM i ProtecTIER New York IP Replication Minimized bandwidth since data is de-dup’d before sending TS3500 Optional duplication to physical tape (at local or remote site) Disk Virtual Tapes C A B C A A B B A What is DeDuplication? C A B C A A B B A C A B C A B B A A © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 6 ™ Repository Backup Servers SAN Switch TS7650G HyperFactor Memory Resident Index “Filtered” data Existing Data New Data Stream Disk Arrays Hyperfactor Deduplication in Action

® 7 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Terminology

® 8 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Terminology Customer Server ProtecTIER Server ProtecTIER Manager User Data (Typically RAID 5) Meta Data (Typically RAID 10) Eg pointers to the data © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 9 ™ ProtecTIER Terminology Customer Server Meta Data (Typically RAID 10) Eg pointers to the data User Data (Typically RAID 5) ProtecTIER Server ProtecTIER Manager Nominal Data: The amount of data that the customer sends to the virtual drives Physical Data: The amount of data that is actually saved on disk after the matches are replaced with pointers and the remaining data is compacted with LZ1 HyperFactor Ratio (De-duplication ratio) If 120 GB of nominal data fits in 10 GB of physical space in the repository, then the Hyperfactor Ratio is 12:1 © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 10 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Deduplication Algorithms – Post vs Inline Backups run first without de-dup Separate de-dup algorithm runs thereafter Requires extra disk space to hold the interim full-sized copy of the backup Used when the de-dup algorithm is not fast enough to run inline Inline De-Duplication (eg HyperFactor) Post Processing Deduplication De-dup runs as part of backup process Uses less disk Once save is done, the entire process is done Only possible with a fast de-dup algorithm like ProtecTIER HyperFactor © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 11 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Deduplication Workloads that Dedup WellWorkloads that Don’t Dedup Well Data with Low Change Rate Backups where lots of versions are kept Full saves vs incrementals Operating Systems and Application Packages Databases Mailboxes Log Files etc Compressed Data – eg images Encrypted Data Database Backups that are compressed or encrypted (eg Sybase Litespeed) Database Backups that are multiplexed Seismic Data Incremental Saves

® 12 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Product Family

® 13 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation SMB Appliance TS7620 IBM TS7600 ProtecTIER® Deduplication Family High Performance High Capacity Flexible Storage Highest Performance Largest Capacity High Availability Good Performance Entry Capacity Very Low cost Single Node Up to 150 MB/sec 5.9 TB (5.5 TiB) useable Single Node Up to 150 MB/sec 11.8 TB (11 TiB) useable Single Node Up to 1600 MB/sec save Up to 2000 MB/sec restore 1 PB useable Active-Active Cluster Up to 2500 MB/sec save Up to 3200 MB/sec restore 1 PB useable Gateway TS TB = decimal TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes or 1,000 GB (i.e. 10^12 bytes) 1 TiB = binary TB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes or 1,024 GiB (i.e. 2^40 bytes) Nominal Space Available = “useable” space * HyperFactor Ratio Capacity and Performance © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 14 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Notes – Binary and Decimal TB Binary TB (TiB) are most common in the industry and are shown on the ProtecTIER Manager GUI screens. The ProtecTIER overhead has been removed from these figures Decimal TB (TB) are used in the marketing literature. The ProtecTIER overhead has not yet been removed from these figures Note that the IBM i WRKSYSSTS screen shows the system size in decimal TB

® 15 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Protocols Available VTL / fibre Backup servers TSM NetBackup IBM i (BRMS) CommVault Legato etc For the detailed list of supported backup applications, platforms and releases, please see the following url: Node ANode B OST / IP Backup servers NetBackup Node ANode B SMB-CIFS / IP Backup servers TSM (Windows) NetBackup (Windows) Backup Exec (Windows) CommVault (Windows) Networker (Windows) 2 VMware Backup Apps (coming soon) Node A Single node only initially

® 16 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Performance and Benchmarking

® 17 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Performance by Protocol – TS7650-DD5 DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream Replica- tion DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream Replica- tion VTL / fibreOST / IPSMB-CIFS / IP Backup servers Node A Single node only initially DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream Replica- tion Performance Figures shown are a combination of product specs and measured values. The figures may be adjusted as we gather additional performance data from our early adopters

® 18 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Performance by Protocol – TS7650-DD5 DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream 150 Replica- tion DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream 130 Replica- tion VTL / fibreOST / IPSMB-CIFS / IP Backup servers Node A Node B Node A Node B Node A Single node only initially DD5 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream Replica- tion Performance Figures shown are a combination of product specs and measured values. The figures may be adjusted as we gather additional performance data from our early adopters

® 19 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Performance by Protocol – TS7620 TS7620 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream Replica- tion TS7620 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream tbd- - - Replica- tion VTL / fibreOST / IPSMB-CIFS / IP Backup servers Node A Single node only TS7620 (MB/sec) Single Node Dual Node Save Restore Single Stream tbd- - - Replica- tion Single node only Performance Figures shown are a combination of product specs and measured values. The figures may be adjusted as we gather additional performance data from our early adopters

® 20 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Gateway Historical Performance The TS7650 DD5 Servers announced on June 4, 2012 with ProtecTIER V3.2, provide a significant performance improvement for both single stream and overall throughput: Full System Performance BackupRestoreBackupRestore DD3, V2,4, VTL500 MB/s650 MB/s1000 MB/s1200 MB/s DD4, V2.5, VTL900 MB/s1200 MB/s1500 MB/s MB/s DD4, V3.1, VTL1400 MB/s1610 MB/s2000 MB/s2300 MB/s DD5, V3.2, VTL1600 MB/s2000 MB/s2500 MB/s3200 MB/s Single Stream Performance Single stream backup Single stream restore DD3, V2,4, VTL60 MB/s90 MB/s DD4, V2.5, VTL90 MB/s110 MB/s DD4, V3.1 VTL103 MB/s126 MB/s DD5, V3.2, VTL150 MB/s Open Systems Performance on Latest ProtecTIER Gateway Hardware and Software with optimum disk Single Node ProtecTIERDual Node ProtecTIER

® 21 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Performance – Open Systems Benchmark Environment Test Environment and Methodology Server 19% Data Change Rate 7 Backup Generations Retained ProtecTIER Node 1Node 2 DS8000 Disk 224 HDD Spindles Carved into 28 LUNs 64 concurrent backup or restore streams with 512 K block size Throughput per Backup Version Steady State Workload simulates a real-world system 19% Data Change Rate Deletes and DeFragmentation running 7 Backup Generations created before test V2.x V3.1 V3.2

® 22 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Sizing ProtecTIER Text Capacity Sizing Replication Sizing Performance Sizing Determine (1)Peak Performance (2)Single Stream Performance For both Save and Restore Determine (1)Nominal Data Size (2)Estimated Hyperfactor Ratio MB / secTB Determine (1)ProtecTIER Bandwidth (2)Comms Link Bandwidth (3)Timeframe MB / sec Remember to apply Growth factor Decide on single node or HA cluster

® 23 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Planner for Open Systems

® 24 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation BRMS PRTRPTBRM *CTLGRPSTAT for IBM i Use it alongside the IBM i ProtecTIER Sizing Spreadsheet

® 25 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Brand New! Tape / ProtecTIER Sizing Report from BRMS Excellent for: Monitoring / Analyzing ongoing Backup Performance Sizing New Tape / ProtecTIER Environments June 2012 BRMS PTF V5R4 SI46335 (Partial Support – see note) V6R1 SI46339 IBM i 7.1 SI46340 Note: Reports for a V5R4 system must be created on a V6R1 or IBM i 7.1 system that is in the same BRMS network. Use the “From System” parameter Once the PTF is loaded, BRMS will start tracking saves: try to apply the PTF several weeks before you need your first reports Backups that run via Control Group (STRBKUBRM) will have full information Backups that run via SAVxxxBRM will be bundled in the line labelled *NONE. Adjust the report times to try to isolate each save Command details are on the next page Available via the June 2012 BRMS quarterly PTF Use alongside the IBM i ProtecTIER Data Gathering Spreadsheet available at:

® 26 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Change Rates and Dedup Ratios For IBM i, use something in the 8:1 to 15:1 range depending on the # versions retained

® 27 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Demonstration Navigating the PT Mgr GUI Note that the screen cams are from a variety of systems so library and drive names etc may not match from screen to screen

® 28 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager

® 29 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager

® 30 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – System View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 31 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager: Statistics View

® 32 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Statistics View

® 33 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Statistics View

® 34 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Activities View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 35 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Node View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 36 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – VTL View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 37 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Replication Policies © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 38 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – Shelf View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 39 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Manager – VTL View © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 40 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation ProtecTIER Demonstration Creating a VTL Note that the screen cams are from a variety of systems so library and drive names etc may not match from screen to screen

® 41 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Overview of Setup Steps TS7610 Appliance Install + Power Up Key in IP Addresses Watch DVD Videos (done by customer) TS7650 Gateway Install Disk, Create LUNs Install ProtecTIER, Power Up, Attach Disk Setup Metadata & Repository Setup Comms On-the-job Training (done with Lab Services) Create VTL, Drives, Media Create Replication policy (approx 5-8 wizard screens each) Reset Fibre Cards Adjust backup application just like when you add any new tape library All ProtecTIERs Set up the ProtecTIER Manager GUI

® 42 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 43 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 44 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 45 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 46 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 47 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 48 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 49 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 50 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 51 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Create VTL / Drives / Virtual Media © 2012 IBM Corporation

® 52 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Next Steps

® 53 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation If you would like to consider ProtecTIER for your shop … Meet with your ProtecTIER Sales Team Gather Data about your Backup Environment Do the Sizing Design your solution Plan your implementation Consider the ProtecTIER Hands-on Workshop One Day Hands-on Workshop in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Runs 1-2 times per month No charge to attend Contact Geoff Roy for dates / sign up

® 54 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Recap What is ProtecTIER? ProtecTIER Terminology ProtecTIER Family ProtecTIER Performance and Benchmarking ProtecTIER Sizing ProtecTIER Demonstration –ProtecTIER Manager Navigation Tour –Creating a Virtual Tape Library Next Steps

® 55 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Session Evaluations ibmtechu.com/vp Prizes will be drawn from Evals

® 56 ™ © 2012 IBM Corporation Questions?

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