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Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Panayiotis Tsamouras Technical Manager Cosmos Business Systems SA

What is the role of the storage is: Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family What is the role of the storage is: ?

The role of the storage is: Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family The role of the storage is: to give/take data at the request of the application In consequence, the only impact storage has to the application performance is the amount of time the processors must wait Read Data Write

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family CPU performance up 10x this last decade Storage has grown capacity but unable to keep up in performance Systems are now Latency & IO bound resulting in significant performance gap Performance Gap From 1980 to 2010, CPU performance has grown 60% per year* …and yet, disk performance has grown ~5% per year during that same period**

Understanding Storage Performance Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Understanding Storage Performance

Understanding Storage Performance Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Understanding Storage Performance

Understanding Storage Performance Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Understanding Storage Performance

Understanding Application Efficiency with FlashSystem Microlatency Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Understanding Application Efficiency with FlashSystem Microlatency

Understanding Application Efficiency with FlashSystem Microlatency Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Understanding Application Efficiency with FlashSystem Microlatency

IBM FlashSystem Family Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Family

IBM FlashSystem 720 / FlashSystem 820 Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 720 / FlashSystem 820 High performance, low latency, high reliability solution to turbocharge your business Designed for running multitenant heterogeneous (mixed workload) applications that require built-in high availability features… Transactional (OLTP) databases Analytical (OLAP) databases Virtualization & virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) High performance computing (HPC) Cloud infrastructure, private and public Extreme Performance MicroLatency™ Macro Efficiency Enterprise Reliability Low Latency 100/25 µs (720) 110/25 µs (820) Read/Write Purpose-built, highly parallel design Maximize host CPU efficiency and productivity 1U form factor- minimal footprint for best of breed ROI Two dual-port 8 Gb Fibre Channel controllers or dual-port 40Gb QDR InfiniBand controllers Hot swappable flash modules Low power 500 watts (720) / 450 watts(820) Variable Stripe RAID™ to protect against chip failure Redundancy for power, data, and management 2D Flash RAID eliminates single point of failures Available integrated spare flash card limiting down time Error Correcting Code (ECC) at chip level SLC (720)/eMLC (820) 5,10, 20 TB w/ High Availability (6,12, 24 TB non HA) 525K (720/820) IOPS 5 (720) / 4 (820) GB/s Bandwidth

IBM FlashSystem 720 / FlashSystem 820 Architecture Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 720 / FlashSystem 820 Architecture Redundant Management Control Processors Redundant Power Supplies Two Dual-Ported 8 Gb/s FC or 40 Gb/s QDR IB Interfaces N+1 batteries Redundant RAID controllers 12 Flash Modules (10+1+1) 1U Chassis Redundant Fans

IBM FlashSystem 710 / FlashSystem 810 Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 710 / FlashSystem 810 Speed up critical applications and make decisions faster Accelerate read-heavy enterprise storage area network (SAN) applications… Data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP) databases Sequential data collection Large centralized databases Content delivery networks Rendering and video editing Modeling and simulation Extreme Performance MicroLatency™ Macro Efficiency Enterprise Reliability Variable Stripe RAID™ to protect against chip failure Redundant power supplies with active failover protection against single-source power issues Error Correcting Code (ECC) at chip level Available integrated spare flash card SLC (710) / eMLC (810) 1-5 TB or 2-10 TB 570K (710) / 550K (810) IOPS 5 GB/s (710)/ 4 GB/s (810) Bandwidth Low latency 100/60 µs (710) and 110 / 60 µs (810) Read/Write Purpose-built, highly parallel design Maximize host CPU efficiency and productivity 1U form factor- minimal footprint for best of breed ROI Two dual-port 8 Gb Fibre Channel controllers or dual-port 40Gb QDR InfiniBand controllers Low power 450 watts (710) / 400 watts(810) Available hot-swapable flash modules in 720/820

IBM FlashSystem 710 / FlashSystem 810 Architecture Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 710 / FlashSystem 810 Architecture Management Control Processors Redundant Power Supplies Two Dual-Ported 8 Gb/s FC or 40 Gb/s QDR IB Interfaces N+1 batteries 4-21 Flash Modules (including optional spare) 1U Chassis Redundant Fans

Layers of Data Protection Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Layers of Data Protection Layer Protection System-level RAID 5 managed by centralized RAID controllers Module Failure Module-level Variable Stripe RAID™ managed by each module across its chips Sub-chip, chip or multi-chip failure Chip-level ECC managed by each module using its chips Bit and block errors 2D Flash RAID IBM FlashSystem 720 IBM FlashSystem 820 IBM FlashSystem 710 IBM FlashSystem 810

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas Unique Business Benefit: The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Variable Stripe RAID™ Patented Variable Stripe RAID allows RAID stripe sizes to vary. If one die fails in a ten-chip stripe, only the failed die is bypassed, and then data is restriped across the remaining nine chips. No system rebuild needed! VSR reduces maintenance intervals caused by Flash failures Unique Business Benefit: Fewer Flash Module Replacements … 16 Planes 10 Chips RAID Group FAIL

Two-Dimensional (2D) Flash RAID™ Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Two-Dimensional (2D) Flash RAID™ 2D Flash RAID: system-level RAID 5 protection layered on top of module-level Variable Stripe RAID. Provides maximum data protection and minimizes recovery times from flash failures, without compromising system performance or availability. Rebuilds only occur if entire flash modules fail – Variable Stripe RAID takes care of small flash failures. System-level RAID is implemented as 10+1 RAID 5 with 4K stripes, plus 1 module reserved as hot spare. System-level RAID is managed through active-active backplane FPGA controllers, not software. External Interfaces (FC, IB) RAID Controllers RAID 5 within Flash Modules (9 data + 1 parity) IBM 2D Flash RAID Unique Business Benefit: Maximize Data Protection RAID 5 across Flash Modules (10 data + 1 parity + 1 hot spare)

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 840 2U form factor- minimal footprint for best of breed ROI Low power 625 watts Field upgradeable, granular capacity 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48 Reduce installation and management time with intuitive standardized GUI Macro Efficiency Data center optimized to deliver extreme performance, flexible capacity and total system protection Fully redundant and hot swappable architecture: - Flash modules, power supplies, batteries, interfaces, fans Maintain business continuity with Concurrent code load AES 256 HW base encryption Enterprise Reliability Low Latency 135/90 µs R/W Purpose-built, highly parallel design Maximize host CPU efficiency and productivity MicroLatency™ 1.1M IOPS 8 GB/s Bandwidth Multiple connectivity interfaces 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel 40Gb QDR InfiniBand 10Gb FCoE Extreme Performance

IBM FlashSystem 840 components Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem 840 components Flash Modules (12) Battery Packs (2) RAID Controllers (2) Interface Modules (4) Canisters (2) Fan Packs (4) Management Modules (2) Power Supplies (2)

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem V840

IBM FlashSystem Positioning Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Positioning

IBM FlashSystem Positioning Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Positioning SSD is NOT Flash Storage Flash inside a Disk Enclosure Technology designed for Disk, not Flash Data protection outside SSD Data Path handled by OS/Controllers outside SSD Performance is reduced and marginal Common in hybrid arrays Focus is to maintain functionality and consolidation Focus on Tiering and Data Movement SSD competes with all other disks’ for resources When performance matters (which is ALWAYS), SSD is not the best

IBM FlashSystem Positioning Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Positioning Direct Attach Hybrid Storage Systems Direct Attach Flash (PCIe adapters, server SSDs) provides low latency, high performance storage for in-server applications BUT Less enterprise capabilities Hybrid Storage Systems (Storage with SSDs & HDDs) provide a higher level of enterprise capabilities with superior capacity However, there is a gap in the middle for all flash storage array that provides high performance, low latency, and enterprise-class attributes

IBM FlashSystem Positioning Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Positioning Direct Attach All Flash Arrays Hybrid Storage Systems IBM FlashSystem offers extreme performance, low latency and enterprise attributes to handle fast moving operational data in real time

IBM FlashSystem Use Cases Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Use Cases

IBM FlashSystem Use Cases Oracle Acceleration with IBM FlashSystem™ Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Use Cases Oracle Acceleration with IBM FlashSystem™ Customer Challenge – Most Oracle applications are highly read-intensive. By placing all read data on low latency flash storage, reads will be performed much faster, boosting Oracle performance by up to 12x over conventional disk systems with no tuning or changes to code or system architecture. IBM FlashSystem shared flash storage systems will Decrease I/O wait time in mission critical Oracle workloads Deliver the lowest latency available on any SAN platform Accelerate commonly I/O-bound workloads, including transactional, batch and complex analytics Delivers Extreme Performance, Macro Efficiency, and Enterprise Reliability for

Performance Scenario: Oracle RAC, 4 Nodes Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Use Cases Performance Scenario: Oracle RAC, 4 Nodes ~4,000 IOPS per RAC node 16,000 IOPS total 12.25 mins to complete with 4 nodes running 2 million queries 40,000 IOPS per RAC node 160,000 IOPS total 1.3 mins to complete with 4 nodes running 2 million queries Over 9X reduction! 12m 15s 1m 20s

Virtual Servers and VDI with IBM FlashSystem™ Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Use Cases Virtual Servers and VDI with IBM FlashSystem™ Customer Challenge - Virtualized servers and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) push conventional storage systems to their performance limits. The result? Poor application response times and a bad customer experience. IBM FlashSystem shared flash storage systems will Eliminate I/O density and hot spot issues that are common to highly virtualized environments Control and mitigate ‘log on’ or ‘boot’ storm performance issue Deliver storage consolidation without sacrificing performance, thus driving a higher V:P ratios thus increasing server utilization Delivers Extreme Performance, Macro Efficiency, and Enterprise Reliability for

SAP Acceleration with IBM FlashSystem™ Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem Use Cases SAP Acceleration with IBM FlashSystem™ Customer Challenge –SAP is pushing clients to accelerate performance by adopting the HANA in-memory database architecture. This often leads to a significant re-architecture of the entire SAP infrastructure, which drives high cost and a risk of disruption in service delivery. IBM FlashSystem shared flash storage systems will Eliminate I/O bottlenecks in mission critical SAP workloads Provide the lowest latency with IBM MicroLatency™ Support a phased approach to HANA adoption by delivering consistently higher performance for SAP BW workloads with no re-architecture required Delivers Extreme Performance, Macro Efficiency, and Enterprise Reliability for &

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family In the past Storage Arrays used to be: +

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family In the past Storage Arrays used to be: Today Storage Arrays are more than that: + + software-defined storage (SDS)

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family Buy Less Storage Award winning simplicity Deploy Quickly & Flexibly Embedded Analytics Improve What You Have IBM & non-IBM Flash Optimized Start Small & Scale-up

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family Offerings

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family Features Automated Tiering External Virtualization Real Time Compression Data Replication Source Volume Destination TCP/IP Network

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family Functionalities Intuitive GUI is Truly Integrated One administration interface for block and file data Not a launcher for two different interfaces Integrated data protection Built-in NDMP and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client

Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM Storwize Family Functionalities Summary

IBM FlashSystem + IBM Storwize Smart Solution Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family IBM FlashSystem + IBM Storwize Smart Solution

Easy Tier Case Study: Insurance Client Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Easy Tier Case Study: Insurance Client Challenge Customer is an IBM client in need of an automated tiering solution to reduce DB batch run times Solution FlashSystem virtualized to provide both capacity in an Easy Tier pool and native capacity for TSM Log files. Flash Deal: IBM FlashSystem 820 (10 TB) Also included upgrades to V7000‘s Benefit Reduced batch run times Improved TCO for customer Decreased power and cooling costs Low latency IBM Storwize V7000 IBM FlashSystem 820 10TB Servers

Oracle Case Study: Telecommunications Client Cosmos Business Systems & IBM Hellas The New Flash Era – IBM Storage Flash Technology & Storwize Family Oracle Case Study: Telecommunications Client Challenge A telecommunications client with a very good relationship to a third party storage vendor needed to improve DB efficiency Solution IBM FlashSystem 810 (2TB) Other IBM components include a V7000 FlashSystem based in preferred read using AIX LVM during the PoC FlashSystem and customer‘s storage behind V7000 in the production Benefit Speed up Oracle application Allowed for greater amount of savings Energy comsumption was much lower than traditional HDD array Happy users  Simple and easy integration with customer‘s environment SAN Environment Preferred Read Writes Reads & Writes

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