Efficiently store fewer bits. File1 File2
After Dedup: Before Dedup:5TB Chunk Store Non-Optimized Files Optimized file stubs Savings = 4TB 1TB Physical Size
Windows Server 2012 Debut of next generation design (not based on SIS) Supports closed files Windows Server 2012 R2 New support for VDI scenario Dedup of open VHD files for VDI Supports Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) TechEd 2014 EU VDI at scale reference deployment New virtualized backup scenario Requires November 2014 update rollup
Let’s look at what we learned from a real deployment
Scale-out File ServerHyper-V VDI Cluster Shared Volumes Dedup Spaces-Based Virtualized Storage VHD
Complete details on Microsoft VDI Reference Deployment are available in the VDI whitepaper: “Large scale Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Deployment Using Windows Server 2012 R2 with Storage Tiers and Data Deduplication” Available at the Microsoft Download Center:
VSIMax v4 = 1443 sessionsVSIMax v4 = 1423 sessions Tiered StorageDeduplicated Tiered Storage
Scale-out File ServerHyper-V Cluster Shared Volumes Dedup Spaces-Based Virtualized Storage VHD New scenario for Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Cloud Platform System For Enterprises and Service Providers Dell as Hardware partner Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, WAP Microsoft-validated hardware and software Optimized for hosting Microsoft applications Example deployment of virtualized backup with dedup
Pre-deployed infrastructure Switches, load balancer, storage, compute, network edge N+2 fault tolerant (N+1 networking) Pre-configured as per best practices Integrated Management Configure, deploy, patching Monitoring Backup and DR Automation 8000 VM’s*, 0.7 PB of usable workload storage Optimized deployment and operations for Microsoft and other standard workloads SQL Server SYSTEM CENTER SMB 3.0 & STORAGE SPACES HYPER-V HOSTS HYPER-V NETWORKING SERVICE MANAGEMENT API ADMIN PORTAL TENANT PORTAL Dell PowerEdge Servers Dell Storage Dell Networking + optimized racking and cabling for high density and reliability Dell Enterprise infrastructure WINDOWS AZURE PACK
Specific storage configuration Space available Tenant: 152 terabytes Backup: 126 terabytes (+ deduplication) 4 JBODs terabytes each = 768 terabytes RAW terabytes each = 38 terabytes RAW Storage Spaces configuration Tenant: 3-way mirror Backup: Dual parity Tiered storage 4 file servers 128 GB memory 3 x pools (2 x tenant, 1 x backup) 8 x 10 GbE RDMA for SMB3 \\SMBShare
Scale-out File Server Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volumes Dedup Spaces- Based Virtualized Storage VHD
Virtualized backup dedup configuration summary