SAS Grid at HC and PHAC June 12, 2014

Agenda  To Grid or Not To Grid  The Approach  The Metrics  Lessons Learned  Looking Forward

To Grid or Not to Grid: The Problem  Multiple versions of SAS  Multiple servers with multiple OS versions  Multiple data stores and multiple types  Shrinking resource pools  Shrinking budgets  A new service provider The Heterogeneous SAS Environment This is not unique to SAS… it is everywhere!

A Technology Labyrinth

Levelling The Playing Field

Why SAS Grid?  One standard for HC and PHAC.  Local data storage.  Limited data traffic across WAN/LAN.  Dramatic increase in performance.  Reduced licensing cost ( Single contract ).  Reduced Single points of failure.  Complete solution for Analytics/Reporting.  Scalability, Reproducibility and Flexibility.  Security, Auditing and Monitoring

Levelling The Playing Field What Really Happens Just Kidding !

Current SAS Grid Architecture at HC and PHAC ( Simple view )

The Approach Leverage Existing Hardware Investments  HP BLc7000 Blade Enclosures  HP Proliant BL460c G6 Blades  HP EVA 8000 SAN Promote to Production Environment  HP BLc7000 Blade Enclosures  HP Proliant BL460c G7 Blades  3PAR T800 Storage System Infrastructure

The Approach The Security Flow SAMBA Server METADATA server Grid Nodes LDAP Server SAS User Desktop Mid-Tier

The Approach The Security Layers SAMBA ServerMETADATA serverNodesCorporate LDAP SAS User Desktop Mid-Tier  Unique UID  Membership in groups  Corporate Security Policies  Department Wide  Centrally Managed  Linux file system ACLs  LDAP and Metadata are “synced”  UID and GID are unique  Linux ALCs use exact GIDs and UIDs

The Metrics: SAS EG 5.1 Write

The Metrics: SAS EG 5.1 Read

The Metrics: The Best of Both Thanks to Tom Kari for providing his test scripts

The Metrics: Teky Stuff HP BLc7000 Enclosure  Easily scalable – 16 device bays  In house expertise  Server/Storage/Back-up in same data centre  Keep data traffic off Corporate Ethernet Back-bone HP Proliant BL460c G7 Blade  2x Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz (8 cores)  100 Gb DDR3 Memory (Max 384 Gb)  2x 8 Gb Fiber Chanel HBAs (Host Bus Adapter)  2x 10Gb Ethernet Adapters  2x 300Gb Internal Drives Technology Choices: Hardware

The Metrics: Teky Stuff 3PAR T800  40 TB of disk space (Expandable to 800 TB Raw)  Capable of offering 3-tiered storage SSD FC SATA  Has been recently discontinued by HP CommVault Back-Up solution  Existing solution Technology Choices: Hardware Continued

The Metrics: Teky Stuff The View from Behind Courtesy of HP:

The Metrics: Teky Stuff OS - SuSe Linux Version 11  Base image identical for all servers Simple to image new server  Additional packages required Metadata server Application server Mid-Tier server SAMBA server (Data access)  Grid nodes are all identical Technology Choices: Software

The Metrics: Teky Stuff Software Specifics  OCFS2 clustering software All Servers can mount  SAS binary and configuration  User home directories  Data directories  SAS GRIDWORK Technology Choices: Software

The Metrics: Teky Stuff Software Specifics Multipath technology  Provides 4 paths for each server to 3PAR storage Technology Choices: Software

The Metrics: Teky Stuff A few specifics  Grid Master is “Closed”  2 Queues created “Normal” and “Priority” Technology Choices: Configuration

Lesson’s Learned The core issue  Bandwidth, Bandwidth, Bandwidth… Isolate Data Traffic  Avoid data movement across corporate Ethernet backbone  Encourage “local” data access User engagement  Critical to bring the end user into the process from the start  Understand how SAS is being used. The end state  Change is not easily adopted.

Lesson’s Learned The Linux vs Windows issue  Legacy issues continue to be a concern  Use of SAS PC File Server foreign to some Phased approach to user migration  Enable small groups vs entire organization at once  Provide a mechanism for user feedback/problems  Provide detailed documents –That nobody reads Monitor the SAS Grid proactively  Identify key difficulties for clients  Login, data access, data sharing, desktop configurations, library and coding standards  Contact clients before the issues drives them nuts.

Forward Looking Collaboration Several Federal Department and Agencies are engaged and committed to the Grid technologies We have the ability to define the road map ahead What works best Talk and exchange successes (and issues) and map them to your own business needs Resist the silo Facilitate change We no longer live in isolation,

Forward Looking The BIG DATA vision

A Visitor From The Future

Thank You! Credit for Our Success Health Canada Shared Service Canada Camille MadeiraSatnam GirnJeffrey Sarazin Spawn Gusdal Mario RomeoCharles LapanseeIan Colby Blair Dean James MooreRoz Mathews Jeffrey MenziesKurt Combden(CBSA) SAS Canada Inc. (David Eskenazi, Matej Pivac) All of our SAS Users at Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada