WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TALK TOPICS WHAT YOU’LL LEAVE WITH Server and Storage OEMs Storage ODMs Storage, Network, RDMA controller IHVs Systems and Storage management ISVs “Windows Server 8” Continuous Availability motivations Approach and investments OEM system and appliance opportunities ISV and IHV partner opportunities Understanding of “Windows Server 8” Continuously Available investments Learn how investments achieve end-to-end experiences OEM opportunities to deliver Virtualization and NAS appliances ISV and IHV partner opportunities

“Windows Server 8” Continuous Availability motivations

Customer Focused Design & Areas of Investigation 200 CFD Sessions Voice of the Customer Statements 900+ Customer Prioritized Buckets 22 Areas of Investigation 2+ years of research 6,000+ customers Continuous Availability of the OS, applications, and data was ranked by customers WW (US, Germany and Japan) as a must have feature

Single Node Multi Node Scale Up & Scale Out Multi site Secondary site – cloud, hoster) cost SLA Windows Server 8 will provide a continuum of availability options that protect from a wide range of failure modes. These options will enable higher levels of availability, cost-effectiveness, and easier deployment across all customer segments. Server Availability Kernel Networking Storage stack File, block protocols Server Availability Clustering Reliable shared storage VM and Storage mobility Guest VM HA Continuously Available File Server DHCP Availability Cluster- Aware Updating Business Continuity – Hyper-V Replica

Continuous Availability approach and investments “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Bring enterprise availability benefits to broader markets Cost and availability continuum – pay for the availability you need Build on standard, lower-cost, high-volume hardware components OS platform enables partners to deliver a wide range of solutions Easy for customers to procure, deploy and manage Address resiliency and fault tolerance at various platform layers Recoverable device failures and failure isolation Transparent and fast recovery from failures without service disruption

Platform Storage “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking LEARN MORE

Clustering LEARN MORE Increase cluster scale Enable fast, transparent failover – Continuous Availability vs. High Availability Extend Clustered shared volumes (CSV v2) scale out support to new workloads Servicing clustered workloads without downtime and service interruption... “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Hyper-V, SQL Server storage on SMB2 File shares LEARN MORE Resiliency to faults without service disruption Node fault tolerance Network fault tolerance Fast, efficient access to app storage Sustained scale by offloading Host CPU Low latency Bandwidth aggregation App data protection Enable VSS backup of app data on SMB shares “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Storage access in heterogeneous environments LEARN MORE Robust NFS v3 client and server shipping today Heterogeneous client (Linux, UNIX) storage VMware storage Extend Continuously Available attributes to NFS v3 for app storage - Shared storage for VMware Continuously Available iSCSI Target in “Windows Server 8” Storage for heterogeneous workloads Diskless boot Shared storage for guest clusters Shared storage for Hyper-V clusters “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Scale Out file storage Hyper-V, SQL Server LEARN MORE Continuously available scale out file server as a SQL Server and Hyper-V data store Single File System name space Active/Active access Zero app downtime during failover – both planned and unplanned “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Users want Consolidation to more shares running in fewer servers More shares and users per server calls for higher scalability and performance Easier and cost efficient data management Unified File Storage Users get Continuous Availability of the consolidated servers Network, Node, and Disk fault tolerance Scalable and reliable storage backends Higher efficiency and lower costs Meet retention, compliance and regulatory needs of centralized data Intuitive single-pane-of-glass manageability Consolidate Information Worker and Application workloads; support heterogeneous environments File Server Sprawl File Server Consolidation Investment in File Services Technologies LEARN MORE

Networking LEARN MORE DHCP service availability Simplified DHCP deployment Dual modes - Hot standby and Load balancing Resiliency against network component failures Simplified, native NIC teaming Vendor agnostic, heterogeneous vendors in a team App storage on SMB shares Multipathing solution – multiple paths to storage via SMB End to end network resiliency – tolerate failure in any segment, port, NIC “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

Hyper-V Platform LEARN MORE Compute and storage mobility Standalone Live Migration and outside cluster boundaries Ability to move storage behind live VMs for servicing, balancing, migration Disaster recovery for Hyper-V Easy to use, low cost DR solution for certain Hyper-V customer segments Availability of guest VMs on FC SANs Leverage FC SAN investments and enable guest clusters with virtual FC HBAs “Windows Server 8” Local or External SATA, SAS, FC JBOD or Arrays Disk I/O subsystem Local File system Clustering Access File (SMB, NFS) Block (FC, iSCSI) Virtualization Management Networking

OEM System and Appliance opportunities

Clustered discrete systems 2 node cluster + storage in a Box (CiB) or Shared SAS JBOD External Storage Array Single discrete system Small Business and Branch Midmarket and Departmental Enterprise and Hosted Cloud … 4 node cluster + storage in a Box or Disk FT Scale Storage Workloads Internal HW RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces) Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces) Fibre Channel or IP SAN Single node2 nodes3 to 8 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out *HW RAID node support partner-dependent 3 to 32 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out Shared JBOD SAS Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or CiB) External Storage Array Integrated SAS switch in JBODSAS switch and fabricFC or IP SAN Fabric Virt: Hyper-V Server IW: File Server shares Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Info worker: File Server shares Datacenter NAS: FS for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS Applications: SQL Server Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Datacenter NAS: FS for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS Applications: SQL Server Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Datacenter NAS: FS for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS Applications: SQL Server

Example system: HP X5000 G2 Network Storage System Two-node clustered system with HP BladeSystem technology and integrated storage in a converged 3U chassis High availability and greater storage density in one package Available this fall with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 8 storage technology demonstration at /Build For more information HP Contact: Jim Hankins, HP Commercial NAS Worldwide Project Manager, See

Example design: Wistron “Cluster in a Box” Two-node clustered system with integrated storage in 3U chassis Dual-socket processor blades Up to 96GB memory per blade 24 SFF or 15 LFF HDDs 2 available PCIe expansion slots per blade Prototype systems under development For more information Microsoft contact: John Loveall, Windows Server PM, Wistron contact: Joseph Chou, Storage Product Marketing,

Example: LSI MegaRAID Controllers Technology under development demonstrating support for High Availability systems Currently working with server OEMs and ODMs to create high availability systems using LSI MegaRAID storage For more information LSI Contact: Thomas Hammond-Doel, Senior Alliance Manager, Thomas.Hammond- Cluster in a Box App … Server 1 MR Controller HA fw MR fw … Server 2 MR Controller Shared Storage App Single Enclosure Expander HA fw MR fw Expander Failover SAS (fabric) (optional) Capacity Scale Up

“ Cluster in a Box” system designs in progress with server OEMs and ODMs For more information (Microsoft contact) John Loveall, Paul Luber,

Example: Intel 10GbE iWARP Adapter For Server Clusters NE020 In production today Supports Microsoft’s MPI via ND in Windows Server 2008R2 and beyond See Intel’s Download site ( for drivers (search “NE020”) Drivers under development for Windows Server “8” Supports Microsoft’s SMB Direct via NDK Uses the IETF’s iWARP RDMA technology that is built on top of IP The only WAN-routable, “cloud-ready” RDMA technology Uses standard ethernet switches Beta drivers available from Intel’s Download site ( for drivers (search “NE020”) For more information:

Example: Mellanox ConnectX®-3 Dual-Port Adapter with VPI (InfiniBand and Ethernet) Mellanox provides end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity solutions (adapters, switches, cables) Connecting data center servers and storage Up to 56Gb/s InfiniBand and 40Gb/s Ethernet per port Low latency, Low CPU overhead, RDMA InfiniBand to Ethernet Gateways for seamless operation Windows Server “8” exposes the great value of InfiniBand for storage traffic, virtualization and low latency InfiniBand and Ethernet (with RoCE) integration Highest Efficiency, Performance and return on investment For more information, contact: Gilad Shainer,

Audience: IHVs developing clustered RAID controllers for Continuous Availability OEMs and ODMs developing clustered systems using these controllers IHVs, OEMs, ODMs developing clustered systems using Storage Spaces (Windows virtualized storage) Certification program for Storage Spaces compatible hardware Contact: Matt Garson, Validation Program for Clustered RAID Controllers Review the requirements today “Windows Continuous Availability Hardware Validation Requirements” document - Available from Microsoft Connect site ( Evaluate the Partner Test Kit when available October: Get started with Partner Test Kit supporting Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 CYQ1 2012: Beta kit supporting Windows Server “8” Contact: John Loveall,

Partnering opportunities

Develop RDMA Provider to support SMB2 Direct Get your RDMA adapter (Infiniband, RoCE, iWARP) certified Thin Provisioning and Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) integration Smart data tiering and hybrid LUN Storage management integration with SMP or SMI-S Enhanced data center servicing orchestration with CAU APIs Data center DR orchestration with Hyper-V Replica APIs Load distribution for app storage on Scale Out File Server using load balancing APIs RDMA Adapter vendors External Storage Arrays Systems Management ISVs

Certification program for Storage Spaces-compatible hardware Shared SAS JBOD vendors Manage heterogeneous storage with Windows Storage Management API Systems Management ISVs

Replication for traditional (non- virtualized) environments Sync Replication VSS Requestor enhancements to support app data protection on remote SMB file shares Integrate firmware and BIOS updates with Cluster-Aware updating Replication vendors (host and array based) Backup and Data Protection ISVs HBA vendors ( RAID, RDMA, NIC, SAS, FC HBA)

Business and partnering opportunities: Windows Server 8 continuous availability Designing systems for continuous availability and scalability SAC-446T Designing systems for continuous availability - multi- node with remote file storage SAC-444T Building continuously available file server NAS appliances SAC-449T Platform storage evolved SAC-474T Designing systems for continuous availability - multi- node with block storage SAC-450T Building continuously available systems with Hyper-V SAC-451T SAC-443T