1. IBM Systems - Storage The next generation of Hybrid-Cloud Storage
Infrastructure
IBM Systems - Storage
The next generation of Hybrid-Cloud Storage
Albert Verhoeff

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IBM Spectrum Accelerate
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3. IBM Systems Storage – Portfolio 1/2

4. IBM Systems Storage – Portfolio 2/2

5. Agenda Storage Hybrid-Cloud porftolio Waarom nou Virtualize
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IBM Spectrum Accelerate
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6. Waarom nou virtualisatie?
Optimize
Cloud Ready
Automate and Manage
App OS
Image
Image Library
Consolidate and Virtualize
App OS
Image
Integrated virtualization management with IT service delivery processes
Elastic scaling
Pay for use
Self-service provisioning
Simplified deployment with virtual appliances
Automated provisioning / de-provisioning
Pool standardized virtualized building blocks
Capture and catalog virtual images used in the data center
Management of the virtualized environment
Virtualization must become strategic across all platforms – servers and storage
Monitor the virtualized environment
Discovery, dependency and change tracking
STANDARDIZATION , LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT, SECURITY

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8. IBM System – The three layers
Storage and Data Control
Storage Management
Policy Automation
Analytics & Optimization
Snapshot & Replication Management
Integration & API Services
Data Backup and Archive
Spectrum Control
Virtual Storage Center is a combination of Spectrum Control and Spectrum Virtualize
Spectrum Protect Tivoli Storage Manager
Self Service Storage
Data Access
Traditional Applications
New Generation Applications
Spectrum Virtualize SAN Volume Controller
Virtualized SAN Block
Spectrum Scale GPFS/Elastic Storage
Global File & Object
Spectrum Accelerate Based on XIV Software
Hyperscale Block
Spectrum Archive LTFS
Active Archive
IBM Storwize, FlashSystem, XIV, DS8000 and Tape Systems
Non-IBM storage – including common building block servers and media
Flexibility to use IBM and non-IBM Servers & Storage or Cloud Services

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10. Infrastructure
Virtualisatie

11. Virtualisatie SAN Storage Pool Infrastructure Centraal beheer
4/15/2018
Virtualisatie
Infrastructure
One of the core capabilities of Storwize, is its data virtualization.
This is a core capability inherited from the first SAN Volume Controller, delivered in the market over a decade ago.
However, just because we have had this capability for a long time, does not mean we should forget to explain its value.
Many of of our competitors are still trying to match this level of data virtualization, that extends beyond internal storage and to a very widely supported set of external storage devices from IBM and other manufactures.
1st, this data virtualisation capability, enables combining the capacity of multiple disk storage controllers into a single storage resource. All to often, in customers with a heterogeneous environment, storage arrays tend to be server aligned. This is because different vendors solutions use different drivers to connect, and the server will only support one driver at a time. So if a server is connected to an EMC system, it can’t also be connected to an IBM system at the same time. This means, if its own storage resource gets consumed, even if there is spare capacity on the IBM array, it can’t take advantage of it. So now there is a need to purchase more storage, even what there is other storage under utilized. This is where data virtualization comes in. With the virtualization layer, the physical barriers are removed. To the point where the server no longer knows where the data physically resides. By being able to put the resources from multiple systems into a single pool, utilization levels can be dramatically improved.
2nd This single resource can now be managed from a single, central point.
3rd Once you have this single resource, you can apply copy services across all the disk controllers in this resource. You can perform point-in-time copies, aka FlashCopy, or replicate data using metro mirror or global mirror. Again, in a heterogeneous environment, having different copy services from different vendors make data consistency a significant challenge. Different replication methods from different vendors, means data can be in a different consistency state at the point of a disaster, or connectivity break. Through Data virtualization, applying a single replication methodology, ensures all data will be in the same consistency state, even if its been stored on different arrays. It also opens up the possibility to replicate from one vendors array, to another. So it could a mix of EMC, HDS and IBM on the production site, all replicating to HP disk on the remote site.
4th, The key to all this is the ability to perform many tasks with your storage infrastructure without disrupting the applications using the data stored on the disk controllers. So, for example. With a traditional system, moving data that belongs to an application, requires an outage or disruption in service. Traditionally there is a static connection between the host system and the physical disk. So in order to move the data involves;
Stop the application
Move the data
Reestablish a new set of static connections between the host and the new disk system
And restart the application.
This is why traditionally, infrastructure changes required a planned outage, at a weekend, involving lots of overtime. Trying to pick a time when the impact of the outage is minimized.
However, why have an outage at all. Why take the risk of losing business during the outage. Why take the cost of having to invoke DR to keep systems active. You want to keep DR for just that, real disasters, not normal operations.
With IBM Storwize Data Virtualization, things are very different.
The host system is dealing with a virtual disk, not a physical one. That inflexible relationship fixed.
So, all the administrator has to do is to tell repoint the application, via the Storwize system, to another physical disk,.
The host system and the business application running on it, doesn’t have any idea the change has been made.
No adapting
no outages
Infrastructure changes can be made during business hours.
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One particular customer calculated that they now save £1 million per year in overtime savings alone.
Thanks to the ability to move data, and make infrastructure changes, without having to plan an outage, without having to pay overtime to staff to come in an non-business hours.
That’s a real, tangible cost saving for the data equation.
Reduce cost, without reducing value.
Indeed, this is reducing cost, with increased value, as the environment gained a new level of flexibility, able to adapt 24x7, not waiting for the next scheduled maintenance window.
Virtual
Disk
Virtual
Disk
Virtual
Disk
Virtual
Disk
Centraal beheer
SAN
Aanpassingen maken zonder onderbreking
IBM Spectrum
Virtualize
Inteligentie
Storage Pool
Internal disk
TMS
IBM HP
Commodity non-intelligent storage hardware
Oracle
HDS
EMC
NetApp
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12. Infrastructure
Virtualisatie
Easy-Tier

13. IBM Easy Tier delivers…
Tool ; “Stats” heatmap file
Flash Arrays
IBM Easy Tier delivers…
Analytics based Automated Storage Tiering
Constantly analyzes I/O and migrates data to optimize performance
Simple Efficiency
Set it and forget it … unlike competitive tiering offerings
Performance improvements
up to 3x using as little as 5% flash storage
Less Active Data
Migrates Down
Active Data
Migrates Up
The next efficiency feature of Storwize, is Easy Tier.
Automated tiering is the next Strategy and Best Practice.
And Moving data to the right place is an important Best Practice.
Easy Tier automatically moves data to the right tier, keeping costs under control, while delivering the right performance levels for active data.
quickly adjusting service levels to meet business requirements.
Activating it really is simplicity itself. Efficiency without complexity.
Easy Tier does this by leveraging the value of Flash storage, with minimal investment.
In fact delivering, Up to 3x performance, with as little as 5% of the storage being Flash based.
And its all automatic.
The customer does not need to perform studies, track trends, look at historical performance statistics.
Easy Tier uses embedded analytics, so you can set it and forget it.
Inactive data is held in a lower tier, and consistent monitoring and analytics, ensure data is always in the right place.
Easy Tier significantly improves the performance of new and existing applications, while lowering the cost per I/O
And with this latest enhancement, now supports automated data movement between up to three tiers of storage, so can leverage the performance of Flash drives, the price/performance of SAS drives and lower cost per GB of NL SAS drives.
Competitors either haven’t delivered this type of technology, or have chosen not to disclose their price/performance numbers.
IBM, on the other hand, publishes benchmarks, including this audited, Storage Performance Council benchmark, to help clients understand the reality behind the marketing.
HDD Arrays

14. Infrastructure
Virtualisatie
Compressie
Easy-Tier

15. Compression efficiency
Storage after Compression
Compression Ratio
100%
80%
2.0x
Fewer
Backup
Licenses
60%
In elke omgeving zijn de besparingen anders (Office 2003 vs 2010)
Niet alleen compressie maar ook …
2.5x
Less
Capacity
3.3x
Faster
Replication
3.5x
Decrease
in RTOs
40%
6.6x
Faster
Backups
50.0%
20% to
60%
20%
70.0%
72.0%
85.0% 0%
Personal
Productivity Data
CAD/CAM
Engineering
Databases
Virtual Servers
Oil & Gas

16. IBM Real Time Compression
Tool; Comprestimator

17. Infrastructure
;-)
Virtualisatie
Compressie
Easy-Tier

18. Krijg dubbel zoveel storage zonder 1 disk extra
Virtualisation
Easy-Tier
Compression
30% loss
RAID
Spares
30% loss
LUN Sizes
Performance
15% loss
Unused LUN’s
Zero access
40% loss
Utilisation
Raw
Usable
Allocated
Active
Data Size

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20. Flash Family – A9000 & A9000R

21. Flash Family – A9000 & A9000R XIV Flash optimized software
High end features
Data Reduction
De-duplication
Compression
Pattern Removal
FlashSystem 900 Flash enclosures
(1.2)/2.9,5.7 TB Micro Latency Modules
Fully populated – 12 modules per enclosure
Multiple install options
A9000
Single
1 Flash enclosure
A9000R
Rack
2 – 6 Flash enclosures
High Performance
500K~2,000K IOPs
250us write latency

22. Software Stack Hoogtepunten
Data services
– Data Reduction
– Snapshots
– Thin-Provisioning
– Hyper-Scale features
– Multi-tenancy
– Data Migration
– QoS per pool and volume
– Sync/Async replication (6/28)
– Encryption (6/28)
Integration
– VMWare
– Microsoft (Hyper-V)
– OpenStack
New Features
– Flash Optimized Data Reduction: Deduplication and Compression
– Increased volume, host and other object counts
New cross platform management GUI
Web based UI
Hyper-Scale Manager Server application

23. One Ring Tool to rule them all
One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

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25. Vr@gen?! Albert Verhoeff Storage Dude 0651120279 Verhoeff@nl.ibm.com