1. 1© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX Storage Platform Juraj Griga EMC Technology Consultant 23.3.2011

2. 2© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Application Challenges

3. 3© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Why did we virtualize servers?

4. 4© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Benefits after virtualization

5. 5© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Virtualization Changes Everything Virtual servers need virtualization optimized storage Discrete servers Static RAID Groups Storage system RAID groups Storage pool AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION AUTOMATIC APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION

6. 6© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unisphere™ Next Generation Unified Storage Optimized for today’s virtualized IT Affordable. Simple. Efficient. Powerful. VNXe3100VNX750 0 VNX570 0 VNXe3300VNX5100VNX5500VNX5300

7. 7© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. #1 SAN Platform#1 NAS Platform Simple. Efficient. Powerful. Built for the most demanding virtual environments Scales performance and capacity Self-optimizing Hyper-efficient Works on any network Fully automated A new way to think about unified storage HARDWARE

8. 8© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Click. Automate.Done.

9. 9© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX Family VNX Series and VNXe Series Efficient Data Services Virtual Provisioning, Compression, File Dedupe, Replication Powerful New multi-core Intel CPUs & 6Gb/s SAS backend Unified Platform One platform supporting file, block and object Optimized For All Virtual Applications VMware and Hyper-V integration Easily Upgradable Start with file or block and upgrade to unified High Availability Designed to deliver 5 9’s availability Centralized Management One management framework Packaged Software Solutions Simple software suites VNXe3100 VNX7500 VNX5700 VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5500 VNX5300

10. 10© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX System Architecture LCC Flash drives SAS drives SPS Power Supply LAN Near-Line SAS drives VNX SP Failover ClientsOracle serversExchange servers VNX Unified Storage Application servers SAN Failover VNX X-Blade VNX SP VNX OE FILE VNX OE BLOCK Virtual servers FC iS FC iS FCo E VNX X-Blade 10Gb Enet 10Gb Enet Object: Atmos VE HARDWARE

11. 11© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX Series Models Simple. Efficient. Powerful. VNX5100VNX5300VNX5500VNX5700VNX7500 Form factor4U4U–7U 5U–8U Number of drives751252505001,000 Drive types3.5” Flash, SAS, and NL-SAS and 2.5” SAS File system modules I/O slots per X- Blade n/a3445 X-Bladesn/a1 or 21, 2, or 32, 3, or 42–8 Memoryn/a 6 GB/blade12 GB/blade 24 GB/blade 12 GB36 GB48 GB192 GB Protocolsn/aNFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS Storage Pool modules Storage Processors2 I/O ports per SP4 Fibre Channel ports, 2 back-end SAS portsn/a I/O slots per SPn/a2255 Memory8 GB 16 GB24 GB 36 GB48 GB ProtocolsFibre ChannelFibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, iSCSI

12. 12© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. The FLASH 1st Strategy Maximum economic efficiency across system service life

13. 13© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Flexible Storage Tiers SAS back-end connect for performance and reliability Up to 24Gb (4x6 Gb) per SAS bus Point-to-point, robust interconnect Flash (SSD) options Highest performing drives 3.5” – 100 GB, 200 GB –~3,000 IOs per second Optimize TCO with tiered service levels HARDWARE AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION Near-line SAS (7.2K rpm) SAS (10K /15K rpm) Flash SAS (HDD) options 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack) –300 GB and 600 GB –10K and 15K RPM –~ 140 (10K) to ~ 180 (15K) IOs per second 2.5” Drives (500 drives/ rack) –300 GB and 600 GB –10K RPM Near-line SAS (HDD) options 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack) –2 TB –7.2K RPM –˜ 90 IOs per second

14. 14© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. SSDHDD LUN Highest Tier Preferred Maximize performance e.g. high-performance OLTP system LUN LUN Lowest Tier Preferred Reduce TCO e.g., archived or infrequently accessed data Auto-Tier Optimize TCO and performance e.g. databases with varied levels of activity among tables, or file systems with varied levels of activity across files FAST VP Policies Policy ensures storage service levels are met FAST SUITE 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

15. 15© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Save Time with FAST VP Set-it-and-forget-it performance optimization FAST SUITE

16. 16© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Virtual Machines VMware ESX Server Nondisruptive Data Mobility with Virtual LUN Tier virtual machines within array Move virtual machines between storage tiers Alter performance characteristic of your VMware vStorage VMFS without disruption Nondisruptive to virtual machines and applications APP OS APP OS APP OS Tier 1 Applications Tier 2 Applications Virtual LUN Technology FC LP- SATA LP- SATA LP- SATA LP- SATA LP- SATA LP- SATA

17. 17© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. FAST Cache Overview Support for file and block Extends mid-tier cache using Flash drives –Adds up to 2 TB of cache Less than a third of the cost of DRAM Hot data automatically ends up in FAST Cache RAID 1 for Read/Write protection Transparent to SP failure, no need to warm up the cache Applicable to most workloads FAST Cache Disk Drives DRAM 30 8 1 Fastest Performance Capacity ExchangeSharePoint Oracle Database FileVMwareSAP FAST SUITE

18. 18© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 3-Times the Performance Run applications faster than ever 3X the number of users 3X the number of transactions 3X faster VMware View boot time 3X quicker VMware View refresh time 3X the number of users 3X the number of transactions

19. 19© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Accelerate SQL Server with VNX Series 4.5x performance improvement vs. previous generation Achieves optimized performance without expensive data base and application tuning Configuration: –VNX5700 utilized 20 SAS and 4 Flash drives with FAST Cache –vs CX4-480 with 20 FC drives More than 3x performance improvement with VNX and FAST Cache Relative Transactions per second FAST SUITE

20. 20© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Accelerate Oracle OLTP with VNX Series Improved Oracle transaction time by 3.7x –Using FAST Cache and virtualized Oracle (with vSphere 4.1) Increased performance comes at only a 18% increase in storage solution cost Configuration: –VNX5300 with 20 15K SAS and 7 Flash drives (two used as FAST Cache, five in a tiered pool with FAST VP) –Vs. CX4-120 with 45 FC drives >3x utility from your Oracle OLTP using FAST Cache and FAST VP If you hear Oracle OLTP, VNX series is a great solution Relative Transactions per minute FAST SUITE

21. 21© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX THIN PROVISIONING VNX Thin Provisioning Capacity oversubscription allows intelligent use of resources –File systems –FC and iSCSI LUNs –Logical size greater than physical size VNX Thin Provisioning safeguards to avoid running out of space –Monitoring and alerting Automatic and dynamic extension past logical size –Automatic NAS file system extension –FC and iSCSI dynamic LUN extension Only allocate the actual capacity required by the application Logical application and user view Physical allocation User B 10 GB User A 10 GB User C 10 GB 4 GB 2 GB Physical consumed storage Capacity on demand EFFICIENCY

22. 22© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Dynamic Capacity Provisioning EFFICIENCY

23. 23© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Block Data Compression Reduces data footprint by up to 50% Works with LUNs, databases, e-mail –Best with infrequently accessed data Minimal performance impact Compression done in background Before After Point-and-click savings reduce data footprint Recapture storage capacity

24. 24© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. File Deduplication and Compression EFFICIENCY Intelligent data selection –Typically avoids active data  Option to target active files  Compression support for VMs through the Celerra Plug-in for VMware  End-user file-level activation –Tunable options by file system  Size of files  Age of files  File extension  Directory filtering Internal policy engine –Runs in the background –Throttles to avoid negative impact on client services Leverages EMC technologies –Compression engine –Deduplication engine Capacity Savings Traditional file data 1 TB Up to 50% savings File-level Deduplication- enabled file system ~ 500 GB Active data ~ 100 GB Up to 500 GB savings Dedupe and compressed data ~400 GB Active data ~ 100 GB Inactive or aged data or specifically targeted data ~ 900 GB

25. 25© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNX File Level Retention File Level Retention Enterprise Option (FLR-E) Provides for retention periods per file Enables adherence to good business practices –Tamper proof clock –Activity Logging File Level Retention Compliance Option (FLR-C) Meets SEC Rule 17a-4(f) compliance requirements –Prevents file system deletions with locked files –“Hard” default retention periods –Data verification to validate committed content Retention periods cannot be modified File systems can only be deleted when retention period has expired Third-party compliance validation paper SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE SUITE

26. 26© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.  Virus-checking request  VNX Anti-Virus Support Shared bank of virus-checking servers Can deploy multiple vendors’ engines concurrently Virus-checking server only reads part of files File access is blocked until it is checked –Scan after update –Scan on first read –Automatic access-time update Notification on virus detect Anti-virus sizing tool Runs over VNX Event Enabler infrastructure McAfee NetShield Symantec AntiVirus for NAS and Endpoint Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC VNX CA eTrust Antivirus Sophos Anti-Virus Kaspersky Anti-Virus Virus-checking server User  Write/close or first read after new virus-definition file  VNX5300 This is the only anti-virus checking method supported by major virus- checking vendors for network shares  Virus-checking signatures  SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE SUITE

27. 27© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. FC Network IP Network Next Generation Data Networking Converged 10GbE networks are emerging EMC now has expanded portfolio of services –Certification training –Implementation services Services can be helpful in the following customer use cases –Data center virtualization (cloud) –Unified storage (iSCSI and NAS) –Storage and server consolidation HBANIC Converged Network Converged Network Adapter FCoE IO Module Trend accelerated by server virtualization –VMware support FCoE, iSCSI, and NAS EMC now delivers end-to-end Ethernet- based solutions –Converged network adapters –FCoE switches –Native Ethernet/FCoE storage HARDWARE

28. 28© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Disaster Recovery Challenges HARDWARE Business Continuity can be Complex

29. 29© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Options for Protecting Data? Daily Backup: Recovery point every 24 hours RECOVERY GAP Snapshot: Recovery point every 3 hours RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP RECOVERY GAP Continuous Replication with Application Bookmarks: Application optimized recovery points CheckpointPatchPost-PatchCache Flush Quarterly Close Hot Backup CheckpointPre-Patch UNLIMITED RECOVERY POINTS WITH APPLICATION I/O BOOKMARKS (T) Time Sync and Async Replication: Latest image replicated, but susceptible to logical corruption Event Recovery

30. 30© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. RecoverPoint/SE Overview Data protection, replication, and disaster recovery solution Dynamic synchronous and asynchronous replication WAN deduplication reduces network traffic by up to 90% Protects physical and virtualized applications Integrated with VMware vCenter Server and Site Recovery Manager Recover replicated data to any point in time Uses array based pricing! Provides unified file and block storage disaster recovery RecoverPoint/SE: VNX, CLARiiON Unified up to 300 TB RecoverPoint Family CRR: remote protection CLR: concurrent local and remote protection CDP: local protection

31. 31© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Local and/or Remote Replication SAN OPTIONAL REMOTE RECOVERY SITEPRODUCTION SITE Prod LUN s FC/WAN Local copy Application servers SAN RecoverPoint appliance RecoverPoint bi-directional replication/recovery RecoverPoint bi-directional replication/recovery Remote copy Standby servers RecoverPoint appliance Production and local journals Remote journal VNX array RecoverPoint/SE CRR Unified block & file remote protection DVR-like recovery to significant PiT 90% WAN bandwidth reduction RecoverPoint/SE CDP Local block protection DVR-like recovery to any PiT VNX array

32. 32© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. MirrorView - Multi-site Replication MirrorView/Synchronous RPO: Zero seconds Both images identical Limited distance High network bandwidth One primary to one or two secondaries MirrorView/Asynchronous RPO: 30 minutes to hours Target updated periodically Unlimited distance Restartable copy on secondary if session fails Optimized for low network bandwidth (consumes 100 Mb/s maximum) One primary to one secondary Limited distance PrimarySecondary 1 4 2 3 Unlimited distance PrimarySecondary 1 2 4 5 3

33. 33© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. 0000 0000 0000 0000 Primary F’J’O’R’ E JOR LUN level Disaster Recovery – MirrorViewithSynchronous Cost effective block replication –Supports multi-site replication Tracks host writes while link to secondary is down –Uses a bitmap to map the entire primary mirror –When secondary is available again, sends only changed data Enables partial sync; avoids full re-sync –Minimizes customer’s exposure to out-of-sync data Cost effective synchronous block replication 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 REMOTE PROTECTION SUITE Secondary EJORE’J’O’R’ Fracture Log

34. 34© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Replicator Service-level specifications –Automated, business-oriented policy definitions for recovery point objectives (RPOs) –Set interconnect Quality of Service (QoS) by scheduled bandwidth throttling Advanced functionality –1-to-N replication for data distribution –Cascading Replication for multi-site disaster recovery Scalability –Up to 1,024 replication sessions Common replication management for NAS and iSCSI Integrates with writeable NAS snaps CASCADING REPLICATION Easily specify replication RPO and interconnect Quality of Service REPLICATION AND RECOVERY Production site Disaster recovery local site Disaster recovery remote site 10-minute RPO2-hour RPO LANWAN Snaps FS/ LUN VDM Snaps FS/ LUN VDM Snaps FS/ LUN VDM Network

35. 35© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Point-in-Time Views with Snaps Logical PIT Copies Pointer-based copy of data –Takes only seconds to create a complete snap Requires less space than a full copy, but has performance overhead –Only need space for modified data—“Copy on First Write” –Could result in spindle contention for concurrent reads (from source and snap) Physical PIT Copies* Physically independent point-in-time copies of source volume –Require the same space as the source data –Available after initial copy –No performance impact on source data –Can be used to replace source after hardware or software error Can be incrementally re-established Logical point-in-time view Full-image copies * Physical PIT copies for file systems requires VNX Replicator LOCAL PROTECTION SUITE Snap Source data Source LUN Clones

36. 36© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Replication Manager Local or Remote Protection Automates the creation, management, and use of all EMC disk-based, point-in-time replication technologies Auto-discovers the environment Intelligence to orchestrate replicas with deep application awareness Easy to use single GUI with advanced wizards Assignable roles for self-service replication Improved business continuity with automated disk-based replicas Integrated with major enterprise applications APPLICATION PROTECTION SUITE Replica 1 Replica 2 Replica 3 Replica 4

37. 37© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. PowerPath Multipathing, Monitoring, and Advanced Capabilities Monitoring and Management EMC PowerPath Multipathing Data Encryption PowerPath Migration Enabler* Virtualization Nondisruptive array migrations SAN Hypervisor PowerPath SERVIC E CONSOL E HBA SAN

38. 38© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Optimized for Virtualization Seamless virtualization experience and acceleration Virtual server administrator Storage administrator VAAI* offload vCenter Server integration Unisphere Less net I/O More VMs Faster response 10X Manage storage and VM resources in unison Control offload functions and integrated replication Manage storage and VM resources in unison Control offload functions and integrated replication * VAAI = VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration

39. 39© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) 10-times less I/O, more VMs, faster Intelligent offload of storage function to array Accelerates VM deployment, clone, snapshot, and Storage VMotion Available with latest VMware’s vSphere VAAI Improve scalability and performance Eliminate out-of-space errors Transparently leverage array function

40. 40© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Management EMC Virtual Storage Integrator

41. 41© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Next-generation architecture Advanced multi-core platform No-single-point-of-failure design Multi-protocol: CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI Powerful 6 Gb/s SAS back end Compact 2U and 3U design Streamlined for ease of use Designed for the IT generalist Application-optimized wizards Configurable with just a few clicks Built-in snapshots and replication Perfect for small or remote offices More Storage. Less Effort. The easiest, most-efficient array ever Storage. Click.Done.

42. 42© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VNXe Series Models Simple. Efficient. Affordable. VNXe3100VNXe3300 Form factor2U3U Maximum drives48 or 96120 Drive types3.5” SAS, NL-SAS ProtocolsNFS (including pNFS), CIFS, iSCSI Configurable I/O slots1 or 24 Embedded I/O ports per SP 2 or 4 SAS ports 2 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports 4 SAS ports 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports Storage processors (controllers) 1 or 22 System memory4 or 8 GB24 GB

43. 43© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Instant Expertise Best-practice wizards configure storage with just a few clicks Share Wizard Set up NFS and CIFS shares in minutes Volume Wizard Set up iSCSI volumes in minutes Hyper-V Wizard Set up 1 TB Hyper-V datastore in 10 minutes Email Wizard Set up hundreds of Exchange mailboxes in fewer than 10 clicks VMware Wizard Set up 1 TB VMware datastore in 10 minutes

44. 44© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Visually drill down to individual components Instant Insight with Unisphere

45. 45© Copyright 2011 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Next-Generation Unified Storage Optimized for today’s virtualized data IT VNXe3100VNX7500VNX5700VNXe3300VNX5100VNX5500VNX5300 Most Powerful System Easiest Array Affordable. Simple. Efficient. Powerful. Plug and play Works on any IP net Up and running quickly Easier than ever Scales large and fast Self-optimizes for performance and capacity efficiency Works on any network Everything is fully automated

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