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Introduction
Make it realEnterprise-class features delivered on cost-effective hardware
Storage solutions that deliver continuous application availability
Innovation with industry partners to maximize performance, scalability, and choice
Improved operational efficiency through simplified manageability
Flexible storage configurations for organizations of all sizes
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New apps
Device proliferation
Data explosion
Cloud computing
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Every app, any cloudBuild on an open and scalable web platform that supports
applications across premises
Modern workstyle,
enabledSupport a mobile and flexible work style
Beyond virtualizationScale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private
cloud, and securely connect to cloud services
The power of many
servers, the simplicity
of one
Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and
minimizing failures and downtime
CHALLENGES
Consolidate and maximize use of existing storage infrastructure
Control storage costs resulting from expanding data requirements
Deliver an enterprise-class application storage solution on cost-effective hardware
Deliver reliable, scalable, and continuously available applications with automated failure recovery
Flexible and dynamic datacenters across premises
Guaranteed high levels of service level agreement
(SLA)
Less expensive storage solution
High performance, scalable, and reliable storage
Efficient management of storage resources
NEEDS
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ALWAYS ON,ALWAYS UP SERVICES
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Application storage support
through SMB 3.0
Server Message Block (SMB)
DirectData Deduplication
Storage Spaces
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND MORE CHOICE THROUGH INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Virtual Fibre Channel
for Hyper-V
Windows Storage ServerWindows Cluster in a Box
Offloaded Data Transfers
(ODX)
SMB Transparent Failover
SMB MultichannelCluster-Aware
Updating (CAU)
File system enhancements Online backup
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
Unified storage
management
Management options
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High availability with iSCSI and
NFS
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Lowers the cost of
acquisition,
deployment, and
operations
Optimizes capacity
utilization
SMB Direct
SMB 3.0
Data
Deduplication
Storage SpacesDelivers enterprise-
class performance
Resilient to
component failures
• Virtualization of storage with Storage Pools and Storage Spaces
• Storage resilience and availability with commodity hardware
• Resiliency and data redundancy throughn-way mirroring (clustered or unclustered) or parity mode (unclustered)
• Utilization optimized through thin and trim provisioning and enclosure awareness
• Integration with other Windows Server 2012 capabilities
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial AT Attachment (SATA) interconnects
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
Windows Application Server or File Server
Physical or
virtualized
deployments
Physical
Storage
(Shared) SAS or SATA
Integrated
with other
Windows
Server 2012
capabilities
Storage PoolStorage Pool
File Server Administration
ConsoleHyper-V
Cluster Shared Volume
Failover Clustering
SMB Multichannel
NFS Windows Storage Mgmt.
NTFS SMB Direct
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Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Highly available, shared data store for SQL Server databases and Hyper-V workloads
• Increased flexibility, and easier provisioning and management
• Ability to take advantage of existing network infrastructure
• No application downtime for planned maintenance or unplanned failures with failover clustering
• Highly available scale-out file server
• Built-in encryption support
File Server
Cluster
Cluster Shared Volumes
Single File System Namespace
SMB
Single Logical Server \\Foo\Share
RAID Array
RAID Array
RAID Array
SAN
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Windows
Virtualized
Storage
Physical
Storage
Storage PoolStorage Pool
Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Hyper-V ClusterMicrosoft
SQL Server
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VHD Library
Software Deployment Share
General File Share
User Home Folder (My Docs)
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Average savings with Data Deduplication by workload type
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Maximize capacity by removing
duplicate data
• 2:1 with file shares, 20:1 with virtual
storage
• Less data to back up, archive, and
migrate
Increased scale and performance
• Low CPU and memory impact
• Configurable compression schedule
• Transparent to primary server workload
Improved reliability and integrity
• Redundant metadata and critical data
• Checksums and integrity checks
• Increase availability through redundancy
Faster file download times with
BranchCache
Source: “Microsoft Internal Testing"
File Client
SMBBuffer
File Server
With RDMA
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Without RDMA
AppBuffer
SMBBuffer
OSBuffer
DriverBuffer
SMBBuffer
OSBuffer
DriverBuffer
AppBuffer
SMBBuffer
rNICrNIC NICAdapterBufferNIC
AdapterBuffer
AdapterBuffer
AdapterBuffer
iWARP
InfiniBand
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Higher performance through offloading of network I/O processing onto network adapter
• High throughput with low latency and ability to take advantage of high-speed networks (such as InfiniBand and iWARP)
• Remote storage at the speed of direct storage
• Transfer rate of around 50 Gbs on a single NIC port
• Compatible with SMB Multichannel for load balancing and failover
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Patches operating systems and applications without service interruption
Makes applications resilient to underlying hardware failures
Provides low-cost, high availability solutions on cost-effective hardware
Supports continuous availability across storage, networking, and Hyper-V
SMB Transparent
Failover
Cluster-Aware
Updating
File System
Enhancements SMB Multichannel
Online Backup
High availability
with SMB, iSCSI,
and NFS
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting availability
• Resilient against power outage corruption
• Periodic checksum validation of file system metadata
• Improved data integrity protection
• Ideal for file server volumes
NTFS improvements
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting availability
• Data corruption virtually eliminated through allocate-on-write
• Period checksum validation of file system meta-data
• Seamless data integrity protection
CHKDSK
• Seconds to fix corrupted data
• No offline time when used with CSV
• Disk scanning process separated from repair process
• Online scanning with volume and offline repair
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
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100
200
300
400
100 Million Files 200 Million Files 300 Million Files
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012
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Source: “Microsoft Internal Testing"
Win
do
ws
Serv
er
file
serv
er
clust
er
\\foo1\share1 \\foo2\share1
\\foo\share• High-performance, continually available
fileshares for business critical applications
• Failover transparent to server applications with zero downtime and with only a small I/O delay
• Support for planned moves, load balancing, operating system restart, unplanned failures, and client redirection (scale-out only)
• Resilient for file and directory operations
• All servers involved should have Windows Server 2012
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
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Windows Server Cluster
Current Workload
Third-party plug-in for updates
U
• Reduces server downtime and user disruption by orchestration of cluster node updates
• Maintains service availability without impacting cluster quorum
• Detects required updates and moves workloads off nodes for updates
• Uses Windows Update Agent or extensible plug-in
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
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SMBclient
SMBserver
Filecopy
NIC NIC
NIC NIC
Filecopy
• Automatic detection and use of multiple network connections between SMB client and server
• Helps server applications be resilient to network failure
• Transparent Failover with recovery of network failure if another connection is unavailable
• Improved throughput
• Bandwidth aggregation through NIC Teaming
• Multiple nodes/CPUs for network processing with RSS-capable network adapters
• Automatic configuration with very little administrative overhead
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
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CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
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NFS SUPPORTALWAYS ON,
ALWAYS UP SERVICESISCSI SOFTWARE TARGET
Integrated with clustering to enable a high availability iSCSI
Target
Faster recovery from hardware failures
iSCSI network boot provides a reliable, cost effective, and highly available option for
Hyper-V host and HPC boot
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target now an in-box feature in
Windows
Create iSCSI cluster using Server Manager UI or Windows PowerShell
NFS 4.1 support for early adopters
Cost-effective alternative for virtualized deployments
Better reliability with stateful protocol
Continuous availability for applications deployed over
NFSv3 or NFSv2 (specifically VMware) with transparent
server-side failover
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Registration
• Sign up
• Billing
Third-party cloud
• Sign up
• BillingMicrosoft online
backup service
Microsoft online
backup portal
Third-party online
backup service
Third-party online
backup portal
Inbox engine
Inbox UI
Windows Server 2012
backup (extensible)Windows Server
2012
Agents
• Microsoft online backup
• Third-party agents
IT Pro
RegistrationBackup/
Restore
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
• Ability to leverage Windows Azure cloud services to back up data
• Reduced cost for backup storage and management
• Options for third-party cloud services
• Ideal for small businesses, branch offices, and departmental business needs
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Deliver enterprise ready performance on a wide
range of hardware
Offer a wide range of
choices to meet
customer needs
Maximize returns on
storage investments
Windows Cluster
in a Box
Offloaded Data
Transfer (ODX)
Virtual Fibre
Channel in Hyper-V
Windows Storage
Server
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External Intelligent Storage Array
Virtual Disk Virtual Disk
Token
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Benefits• Rapid virtual machine provisioning and
migration
• Faster transfers on large files
• Minimized latency
• Maximized array throughput
• Less CPU and network use
• Performance not limited by network throughput or server use
• Improved datacenter capacity and scale
Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)Token-based data transfer between intelligent storage arrays
Live migration maintaining
Fibre Channel connectivity
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Hyper-V host 1 Hyper-V host 2
Worldwide Name Set B
Worldwide Name Set A
Worldwide Name Set A
• Virtualize workloads that require direct access to FC storage
• Live migration support
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support
• Single Hyper-V host connected to different SANs
• Up to four Virtual Fibre Channel adapters on a virtual machine
• Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality
Access Fibre Channel SAN
data from a virtual machine
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Shared SAS
Clu
ster
in a
Bo
xFail
over
Clu
ster
Storage Spaces
• Appliance built on Windows Server 2012 that supports continuous availability
• Pre-packaged, pre-connected—no additional setup required
• Direct attached JBODs connected through Storage Spaces or Clustered RAID controller
• Ideal for a “Business-in-a-Box”, “Branch-in-a-Box,” or enterprise-level storage server solution
• Multiple vendors
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RAID Array
RAID Array
RAID Array
Clu
ster
in a
Bo
xFail
over
Clu
ster
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
• Windows Server for NAS appliances that are preconfigured and enterprise ready
• Ideal file-based storage solution that is fault tolerant, continuously available, scalable, and cost effective
• Workgroup and Standard editions
• Multiple vendors
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Workgroup Standard
NAS SegmentsEntry level
50 users
Scale up
Continuous availability
Architecture/maximum memory X64 – 32 GB X64 – 2 TB
Active Directory Lightweight
Directory ServicesYes Yes
CPU sockets/virtual machines 1 + 0 2 + 2
Hardware RAID Yes Yes
Disks 6, No external SAS Unlimited
iSCSI Software Target Yes Yes
File sharing (SMB/NFS) Yes Yes
Microsoft BitLocker Yes Yes
Data Deduplication No Yes
Hyper-V No Yes
BranchCache – Hosted Cache No Yes
Clustering No Yes
DHCP, DNS, and WINS No Yes
Active Directory DC, Certificate,
Federation, Rights Management,
Application Server, Network Policy,
Terminal Services, WDS, Fax Server
No No
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Windows Cluster in a Box ODX SMB Direct
Quanta Computer
HP
Wiwynn
Violin Memory
Dell
IBM
HP
NetApp
Fujitsu
Intel
LSI
XyratexXio
EMC
Hitachi
Fujitsu
NEC
Mellanox
Intel
Chelsio
HA-DAS.com
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Windows Storage Server 2012
DELL
XTORE
MaXXan
AREA
Western Digital
LACIE
Unibrain
CM
Pyramid
Thomas-Krenn.AG
Broadberry
Pivot 3
N-TEC
AMAX
ABERDEEN
BOSCH
Acma
DNF
Storageflex
BUFFALO
Variel
WINCHESTER SYSTEM
Fujitsu
SIEMENSIBM
HP
NEC
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
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Enables consistent, repeatable, and reliable
automation
Provides a richer
set of tools for IT
Pros and
developers
Makes
complex
tasks easier to
perform with a
simple wizard-
driven experience
Comprehensive storage management with
SMI-S support
Windows PowerShell
SMI-S and WMI
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SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
Management software
Storage management APIs
Storage vendor hardware and
software
File server managerThird-party management
applicationMicrosoft System Center
Windows storage management API (Windows PowerShell and WMI)
Pass-through API for extensibility (WMI)
Windows standards-based
storage management servicesSMP: Third-party providers SMP: Storage Spaces
SMI-S hardware provider
SMI-S hardware provider
Storage array/RAID controller
Storage array/RAID controller
Storage array/RAID controller
Industrystandard storage
Proprietary transport and/or protocol
Storage management provider (SMP) interface
• Centralized storage
management interface
for administrators
• SMI-S compliant SAN
management from
Windows Server
Manager
• Remote management of
servers and server
storage
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SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
Server Manager UI
Robust automation with Windows PowerShell and WMI
Get-Command –module [ ]
SMBshare
NFS
FileServerResourceManager
DFSN
Deduplication
iSCSITarget
Storage
FailOverClusters
Management Packs for Microsoft System Center include:• SMB
• NFS
• iSCSI
• Deduplication
• File Server Resource Manager and File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
• DFS-N and DFS-R
Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) available for all components
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Clustered discrete
systems
Two-node cluster and
storage in a box (CiB)
or
Shared SAS JBOD External storage arraySingle discrete
system
…
…
Four-node cluster and
storage in a box
or
Small business and branch
Midsize business and departmental
Enterprise and hosted cloud
Internal hardware RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces)
Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces)
Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces)
Fibre Channel or IP SAN
Single node 2 nodes 3‒8 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out
Hardware RAID node support partner-dependent3‒32 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out
Shared JBOD SAS
Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or CiB) Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or Cluster in a Box) External storage array
Integrated SAS switch in JBOD SAS switch and fabric FC or IP SAN Fabric
Virtualized: Hyper-V Server
Information worker: File Server shares
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Information worker: File Server shares
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, Internet Information Services (IIS)
Applications: SQL Server
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS
Applications: SQL Server
Virtualization: Hyper-V Server
Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS
Applications: SQL Server
Dis
k
FT
Sca
leSto
rag
eW
ork
load
s
Failover Cluster
File Server
Hyper-V
File Server
Flexibility (migration and shared storage)
Simplicity (file shares and permissions)
Low acquisition and operations
cost
Storage is fault tolerant
File Server is continuously
available
Hardware and OS pre-configured by
the OEM
Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant
Pros/Cons
OFF ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
Storage SpacesStorage is fault
tolerant
ON
Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant
ON
Storage Spaces
ON
Shared SAS
Fail
over
Clu
ster
Clustered Storage Spaces
File Server is continuously
available
ON
Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant
Fail
over
Clu
ster
ON
Hardware and OS pre-configured by
the OEMShared SAS
Clu
ster
in a
Bo
x
Clustered Storage Spaces
Fail
over
Clu
ster
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OFF
Clu
ster
in a
Bo
xFail
over
Clu
ster
RAID Array
RAID Array
RAID Array
Fail
over
Clu
ster
Hardware and OS pre-configured by
the OEM
OFF
Fail
over
Clu
ster
Fibre Channel SAN
Fail
over
Clu
ster
Hardware and OS pre-configured by
the OEM
Storage is fault tolerant
File Server is continuously
available
Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant
OFF
OFF
Hyper-V
Flexibility (migration and shared storage)
Simplicity (file shares and permissions)
Low acquisition and operations
cost
Pros/Cons
ON
40SAS/FC/iSCSI SAN
Fail
over
Clu
ster
Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant
ON
Storage is fault tolerant
Fail
over
(MP
IO)
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ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE
CHOICESIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
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