以創新儲存技術孕育微軟Fast Track私有雲解決方案Nimble Storage Taiwan

Brian Chen, Solution Architect

Nimble Storage Today

Founded In Started Shipping Employees Today

2008 Aug 2010 800+

Strong Momentum: Over 6,000+ deployments at 3,800+ customers

Market Recognition: Debut as a visionary on Gartner Magic

Quadrant

Rich Ecosystem: Partnerships with VMware, Microsoft, Citrix,

Oracle, Cisco, CommVault

Global Presence: Global sales and support infrastructure across N.

America, EMEA, Asia

Financial Foundation: Listed: NMBL on NYSE as of December 2013

Industry accolades as the fastest growing storage systems company ever

Nimble Storage Debuts as a Visionary on Magic Quadrant

On the Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk ArraysImprovements in scalability, availability, performance and functionality of midrange storage systems have blurred the boundaries between network- attached, midrange and high-end storage systems. This Magic Quadrant will help IT leaders understand storage vendors' strategies and market strengths.

Gartner “Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays” by Stanley Zaffos, Roger W. Cox, Valdis Filks (21 March 2013)This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Nimble Storage. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Nimble Storage was recognized as a visionary based on its innovative Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture, post-sales support and strategic alliances.

Private Cloud > Public Cloud > Hybird Cloud

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2014 Storage needs in Taiwan

• 容量需求￪• 效能需求￪

Evolution of the Storage Industry: Key Trends

Disruptive performance

but high cost

New architectures

needed for efficient use

Flash Technology

Traditional storage approaches are being disrupted by new technologies and business models

Traditional approaches

are reaching limits

Evolving to more

efficient architectures

Data Protection

Companies looking

to outsource IT costs/

infrastructure

Balanced with

security, data access

and cost concerns

Cloud Computing

The Performance and Capacity Tradeoff

Enterprise SAS disk15,000 RPM

~200 IOPS /spindle

Enterprise SATA disk7,200 RPM

~80 IOPS /spindle

Need

150 DISKS

Need

375 DISKS“How do I support a 30TB SQL database that requires

30,000 IOPS?”Need several arrays for capacity…

…and LOTS of

$$$

SSD Flash Array150K+ IOPS /

array~7TB capacity

Hybrid systems marry flash and disk to deliver the best of both

Flash Alone Is Not the Solution

Component Flash Disk

Random IOPS/$ 30-100X 1X

Sequential IO/$ 1X 3X

Capacity/$ 1X 20X

Reliability Experience Early Mature

Current Storage Solutions Involve Compromises

Performance Intensive

Workloads

Capacity Intensive

Hybrid

Arrays

Archival

Flash Only Arrays

Flash on

Server

High-Performance Computing

Cheap and Deep

Per

form

ance

Capacity

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Latency ~1ms IOPS: ~100K+Capacity ~10TB@ $10-50/GB

Latency ~10ms IOPS~10K+Capacity ~PB@$1-5/GB

High-performance computing

Cheap and deep

Nimble Adaptive-Flash Platform Delivers Both Performance & Capacity

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Workloads

Per

form

ance

+ C

apac

ity

Adaptive-Flash Platform

Flash on

Server

Archival

Latency ~1ms IOPS~20K-500K+Capacity ~ 100sTB@$1-5/GB

Need for Flash Varies Greatly

Analytics

VDI

OLTP

File Services

Low High

Component Flash Disk

Performance/$ 100X 1X

Capacity/$ 1X 15X

Endurance Poor ProvenTiering

Flash Arrays for High Performance

Incumbent Response

Flash Requires a Ground-Up Design

Data Management• Compression

• Snapshots

• Thin provisioning

• Replication

• Others

Application

Integration

File System

Software

Nimble’s Adaptive Flash Platform

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CASLFlash-optimized file

system software

InfoSightCloud-based

management/support

Flash

Integrated Protection

Rapid backup

and recovery

Non-disruptive, flexible

scaling to massive scale

Scale-to-Fit

Peak system health and

availability

Proactive WellnessPerformance and Capacity

Significantly better performance/$ and capacity/$

How CASL Optimizes Writes

CASL eliminates write performance

dependency on spindle speed

» Random write data is organized into

a sequential data block

» Single stripe writes to disk

CASL dramatically increases usable

capacity of both disk and flash

» Variable block-sizing

» Fast in-line data compression (~2X)

» Optimized write layout to disk

» No RAID or parity data copied to SSD

Random write data

16K4K

8K4K 16K

IN-LINE COMPRESSION

Write stripe to disk in

12 IO

If data is ‘hot’, it is cached for fast read

2X data compression

Coalesce into a single stripe

Benefits of CASL: Integrated Data Protection

CASL enables efficient, reliable

data protection

» Thin Redirect-On-Write (ROW) snapshots

have zero performance impact

» Instant Data Recovery and Restoration

• Store 90 days worth of snapshots

on a single array

• Up to 1,000 snapshots per volume

Production Exchange 2010 deployment; 20GB Exchange Infostor

Used DAG to mirror database to EqualLogic and Nimble CS-Series

Captured daily snapshots on both systems for ten days

Snapshot Space Usage (GB)

2.9 GB

102.1 GB

30xLess spacewith Nimble

Faster Performance and Higher Capacity

Dis

k-b

ase

d S

yste

ms

5-10ms

0.45 ms

AVERAGE READ LATENCY

AVERAGE WRITE LATENCY

Actual results across all Nimble customers

Tie

red

Syste

ms

with

Fla

sh

1-4ms

0.38 ms

“With inline compression alone, we’ve freed up 7.48TB of space. Imagine what we can do with that.”

– Calvin Levy, Florida Blood Services

AVERAGE COMPRESSION

Actual results across all Nimble customers deploying SQL server workloads

2.1X

“Performance is absolutely critical for us. The performance we’re achieving with the Nimble Storage has proven game-changing for our development team. Today, code compilation takes a fraction of the time it once did, so idle time for developers has plummeted and productivity is at a new high.”

– Ethan Erchinger, VP of Operations, Plaxo

Actual results across all Nimble customers

Scale To Fit

Scale To Enterprise Levels, Starting With The Most Basic Building Block17

PE

RF

OR

MA

NC

E

CAPACITYCS215

~20K IOPS, 8 TB

CS50090K IOPS

CS700125K IOPS

AFS Up to 25.6TB

of flash

106TB336TB

*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

4 Node CS700

Cluster

Up to 500K IOPS

2+ PB Capacity

CS30030K IOPS

606TB*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

*multi-array data striping

with iSCSI only

Mainstream

Applications

Scale To Fit

Scale To Enterprise Levels, Starting With The Most Basic Building Block18

PE

RF

OR

MA

NC

E

CAPACITYCS215

~20K IOPS, 8 TB

CS50090K IOPS

CS700125K IOPS

AFS Up to 25.6TB

of flash

106TB

CS30030K IOPS

336TB*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

606TB*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

4 Node CS700

Cluster

Up to 500K IOPS

2+ PB Capacity

Mainstream

Applications

Scale To Fit

Efficiently Meet the Needs of Diverse Critical Applications19

PE

RF

OR

MA

NC

E

CAPACITYCS215

~20K IOPS, 8 TB

CS50090K IOPS

CS700125K IOPS

AFS Up to 25.6TB

of flash

106TB

CS30030K IOPS

606TB*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

336TB*with CS300, CS500,

CS700

SQL Server

Real-time Analytics

VDI

Oracle

Exchange

SharePoint

Backup, DR

Archival, cheap and deep

The Nimble Portfolio: More Powerful, Top to Bottom

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CS210/215

Best values for smaller

deployments

Up to 18K IOPS

CS300* Best GB/$ for

capacity

30K IOPS

CS500* Best price/performance

and IOPS/$

90K IOPS

CS700* Extreme performance and

consolidation

125K+ IOPS

All-Flash Shelf Expand cache up to 32TB per

system (CS700 and CS500)

Supported on CS300/500/700, as

well as CS4xx arrays

The Adaptive Flash Platform

Performance &

Capacity

Scale-to-Fit

Integrated

Protection

Proactive Wellness

Flash

* Fibre Channel Enabled

CS700 and the All-Flash Shelf: Building Blocks of Adaptive Flash

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4-node CS700 Cluster

• 500K IOPS*

• Up to 166.4TB Flash*

• 2+ PB Capacity*

• Fibre Channel or iSCSI

*Performance//Capacity scale-out supported with iSCSI only

Simple, Seamless Storage Scalability

Software company

» 6,000 employees

Critical applications:

» SQL (70 DBs total)

• 1 new deployment

» Exchange (5,800 users)

» VDI (4,000 desktops)

The Scenario:

Volume A

Volume B

The scenario calls for scaling…but how?

Small storage team managing all arrays,

including data protection for all business-

critical apps

» Array 1 (CS500): MS Exchange

• 92% capacity (predicted to hit maxcap in 2 months)

• Plenty of IOPS to spare

» Array 2 (CS300): SQL (to be deployed)

• Workload needs 35K-40K IOPS

• Estimated initial capacity utilization: 28%CS300

CS500

Individual Capacity and Performance Upgrades

Add disk shelf to Array 1 (ES1-H25)

Upgrade cache + CPU of Array 2 to

support SQL deployment

» CS300 upgraded to CS500

OPTION 1: Scale Capacity and Scale performance

Tailored, cost-optimized upgrade

Capacity / performance bottlenecks

resolved without disruption to

running applications Volume A

Volume B

CS500*

CS500

ES1-H25

+

SCALING OUT: Creating a Two-Node Cluster

Group the new CS300 with the C500

(Exchange)

Deploy SQL on the cluster

OPTION 2: Scale Out

Pool

Volume D

Pool all storage hardware

resources and eliminate silos

Defer upgrade costs and

extend ROI of existing arrays

CS500 CS300

Volume A

Volume B

Volume C

Storage Pool

Scaling Further with Up to Four Nodes

The company’s IT Team can’t accurately

predict how critical workloads will grow,

or how much performance they’ll need to

support them…

Scale out eliminates sizing guess-work

» Seamlessly add new arrays to the cluster as

workloads grow

» Use any combination of Nimble Storage arraysStorage PoolStorage Pool

Simple, Unified Storage Management

Easily manage all hardware

resources as a single storage entity.

VDI

Seamless Cluster Reconfiguration

The company purchases another CS-

500 and decides to repurpose one of

the clustered CS-300s…

Zero downtime required to

remove an array node

Volumes are automatically

migrated without disruption

Exchange + SQL Server VDI

Repurpose CS-300 array

for Disaster Recovery

VDI

Cluster Reconfiguration Made Simple

Uncheck to evacuate array

From Scale-Out cluster

Secondary Site

Scale Out Supports Remote Replication

The CS-300 removed from the primary

cluster is now used as a replication target

MS ExchangeVDI & File/PrintSQL Server

Primary Site

SQL Server

CS-300

Scale Out: The Nimble Storage Approach

Smash capacity silos, eliminate

performance hotspots, and manage

all storage resources as a single

entity

Automated data

migration allows for

seamless addition and

removal of array nodes

Fine-grained striping of data across pool nodes

enables use of the combined hardware resources of

clustered arrays (iSCSI only)

Volume A

Volume B

Volume A

Volume B

Cluster up to 4 of ANY

Nimble Storage CS-Series

Arrays

Nimble Connection Manager

eliminates forwarding of data

between nodes for better

performance scaling

Data is automatically

rebalanced across storage

pool nodes

Node A Node B

InfoSight: Cloud-Based Management

Between 12 and 70M sensors per array, daily

Data collected every 5 minutes and on-demand

Comprehensive

Telemetry

Systems modeling

Correlations, trending, and projections

Analysis and

Automation

Leveraging pervasive network connectivity and big data analytics to automate support and enable cloud-based management

Vast majority of cases opened by Nimble

Secure, on-demand system access

Proactive Wellness

Monitoring and alerting

Visualization, capacity planning, performance management

Storage Management

SaaS Offering

Nimble Approach Customer Benefits

80%Resolved

automatically

90%Support cases

detected

99.999%Proven uptime

Proactive Wellness: Powered by InfoSight

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“ With InfoSight, I’m confident I can not only pinpoint storage performance bottlenecks, but know exactly what is necessary to resolve them.”

– MulvannyG2, Global architectural firm ranked among top 50 worldwide

InfoSight Performance Dashboard

Detailed view of IOPS and

latency behaviors

Accurate recommendations

for CPU and cache needs

Wellness Capacity VolumesAssets Support Data Protection DashboardPerformance

InfoSight Capacity Dashboard

Capacity usage by volume

Historical capacity usage

for all your arrays

Accurate forecasting of

future needs

“ The powerful data analytics behind the scenes gives me a much more accurate projection of my capacity needs than a back of the envelope calculation.”

– Saunderson House Limited, Leading independent financial advisory firm based in London

WellnessAssets Support Data Protection DashboardPerformanceVolumesCapacity

“ With a few mouse clicks, I can generate either a detailed drill-down report on volumes to troubleshoot an issue or an executive level report to keep my management team informed.”

– Gardiner Roberts LLP, International law firm based in Canada

InfoSight Volumes Dashboard

Volume information

Grouped by Performance

Policy or by array

Including» Number of snapshots

» Compression rates

» Space used

» Number of writes/reads per week

» Cache hit rates

Wellness CapacityAssets Support Data Protection DashboardPerformanceVolumes

“ We referred to InfoSight’s cache performance reports on a weekly basis.”

– US-based Legal Firm

Optimizing Performance

Customer deploys

additional work-loads

on array

InfoSight presents

clear recommen-

dations around

upgrades for cache

and CPU

Systems run in top

condition delivering

peak performance

InfoSight

Engine

InfoSight Executive Dashboard

Wellness Capacity Volumes Performance Data Protection DashboardAssets Support

“ … I can generate either a detailed drill-down report on volumes to troubleshoot an issue or an executive level report to keep my management team informed.”

– Gardiner Roberts LLP, International Law Firm Based in Canada

Summary view highlighting results for easy handoff » Space savings

» Data protection

» Upgrade needs

UCS

compute &

networking

CS200 Series

Fast Track Validated Design for 100s of VMs

• Flash-optimized hybrid Nimble Storage CS-Series

• Flexible Cisco UCS C-Series rack mount servers

Nimble Storage delivers:

• Performance and storage efficiency for virtualized

workloads in compact form factor

• Accelerated private cloud deployments with less risk

• Non-disruptively and independently scaling to fit

growing performance and capacity needs

− Learn more: Nimble Storage SmartStack for Windows

Servers with Cisco and Microsoft

With Hyper-V

Nimble Storage SmartStack for MS Windows with Cisco and Microsoft

Published a joint end-to-end smart stack reference architecture

with Cisco and Microsoft

» Efficiently deliver cost-effective virtual machines without a

large upfront investment

» Lower risk of deployments and improve probability of success

» Scale to fit application needs by scaling performance and

capacity independently

Configuration

» (2-4) Cisco UCS C220 M3 Servers

» (2) UCS Fabric Extenders

» (2) UCS Fabric Interconnects

» Nimble Storage CS220G (3U)

» Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V

2-4x Cisco UCSC220 M3

Nimble StorageCS220G

VM Volumes

10GbE

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Fabric Extender

Boot Volumes

With Hyper-V

Nimble Storage Enhances Hyper-V

Game Changing storage density and performance / Rack Unit

» Maximizes Capacity WHILE Maximizing Performance

» 1.5x – 2x Compression

Provides more

» Virtual Servers

» Virtual Desktops

» Data

Reduces Power and Cooling Expense

» Quickly pays for itself!

Eliminates Management Complexity

» No more weeks of planning

» Self-tuning, just provision and go

Thin Provisioning support for Windows

Windows Server thin provisioning features

serve as interfaces between the thin

provisioning-capable storage and the host

server

Thin provisioning features include

» Thin provisioning logical unit (LUN) identification

» Threshold notification, handles for resource

exhaustion, and space reclamation

» Storage space reclamation using the Unmap

command

Storage

Pool

VolumeVolumeVolumeVolume

Thin Provisioning Ops

Windows Host

Hyper-V Migration

Quick/Live Migration of Virtual Machines

Storage Live Migration

» Great for migrating off old legacy storage to Nimble!

Nimble Storage replication transparent to Host

» Volume migration between Nimble arrays

Hyper-V Cluster Disaster Recovery SitePhysical

Nimble Replication

Hyper-V Replication

Migration

SmartStack Case Studies

Nimble Storage憑藉CASLTM創新儲存技術偕同微軟孕育最佳私有雲方案– iThome

Nimble Brings Storage Simplicity and Cost Savings to Villanova College

Community Health Plan of Washington – BCA

Oaks Christian Schools – Citrix XenDesktop

Reference Customers

Installed base of over 5,000 midsize and large enterprise customers and 2600 deployments with over 280 new customers being added

every quarter