VMworld 2013: IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN

IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN

Eric Deadwyler, IBM

Joseph Russell, VMware

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Software-Defined Data Center

Software-Defined Storage

Software-Defined Storage Brings the Operational Model of Compute to Storage

All infrastructure is virtualized

and delivered as a service, and

the control of this data center is

entirely automated by software

Heterogeneous storage resources

are abstracted into logical pools,

consumed and managed through

app-centric policy-based automation

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Virtualization Changed the Storage Workload

OS

App

Physical Virtual Infrastructure

• 1:1 app to datastore

• 1:1 data management

• Predictable, single QoS

• N:1 app to datastore

• Random, multi-QoS

• N:1 data management

Hypervisor

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Applications and Storage Are Becoming Increasingly Diverse

Virtual Storage

Arrays

vSphere

SAN/NAS Object / BLOB

Traditional Applications

• Traditional enterprise storage

• HW-based resiliency, QoS

Next Gen Cloud Apps

• Scale out, flash, DAS

• Application specific storage

All SSD

Array

Server-side

Flash

How do we break silos?

How do we match the right storage to

the applications?

How do we increase efficiency?

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The Hypervisor Opens Up New Opportunities

The virtualization platform:

• Has Inherent knowledge

of application

• Has global view of

infrastructure

• Is hardware agnostic

Hypervisor abstracts the plumbing and match the right storage to the app

vSphere

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SDS Is the Next-step in VMware’s Storage Innovation

Software-Defined

Storage

vSphere

Today

Software-defined Storage

vSphere

Physical

App App App

• VMFS

• VAAI

• VAS

• S-VMotion

• S-DRS

• VADP

• vSphere Replication

vSphere Data Services

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VMware Approach to Software-Defined Storage

vSphere

App-centric

Data Services

Policy-Driven Control Plane

Virtual Data Plane

External storage Pool

Converged Infrastructure Pool

Backup

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Driving Storage Innovation with Our Partner Ecosystem

Software-Defined Storage

Virtualized Data Plane

App-centric Data Services

Policy-Driven Control Plane

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VMware Software-Defined Storage – Product Announcements

Virtual SAN

Converged

Infrastructure

Virsto Virtual Volumes vSphere Flash Read

Cache

vVols

External

Storage App-centric Data Services

Now available Now Available as

Public Beta (GA target H1 2014)

Tech Preview, Partner Demos

Now available with vSphere 5.5

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Disk Group Disk Group Disk Group Disk Group

VMware Virtual SAN Architecture

Disk Group

Distributed Resource Manager

Policy Engine

ESXi Cluster

Distributed Flash Caching

HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD

- Number of disk stripes per object

- Number of failures to tolerate

- Object space reservations

- Flash read cache reservation

- Force provisioning

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• Handle peak performance such as boot, login,

read/write storms

• Seamless granular scaling from POC to deployment

without huge upfront investments

• Support high VDI density

• Rapid storage provisioning and complete automation

• Ideal price/performance

• Minimizes data center footprint

• Integrated with vSphere Replication and VMware SRM

• Reduces cost of storage

• Minimizes data center footprint

VMware Virtual SAN – Initial Use Cases

Virtual Desktop

(VDI)

Tier 2 / Tier 3

Test and Dev

DR

Target

Site A Site B

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VSAN Delivers The Same VDI Density As An All SSD Array At 25% Of The Cost

• View Planner performance testing maximum VDI density on a 3 host scale

• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, CAPEX (includes storage hardware + Software License costs). Additional savings come from reduced Opex

through automation.

• Virtual SAN configuration: 9 VMs per core, with 40GB per VM, 1 copy for availability and 10% SSD for performance

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Virtual SANFull Clones

All SSD ArrayLinked Clones

All SSD ArrayFull Clones

VSAN vs. All SSD $/desktop

288 VMs

VSAN cost per desktop is 75% less

than All SSD

View Planner Benchmark (3 hosts cluster, 36 cores)

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Virtual SAN Reduces The Cost Of Storage For VDI And Enables Granular Predictable Scaling

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Number of desktops

• Compared to external storage at scale

• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, Capex (includes storage hardware + Software License costs)

• Additional savings come from reduced Opex through automation

• Virtual SAN configuration: 9 VMs per core, with 40GB per VM, 2 copies for availability and 10% SSD for performance

VSAN enables predictable linear

scaling

Spikes correspond to scaling out due to IOPs requirements

Virtual SAN External Storage

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VMware Virtual SAN Delivers Radically Simple Storage For Your VMs

• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, Capex (includes storage hardware + software license costs)

• Additional savings come from reduced Opex through automation

• Configuration assume 10TB dual socket hosts 2 data copies for availability and 10% SSD for performance

8 node Virtual SAN cluster

provides 80-100k IOPS

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IBM Flex and PureFlex Systems

Eric L. Deadwyler

PureSystems Brand Sales Manager

IBM North America

[email protected]

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IBM PureSystems Family

Components

Flexible Modular System Beyond Blades

Infrastructure

Pre-Integrated Cloud Infrastructure System

Application Platform

Cloud Application Platform Services

Data Platform

Big Data Platform Services

IBM PureSystems™ combine the flexibility of a general purpose system, the

elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance

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IBM Flex Systems: Infrastructure Flexibility

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IBM Flex Systems: Storage Flexibility

IBM x240 Compute Node

(2) HS HDD Bays Standard

(4) HS SSD Bays Optional

(+4) HS SSD Bays Optional


Single Server Node Dual Socket ntel Xeon E5-26xx “Sandy Bridge” 24 DIMM Slots – 768GB Max Memory

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(1) HS HDD Bay/Server Standard


Server 1

Server 2

Dual Server Node Dual Socket Intel Xeon E5-24xx “Sandy Bridge”/Server 12 DIMM Slots – 384GB Max Memory/Server

Server 2 Server 1

(2) HS SSD Bays/Server Optional

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IBM x240 Compute Node IBM Storage Expansion Node IBM x240 Compute Node


IBM Storage Expansion Node IBM Storage Expansion Node IBM x240 Compute Node

Additional (12) HS HDDs or SSDs RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

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IBM Flex System v7000 Storage Node

(Dual Controllers

(24) HS HDD or SSD Drive Bays

Expansion Capabilities • 240 HDDs Per Control Enclosure • 960 HDDs Per Clustered System

Advanced Features Included • System Storage Easy Tier • IBM FlashCopy® • Internal virtualization and thin provisioning • Data migration • System clustering


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IBM Flex Systems: I/O Flexibility

Ethernet 1Gb, 10Gb, 40Gb Virtual Fabric FCoE, iSCSI

Fibre Channel 4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb

InfiniBand QDR, FDR

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IBM Flex Systems: I/O Capability

vSphere

vSphere

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I/O Switch Bay 1

I/O Switch Bay 2

I/O Switch Bay 3

I/O Switch Bay 4

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Mid-plane

I/O 1

I/O 2

Up to 16 I/O Lanes Per 2 Socket Node

vSphere

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vSAN

Up to 2560 Gb of connectivity bandwidth

Flexible topology options

Feature on demand scalability

FCoE, vNIC, stacking, RoCE

Availability features Mobility for large active VMs Growth in all active clusters VM mirroring

Virtualized networking Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Virtual NICs Software-Defined Network

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IBM Flex Systems: Systems Management

Flex System Manager

Management appliance

Supports up to 16 managed chassis

Supports up to 5,000 End Points

Single point of entry

Flex System Manager

• Auto discovery of resources

• Configuration wizards

• Physical and virtual management

• Lights out remote management

• Network and storage management

• Alerts, health status, call home

• Integrated firmware management

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IBM Flex Systems: Systems Management

More Intuitive User Experience

Common IBM look and feel

Single management entry point

Visual status

Active graphics

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IBM Flex Systems: Integration

Factory Integrated by IBM • All Components Installed • Racked into 42U Rack • Completely Cabled • Includes Management Platform (FSM) • Enhanced System Support • Installation Services at your location • Knowledge Transfer at your location • Completely Customizable

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IBM PureFlex + VMware VSAN

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Reference Architecture Example Leveraging VMware View

Leverages IBM Flex System

• Flex x222 Node

• (2) Intel E5-2470 Processors Per Server

• 192Gb System Memory Per Server

• (2) 200Gb SSDs Per Server

• Flex System v7000 Node

Support for 1500 VDI Users

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Reference Architecture Example Leveraging VMware View

(7) IBM x222 Compute Nodes

• Total 200Gb Storage Each Server

• Total 400Gb Storage Each Node

• 2.8Tb Total Storage vSphere

Before VSAN Implementation • 25Gb Each Server Reserved for Hypervisor • OS and Application Datastores on shared storage • 2.4Tb Total UNUSED Storage

After VSAN Implementation • 25Gb Each Server Reserved for Hypervisor • OS and Application Datastores on shared storage • 2.4Gb Total VSAN SSD Datastore Storage

SSD SSD


SSD SSD


SSD SSD


SSD SSD



VSAN

2.4 TB Clustered SSD

VSAN Datastore

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• It’s free!

• It’s as easy as installing vSphere!

Register for Virtual SAN Beta Now!

THANK YOU

IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN

Eric Deadwyler, IBM

Joseph Russell, VMware

STO5684

#STO5684

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