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Architecting Next Generation

Enterprise Network StorageAnil Vasudeva

IMEX Research

(408) [email protected]


Market Drivers

•• Data Explosion (Driven by Connectivity…)Data Explosion (Driven by Connectivity…)

•• Regulatory Compliance (HIPAA/SARBOX…)Regulatory Compliance (HIPAA/SARBOX…)

•• Standardization (Volume Servers/SATA/SAS…)Standardization (Volume Servers/SATA/SAS…)

•• Emergent Applications (Content/eCommerce/HPC..,)Emergent Applications (Content/eCommerce/HPC..,)

•• Virtualization/Externalization (Pools of Storage…)Virtualization/Externalization (Pools of Storage…)


Data Explosion

Data Explosion

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with Accelerators*

*Realtime Data, VoIP, HPC, Grids, WebServices/XML


Market Segmentation by Data

By Application RequirementsBy Application Requirements

By Data TypesBy Data TypesDynamic Data Dynamic Data (Online Data – Addressable Fast) Reference Data Reference Data (Content Addressable Streaming)Backup Backup (Nearline Buffered Data)Archive Archive (Offline Vaulted Recoverable)

By Record Size, Amount of Data & By Record Size, Amount of Data & ..Frequency of AccessFrequency of Access

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500100MB/sec101 505

1K

10 K

100

10

1

Data Segmentation by Application

TP

OLTP

DSS

Streaming

HPCHPC

Latency(IOPs)

NIC


Scientific ComputingScientific Computing

ImagingImagingVideoVideo

*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)

IntranetIntranet

Data Warehousing

(RAID - 0, 3)

500100MB/sec101 505

1K

10 K

100

10

1

Visual DB

Transaction Transaction ProcessingProcessing

Market Segments by ApplicationsOLTPOLTPOLTP

DSS

StreamingStreamingStreaming

(RAID - 1, 5, 6)

NICNICNIC

IOPs (Latency)


Rich Data Applications


Corporate Data Usage

Nea

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Stor

age


Storage Data -Types & Characteristics

• High $/GB • Low $/GB

• Milliseconds

• Moderate $/GB

• 10ths of sec to seconds

Online Offline/VaultedMidline Nearline

• Moderate to Low $/GB

• Minutes to hours • Hours to days

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pons

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Current Business Critical Active dataHi-transaction data

Aged, Reference data- Images, records, BU emailsUnalterable - regulatory

Centralized backup- Disk-to-Disk-to-TapeStaging to tape

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isk • 50% • 35% • 15% • Tape

Recoverable DataReference Data Buffered Data Dynamic DataArchived for BC/DR- Local, - Remote

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Source:Maxtor

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Uni

ts (K

)

BladesRackmountsPedestals

Industry Standard Servers Market (x86 based)


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Rev $

M

SAN

DAS

NAS

Storage System Segments

Product TopologiesProduct TopologiesDAS DAS (Bus Based - ATA, SATA)

NAS NAS (NetBased File Level Access – NFS,CIFS)

SAN SAN (NetBased Block Level Access – SCSI, FC…)

Internal Internal (ATA,SATA) vs. vs.

External External (SCSI, FC, iSCSI, IB, SAS)


High Performance Computing


Blades Servers - Infrastructure

MidplaneW/Connectors

To Blades & BackModules

Storage: IP NAS or FC SAN Switch

Management Modules Remote Mgmt+KVM over IP

Cooling N+1Fans/Cooling ModulesPower: N+1Power Supplies

Networking: Gbit Ethernet Switches

BladeControlPanel

Processor Blades(6-24 typically)

MemoryDDR wECC

GbitEthernet

I/FSystemsMonitorModule

Micro-Processors

USB Ports, CD/Floppy I/F

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~ GbE Switch supportsTrunking/Port AggregationFlow ControlQoS Packet PrioritizationSNMP/RMONIGMP/BOOTP/TFTP……


Industry Std. Blocks for Open System Platform

SATANVRAM

FC Target

I/O Adapters Midplane3U Chassis

Baseboard

CPU

CPU BMC

HDD Carriers

(16)

Integrated Dual GbE6 High-BW PCI-X Slots

To 12GB DIMM

Dual Xeon™/Opteron™ Processor-Capable Platform

Management

SATA


Enterprise Market – I/F Transitions

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100%

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SATA

P_SCSI

FC

SAS


Tiered Storage by Price/Performance

ServersMidline Storage

Mainstream NAS/SAN

Large EnterpriseSAN & NAS

Desktop PCEntry NAS

Workstations

Source:Maxtor

Drive Interface

Drive Types

FC Drive

FC RAID

SATA Drive

PC Chipset

5400 RPM7200 RPM

SATA

SAS HBA/RAID

SASSAS

SAS Drive

10K RPM15K RPM

SAS HBA


Enterprise Market – HDD FF Transitions

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

3.5" 10K3.5" 15K2.5" 10K2.5" 15K


Emerging Opportunities/Key Requirements

Compliance Data Protection Compliance Data Protection (Nearline Storage)Low Cost Vaulting

Reference Data Search Engines Reference Data Search Engines (Nearline Storage)Corporate & Service Providers (Google, MS Longhorn +)

Storage Externalization/Ease of UseStorage Externalization/Ease of UseUser Driven Scalability (Cost)Backward Compatibility (Investment Protection)

Lower TCOLower TCOStandardization/Interchangeability (Mix & Match,Virtualize)Autonomics (Lights Out Management)(Self Discover/Self Configure/Self Scale/Self Migrate/Self Healing© IMEX..)


Major Players in Infrastructure Convergence

StorageNetworks

Servers


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