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Slutio Brief
NetApp Storage Solutions orVMware: Virtualize 100% o YourData
Center with Confdence
KEY BENEFITS
Be Fast and Efcient
Improvestorageutilizationand
performanceby50%
Achievetheloweststorage
TCOforvirtualservers
Automate Application
Availability
Deliverend-to-end,integrated
dataprotectionwithzeroper-
formanceimpactand2xfaster
recovery
Providenon-disruptiveopera-
tions,eliminateplannedand
unplanneddowntime
Align to and Accelerate
the Business Cloneandprovisionvirtual
servers95%faster
Gainvisibilityfromapplications
tostorageforaccuratefore-
castingandplanningandfaster
decisionmaking
The Challenge
Addressing the perceived risks o100% virtualization
Mostorganizationsarehesitantto
expandvirtualizationacrosstheirentire
datacenterandinsteadtendtoadoptitforsomeITzonesornoncriticalappli-
cations.Thecomplexityofvirtualized
infrastructuresandspecicconcerns
aroundcost,performance,availability,
security,andagilityhavecausedrms
todelaytherollingoutofanend-to-end
shared,virtualizedITinfrastructure.
High IT inrastructure costs
Explosivestoragegrowthandcom-
plexityincreasecapitalexpensesas
wellasoperatingexpensesassociated
withmaintainingdisparatetoolsand
processesforstorageandvirtualizationsolutions.Thesecostscombinedwith
atITbudgetsplaceadditionalcon-
straintsonpower,cooling,oorspace,
andheadcount,makingitincreasingly
difculttomanageandscalevirtual
infrastructures.
Complex, ineective data protectionand disaster recovery
Backinguporreplicatingdatafroma
largenumberofvirtualmachines(VMs)
cancreateperformancebottlenecks,
makingitevenmoredifculttomeet
stringentbackupwindowsorrecovery
pointandrecoverytimeobjectives
(RPOs/RTOs).
Inability to meet changingbusiness needs
Enterprisesareoftenunabletorapidly
deploy,resize,orupdateVMsandstor-
ageonalargescaletomeetchang-
ingbusinessrequirements.TypicalVM
provisioningorcloningmethodscan
beexpensiveandinefcient,requiring
fullcopiesofVMsandtime-consuming
scriptingtointegratecloningprocesses
withstoragesolutions.
Incompletevisibilityacrosstheentire
datacenterisanotherfactorthathin-
dersITagility,makingitdifcultto
quicklydeterminehowvirtualserver
resourcesarebeingusedandwhere
potentialbottlenecksreside.Thelackof
integratedstorageandservermanage-
menttoolsandautomatedprovisioning
andprotectionprocessescanfurther
delaytime-to-marketobjectives.
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The NetApp Solution
Nearly 100% virtualization withminimal risk
NetAppoffersacomprehensive,
future-proofITsolutionwithanagile
datainfrastructurethathelpsyoumove
toward100%datacentervirtualization
andgetthemostoutofyourvirtual
serverenvironment.Ouradvanced
storagevirtualizationcapabilities
complementtheresourceconsolidation
andcostsavingsofferedbyserver
virtualizationwhilemitigatingtherisks
ofevolvingtoanend-to-endsharedIT
infrastructure.
Ourstrongtechnologypartnershiphas
resultedintightlyintegratedsolutions
specicallyforyourVMware envi-
ronments.Wevealsointegratedour
technologieswithbusinessapplications
thatrunonvirtualservers,including
Exchange,SQLServer,SharePoint,
Oracle,andSAP.
Be Fast and Efcient50% lower power, cooling, andspace costs or
virtual servers
NetAppoffersavarietyofbuilt-in
storageefciencycapabilitiesthat
fullycomplementvirtualizedserver
environmentswithoutrequiringextra
equipmentoraffectingsystemor
applicationperformance.
Deduplication.Virtualserverenvi-
ronmentscreatelargeamountsof
duplicatedata,includingcountless
OSinstancesandredundantapplica-
tionanduserdata.Ourblock-level
deduplicationtechnologyeliminates
redundantdatatransparentlyon
primary,backup,archive,anddisas-
terrecoverystoragehelpingyou
slashyourpower,cooling,andspace
needs.Youcanrealizeanaverage
storagespacesavingsof60%to
70%forvirtualserversandover85%
savingsforbackup,archive,and
desktopdata.
Thin provisioning.Ratherthan
overprovisionyourstoragetomeet
unexpectedworkloads,youcan
resizeyourVMstorageondemand
withpolicy-basedprovisioningfrom
anavailablestoragepool.Thinpro-
visioningprovidesajust-in-time
approach,basedonuser-dened
thresholds,thathelpsyouincrease
storageutilizationto70%ormore.
Virtual machine cloning.Unlike
othercloningsolutionsthatrequire
fullVMcopies,NetAppFlexClone
technologyletsyouprovision
thousandsofVMswithinminutes,
leveragingspace-efcientNetApp
Snapshottechnology.Youcan
setupdevelopmentandtestenvi-
ronmentsorevennewproduction
environmentsusingalmostzerodisk
capacity.FlexClonealsoletsyou
cost-effectivelyuseyourDRsite
foradditionalpurposessuchasDR
testing.
Cost-eective perormance
Performanceoftenrepresentsaroad-
blockfororganizationslookingto
expandvirtualizationtotheirbusiness-
criticalapplications.TheNetAppData
ONTAPoperatingsystemmaintains
highperformancewithresourceef-
cienttechnologies,includingSnapshot,
FlexClone,deduplication,andthe
patentedWAFL(WriteAnywhereFile
Layout),whichenhancesperformancewithbuilt-inwriteI/Ooptimization
Virtual Storage Tiering.NetApp
deliversintelligent,dynamicvirtual
storagetieringthatputstherightdata
attherightplaceattherighttime.
NetAppprovidesend-to-enddata
coherencyacrossSSDs,diskdrives,
andservercache,increasingI/O
throughputupto80%andresponse
timeupto90%.
VM host I/O Ooads.NetApps
integrationwithvirtualizationsolu-
tionsenablesmanyresource-intensive
taskstobetransferredfromphysical
serverstostoragearrays.Ourinte-
grationwithVMwarevStorageAPIs,
forexample,makessurethatrapid
VMcreation,provisioning,migration,
andotheradvancedcapabilitiescan
bemanagedbyNetAppstorage,
signicantlyreducingserverCPU
andmemoryloadsandimproving
networkbandwidth.
Oracle
Snapshot
Copies
Oracle
SnapMirror
SnapVault
FlexClone
VMware ESXi VMware ESXi
VI
Admin
Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SharePoint, SAP, Oracle
Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SharePoint, SAP, Oracle
Figure 1) Virtual Server Architecture on NetApp
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Simplifed virtualization operations
Studiesshowthatenterprisesspend
muchmoremoneymanagingtheirvir-
tualinfrastructuresthantheyspendon
implementation.
Unifed storage architecture.Unlike
otherstoragevendors,NetApppro-
videsasinglearchitecturethatcan
supportFC,iSCSI,NFS,andCIFS
protocolsacrossallitsstoragesys-
tems.Byusingthesamemanage-menttoolsandprocessacrossall
systems,youcangreatlysimplify
administrationandreduceopera-
tionalcostsforbothSAN-andNFS-
basedvirtualserverenvironments.
Automated, integrated manage-
ment.NetAppenablesyouto
manageandautomatepractically
allfrequentlyrecurringstorageand
datamanagementactivitieswith
well-denedpoliciesfromasingle
NetAppOnCommandconsole.This
includesVMbackups,provisioning,
resizing,failover,replication,andalert-
ingforproactivecapacityandhealth
monitoring.
Empowering VI administrators.
NetAppplug-insandAPIintegration
withVMwarevCenterempowers
yourVIadministrators,enabling
themtobettermanageserverand
storageresourceswithoutaffect-
ingexistingstoragepolicies.With
NetAppVirtualStorageConsole,
VIadministratorscaneasilyand
directlymanagestoragetaskssuch
asdiscovery,healthmonitoring,
storageprovisioning,VMcloning,
backup,andrestorefromexisting
virtualizationuserinterfaces.
Empowering application adminis-
trators.NetApphasalsointegrated
advanceddataprotectioncapabilities
withpopularapplicationsthatrunon
virtualservers,includingExchange,
SQLServer,SharePoint,Oracle,
andSAP.UsingSnapManagersoft-
warewithintheOnCommandsuite,
applicationadministratorscaneasily
backupandrestoredataorsetup
automatedpolicy-basedschedulesfor
localbackupsorreplicationforoff-site
disasterrecoveryusingfamiliarappli-
cationuserinterfaces.
Automate Application Availability
Integrated data protection
NetAppaddressesthebroadspectrum
ofdataprotectionchallengeswiththe
integrationofcoreDataONTAPtech-
nologies,includingpoint-in-timecopies
(todiskortape),failoverclustering,
anddatareplication,thatautomateand
simplifybackup,highavailability,and
disasterrecoveryoperations.
Continuous data availability withminimum cost and impact
NetAppsintegratedtechnologies
canhelpyouachieveover99.999%
systemavailabilityforyourvirtualized
serverenvironmentbyeliminatingboth
plannedandunplanneddowntime.
NetAppclusteredDataONTAPoffers
continuousbusinessoperations,seamless
scalingofcapacityandperformance,and
elasticscalingofVMwareenvironments.
Eliminate unplanned downtime.
NetAppMetroClusteristheindustrys
onlysolutionthatcombinesarray-
basedclusteringandsynchronous
datamirroringtoensurezerodown-
timeandzerodatalossathalfthe
costandcomplexityofcompetitivesolutions.MetroClusterautomatically
andtransparentlycoordinatesstor-
agefailoverwithserverfaulttolerance
capabilitiesforcontinuousoperation
ofcriticalapplications.Toprotectyour
datafromsitedisasters,MetroCluster
alsoenablesfailovertoanothersiteup
to160kilometersaway.
Eliminate planned downtime.
Nowyounolongerhavetoschedule
downtimeforstoragemaintenance,
upgrades,patching,orloadbalanc-
ing.NetAppDataMotiontechnology
letsyoutransparentlyencapsulateandmoveapplicationsanddata
fromonestoragesystemtoanother
nondisruptively,withnegligibleperfor-
manceimpact.
Fast, cost-eective disaster recoveryoperations and testing
Todaysglobalorganizationsneed
amultisitesolutionthatcanrapidly
recoverdatafromlocaloutagesas
wellasdisastersthatextendbeyond
ametropolitanarea.
NETA CAABIITY KEY DIFFEENTIATO
Extremestoragesavings
NetAppistheonlyvendorthatguarantees50%storagesavingsinvirtualizedenvironments1.
Uniedarchitecture
NetAppistheonlyvendorthatsupportsallprotocolsanddatatypesacrossallitsstorage
platformswithasinglearchitecture.
Deduplication
NetAppistheonlyvendorthatcandeduplicateprimarydata,evenonvolumesupto100TB.
Cost-effectiveperformance
Deduplication-awareFlashCacheimprovesperformanceby50%forresource-intensive
applicationswithoutaddingstoragetiers.
Integrationwithvirtualizationsolutions
SuperiorNetAppintegrationwithVMwareempowersVIadministratorswithadvanced
storagecapabilitiesfromasingleconsole.
Integrateddataprotection
Asingle,integratedD2D2Tdataprotectionsolutionenablesinstantbackups,user-based
restores,cost-effectiveDR,andtapemanagement.
Visibilityacrossvirtualizedinfrastructure
End-to-endvisibility,insight,andfastroot-causeanalysisfromasingleconsolethatalso
integrateswithvirtualizationandorchestrationsolutions.
Datamobility
Nondisruptivedataandapplicationmobilityeliminatesplanneddowntimeforupgrades,
maintenance,loadbalancing,andtechnologyrefreshes.
Securedataisolation
NetAppdeliversmaximumexibilityofyoursharedstorageinfrastructurewithsecure
multi-tenancy.
Table 1) Key Dierentiators
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maybereproducedwithoutpriorwrittenconsentofNetApp,Inc.
Specicationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.NetApp,the
NetApplogo,Gofu rther,faster,DataMotion,DataONTAP,FlexClone,
MetroCluster,OnCommand,SnapManager,SnapMirror,SnapProtect,
Snapshot,SnapVault,andWAFLaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarks
ofNetApp,Inc.intheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Microsoft,
SharePoint,andSQLServerareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoft
Corporation.OracleisaregisteredtrademarkofOracleCorporation.
SAPandisaregisteredtrademarkofSAPAG.VMwareisaregistered
trademarkandvCenterisatrademarkofVMware,Inc.Allotherbrands
orproductsaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveholdersandshouldbetreatedassuch.DS-3286-1112
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Followuson:
NetAppSnapMirrortheindustrys
leadingstoragereplicationsoftware2
mitigatestheriskofwideareaout-
ages,enablingyoutoreplicateyour
VMdataconsistentlyacrossunlimited
distancesoverIPorFibreChannel
networks.Youcanrecoverdatafor
yourbusiness-criticalapplications
withinminutesversushoursordays
withtraditionalsolutions.SnapMirror
alsooptimizesnetworkbandwidth
andminimizesstoragerequirements
atyourDRsitesbyeliminating
redundantdataandreplicatingonly
changestodatablocks.Wevealso
integratedSnapMirrorandFlexClone
withDRtechnologiesfromVMware
forautomated,reliabledisaster
recoveryworkowsandzero-cost,
zero-downtimeDRtesting.
emoving backup challenges orvirtual servers
NetAppSnapshottheindustrysfast-estandmostspace-efcientpoint-in-
timecopytechnologyenablesyouto
backupyourVMsinstantaneously,at
anytimeofthedayandasfrequently
asdesired.Snapshotcopiesconsume
virtuallyzerodiskspace,makingyour
backupwindowathingofthepast
andtheycanbeusedtorestoreyour
VMswithinminutesorevenseconds.
Disk-to-disk backup.NetApp
SnapVaultleveragesSnapshottech-
nologytodeliverfast,space-efcient
backupsdirectlyfromdisktodisk,betweenNetAppsystems.SnapVault
alsousesthinreplicationtocapture
onlyincrementalblock-levelchanges
witheachbackup,notentirecopies
ofles.
End-to-end, unifed backup and
recovery.Manyrmsstillusetape
forlow-cost,long-termdatareten-
tion.NetAppSnapProtecteliminates
theneedformultipletapeanddisk
backupsolutionsacrossstorage
tiers.Itsimpliesandaccelerates
backupprocesseswithintegrated
disk-to-disk-to-tapedataprotectionthatmanagesandtracksSnapshot
copycreation,replication,andtape
movement.Youcanprovidelocal
point-in-timecopies,backupsto
tape,andreplicationtoaDRsitewith
asingleuniedsolutionthatdoesnt
requirecomplexscriptingorprocess
management.SnapProtectalsopro-
videsalecatalogandindexingfor
fastdatasearchandrestoreacross
allstoragetiers.
Align to and Accelerate the Business
Agilityisakeyreasonwhyorganizations
choosetovirtualizetheirinfrastructures;
however,ITresponsivenessoftenslows
downasvirtualenvironmentsgrow.
Resourcestypicallycantbedeployed
orservicedquicklyenoughtomeet
rapidlychangingbusinessrequire-
ments,andbottleneckscantbeaverted
becausermsdonthavetherighttools
toquicklydeterminethecapacityand
healthofphysicalandvirtualresources.
Faster time to deploymentNetAppenablesyoutoleveragea
sharedpoolofdynamicresourcesthat
canberapidlyprovisionedfornewor
testenvironmentsorusedtoscale
existingapplicationsnondisruptively.
Zero-cost, large-scale VM provi-
sioning.NetAppFlexCloneletsyou
provisionvirtualserversandapplica-
tionsupto97%fasterthanmethods
thatrelyonfullVMcopies(clones).
FlexCloneuseswritableSnapshot
copiesthattakeupalmostnodisk
spaceandcanbeusedtocloneanddeploy1,000VMsin10minutesor
10,000VMsinlessthananhour.
Developmentandtestenvironments
thatusedtotakeweeksormonthsto
setupcannowbecreatedinafrac-
tionofthetime,improvingyourtime
toproduction.
Automated provisioning and pro-
tection.WithNetAppOnCommand
youcaneasilymaintainapplication
SLAsbyselectingaspecicservice
levelfromaservicecatalogwhen
deployingnewstorage.OnCommand
automaticallyencapsulatestheappropriatestorageresourceswith
therequiredprovisioningandprotec-
tionpolicies,soyoucanmeetcritical
applicationrequirementsforperfor-
manceandavailability.
Faster response to changingbusiness needs
NetAppprovidesasimple,open
approachtoserviceanalyticsand
theoverallmanagementofvirtualized
infrastructures.Oursingle,integrated
OnCommandsolutionremovescom-plexityanddeliversmuchgreater
responsivenessandspecializedtoolsto
integratewithorchestrationframeworks.
End-to-end visibility and manage-
ment.WithOnCommandInsightyou
cangainvisibilityandinsightfrom
applicationstovolumesformore
accurateforecastingandcapacity
planningandfastertroubleshooting
androot-causeanalysisfromasingle
console.Acombinationoftrend-based
projectionsandreal-timeinformation
helpsyoupreventoverprovisioningandperformancebottlenecksandacceler-
atesmanagementdecisions.
NetApp roessional Services
NetAppnotonlyprovidesanidealvirtu-
alizeddestination,wealsohelpyouget
therefasterandreliablywithservice
andsupportofferingstailoredforyour
virtualserverenvironment.NetApp
ServicesforVirtualizationspanall
stagesofyoursolutionlifecycle,includ-
ingassessment,consulting,deployment,
andon-sitemanagedservices.Leverage
ourexpertiseacrossNetAppandVMwaresolutionstofurtherreduceyourTCO
andriskandgetthemostoutofyour
virtualizationtechnologyinvestment.
1.NetAppVirtualizationGuaranteeProgram.Seewww.netapp.com/
guaranteefordetails.
2.Source:IDC,June2011.
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anddatamanagementsolutionsthat
deliveroutstandingcostefciencyand
acceleratebusinessbreakthroughs.
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