VMware, Storage & Kitchen appliances

Don’t call me Brenda!

Universal truths

The way VM Guests map through to the physical storage is more important now than ever– Both RAW and VMFS

Virtualisation has changed the I/O usage patterns out of all recognition– The I/O Blender

» It’s no longer Server – HBA – LUN –Raid Group

» Consolidation of many Guests I/O flows causes hotspots quickly

» Choices and trade offs: VMFS/RAW, SAN, NAS & User Persona data

The storage and performance demands are only increasing– VDC/VDI & Cloud

– Data growth

Buying more storage is not always the right answer– It can just delay the inevitable

Backup visibility can’t stop at the image or snapshot– Audit, Compliance and Regulation still apply

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The Blender

Better knowledge and visibility can lead to better performance planning and a lot less issues

The I/O Blender still exists– vSphere’s VAAI has helped a great deal

» But random I/O streams still can cause havoc in block storage• LUN spreading and “smoothing” the data path can help

– Choices about Guest to Datastore ratios– Choices about storage types for different needs

» SAN (VMFS or RAW), NAS/NFS, Split

– Monitoring both the VM and Arrays performance metrics» Even the Fibre Channel metrics

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Data Protection

Two primary methods, lots of options– Image based– Snapshot based

But the business and the auditors need visibility & proof– Full data life cycle visibility

» From guest, to datastore, to image/snapshot, to.. where?• Backup storage? Tape media? Cold storage?• What about data retentions?• HiPPA, SOX and local audit requirements still must be met• Reporting and exception management is key

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Backup Server

Virtual Servers

Block Storage

NAS

SAN Fabric

Database

Replication

Management Infrastructure

CMDB

Reporting Portal

How Can APTARE Help?

VTL/Tape Libraries

De-duplication devices

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Reporting Themes

Scope– The area of infrastructure to report / analyze

Grouping– Focus on specific areas of interest in the overall infrastructure

Attributes– Business related values for individual components

Management by Exception– Reducing reporting complexity

Automation– Save time and effort

Connectivity– Need to understand how components affect each other

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Storage mapping

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Array RAID group and LUN Performance

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Snaps that can be deleted

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Capacity & Forecasting

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Data Protection

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StorageConsole Meets the Challenges…

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BackupBackup Manager

ReplicationReplication Manager

StorageCapacity Manager

FabricFabric Manager

VirtualVirtualization Manager

CommonDatabase

Unstructured Data

File Analytics

StorageConsole Reports

Storage Management Data Protection Management

APTARE Advantages

Agentless Data Collection– No additional software installed on servers

Single Data Store– Information value multiplies with additional modules

Web-based Reporting– Reports can be run from anywhere on any web browser

Heterogeneous– Support for all the main vendors and products

Multi-Tenanted– Create Customer/Department specific views.

Custom Report Writing

Global Hub and Spoke Architecture

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