Professional and focused tool of data storageIntroduction to Inspur Storage Products

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1 Overview of Inspur Storage Product Line

2 Introduction to Overseas Key Product—AS520N

3 Introduction to Overseas Key Product-AS510H

4 Introduction to Overseas Key Product-AS1100H

5 Introduction to advanced function of AS510H/AS1100H

Inspur Storage Product LinePart I

2015 Inspur Storage Product Line

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FunctionsOnline centralized storage systemBusiness integration

storage system Mass storage system

AS510N

AS520E/G

AS1100H

TL1000

BCP

DP2000

AS520E-M1

AS520N TL2000

DP1000-M1

Performance

DPS-M1

AS1000G6

AS510H

AS500N6

AS530NTL3000

Storage system for data protection

AS5600

AS8000-M2

AS8000-M3

AS8000-M4 AS18000

AS13000 –M1

AS13000 –M2

Hardware components

Server SCSI card SCSI wire

Storage

Application environment

•Servers are geographically scattered.•Server is directly attached to storage device.

Storage Architecture: Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

Hardware components

Server Network card

Network wire

Storage

Application environment

• Data sharing based on Ethernet

• File-level data transmission

Storage Architecture: Network Attached Storage(NAS)

Hardware components

Server FC card FC wire

Storage FC switch

Application environment

• Block-level file transmission

•Massive expansion of storage space

• Complicated network environment

Storage Architecture: Storage Area Network(SAN)

Introduction to Overseas Key Products—AS520NPart II

AS520N—Product Overview

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Application scope

Product features

Small and medium-sized government departments and enterprises, campus education,

Internet, video surveillance industries and IP SAN/NAS network architecture

• Product architecture: 3U16/4U24-bay, rack-mounted

• Host interface: standard configuration is 2 GB host interfaces which

can be expended to 6.

• Cache: standard configuration is 8GB, support up to 32GB *

• Disk type: 3.5'' high-capacity SATA/NL SAS

• Disk expansion: support expanding of 3 expansion cabinets

(3U16/J4U24) with the same bay as that of host, and support 4U60-bay

high-density expansion cabinet

Simple, efficient and manageable

AS520NAS530N

* The max. system cache is limited to 16GB by the operating system.

AS520N—Overview of Product Parameters

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Parameters AS520N

Storage operating system The independent DOM is used as memory system, so it is not necessary to use data hard disk.

Storage processor Standard configuration: 1 special storage processor (does not support expansion)

Cache 8GB which can be expended to 32GB *( support 8GB memory of single memory stick)

Host interface Standard configuration: 2 GB which can expended to 6 GB to the most.

Number of stand-alone disks 16

Disk type 7200 RPM Enterprise-level SATA/NL SAS disk (1TB/2TB/3TB/4TB)

Max. number of disks 76

Expansibility 3 3U16-bay JBOD/1 4U60-bay expansion cabinets can be expanded

RAID level Support RAID0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

Supported applications Host interface aggregation, online LUN expansion and snapshot

AS520N Application Scenario I—IP SAN Centralized Storage

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IP SAN centralized storage: converges network interfaces, and improves bandwidth greatly.

The user can achieve the centralized storage and management of all front-end servers by using only one set of storage products for beginners. The storage system supports the cross-heterogeneous host platform (Windows, Linux and Unix) and is able to meet the requirements of different business applications (database, Email, Web etc.)

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应用服务器集群

Exchange邮件 办公OA Web、视频

IP SAN存储

千兆交换机

IP SAN storage

Exchange E-mail Web ， video

Gigabit switch

OA Office

Application servers

AS520N Application Scenario II—NAS File Sharing

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NAS file sharing: NAS sharing architecture enables easy deployment

N series network storage product can perform the function of sharing FTP, NAS files and support the file sharing of heterogeneous host platform (different types of files, such as document, picture and video);

The installation and deployment of the whole system is easy. After connecting it to the LAN network directly, the user can use and manage the system conveniently. Besides, it is helpful to improve the availabilities of data.

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服务器组

NAS文件共享存储

Server group

NAS file sharing storage

AS520N Application Scenario II—Video Surveillance Application

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Video surveillance application: mass storage space and flexible network establishment

With this scheme, the front-end video servers can be put under centralized storage and management.

Site 1Remote

monitoring

Video server

Video server

Video server

Storage device

Introduction to Overseas Key Product—AS510HPart III

Generation of Optical Storage Product AS510H

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Application scope

Product features

Suitable for department-level data center building, small and medium-sized database, virtualization

and other applications as well as FC SAN network architecture

• Product architecture: dual-controller rack-mounted, 2U12/2U24-bay head

• Cache: 4GB (standard) or 8GB (optional), support up to 16GB

• Optional expansion cabinets: support 2U12-bay, 2U24-bay and 4U60-bay

high-density expansion cabinets

• High performance and new protocol: support the most advanced host

interface technology, achieve the upgrading from 8Gb FC to 16Gb FC 、SAS2.0 and then to SAS3.0. 4 SAS expansion interfaces at back-end disk

channel provide higher performance for the user.

High performance and new protocol: adopt advanced 12Gb SAS and 16Gb FC ports, therefore it runs ahead of other comparable products of other manufacturers.

AS510H

New Generation of Optical Storage Product AS510H—Product Specification

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Name AS510HController Dual-controller (Active-Active)

Host specification 2U12-bay/2U24-bayCache Each controller provides cache of 2GB which can be updated to 8GB.

Disk type SSD, SAS, NL-SASNumber of disks Support 384 disks

Host interface

Standard configuration: 4 SAS(12 GB) host interfaces+4 FC (16Gb) host interfaces4 SAS(12 GB) host interfaces are optional8 SAS(12 GB) host interfaces are optional

12 SAS (12 GB) host interfaces are optional4 SAS(12 GB) host interfaces+8 FC (16Gb) host interfaces are optional

4 SAS(12 GB) host interfaces+4 electric iSCSI (16Gb) host interfaces are optionalExpansion interface 4 SAS (6Gb) expansion interfacesExpansion cabinet 2U12, 2U24, 4U60

RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10

Advanced functions

Dynamic disk pool technologyThin provisioning

SSD cache accelerationRemote volume mirroring

Volume replicationSnapshot

Chassis 552.5mmx482.6mmx86.4mm (L x W x H)Operating temperature 10-40 ℃

New Generation of Optical Storage Product AS510H—Application Scenario

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Server Server ServerServerServer

Centralized storage application

Simple, efficient, safe and abundant storage solutions

Database server Database server

Highly reliable dual-computer application

Small-scale virtualization application

Virtualized server Virtualized server Virtualized server

The Principle Analysis of the Middle-End Dual Controller Product Hardware 510H

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Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Drive Expansion

Port 1 Port 2

ID/Diag

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

LnkCh 2Ch 1

Port 1 Port 2

2 SAS2.0 broad port

Internet access management

Serial port12Gb SAS host channelFactory maintenance

iSCSI Host

FC Host4 16 8

S A4 16 8

S A

Ch 3

Ch 4

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Drive Expansion

Port 1 Port 2

ID/Diag

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

LnkCh 2Ch 1

Port 1 Port 2

FC expansion card 4 16Gb FC (4/8/16 Gb self-adaption)

FC expansion card 2 16Gb FC (4/8/16Gb self-adaption)

SAS expansion card 4 12Gb broad port SAS (6/12Gb self-adaption)

SAS expansion card 2 12Gb broad port SAS (6/12Gb self-adaption)

iSCSI expansion card 2 10Gb iSCSI electrical port RJ45 (1/10Gb self-adaption)

iSCSI Host

FC Host4 16 8

S A4 16 8

S A4 16 8

S A4 16 8

S A

Ch 3

& 4

Ch 5 & 6

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

Drive Expansion

Port 1 Port 2

ID/Diag

Lnk

Lnk

Lnk

LnkCh 2Ch 1

Port 1 Port 2

Introduction to Overseas Key Product—AS1100HPart IV

New Generation of Optical Storage Product AS1100H

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Application scope

Product features

Suitable for storage system construction for center computer room, large-sized database and

virtualization applications, FC SAN network architecture as well as governments, public

security, education, finance, telecommunications and other industries

• Product architecture: dual-controller rack-mounted, 2U12/2U24-bay head

• High cache: 24GB (standard), can be extended to 48GB

• Optional expansion cabinets: support 2U12-bay, 2U24-bay and 4U60-bay

high-density expansion cabinets

• High performance and new protocol: adopt advanced 16Gb FC port in the

industry. 4 SAS expansion interfaces at back-end disk channel provide higher

performance for the user.

• Rich host interfaces: support 16Gb FC, SAS, IB and 10Gb iSCSI, thus

meeting user's requirements of different network environment.

High performance and competitive: middle and high-end dual-controller SAN storage system improves the hardware indexes and performance and enhances the competitive power of middle-end dual controller

storage system in the market.

AS1100H

New Generation of Optical Storage Product AS1100H—Product Specification

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Name AS1100HController Dual-controller (Active-Active)

Host specification 2U12-bay/2U24-bayCache Each controller provides cache of 12GB which can be updated to 24GB.

Disk type SSD, SAS, NL-SASNumber of disks Support 384 disks

Host interface

Standard configuration: 8 FC (16 Gb) host interfaces4 IB (40 Gb) host interfaces are optional

8 optical host interfaces (10 Gb) are optional8 SAS(6 GB) host interfaces are optional

Expansion interface 4 SAS (6Gb) expansion interfacesExpansion cabinet 2U12, 2U24, 4U60

RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10

Advanced functions

SSD disk cacheDynamic disk pool technology

Thin provisioningRemote volume mirroring

Volume replicationSnapshot

Chassis 552.5mmx482.6mmx86.4mm (L x W x H)Operating temperature 10-40 ℃

New Generation of Optical Storage Product AS1100H—Application Scenario

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Large scale database cluster application

Database server Database server Database server

Stable, efficient, safe and abundant storage solutions

Large-scale virtualization application

Virtualized server Virtualized server Virtualized server

Data-level remote disaster recovery

The Principle Analysis of the Middle-End Dual Controller Product Hardware 1100H

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Host Card1

LnkLnk LnkLnk LnkLnk LnkLnkID/

Diag

LnkLnk

Ch 2Ch 1

LnkLnkPort 2Port 1

4

2 SAS2.0 broad ports

Management port

Serial port

Optional expansion card• 4 个 6Gb/s SAS broad port• 2 个 40Gb/s IB• 4 个 16Gb/s FC• 4 个 10Gb/s iSCSI

Port for factory maintenance

SAS expansion card 4 6Gb SAS broad port

FC / iSCSI expansion card 4 16Gb/s FC or 10Gb/s iSCSI

SFP+

IB expansion card 2 40Gb IB

6Gb SAS host channel

Introduction to advanced function -AS510H/AS1100HPart V

The Software Functions of the Optical Fiber Storage Product

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Dynamic disk pool DDP

Automatic prevision SSD

hard drive as cache

AS510HAS1100H

Enhanced

remote mirrorin

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Enhanced

snapshot

The Traditional RAID Data Protection Method

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Disk organization and management via RAID group Volume space can only be distributed in the disks of RAID group

– the performance is restricted to the number of disks The hot spare drive only operates when the hard drive is malfunctioned The hot spare space is always in the standby mode

24-drive system with (2) 10-drive groups (8+2) and (4) hot spares

The Traditional RAID Data Protection Method—— Disk Malfunction

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Rebuild the data to the hot spare drives– the hot spare drives need to undertake all the write operation when rebuilding

the data– becomes the performance bottleneck– the data rebuilding can only be conducted in sequence, one data stripe at a

time All data access in this RAID group will be affected

24-drive system with (2) 10-drive groups (8+2) and (4) hot spares

Dynamic Disk Pool DDP – Principles

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• Each stripe is 4GB, referred to as D-piece, and is from the 10 disks in the bottom of DDP

• Complete the choosing of disks needed via the relevant algorithm– different stripe is located in different disk– pseudorandom can ensure the dynamic balance of the space used

Dynamic Disk Pool DDP – Principles

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• As for D-Piece which has space located in:– fragments located in other disks need to be verified– new fragments will be written into the damaged data

• Almost all the disks participate in rebuilding the data

Dynamic Disk Pool DDP – Principles

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• One or more disks can be added to the Pool (1~12)• The data will again conduct dynamic balance distribution to give play to

new performance of the disk – move of data fragment only, not the rebuilding of the data

Dynamic Disk Pool DDP – Failure Effect Comparison

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Time

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The impact of disk failure on performance

DDPRAID

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SBusiness influence

Data recovery minute vs day_4TB requires 5.5days

Data Recovery Test – Test-DDP Test Result Analysis

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　DDP data recovery compared to the traditional raid

DDP （ 29 块使用40TB ） raid6(29 块使用 40TB) raid6(29 块使用 20TB) DDP （ 58 块使用

20TB ） DDP （ 58 块使用40TB ）

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A comparison on data recovery between AS1000G6 DDP and raid

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29 7200 SAS disks available capacity 40TB, DDP data recovery 7.24 hours,Raid6 data recovery 27.19 hours; 58 disks disk pool 1 available capacity 20TB and the recovery time is 1.18 hours; 58 disks disk pool 1 available capacity 40TB and the recovery time is 4.03 hours.

Performance Test-DDP Test Result Analysis

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DDP IOPS reaches 377,703, which is much higher than raid; however, there is no clear advantage on bandwidth compared with raid;

29 7200 SAS disk available capacity 40TB. The DDP data recovery in this test is 3.75 times that of raid. With more disks, DDP data recovers faster. The data recovery under the top configuration is 8 times that of the traditional raid. In the advertisement, it is said to be 10 times that of the traditional raid, which is its limit value.

Strategy Sequential read Sequential write Random read Random write

　 IOPS bandwidth IOPS bandwidth IOPS bandwidth IOPS bandwidth

DDP 377703.27 2517.82 172666.97 2333.18 207799.52 2227.69 93670.11 1388.27

RAID5 173046.98 2226.35 92359.18 1628.95 159729.32 1524.03 66009.79 1300

RAID6 240545.92 2775.45 178515.51 2500.22 22856.47 2088.01 3017.92 682.18

The Software Functions of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage DDP

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• The system provides performance continuously without any influence• The system’s performance can be controlled within the “green area”

– the hard drive failure has the minimum impact on the system’s performance– clearly accelerates the system recovery time– 10 times faster than the traditional RAID recovery speed– accelerate data rebuilding

• Disk pool avoids hard drive hotspot– all volume space is distributed in all the hard drives in the disk pool– lower the hard drive failure rate

• dynamic data distribution and redistribution continue operating in the back-end

Time

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Acceptable

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Performance Impact of a Drive Failure

RAID Rebuild

DDP

Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP)

The Software Functions of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage DDP

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Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP)

– DDP (dynamic disk pool) is a FREE function of the product which can achieve higher IOPS than the traditional RAID. It can be mostly promoted in the virtualization application platform and database application.

– There is NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF HARD DRIVES in DDP group. With more hard drives, the data read and write and data recovery of malfunctioned disks are faster with HIGHER PERFORMANCE. It is advisable to take 24 to 60 disks as a DDP group.

– 510H and 1100H support SSD hard drive to be DDP volume; 500H and 1000G6 do not support SSD to be DDP.

　 Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage DDP Configuration

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AS1100H AS510H

The basic configured disk number of each DDP 11 11

The maximum disk number each DDP supports 384 192

The number of disks that can be added to DDP every time

1 to 12 disks 1 to 12 disks

The number of DDP the storage system supports 20 20

The largest single LUN capacity in DDP 64TB 64TB

The type of disk supported SAS, near-line SAS, SSD SAS, near-line SAS, SSD

A Comparison of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage DDP with raid6

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The Snapshot Function of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage

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Enhanced snapshot

Source

PiTSnapshotPiT

SnapshotPiTSnapshotPiT

Snapshot

– The number of enhanced snapshot is MORE than that of the traditional snapshot. Each volume has 128 snapshot volume while the traditional one has 16 snapshots in each volume

– As for the same LUN, it supports 4 snapshot group, each snapshot group supports 32 snapshots; the snapshots in each snapshot group can share THE SAME STORAGE VOLUME whose size is about 40% of the original volume (configurable), which reduces the storage capacity consumption for the convenience of snapshot management

– Support snapshot consistency relevance group to ensure the data consistency when multiple number of LUN of the same application take snapshot simultaneously

– Configure automatic snapshot strategy, taking snapshot every 30 minutes, 24 everyday; manual operation has no time limit

The Mirroring Function of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage

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Enhanced remote mirroring

Source PiTSnapshot PiT Mirror Async RVMSite A

Site B

– The enhanced remote mirroring is a kind of asynchronous mirroring which is realized BASED ON THE ENHANCED SNAPSHOT. The data read/write log and data variation pointer are saved in the storage volume. With the comparison of pointers of the two places, it can be converted into residual quantity data to be transmitted to another place, so as to ENSURE that the DATA transmitted between the pointers is CONSISTENT and can be USED at a certain point.

– Conducting remote mirroring based on IP LINK and BARE FIBER LINK. Flexible link choice and HIGH CONTROLLABLE COST

– With the comparison of log record and pointer, it supports BREAKPOIN RESUME of the data transmission to ensure data integrity

– The mirroring link requires exchanger to transmit data and the controller needs to reserve a port for mirroring link interface

The Principle Analysis of the Middle-End Dual Controller Product Software

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500H 510H

1000G6

1100H

AS500H AS510H AS1000G6 AS1100HThe number

of host512 512 1024 1024

Partition 128 128 512 512LUN 512 512 2048 2048

Single volume capacity limit: 64TB at maximum

The Automatic Downsizing Function of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage

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Automatic prevision

Physical Storage: 1TB Total

Volumes: 2TB

1 TB

300 GB

50GB

150GB

100GB

200 GB

200 GB

Store maximum data with minimum costs

Advantages:– Users can create volumes flexibly. There is no need to

consider the disk reserved space in the initial planning phase; physical capacity can be added in the later phase to IMPROVE THE CAPACITY PLANNING EFFICIENCY

– LOWERING the PURCHASING COST of the storage system– Electric ENERGY and computer room SAVING, LOWERING

the emission of thermal LOSS with high efficiency and low-carbon

– The downsized volume uses 4GB as a distribution unit, the smallest granularity is 4BG. It can be configured to be above 4GB; each downsized volume’s largest virtual capacity is 64TB

– This function can only used in DDP, not in the normal RAID.

The SSD as Cache Function of Inspur’s Kernel Optical Fiber Storage

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SSD hard drive as cache

Description： Using SSD based on the read cache of the controller

Expandable to 5TB high-speed cache, supporting MLC technology

After setting SSD to read cache, the read IO of the host will copy the data read

to SSD. If the next IO is hit, then data should be retrieved directly from SSD;

otherwise, it needs to retrieve data from the hard disk and copy to SSD.

When SSD is fully written, data deletion will begin according to the data hit rate

or the storage time in SSD.

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