Scalable and Flexible Storage for the Cloud

Rob Anderson, Director of Technology & Business DevelopmentIsilon Systems EMEArob.anderson@isilon.com

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Overview

Why is cloud emerging?Definition(s) of cloudThe Public CloudThe Private CloudCloud ChallengesBenefits Isilon brings to the cloud

IT Drivers

Business MandatesAccommodate GrowthEnsure 7x24 AvailabilityReduce CostsIncrease Agility

Technology InnovationHW improvementsVirtualisationWeb service ubiquityIntegrated Instrumentation

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Data Center Evolution

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VirtualisedData Center

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AutomationScale

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Cloud Computing Defined

An evolved approach to deploying, managing, and consuming traditional IT resources

Consolidate and Virtualise to improve utilisationVery large shared infrastructure deploymentsDiverse set of users and applications (loads)

Automate operations to enable Near-instant, self-service activationElastic, pay-as-you-go IT

Creating new IT business models (*-as-a-service)Hosted Apps (Google Apps, Salesforce.com, Hosted Exchange/SharePoint, Backup)Hosted Deployment Platforms (LAMP+, Facebook Dev, Google App Engine, Azure)Extensible Infrastructure (hybrid Private/Public)

Cloud ComputingCharacteristics

On-demand self-serviceBroad network accessResource poolingRapid elasticityMeasured Service (pay-as-you-go)

Service ModelsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS)Software as a Service (SaaS)

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-def-v15.doc

Deployment ModelsPrivate CloudCommunity CloudPublic CloudHybrid Cloud

Public and Private Clouds

Public Cloud ParadigmsInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS) companies provide the most basic of building blocks, containers, APIs, etc. in order to allow organizations the most flexibility when constructing applications for the cloud.Platform as a Service (PaaS) companies provide a more refined capability, typically a fully evolved hosting environment for applications in the cloud. Software as a Service (SaaS) companies provide the applications with specific functionality themselves.

Public Cloud Attraction and Drawbacks

AttractionSimple consumption (CC)Highly elasticPay-as-you-go

Potential DrawbacksDiminished Governance

Global Policies and Priorities difficult to enforceLack of Integrated SecurityFragmented IT spend (multiple providers); poor global visibilityUnaligned pricing incentives

Unexpected or unpredictable costs (data, WAN “true” costs)User Administrative burden (PaaS)Application development (porting / hosting) costsLimited, homogenous servicesProvider Lock-in

(Presently) well-suited for …• SMBs• More Loosely Coupled,

Experimental Activities (limited data/service dependencies)

Cloud Computing Model

Remote access and control(standard protocols)

Remote access and control(standard protocols)

Rapid ActivationPay-as-you-goUsage Monitoring

IaaS (compute, store)

PaaS (stacks, tools, sets of services)

SaaS (applications, data sets)Virtual(Sharedinfrastructure)

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Vanguard Technology Group Proprietary and Confidential

PhysicalProvisioningManagement

StorageCompute Network

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Private Cloud ParadigmsVirtualization

Server VirtualizationDesktop VirtualizationData Center Automation

Leveraged ResourcesBlade Server Architectures10+GbE EthernetShared Storage

Internal Service ProviderBill/charge-back Model

Cloud Architecture Requirements

Consumer PerspectiveElastic

Simple, rapid activation and deactivationVirtually Unlimited Resources

Standard, automation-capable interfacesConsistent, predictable performancePrivacyTransparent pay-for-use

Provider PerspectiveSimple provisioning and expansion (scalability)Dynamic resource reclamation and redistributionNon-stopHigh utilisationLow operational cost

Critical Success Factors• Maximise shared infrastructure Utilisation• Maximise Operational Efficiency (self-service)• Support rapid Scaling

Reduce COST per-unit-of SERVICE

The Role of Storage in the Cloud

Store, protect, and serve VM imagesVM templates; instantiationVM data protection (backup/recovery, DR, BC)

Store, protect, and serve Application DataTraditional networked storage protocols

FC, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, http, ftp

VM-abstracted data containers (e.g. VMDK)

Cloud Challenges

Minimising Cost and ManagementOngoing Capital AcquisitionsUtilization and Effectiveness of CapitalOngoing Cost of Management

Maximizing Flexibility and AgilityLeveraging shared resourcesEliminating procurement cyclesProviding appropriate isolation

Data Protection/Disaster Recovery

Isilon Enables Cloud Computing

Isilon IQ: Built for the CloudKey Design Principles

Simple, Balanced ScalingTBs to PBs; 1-50 GB/sAutomatic load balancing

Efficient Resource SharingSingle namespace and single scalable storage poolSimple management; rich monitoring toolsFine-grained, flexible data protection (multi-tenancy)

High AvailabilityNon-stop operationNon-disruptive expansion

AgileExpand in seconds

• Symmetric scale-out architecture• Fully distributed, fine-grained services• Unified IP storage (NAS, iSCSI)

• Symmetric scale-out architecture• Fully distributed, fine-grained services• Unified IP storage (NAS, iSCSI)

Utilization and Operational EfficiencyUtilization

80% + raw storage utilizationIncremental capacity and performance scaling

Operational Efficiency85% reduction in storage management costsNear-instant expansionAutomatic load balancing

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IsilonStorage

OneFS purpose-built for file-based and virtualised workflows – highly scalable & highly redundant

Integrates with VMware HA, DRS, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, and Consolidated Backup

NFS-based data stores preferred for ease-of-use, flexibility, and performance

SyncIQ, SnapshotIQ, and FlexProtect provide flexible, high performance VM data protection

SmartConnect and AutoBalance ensure continual efficient usage of storage resources

SmartPools (OneFS 6.0) afford tiered service levels and non-disruptive service level adjustments

InsightIQ provides individual VM and grouped VM performance metric visualization

Isilon and VMware Architecture

CREATE & CAPTURE PROCESS

ARCHIVE ARCHIVE

Isilon IQ SAS(16-518 TB)

S-SeriesTransactional I/O &

Random Access

Isilon IQ 5400S,

IQ 5000S-SSD

Isilon IQ X Series Nodes

6000/12000

X-SeriesHigh Concurrent /

Sequential Throughput

Isilon IQ EX Nodes

6000/12000

Isilon IQ X Series SATA (6TB – 3,456TB)

Isilon IQ 10000X-SSD 36000X, 72000X, IQ

32000X-SSD

NL-SeriesNearline Storage

Isilon IQ Nearline SATA(250TB – 3,456TB)

Isilon IQ 72NL,36NL

Backup Acceleratorto Tape Storage

High PerformanceBackup/Restore

10GE

SSD

SSD10GE

10GE

Benefits of Isilon

Most Cost-Effective Storage SolutionTotal Cost of Ownership80+% Utilization RateEase-of-Use

Highly ScalableScales a single volume to 10+ PBSystem administration remains simple

Robust Software SuiteSmartQuotas, SyncIQ, AutoBalance

Save Money with Isilon IQ

Single, Scalable Volume Improves ROI

Isilon Commissioned Study from ForresterIsilon customers attain a 97% reduction in OPEXSix FTE to 15% of a single FTE22% increase in storage utilization37% decrease in volume of storage capacity required

Risk-adjusted ROI of 125% in 5 months

Isilon Customers

Isilon in the CloudCustomer Compelling Value

Virtualised Data Centers

Surgient Standardised on Isilon for virtualization tier – love the simplicity

TriZetto Isilon is used for all IT file-based virtual applications

WebTrends Virtualised for internal dev/test as well as analytics

Private Enterprise Clouds

SAAVIS (Kodak ESG) Internal storage cloud for all of Kodak Easy Share Gallery

Beijing Genomics Institute Bioinformatics storage repository both internal and for others

Public Cloud Providers

Adobe Scene7 Software as a Service and internal cloud services as well

Facebook Platform as a Service …

Softlayer Public Cloud Hosting – Virtualization and NFS/CIFS on Isilon

Surgient Virtualization hosting – Isilon is primary VM repository

Thank You

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