fusion-io, mellanox and ion data accelerator
DESCRIPTION
The presentation was given at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco. It was presented at the Mellanox Booth. Server-side flash may not always be practical, so ION Data Accelerator was created seamlessly share flash across servers. You can learn more at http://www.fusionio.com/products/ion-data-accelerator/TRANSCRIPT
ION Data AcceleratorAugust 2013
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Powerful Flash Benefits
▸ Server-side not always practical• Inaccessible servers
• No additional PCIe slots
• Clusters require shared target
▸ ION for external shared flash• Seamlessly share flash across
servers
• Support clustered server installations
Single Device PerformanceEqual to Hundreds of Drives…
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Shared Acceleration with ION
DATABASE PERFORMANCE25x XPLORE QUERY T IMES35xINDEX REBUILD40x
Platforms
• PCIe performance
• Adaptive Flashback reliability
• SAN Connected
• Qualified servers
• 25-40x performance improvement over HDD
• 100µs response time for cluster applications
ioMemory
Software
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Add flash as cache seamlessly to servers
Provide flash memoryto every server
Introduce flash benefits to HA configurations
ION Deployment Scenarios
High Availability FlashWith Mellanox
Flash as External Storage
Applications
Flash as External Shared Cache
Applications Clustered Servers
Acceleratetemp files or completedatabase
SAN SAN SAN
In Memory Database
Existingstorage
Shared Cache
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ION High Availability Configuration
LUN 0 LUN 0
LUN 1 LUN 1
LUN 0 LUN 1
40Gb
Mellanox IB For ION Cluster Connectivity
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International Billing Agency
Performance and Availability Challenge
▸ SAN does not allow frequent customer billings
• Limited to no more than once per month
▸ Need consistent > 4 GB/s random-reads
• For parallel table-scans
▸ Simultaneous write performance
• With response time ~ 250µs
▸ Massive concurrent read/write workload
• From different applications
▸ Demanding High Availability Infrastructure Requirements
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More Frequent Billing Possible
ConventionalSAN
Blade Server Blade Server
Reads
Reads
Writes
IO Bottleneck
Blade Server Blade Server
4GB Random Reads
250µsWrites
Balanced ION Acceleration with Mellanox HA Connectivity
Replication
Conventional
Mellanox IB Connectivity
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Performance Challenge
▸100s of virtual machines in ESX server farm
▸Relational database across many servers
▸Ticketing system taxes SAN with 50% writes
▸Pain: Slow write response time
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MS SQL VM (ESX): Faster Response to Tickets
Slow Writes
x100s
300 µs write response time3x work queue reduction
ConventionalFlash Array
x100s
Conventional ION Acceleration
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ION Industry Standard Hardware
ioMemoryPCIe Flash
RedundantHot Swap
Power Supplies
Redundant SAN Connections
x86 ServerOEM Hardware Warranty
Spare Parts
OnSite Service
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ION Software with Server Choice
Fusion-io Support Expertise
• Leading database and cluster certified
• ISO-9001 certified quality procedures
Approved Hardware Quality
• 3 year warranty; 24 hour onsite support
• Extended warranty and support options
• Server choice
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Build Your Own ION Data Accelerator
SUPPORTED SERVERS IODRIVES
DL370 G6DL380 G7DL380p Gen8DL580 G7
1026GT-TRF1027GR-TRF6037-TRXF
SUPPORTED TARGET CONTROLLERS
Fibre Channel: Qlogic
InfiniBand: Mellanox
iSCSI: Intel, Emulex, Mellanox, Broadcom
HA: Mellanox
R720R420
X3650 M4
UCS C240 M3**support is for single-node
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ION Data Accelerator – Freedom of Choice
•Leverage your buying power
•Integrate
•Support▸ ION Data Accelerator Software
(via Fusion-io)
▸ Server (via server OEM)
▸ ioDrive (via your supplier)
•No hassles, partner integrated
•Support• End-to-End Fusion-io Support
SOFTWARE
Leverage your buying power
FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION
Thank You
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