2011 INDIA PARTNER SUMMIT

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2011 INDIA PARTNER SUMMIT

Virtualization wave 2Ranganath Krishna, Solutions specialist, Hitachi Data Systems

New Wave-New Order

• Year 2009 number of VMs overtook the number of physical servers shipped

• 97% of customers run VMware in production (VMware 2009)survey 2009)

• 55% of VMware customers run more than 50VMs (survey 2009)(survey 2009)

• VM density increasing from 10 to 20

Agendag

• What’s in there for you?What s in there for you?• Be ready for Wave 2

– Customer expectations from server consolidation has changed

• Hitachi integration formula in VMware environment • Reference architecture and case study

What’s in there for you?y

• Trusted advisor to the customer– Beyond the mundane server consolidation.

• Unique solution in the market– There is no need to fight competition.

• Demonstrable ROI.• Big services drag.

THE 2ND WAVE OF SERVER VIRTUALIZATION ADOPTION IS COMING

The Diffusion of InnovationSounds complicated, but it is simple

- Technology is adopted in wavesTh i i d f d ti

60-70%

- The main period of adoption, and therefore revenue, is in Wave 2

15-20% 15-20%

Wave 1 2005-2009

Wave 22009-2013

Wave 32013-2017

Expectation from virtualization has changed.

VMware HDS

Capex Savings Opex SavingsCapex Savings >> VM density.>> uptime and availability.Virtualize mission critical apps (target to virtualize 100% of

Opex SavingsOnly 3D scaling storage.Built from mainframe support system.Proven ROI capacity

Opex Savings

(target to virtualize 100% of applications from current 80%)

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Proven ROI, capacity reclamation ,re-use of existing assets..

Opex SavingsMore scalable system to simplify.Reducing complexity journey t d ft i f

Capex Savings 20% more VMs by integration.100% guaranteed data availability.

towards software mainframe.More efficiency.

Mission critical applications of banking, telecom etc. apps.

vSphere OS 4.0 –Enabled the Ecosystem

What does this mean?VMware’s Native API

EngineCustomers have the choice of best-of-breed technologiesCustomer can leverage the fullcapability of their storage and ESX environment

The Hitachi advantage

Active-active Symmetric, Internal Switch Matrix

Hardware Thin Provisioned VMDKs

VMFSvStorage API for Array Integration

Dynamic Tiering

Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning

Dynamic Provisioning

Hitachi Dynamic TieringHitachi Dynamic Tiering

THE HITACHI ADVANTAGE –THE CONTROLLER

Did You Know? Dual controller systems are susceptible to ESX host workload imbalances, which require administrators to spend time manually diagnosing and mitigating load imbalances.

AMS 2000 Industry DifferentiatorHitachi Dynamic Load Balancing Controller: Virtually eliminates controller bottlenecks found in traditional

asymmetric controller designs

VSP – Virtual Storage DirectorIncrease performance, capacity, and connectivity

tightly coupled through a global cache to meet increasing server demandsasymmetric controller designs increasing server demands

The power of vstorage api for array integration (vaai)

C ( )Write Same, Zero (Block Zeroing)

Eliminates redundant and repetitive

Full Copy (Xcopy)Leverages storage array’s ability to mass copy, snapshot and move blocks via SCSI Eliminates redundant and repetitive

write commands, which means less I/O for common tasks

py pcommands.

Hardware-assisted LockingStop locking LUNs; start locking blocks only.p g ; g yOffloads SCSI commands to storage array.

*Note: VAAI is currently supported on the Hitachi Adaptable Modular 2000 family. Support for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform is expected this year.

A Closer Look at HARDWARE LOCKING OFFLOAD

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Reduces SCSI reservation conflicts– Locks are required for VM power

Could increase the number of VMs per ESX server by a factor of 10q p

on operations (e.g., VDI boot storms)

– Growing snapshots or delta disks i l k

– Saving server footprint and SAN ports

Requires scale-up storage bilitrequires locks

– Growing thin provisioned VMDK disk requires locksvMotion requires locks

capability

– vMotion requires locks

VAAI Benefits on Hitachi Storage

VAAI FEATURE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT WHY IT MATTERS

Full copy18% faster Speeds up cloning and storage vMotion

All f f t i f i t l hiFull copy Allows for faster copies of virtual machines

Write same (block zeroing)

85% faster performance

Speeds provisioning of new VMsKey to supporting large scale(block zeroing) performance Key to supporting large scale VMware or VDI deploymentsMakes an EagerZeroedThick VMDK storage thin friendly when used with Hitachi Dynamic ProvisioningDynamic Provisioning

Hardware-assistedlocking (SCSI reservation lock)

25% to 35% performance improvement

Removes SCSI reservation conflictsEnables faster lockingImproves VM density and performanceImproves VM density and performance

– Simplifies storage configuration– Enables 2TB volumes– Faster VM deployment

Eliminates boot storms– Eliminates boot storms– Enables scaling

Hardware accelerated thin provisioning

A new 30GB “eagerzeroedthick”

VMDK PROVISIONING + BLOCK ZEROING + HITACHI DYNAMIC PROVISIONING

VMDK file was created on a Dynamic Provisioning volume.

With VAAI disabled, the virtual

EAGERZEROEDTHICK AND DYNAMIC PROVISIONING POOL STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

With VAAI disabled, the virtual disk consumed 31GB of storage capacity on the Dynamic Provisioning pool. With VAAI enabled, it consumed only 1GB of storage capacity on the Dynamic Provisioning pool.Provisioning pool.

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Hitachi Dynamic Tiering –Simplify vsphere Operations

Problem or PainNeed to tier VMFS data stores for cost savings and performanceManaging and moving data to take

TIER 0SSD

HDT Pool

Managing and moving data to take advantage of tiers is operationally complex, time consuming and hard to optimize

Frequent Accesses TIER 1SAS

Dynamic Provisioning

Virtual

CapabilityOptimize the use of multiple storage tiers for a single VMFS d t t ith t li t d

Infrequent ReferencesTIER 2

SATA

Volume

data store without complicated administrator intensive capacity designOptimize without performanceOptimize without performance tuning effortsEliminate the burden of tiered storage management.

Single VMFS + Hitachi Dynamic Tiering = Simplification

Consolidation and Virtualized Storage

• All virtualized assets – Server and storage managed as one

common pool– Existing storage externalized for ESX

l t hi it fclusters reaching capacity or performance limits

• Nondisruptive migration of entire VMFS volumes between external an internal storageg

– Single set of management tools for heterogeneous storage for VMware

– Capacity management– Heterogeneous connectivity– Central control

C t ll b d i t li ti• Controller based virtualization– External storage takes advantage of all

features of the USP V, VSP switched architecture.

– SRM, SRA block based replicationH d l t d thi i i i– Hardware accelerated thin provisioning

Hit hi Vi t l St Pl tf i fi t t ff f ll VM VAAI t fHitachi Virtual Storage Platform is first to offer full VMware VAAI support for heterogeneous storage for 100+ external storage devices

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