Extending the lifecycle of your storage area network
- 1. Extending the lifecycle of your Storage Area Network Chris Gruber, D-Link Systems Dane Jasinski, Luce Forward
- 2. Agenda IT spending breakdown iSCSI market penetration Network storage considerations Technology overview Virtual storage pool approach SAN applications Techniques for extending the life of your SAN D-Link’s xStackTM iSCSI SAN arrays Case study – Luce Forward
- 3. IT Spending IT Spending Categories for 2008
- 4. Market Growth – iSCSI SAN Worldwide iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) Market Growth Revenue in Millions $1,400 $1,200 $1,000 $800 $600 Source: Gartner (May 2009) $400 $200
- 5. IT Considerations Price Total Cost of Ownership (Lifecycle) What’s the order of Reliability Redundancy and Fault Tolerance importance? Data Availability Uptime & productivity Scalability – grow capacity & performance over time Performance Bandwidth vs. transactional Support multiple applications Flexibility Repurpose resources as needed Eliminate pre-planning shortfalls Ease of Management
- 6. Technology Briefing – Performance Throughput – bandwidth (i.e. data pipe) High bandwidth applications Disk backup/Archival Video & Surveillance I/O – processing power Transactional applications Database (SQL) and E-mail Virtualization Drive performance SATA: High capacity, low cost, slower RPM (7200), single path SATA/SAS hybrid: High Capacity, medium cost, slower RPM (7200), dual path SAS: Lower capacity, higher cost, faster RPM (10K/15K), dual path
- 7. Virtual Storage 7
- 8. Virtual Storage Benefits • Lower Cost – Decreased management Unused Storage requirements 6 disks – Reduced capital Vol 3 investments – Less power – Uses full capacity of all Unused Storage disks 6 disks • Higher Performance Vol 2 Shared Pool – Optimized RAID level for each application Vol 3 – Volumes can span all 12 disks Unused Storage disks 6 disks Vol 2 – Greater disk utilization Vol 1 Vol 1 Isolated Islands of Storage Shared Virtual Pool
- 9. Virtual Storage Benefits (continued) • Ability to configure any combination of volume types; no need to make any global decisions up front • Allows all of the available storage capacity to be utilized, without any wasted space • No need to pre-allocate drives to a specific storage pool • Ability to re-configure any volume when needed; you are not locked into anything • All volumes are on-line during any grow or reconfigure operation
- 10. Product Application – Storage Consolidation
- 11. Product Application – Virtualization
- 12. Product Application – Disaster Recovery
- 13. Extending the life of your SAN • Extended warranty options • Hardware upgrade as needed – Add secondary controller as necessary – Scalability beyond primary array as capacity needs dictate • Availability of firmware upgrades – Service, warranty or maintenance agreement required? • Performance capability for future applications – Transactional processing power to support upcoming applications – Bandwidth available to support upcoming applications • Available connectivity for planned infrastructure upgrades – Massive data pipe for GbE networks – 10GbE connectivity today w/ low-cost 10GbE uplink
- 14. Extending the life of your SAN (continued) • Open architecture (grow capacity as needed) – Support for non-proprietary, off-the-shelf disk drives – Support for mixed drive environments • SAS & SATA • Mixed capacities – Scale performance with capacity • Volume virtualization – Eliminate need for RAID set containers • Added flexibility for provisioning virtual volumes across disk pool • Better capacity utilization • Increased I/O performance – Support volume reconfiguration on the fly • Capacity expansion • Reconfiguring RAID levels • Migrating from physical disks • Change stripe depth
- 15. Key Selling Points –xStackTM SANs Highly integrated single chip solution allows system to handle speeds of over 80,000 I/Os per second. • Built-in RAID controller offers RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 and JBOD. • Built-in IP SAN Device Manager (IDM) • Allows remote access • Manage multiple SAN arrays from a single screen Systems support off-the-shelf, non-proprietary disk drives. • User may purchase and install any hard drive from our recommended list • Save on costs by sourcing drives through your own vendor Mix and match drives • Drives of various sizes may be used and configured with multiple RAID types & volume segments on a single drive Volume virtualization • Up to 1,024 Virtual Volumes (256 accessible per initiator) • 1024 target nodes • Online Capacity Expansion – without disruption to the system • Volume reconfiguration – without disruption to the system • Instant Volume Access • Access volume before initialization process is complete
- 16. Key Selling Points – DSN-5000 family DSN-5000 series brings redundancy and expandability • Dual-controller support for HA- High Availability • Supports up to six DSN-5000 expansion arrays • Up to 84 drives in a single logical array • 168TB raw storage capacity using 2TB drives • Larger drives supported as they become available Supports 8 x 1GbE iSCSI data ports per controller • DSN-3200 & DSN-5210 • Compare to typical competitors with 2 to 3 GbE ports • 8 ports can be aggregated for 8GbE throughput. Supports built-in 10GbE interface • DSN-3400 & DSN-5410 SAS and SATA-II* support with DSN-5000 series • SAS and SATA drives supported within the same array * SATA-II only supported in single controller mode.
- 17. D-Link Value Proposition Positioning A reliable data-center class SAN array for customers requiring a path to HA-High Availability and scalability (DSN-5000 series). Cost alternative to established SAN platforms No need to purchase proprietary disk drives at proprietary prices to grow array Support off the shelf disk drives Future f/w releases made public – no maintenance contract needed No a-la-cart licensing pricing strategy Performance leader 4 times or greater throughput performance vs. competitive products Massive data pipe configurations & full 10GbE line speed 8xGbE data ports per controller 1x10GbE data port per controller Flexibility Volume Virtualization Volume expansion & reconfiguration on the fly
- 18. Case study – Luce Forward Current NAS Need additional with NetApp mass storage for for critical non-critical data data. (Litigation Support) Desire offsite protection as well as no need for tape backup
- 19. Case study – Luce Forward (continued) • D-Link – Enterprise class solution • Price effective – Allowed for on-site replication as well as off-site • Using SureSync for replication • Opened the door – D-Link solution proved to be a great solution for both price and fit. – Considering additional uses for future projects.
- 20. Call to Action Visit D-Link at booth# 1331 this week for a demonstration of our award winning SAN technology. Considering a D-Link SAN array for your organization? Contact one of our authorized partners to request a free 30- day evaluation. Meet your dedicated D-Link account team today at the show!
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