Increasing Business Value Through High-Availability Technology
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The document outlines a live webinar on increasing business value through high-availability technology, featuring Nexenta Systems and guest speakers discussing high availability solutions, customer perspectives, and product features. NexentaStor offers enterprise-grade storage capabilities with advanced data protection and scalability, addressing the needs of businesses for reliable and cost-effective storage solutions. Case studies emphasize Nexenta's value through improved performance, reduced costs, and enhanced data availability for customers like Impulse Advanced Communications.
Increasing Business Value Through High-Availability Technology
- 1. Increasing Business Value Through High-Availability TechnologyLive WebinarWebinar will start in 10 minutes
- 2. Increasing Business Value Through High-Availability TechnologyLive WebinarWebinar will start in 5 minutes
- 3. AgendaOverview - Nexenta Systems - Sakthi Chandra, Nexenta SystemsIntroduction to High Availability Plugin – Ian Bingle, Paul Griffiths-Todd, High Availability CompanyA customer’s perspective – Jessie Bryan, Impulse Advanced CommunicationsQuestion & Answers- All
- 4. Company OverviewFounded in 2004; GA product in 2008
- 5. Privately held; HQ in Mountain View with operations in Holland, India, Germany, Russia and UK
- 6. ZFS optimized filesystem based on Open Storage“Enterprise class storage for everyone”
- 7. 30,000+ users and 2,000+ paid customersCustomersResellersPartners55
- 8. What is NexentaStor Hardware independent
- 10. CDP via ZFS snapshots
- 11. CDP via block sync
- 13. Event based APIOptional modules+ VM management + WORM + Windows ‘Deloreon’ + HA ClusterEnterprise Edition+ search + synch replication+ ease of use + remote managementNexentaOS: Loves multiple cores
- 14. Boot level ZFS
- 15. >1 million downloadsDebian / Ubuntu#1 community + packagingSolaris kernelmulti-core + clusteringZFS: File systemuniversal: SAN/NAS/iSCSI/FC
- 16. performance: variable block size + prefetch
- 17. Software RAID that identifies and corrects data corruptionZFSchecksums not volumes128 bit
- 18. Support for Hybrid storage poolsApplicationNexentaStorWrite CacheRead CacheHigh Capacity StorageSSDsHDDs
- 19. Easy to ScaleNexentaStorIncreased computational power by adding processors with more CPUs and cacheCommodity HardwareIndustry ControllersIncrease performance using additional SSDs to cache storage reads and writesDisksExpand total capacity by adding disk drive expansion units
- 20. Multiple protocols for Linux and Windows platformsCIFS
- 21. NFS
- 22. SCSI
- 23. iSCSI
- 24. FCEnterprise grade product that is rich in featuresStorage efficiency
- 26. De-duplication
- 27. Data protection
- 28. Self-Healing storage systemThe Business Value of Nexenta for High AvailabilityHA Solution architecture
- 29. The Business Value of Nexenta for High AvailabilityTrusted Partner SolutionsSolution Partners:* Please see www.nexenta.com for a complete list of Nexenta certified partner solutions
- 30. The Business Value of Nexenta for High AvailabilityAdvantages of Nexenta certificationFeature-CompleteHA withoutthe High Cost All-inclusive enterprise-grade storage capabilities (async replication , Active/Active failover, mirroring, etc.)
- 31. Multi-level HA solution – in hardware & software – for Active/Active failover clustering to a standby systemNexentaCertifiedBetter Together Fully supported, pre-tested hardware architecture – in CPU, RAM & I/O requirements – as defined by Nexenta
- 32. Optimized software performance and integrity
- 33. Nexenta trained technical support engineersAcceleratedDeploymentFaster Time to Value Rapidly deploy a turnkey HA cluster SAN solution in hours – not months
- 34. Deployment time-saving means an faster time to valueAgendaOverview - Nexenta Systems- Sakthi Chandra, Nexenta SystemsIntroduction to High Availability Plugin – Ian Bingle, Paul Griffiths-Todd, High Availability CompanyA customer’s perspective – Jessie Bryan, Impulse Advanced CommunicationsQuestion & Answers- All
- 36. Causes for Downtimesource: IEEE
- 38. High Availability Plugin for NexentaStor RSF-1 first commercial HA solution for UNIX Heritage in enterprise Solaris/Oracle 15+ year proven track record Global installed base – worldwide resellers KISS design ethosConstantly evolving – osmosis of proven features HA Cluster plugin for NexentaStor V2.0 – NMC/NMS - Initial release basic functionality V3.0 – NMV/NMC/NMS – Much better integration V3.1 – Usability Release
- 39. HighAvailability.com – functions and featuresHA Cluster Plug-in 2 Appliances currently
- 40. Multiple Volumes & VIP’s
- 41. Shared Storage Architecture
- 42. Active / Active (or Active / Passive if you like!)
- 43. Multiple heartbeats & Multiple Types (Disk, NW, Serial)
- 44. Robust data fencing mechanisms (mhdc, VIP check, heartbeat redundancy)
- 45. Supports Protocols & Hardware CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC
- 46. Supports SAS, SATA (+certified interposers), FC, SCSI, AoE. iSCSI
- 47. Client volume access via virtual IP(s) and or COMSTAR targetsKey Points & BenefitsVolume runs on only one appliance at a time
- 48. Failover initiated in seconds
- 49. Fencing ensures data integrity - Prime concern (no split brain possible)
- 50. Ease of use (2 volume cluster creation < 1 minute)
- 51. Simple but Scalable
- 52. Seamless integration with NexentaStor
- 53. Minimal administrationIntegrated ApplianceTypical HA Cluster for NexentaStor – e.g. Pogo Linux Storage Director
- 54. Expanded ClusterMirrored ArraysLogically the same cluster – mirrored disk arraysTraditional HA pair – separate co-located appliances
- 55. Campus ClusterImagine separating them over distance – Campus ClusterTypical University HA Cluster combine with DRRelies on fibre connectivity (possible use of Dark Fibre over long Distance BUT Expensive !!)
- 56. Metro ClusterSeparation over distanceTypical Disaster Recovery usage NOT High AvailabilityRely on single Heartbeat Type e.g. ATA over Ethernet, Dark Fibre - manual ONLY -
- 57. Hybrid ClusterForcedManualAutoReplicationReplicationPrimary PairSecondaryPrimary Site Full HA Active / Active ClusterSecondary DR site Manual failover (Restricted HA Licence)Typical Emergency Services HA Cluster with DR Configuration
- 58. AgendaOverview - Nexenta Systems- Sakthi Chandra, Nexenta SystemsIntroduction to High Availability Plugin – Ian Bingle, Paul Griffiths-Todd, High Availability CompanyA customer’s perspective – Jessie Bryan, Impulse Advanced CommunicationsQuestion & Answers- All
- 59. The Business Value of NexentaStor for High AvailabilityImpulse Advanced Communications - OverviewCompany OverviewAbout Me Impulse Advanced Communications was founded in 1996 and is based out of Santa Barbara, Calif.
- 60. Leading B2B Service Provider of voice and data network solutions – including FailSafe Internet Access, hosted VoIP, managed hosting & network design
- 61. Jessie Bryan, Director of Systems Engineering
- 62. Oversees two primary data centers located in Santa Barbara, Calif. – serving 10,000 Zimbra Mailboxes, 5,000 websites, 4,000 hosted VoIP seatsThe Business Value of NexentaStor for High AvailabilityMeet growing storage needs without consuming entire IT budgetScenario / InfrastructureIBM BladeCenters powered by VMware ESXi hosted in Impulse’s Santa Barbara data center250+ servers – featuring 18 Zimbra Email, Web & Calendar ServersWorkloadServing over 10,000+ Zimbra Mailboxes, 5,000 websites, 4,000 VoIP cfgsHighly-Accessible, Always-on Business-Critical ServicesData Protection: Nightly Zimbra Back-ups, Managed Router cfg Back-upsPrevious Storage PlatformBackend SAN: NetApp Filer 2000-2006Cost-prohibitive scale-out solution as business needs out-grew capacityUnable to keep up with I/O load; caused poor performanceBackend SAN: EMC Celerra 2006-2010Network bandwidth too low – 2GB/sec throughput limitationStorage costs per gigabyte almost 10x more than NexentaStor solution
- 63. The Business Value of NexentaStor for High AvailabilityFinding the right solution for our requirementsStorage needsStorage solution Enterprise-grade SAN without the price
- 64. Scale-out solution that isn’t cost-prohibitive
- 65. High availability to hosted services while eliminating a single-point of failure
- 66. Support for VMware ESX
- 67. Rich feature-set Open Storage solution that tops legacy SAN technologies
- 68. Cost-effective scalability, as business needs grow
- 69. Active/Active failover for always-on access to data
- 70. VMware-Ready SolutionThe Business Value of NexentaStor for High AvailabilityPogo StorageDirector Z2 HA ClusterFeatures:Dual Head Nodes2x Intel® Xeon ® 5600 Series CPUs24GB DDR ECC Memory2x Intel 4-Port Copper Gigabit AdaptersOS Drives: 2x 73GB 10k 2.5” SAS DrivesNexentaStor™ Enterprise w/ HA Cluster Plug-inJBOD Expansion12x 600GB 15k 3.5” SAS7x 1000GB 7.2K 3.” SAS
- 71. The Business Value of Nexenta for High AvailabilityOur NexentaStor deployment architecture 24 L.A.M.P Servers for Webhosting
- 72. File Repository for Hosted PBX
- 74. Zimbra Cluster
- 75. 18 Linux servers
- 76. DB, Webmail, Anti-Virus/SpamNFSNFSiSCSI10Gb NetworkingNotes: Active/Active HA Cluster
- 77. Rapid HA Failover
- 78. Preventative Maintenance without the downtimeThe Business Value of Nexenta for High AvailabilityNexentaStor HA Cluster Best PractiicesUse Nexenta certified / tested hardware. Certified solutions have gone through the rigorous testing and QA by Nexenta. This hugely minimizes risks involved in deploying the complete solution.
- 79. Use Nexenta Professional Services. If you don’t have open storage expertise the resources come very handy
- 80. Test and document Failover scenarios. Cannot over emphasize this!The Business Value of NexentaStor for High AvailabilityDeployment Considerations – our recommendationsHeadnode InterconnectionsCrossover cable between the nodes for Heartbeatssh-bind between the nodes on crossover or managed network for sharing configuration and passing commands Shared External SAS storageQuoromdisk for shared configuration and file lockingSAS SSDs or SAS Disks for shared write log(zlog) and/or cache(l2arc) Use aggregate network ports for redundancyDedicate NAS network traffic; separate management networkExternal JBOD for Basic HA configurations
- 81. How to get started with Nexenta ?Free Community editionFree 45 day Trial editionVisit www.nexenta.com
- 82. AgendaOverview - Nexenta Systems- Sakthi Chandra, Nexenta SystemsIntroduction to High Availability Plugin – Ian Bingle, Paul Griffiths-Todd, High Availability CompanyA customer’s perspective – Jessie Bryan, Impulse Advanced CommunicationsQuestion & Answers- All
Editor's Notes
- #2: IntroIntro to what Paul (Director of Engineering) will be covering –.Very Brief on Southampton University lesson. Campus Cluster HA not a cure all for poor IT procedures. It's very much additive to best practice as a lead into next slide on causes.
- #3: VeryBrief acknowledgement on causes of downtime. Make the case for the bigger the system, the multiplier of MTBF’s means that planning outage prevention and necessity not a nice to have.....oh and having HA capability can even help with the planned outages.
- #4: Use casesLast 17 years, RSF-1 exposure in most verticals, platforms and a myriad of applications (need to add real names to slide)Whether it is the acess control to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the high throughput transaction processing Credit Card authorisation systems, life savingEmergency Ambulance Command and Control systems or a just placating a grouchy CEO's by keeping his email up, the cluster product at the heart of the NexenentaStor HA plugin, has been delivering system availability in some of the most demanding situations.
- #5: 2 Appliances currentlyMultiple Volumes and VIPSShared Storage ArchitectureActive /Active or Active/PassiveMultiple heartbeat interconnectsRobust data fencing mechanismSupported protocols and hardwareSome of the key points and benefits.... on to the various configurations
- #10: ....... EitherOk well that’s all I wanted to cover, so now lets hear from one of Pogo’s customers Jesse Bryan, Director of Systems Engineering forImpulse Advanced Communications to talk about a real customer case study using NexentaStor and the HA Plugin.Jesse.OR if Sakthi wants to be “Master of Ceremonies” then OK Sakthi, that’s all I wanted to cover. Thank you.