Sun storage tek 2500 series disk array customer presentation
- 1. Sun StorageTek 2500 Arrays Customer NDA Presentation Name title Sun Microsystems Date Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 1
- 2. Sun has the Industry's Most Comprehensive Storage Portfolio Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 2
- 3. Where the ST2500 Series Fits Within the Portfolio? The ST2500 extends the modular family down below $15,000. Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 3
- 4. Why Customers Purchase Sun Modular Disk • World Record Performance > Independent SPC benchmarks > Best-in-Class SPC-2 Benchmarks for the 2540 2540! • Non-disruptive Flexibility > Scale and change everything on the fly > Industry-leading non-disruptive flexibility • Complete System Availability > High Availability with world-class support - SDP > Redundant Everything • Faster Time-to-benefit > Application Profiles deploy 2X as fast with automated provisioning > Instant-on volumes storage is available at a fraction of the time it takes EMC • Application integration > Microsoft VSS, VMware SRM, Oracle RMAN etc…. Exceed Service Levels – Performance, Availability and Cost Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 4
- 5. Top 3 Concerns of IT Management Increase Revenue Lower costs Avoid Risk Goal Goal Goal •Deploy assets that create ●Deploy assets that create efficiencies ●Deploy assets that safeguard against additional revenue activities of staff, space, power, etc risks •Increase speed of revenue ● Reduce datacenter footprint ● Back up data transactions ● Lower power bills ● Recover data faster ● Common management ● Comply with the law frameworks and policies (Sarbanes-Oxley) ● Record retention policies Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 5
- 6. What Are Your Needs? • An affordable and scalable solution • Simple and common management > Easy as provisioning a server • Small footprint > For rack intensive server and storage environments • High performance to meet new application demands • Reliable data protection • Storage to meet all levels of data > Compute intensive to secondary storage Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 6
- 7. Why the StorageTek 2500 Series? • Sun – a trusted solution provider • Full array capability at HBA RAID prices • Tiered storage capability within a single array • Solution of choice for low-cost shared storage • Flexibility – iSCSI, SAS or FC interface technology • High density – 2U form factor • “Start Small, Grow Big” scalability • Enables shared storage with multi-node clustered topologies > Storage consolidation for heterogeneous hosts The ST2500 low-cost arrays are the only product in its class that offers a full suite of management features that scales across an entire disk portfolio at no added cost Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 7
- 8. ST2500 Delivers Customer Needs ST2500 Delivers > Simple Management > Simple Management ● As easy as provisioning your server ● Server-oriented management (CAM) ● Ease application optimization ● Application-oriented provisioning ● Common management with Modular ● Common management with Modular > Small Footprint > Small Footprint ● Maximum storage density (spindles/RU) ● 6 drives per RU ● Multiple drive and connectivity options ● FC, SAS, and iSCSI host options ● Mix SAS and SATA in the same tray > Strong Performance < $10K > Strong Performance < $10K ● Keep application and business running ● Maximum of over 100K IOPS and 1GB/s ● SPC results available from www.storageperformance.org > Reliable Data Protection < $10K > Reliable Data Protection < $10K ● Trusted solution with no points of failure ● Fully redundant RAID array ● Data protection software and services ● Data snapshot capabilities Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 8
- 9. ST2500 Common Features 2U enclosure supporting up to 12 SAS drives Rugged with NEBs Level 3, with DC power versions Online capacity expansion with up to 48 drives Tiered storage with SAS and SATA intermix support RAID 0, 1, 5, and 1+0 1GB Cache Memory (512MB/controller) Common Array Manager Data Snapshots Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 9
- 10. ST2500 Series Common Features, Multiple Ways to Attach Dual Controller ST2540 (FC) ST2530 (SAS) ST2510 (iSCSI) Specs Host Ports 4 FC Ports 6 SAS Ports 4 GE Ports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 1+0, 6 P+Q* (Single RAID, dual RAID) Cache Memory 1 or 2 GB (512 MB or 1GB* per Controller) Drive Trays 2U, 12-drive Max. Drives/System Up to 48 drives – 12 per tray, 1 controller tray and up to 3 expansion trays Disk Types SAS 15krpm (146GB/300/450 GB) / SATA 7.2krpm (500/750GB and 1TB) SAS/SATA Intermix Yes Performance Cache: ~ 100,000 IOPS, ~1,500 MB/s Disk: ~ 20,000 IOPS, 900 MB/s Data Services 2 domains included, Optional: Data Snapshot (4 per volume, up to 128 per array), Enhanced Data Snapshot* (8 per volume, up to 128 per array), Volume Copy* 4, 8, 16, or 32* Domain License Management (included) Common Array Manager (CAM) ApMayu O/S Release Solaris 9 (ST2540), 10, Windows 2003 & 2008, Linux, VMWare ESX (2540- V3.02 and later, 2530- 3.5U4, 2510-3.5) NEBS *New as of Q4FY09 Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 10
- 11. Which 2500 is Right for Me? Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 11
- 12. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Evolution of SCSI • Built on SCSI technology- A trusted and proven technology • Higher performing DAS- 3 Gb/sec SAS compared to 320 Mb/sec of SCSI • No longer single host attach only- Clustering is now supported • No system level workarounds that SCSI required • Assurance of reliability for demanding 24/7 environments Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 12
- 13. Top 10 Reasons for SAS Attach 1. It’s the new SCSI 2. High-performance DAS 3. Uncomplicated consolidation of storage — no switch needed! 4. No system-level workarounds 5. Assurance of Reliability 6. Availability/Clustering 7. Low TCO with a complete SAS configuration 8. Flexibility with SAS and SATA drive intermix support 9. “Future-proof” storage 10. Scalability Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 13
- 14. COMMON ARRAY MANAGER (CAM) Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 14
- 15. Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager Centralized Management Utility ● Easily manage one to many ST2500 arrays ● Deploy by application type (Storage Profiles) Rapid Set-up ● 15 applications pre-loaded, tested profiles Use Storage Profiles to quickly and ● Custom profiles predictably provision storage to ● Up to 256 volumes precise pre-loaded and optimized ● RAID 0, 1+0, 1, 3, 5, 6 application demands. ● Dynamic expansion ● Dynamic re-configuration Maximize Performance Easily and dynamically tune any attribute to exact application tolerances. Grow Without Disruption Dynamically scale the volume as the application needs dictate. Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 15
- 16. Application-Driven Storage Profiles Application Profiles... Wizards that provide quick, consistent results every time • Use 15 pre-tested profiles (e.g., Oracle, OLTP, HPC) • Customize existing profiles • Create unique profiles • Share profiles between storage systems • View configuration details at any time Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 16
- 17. Common Array Manager Features Easier and Quicker Integration Across Maximize Uptime & Application Tuning Product Portfolio Serviceability ●Pre-tested application profiles ●Web-based GUI ●Automatic case generation ●Easier to install and deploy ●Automatic workload profiles ●Integrated service advisor ●Customer customizeable ●Consistent application profiles ●All problems hot link to solutions ●Easily share profiles between storage ●Proactive local/remote monitoring ●Movement to 100% connectivity systems ●Spans product portfolio ●Emphasis on fix immediately when ●Profiles appropriate for array type ●Graphical instructions built-in possible Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 17
- 18. Why Data Services? Protect Data Improve Backup Increase Windows Flexibility Volume Copy Data Snapshot Data Domains ● Creates complete copies of ● Immediately available copies ● Customizable volume volume of data performance- tuned to the ● Changed information is copied ● Copy (or clone) can be application and server reassigned to back-up or testing to the snapshot ● Allow multiple heterogenous environment hosts to share the storage array ● Migrate data between desired ● tier of storage Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 18
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- 20. Oracle Performs with Sun Modular Disk ● Easy to Install & Optimize ● Oracle RAC environments require shared storage for the greatest throughput across multiple servers— with data available to which ever processor needs it ● High performance – Superior performance featuring block- level storage that maintains application performance levels as data amounts and data use increase The Sun StorageTek 6780 is the performance efficiency leader for Oracle, able to offer the highest performance modular storage system with extremely low response times regardless of load ● CAM pre-configured Oracle Profile for quick deployment and provisioning ● Dynamic Features enable flexible storage management with faster provisioning times, higher availability, and on- the-fly modifications Made to Scale, Made to Perform Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 20
- 21. Oracle and Sun Modular Disk • Oracle data is used to generate customer revenue and/ or control costs • The value of data drives storage requirements > High value data requires: 1) High protection, 2) High access rate, and 3) Shorter access time > Can be FC drives in the 6780, 65xx or 61xx, or SAS drives in the 25xx > Low value data affords: 1) Lower protection, 2) Lower access rate, and 3) Longer access time > Can be SATA drives in 6780, 65xx or 61xx, 25xx • Data value changes over time • Storage system > Meet all data requirements > Cost less than the value of the data it stores Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 21
- 22. VMWare Scales with Sun Modular Disk Shared Storage for VMWare's Advanced Features Current • Requires shared storage for Production VMware ESX Server features > VMotion, Storage VMotion, Resource Pools, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and High Availability • Outstanding horizontal scalability Future State > From entry-level through midrange to Mai We Datab Mai We Datab enterprise class storage with l b ase l b ase commonality of platform and storage Ser ver Ser ver Server Ser ver Ser ver Server management • VM's require large quantities of disk space > 100 Guests can require ~5TB of space... just for the OS • VMware vSphere Cloud OS > Private Clouds (shared storage) ST6140 Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 22
- 23. Key VMware Features • Live Guest Migration > Ability to move a Guest Live at will for any reason > Performance, Scheduled Downtime, All Require Shared Storage Upgrades between servers • High Availability Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI or NAS > Auto restart Guests on a different server upon failure • Distributed Resource Management > Policy based resource management for Guests • Fault Tolerance (VMware VI4) > Complete Guest failure protection • VMware vSphere > Internal Clouds based on VMware Infrastructure Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 23
- 24. Challenge 1: Your Data is not Consolidated • An organization may start with several Marketing Finance (Internal DAS) External DAS servers with directly attached storage (DAS) • As the business grows and servers are added, more storage is directly attached HR Sales (Internal • This results in unconsolidated and External DAS DAS) inefficient storage islands Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 24
- 25. Solution 1-A: ST2530 1-6 servers • Shared-storage benefits > Increased storage utilization > Increased application availability Marketin Sales HR > Centralized proficient management g > increased data protection and features • Maintains simplicity as a direct-attach configuration ST2530 Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 25
- 26. Solution 1-B: FC SAN with ST2540 Array • Shared-storage benefits Marketing Accounting ST2540 > Increased storage utilization > Increased application availability > Centralized proficient management > increased data protection and features FC SAN • Simple to manage and affordable price HR Sales point removes resistance to purchase a App App first SAN App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS App App App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X ESX 3.X Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 26
- 27. Solution 1-C – IP SAN with ST2510 Accounting • Shared-storage benefits Marketing ST2510 > Increased storage utilization > Increased application availability > Centralized proficient management > increased data protection and IP SAN features Sales HR App App • Remove the cost and complexity barrier App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS App App App App for SAN storage OS OS App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X ESX 3.X 27 Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 27
- 28. Challenge 2: Availability Requirements Cluster • Failover cluster solutions cannot be built on RAID HBAs where cache and/ or RAID configuration is machine/node specific • Without continuously available data, organizations are faced with the threat of unplanned downtime. HBA HBA JBOD Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 28
- 29. Solution 2: Clustering with the ST2500 Arrays • The ST2500 arrays are well suited for Cluster clusters • Two active/active RAID controllers with mirrored cache, redundant components and automated I/O path failover, • Provides seamless failover across multiple servers and applications. • Highly available arrays ensures data is accessible when needed and can be shared by multiple hosts running the same application ST2530 Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 29
- 30. Challenge 3: Server Virtualization App App App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS App App App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC • The influx of blade and virtual servers ESX 3.X ESX 3.X drives the need for consolidated storage > May not be cost-effective to attach App App App App OS OS App App OS OS each blade and virtual server to a FC App OS App App OS OS App OS SAN App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC • Servers will likely continue to rely on ESX 3.X ESX 3.X DAS > Remain stranded and not leverage the increased availability, capacity and App App availability of shared storage App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS > DAS limits virtual server scalability App App App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X ESX 3.X * June 2007, Gartner Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 30
- 31. Solution 3: ST2510 Array • Implement a VMware tested and supported ST2510 or ST2540 array > Maintain a low-cost virtual server-to-SAN connection > Benefit from centralized management, high availability and additional functionality vs. DAS App App App App OS OS App App OS OS OS OS App App App App OS OS App App OS OS App App OS OS iSCSI/FC App App OS OS iSCSI/FC App App OS OS ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC OS OS App ESX 3.X App App ESX 3.X IP SAN App OS OS App App App App OS OS App App OS OSOS OS iSCSI/FC OS App OS App iSCSI/FC ST2510 OS OS ESX 3.X App iSCSI/FC App ESX 3.X App App OS OS ESX 3.X App App OS OS OS OS iSCSI/FC iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X iSCSI/FC ESX 3.X ESX 3.X Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 31
- 32. Challenge 4 – Departments/ Remote Sites Corporate Data Center SAN • Remote offices or departments may be self-reliant DAS SAN • Separate servers with islands of underutilized storage • Overall data availability, efficiency Remote and manageability is not achieved Marketing Office Finance (Internal DAS) External DAS HR Sales External DAS (Internal DAS) Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 32
- 33. Challenge 4 – Departments/ Remote Sites Corporate Data Center SAN • Remote offices or departments may be self-reliant DAS SAN • Separate servers with islands of underutilized storage • Overall data availability, efficiency Remote and manageability is not achieved Marketing Office Finance (Internal DAS) External DAS HR Sales External DAS (Internal DAS) Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 33
- 34. Challenge 4 – Departments/ Remote Sites Corporate Data Center SAN • Remote offices or departments may be self-reliant DAS SAN • Separate servers with islands of underutilized storage • Overall data availability, efficiency Remote and manageability is not achieved Marketing Office Finance (Internal DAS) External DAS HR Sales External DAS (Internal DAS) Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 34
- 35. Solution 4: ST2540 – 4 Gbps FC Raid Array Corporate Data Center • Low-cost additional storage for an SAN existing SAN > Support remote sites and offices DAS SAN > Departments can be self-sufficient with simple administration > Great performance / performance value Marketing HR Remote • Can enjoy the same benefits as the LCA 2540 corporate SAN Office SAN SAN HR Sales Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 35 35
- 36. End Customer NDA Presentation Name title Sun Microsystems Date Sun Confidential: NDA Customers, Authorized Partners, and Internal Use Only 36