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<strong>HP</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>VMware</strong><br />
<strong>Storage</strong> solutions optimized for server virtualization<br />
George Stone - <strong>Storage</strong> Specialist<br />
george.stone@hp.com<br />
Adrian Van Pelt – Solution Architect<br />
avp@hp.com<br />
©2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.<br />
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
THE NEW <strong>HP</strong> STORAGE<br />
A strategy for every business situation…<br />
<strong>HP</strong><br />
Converged<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Established Platforms<br />
CONVERGED STORAGE<br />
Converged Systems<br />
Optimize Today<br />
Build What’s Next<br />
Accelerate Results<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> STORAGE ESTABLISHED PLATFORMS<br />
Optimized for best-in-class capability<br />
in traditional datacenter use cases<br />
P2000 MSA P6000 EVA P9500 XP<br />
New P2000 introduced in 2010 New EVA introduced in 2011 New XP introduced in 2010<br />
LFF<br />
SFF<br />
Thin<br />
Provisioning<br />
Application<br />
QoS<br />
<strong>Storage</strong><br />
Tiering<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> CONVERGED STORAGE PLATFORMS<br />
Modern architectures optimized for<br />
virtualization, cloud, <strong>and</strong> content storage<br />
3PAR<br />
UTILITY STORAGE<br />
P4000 LEFTHAND<br />
SCALE-OUT SAN<br />
X9000 IBRIX<br />
SCALE-OUT NAS<br />
STOREONCE<br />
DEDUPLICATION<br />
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P2000 G3<br />
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The Basics - chassis<br />
The 2U Chassis<br />
•Large or Small Form Factor drive bays<br />
•6 Gb backplane<br />
•Redundant d AC or DC power supplies/cooling<br />
l<br />
24 SFF drive bays<br />
12 LFF drive bays
The Basics - controllers<br />
•8 Gb Fibre Channel<br />
The Controllers<br />
•8 Gb Fibre Channel <strong>and</strong> 1 GbE iSCSI<br />
•6 Gb SAS<br />
•10 GbE iSCSI<br />
•1 GbE iSCSI<br />
Start with one controller (for tightest budgets)<br />
( g g )<br />
or two controllers (high availability, performance)
P2000 G3 Platform - summary<br />
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FIVE Controllers<br />
P2000 G3 Array (1)<br />
Seven P2000 6Gb 12–drive enclosures<br />
(2-8)<br />
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TWO CHASSIS<br />
P2000 G3 Array 2.5” 24 Drives<br />
P2000 G3 Array 3.5” 12 Drives<br />
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TWO JBODs<br />
D2700 2.5” JBOD 6Gb<br />
P2000 3.5” JBOD<br />
6Gb<br />
•SAS drives<br />
•MDL SAS drives*<br />
•MDL SATA drives<br />
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Drives<br />
Up to 96 3.5” Drives<br />
Up to 149 2.5” Drives<br />
*Remote Snap available on FC <strong>and</strong> Combo controllers
Advanced features delivered by G3 models<br />
• Host connect choices:<br />
—8Gb FC<br />
—Combo (FC/iSCSI)<br />
—6Gb SAS<br />
—iSCSI (1Gb <strong>and</strong> 10Gb)<br />
• 6Gb SAS Backend<br />
• 2GB Cache memory<br />
• Improved performance<br />
• Added scalability<br />
• P2000 LFF 6Gb Disk Enclosure<br />
• D2700 JBOD support, SFF 6Gb<br />
• 64 Snapshot st<strong>and</strong>ard; 512 max<br />
• Volume Copy st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />
• SAS MDL drives (1TB & 2TB)<br />
• 2TB SATA MDL<br />
• HDD Spin Down per Vdisk<br />
• Remote Snap Replication<br />
• v<strong>Storage</strong> API’s for Array<br />
Integration (VAAI)
P4000 G2<br />
(LEFTHAND)<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> P4000 LeftH<strong>and</strong> SAN Solutions<br />
Scalable storage optimized for server virtualization<br />
<strong>Storage</strong> Clustering<br />
Scale performance & capacity seamlessly online<br />
Network RAID<br />
High availability that can provide multi-site protection<br />
Reservationless Thin Provisioning<br />
Maximum space efficiency for volumes <strong>and</strong> snapshots<br />
Local <strong>and</strong> Remote Snapshots<br />
Space efficient volume protection local sites, <strong>and</strong> remote replication for DR<br />
Simplified Management<br />
Centralized management <strong>and</strong> application integration<br />
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P4000 is tightly integrated with Vmware<br />
Application Managed ESX/ESXi<br />
Snapshots<br />
Site Recovery Manager<br />
Virtual SAN Appliance<br />
vCenter management plug-in<br />
v<strong>Storage</strong> APIs for Array Integration<br />
(VAAI)<br />
– Full copy<br />
– Block zeroing<br />
– Hardware assisted locking<br />
Vmware Aware <strong>Storage</strong> APIs<br />
(VASA)<br />
v<strong>Storage</strong> native PSA/PSP MPIO<br />
(NMP)<br />
v<strong>Storage</strong> APIs for Data Protection<br />
(VADP)
New Application Managed Snapshots for ESX<br />
• Users configure IP address of Virtual Center server in CMC.<br />
– Virtual Center quiesces VMs <strong>and</strong> takes <strong>VMware</strong> snapshot. <strong>VMware</strong> tools within guest<br />
quiesces applications.<br />
– SAN/iQ hardware snapshot contains <strong>VMware</strong> snapshots which are visible to ESX when<br />
SAN/iQ snaps are presented to host.
<strong>Storage</strong> Replication Adapter for Vsphere Site<br />
Recovery Manager 5.x<br />
• New SRA to support new <strong>VMware</strong> Site Recovery Manager release with<br />
Vsphere 5.<br />
• Automated failback now supported.
P6000 EVA<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> P6000 EVA<br />
Optimizing traditional environments<br />
Trusted & simple platform for application consolidation<br />
Built-in in thin provisioning for better capacity use<br />
Dense footprint for improved energy efficiency<br />
One step storage tiering for business driven data mgmt<br />
Almost 50% more capacity for greater scalability<br />
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P6000 EVA support for <strong>VMware</strong><br />
• <strong>HP</strong> Insight Control <strong>Storage</strong> Module for vCenter<br />
• V6.2.2 – Provision P6000 EVA -- TODAY<br />
• V6.3 – v<strong>Storage</strong> APIs for <strong>Storage</strong> Awareness (VASA) – TODAY<br />
• <strong>HP</strong> EVA Replication Adapter for <strong>VMware</strong> SRM<br />
• V 4.01.00 support for P6000 EVA with SRM 4 – TODAY<br />
• V 5.0.00 support for P6000 EVA with SRM 5 – TODAY<br />
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3-PAR<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR Industry Leadership<br />
Best new technology in the market<br />
3PAR Thin Provisioning<br />
Industry leading technology to maximize storage utilization<br />
3PAR Autonomic <strong>Storage</strong> Tiering<br />
Automatically optimizes using multiple classes of storage<br />
3PAR Virtual Domains<br />
Multi-tenancy for service providers <strong>and</strong> private clouds<br />
3PAR Dynamic Optimization<br />
Workload management <strong>and</strong> load balancing<br />
3PAR Full Mesh Architecture<br />
Advanced shared memory architecture
Legacy vs. <strong>HP</strong> 3PAR Hardware Architecture<br />
Traditional Tradeoffs<br />
Traditional Modular <strong>Storage</strong><br />
<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR meshed <strong>and</strong> active<br />
Cost-efficient but scalability <strong>and</strong> resiliency limited<br />
by dual-controller design<br />
Traditional Monolithic <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Host Connectivity<br />
Disk Connectivity<br />
Distributed<br />
Controller<br />
Functions<br />
Cost-effective, scalable <strong>and</strong> resilient architecture.<br />
Meets cloud-computing requirements for efficiency,<br />
multi-tenancy <strong>and</strong> autonomic management.<br />
Scalable <strong>and</strong> resilient but costly.<br />
Does not meet multi-tenant requirements efficiently
<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR virtualization advantage<br />
Traditional Array<br />
<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR<br />
• Each RAID level requires dedicated disks<br />
• All RAID levels can reside on same disks<br />
• Dedicated spare disk required<br />
• Distributed sparing, no dedicated spare disks<br />
• Limited it single LUN performance • Built-in ilti wide-striping ti i based on Chunklets<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
R1 R1 R5 R6 R6 R1 R5 R5<br />
Traditional Controllers<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
R1 R1 R5 R6 R6 R1 R5 R5<br />
3PAR InServ Controllers<br />
RAID5 Set<br />
RAID1<br />
RAID6 Set<br />
LUN 6<br />
LUN 7<br />
RAID1 Set<br />
LUN 0<br />
LUN 1<br />
LUN 5<br />
LUN 4<br />
LUN 3<br />
RAID5 Set<br />
LUN 2<br />
Spa are Spare<br />
Physical Disks<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR Autonomic Groups<br />
Simplify Provisioning<br />
Traditional <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Cluster of <strong>VMware</strong> ESX Servers<br />
Autonomic <strong>HP</strong> 3PAR <strong>Storage</strong><br />
Autonomic Host Group<br />
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10<br />
Individual Volumes<br />
V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10<br />
Autonomic Volume Group<br />
– Initial provisioning of the Cluster<br />
• Requires 50 provisioning actions<br />
(1 per host – volume relationship)<br />
– Add another host<br />
• Requires 10 provisioning actions<br />
(1 per volume)<br />
– Add another volume<br />
• Requires 5 provisioning actions<br />
(1 per host)<br />
– Initial provisioning of the Cluster<br />
• Add hosts to the Host Group<br />
• Add volumes to the Volume Group<br />
• Export Volume Group to the Host Group<br />
– Add another host<br />
• Just add host to the host group<br />
– Add another volume<br />
• Just add the volume to the Volume Group<br />
– Volumes are exported automatically<br />
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Why 3PAR <strong>Storage</strong> for <strong>VMware</strong>?<br />
Increase<br />
Consolidation<br />
Simplify<br />
Administration<br />
Maximize Savings<br />
Double VM Density<br />
• Wide Striping<br />
• Mixed Workload Support<br />
• <strong>VMware</strong> Adaptive<br />
Queue Depth<br />
Simplify Provisioning<br />
• Autonomic Groups<br />
• Management Plug-In<br />
• VASA<br />
• Recovery Manager<br />
Lower <strong>Storage</strong> Cost<br />
• Thin Provisioning<br />
• Thin Conversion<br />
• Thin Persistence<br />
• Adaptive Optimization<br />
• VAAI • Site Recovery Adapter • Fast RAID Technologies<br />
Buy 50% fewer<br />
physical pysca seves servers<br />
Spend 90% less time<br />
managing storage<br />
Cut storage capacity<br />
requirements e e by 50%
UNMAP now part of VAAI in vSphere 5<br />
New!<br />
vSphere 4 vSphere 5 + InForm 3.1.1<br />
VMFS<br />
VMFS<br />
VMDK<br />
VMDK<br />
Data<br />
store VMDK VMDK VMDK<br />
Data<br />
store<br />
– VM deletion does not release space on<br />
3PAR volume<br />
– In order to get the deleted space back<br />
you have to do additional manual steps<br />
– VM deletion (or <strong>Storage</strong> vMotion) will<br />
release space on 3PAR volume<br />
automatically via VAAI 2.2 plug-in built<br />
into ESXi5.0 with InForm 3.1.1
<strong>HP</strong> CONVERGED STORAGE PLATFORMS<br />
Modern architectures optimized for<br />
virtualization, cloud, <strong>and</strong> content storage<br />
3PAR<br />
UTILITY STORAGE<br />
P4000 LEFTHAND<br />
SCALE-OUT SAN<br />
X9000 IBRIX<br />
SCALE-OUT NAS<br />
STOREONCE<br />
DEDUPLICATION<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> Data Protector software 6.21<br />
Meet any application SLA<br />
through unified recovery <strong>and</strong><br />
advanced automation<br />
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Reduce risk of data loss<br />
One-time snapshot configuration for <strong>VMware</strong><br />
– Set it <strong>and</strong> forget it backup policy<br />
– More efficient protection in the most dynamic environments<br />
– Snapshot support available for <strong>HP</strong> <strong>and</strong> non-<strong>HP</strong> disk arrays <strong>and</strong> appliances<br />
One-click<br />
protection<br />
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Recover single items faster<br />
User-driven recovery of single items for Microsoft & <strong>VMware</strong><br />
– Browse Data Protector imaged virtual machine backups<br />
Integrated<br />
single item recovery<br />
within vSphere Client<br />
Application admin<br />
browses <strong>and</strong> select<br />
files then click restore<br />
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New: <strong>HP</strong> VirtualSystem Portfolio<br />
Now shipping with <strong>VMware</strong> VSphere 5.0<br />
LARGE ENTERPRISE BUSINESS / SERVICE PROVIDERS - UP TO 6,000 VM’s<br />
• Ultimate performance on the path to cloud<br />
ENTERPRISE BUSINESS - UP TO 2,500 VM’s<br />
• Density optimized with co-located compute <strong>and</strong> storage<br />
MID-SIZED BUSINESS - UP TO 750 VM’s<br />
• Value optimized for midsized needs<br />
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Rack based server solution for mid-sized business<br />
Value optimized for midsized needs: up to 750 VM’s<br />
<strong>HP</strong> A-Series switches<br />
• Deep buffers / low latency for best<br />
critical connection performance<br />
• 1GbE <strong>and</strong> 10GbE flexibility for<br />
current <strong>and</strong> future networks<br />
Up to 8 <strong>HP</strong> ProLiant DL380 G7 servers<br />
• Rack form factor for mid-market<br />
flexibility<br />
• Industry leading <strong>VMware</strong><br />
performance (2&4 socket)<br />
<strong>HP</strong> P4500 LeftH<strong>and</strong> SAN<br />
• Seamless scale of performance <strong>and</strong><br />
capacity<br />
• Affordable enterprise functionality<br />
including multi-site cluster support<br />
Integrated Software<br />
• Up to 28 <strong>VMware</strong> vSphere licenses<br />
included<br />
• Insight Control 6.3<br />
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Single rack all-in-one solution for enterprise<br />
Density optimized with co-located compute <strong>and</strong> storage: up to 2,500 VM’s<br />
Up to 28 <strong>HP</strong> ProLiant BL460c<br />
G7 servers<br />
• No. 1 blade platform*<br />
• Optimal VM density per server<br />
Virtual Connect Flex-10 Modules<br />
• Wire once, change on the fly network<br />
reduces 95% of sprawl at server edge<br />
• Efficient architecture for 65% lower<br />
network equipment costs<br />
• A-Series included for flexibility<br />
<strong>HP</strong> P4800 LeftH<strong>and</strong> SAN<br />
• Multi-site cluster support ensures high<br />
availability<br />
• VAAI integration accelerates VM<br />
deployments<br />
Integrated Software<br />
• Up to 28 <strong>VMware</strong> vSphere<br />
licenses included<br />
• Insight Control 6.3<br />
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Solution for large enterprise / service providers<br />
Ultimate t performance on the path to cloud: up to 6,000 VM’s<br />
Up to 64 <strong>HP</strong> ProLiant BL460<br />
G7 servers<br />
• BladeSystem architecture for<br />
simple path to cloud<br />
• Optimal VM density per<br />
server<br />
<strong>HP</strong> 3PAR F-series SAN<br />
• Multi-tenancy, autonomic tiering<br />
& thin provisioning support<br />
dem<strong>and</strong>ing workloads<br />
• Intelligent non-disruptive storage<br />
reduces capacity requirements<br />
by 50%<br />
Virtual Connect FlexFabric<br />
Modules<br />
• Fabric consolidation for less<br />
complexity <strong>and</strong> cost<br />
• Greater VLAN capacity for<br />
increased scale<br />
• A-Series included for flexibility<br />
Integrated Software<br />
• Up to 128 <strong>VMware</strong> vSphere<br />
licenses included<br />
• Insight Control 6.3<br />
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Insight Control Integration<br />
with <strong>VMware</strong> vCentre<br />
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Opening of vCenter
Click on the Host<br />
Select <strong>HP</strong> ProLiant<br />
Host System<br />
<strong>HP</strong> Insight Software<br />
tab is added<br />
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<strong>HP</strong> Insight - Health Status Summary<br />
Select Health Status<br />
from <strong>HP</strong><br />
Management Menu<br />
View Server<br />
Health Status<br />
as reported by<br />
iLO, OA <strong>and</strong><br />
SIM<br />
Direct, in-context<br />
launch of iLO tools,<br />
OA <strong>and</strong> SIM for<br />
drill-down<br />
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Health Status – Server View<br />
Detailed server<br />
health status<br />
displayed on<br />
Server tab<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools<br />
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Health Status – Infrastructure View<br />
Detailed<br />
enclosure<br />
health status<br />
displayed on<br />
Infrastructure<br />
tab<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools<br />
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Configuration – Server View<br />
Select<br />
Configuration from<br />
<strong>HP</strong> Management<br />
Menu<br />
Detailed server<br />
configuration<br />
information on<br />
Server tab<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools<br />
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Configuration – Infrastructure View<br />
Detailed<br />
enclosure<br />
configuration<br />
information on<br />
Infrastructure<br />
tab<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools<br />
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Power Management – Server View<br />
Select Power<br />
Management from<br />
<strong>HP</strong> Management<br />
Menu<br />
Detailed server<br />
power information<br />
on Server tab<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools, including<br />
Insight Power<br />
Manager<br />
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Power Management – Infrastructure View<br />
In-context<br />
launch of <strong>HP</strong><br />
hardware<br />
management<br />
tools, including<br />
Insight Power<br />
Manager<br />
Detailed<br />
enclosure<br />
power<br />
information on<br />
Infrastructure<br />
tab<br />
Set power cost<br />
value in<br />
“Properties” to<br />
generate<br />
enclosure power<br />
savings reports<br />
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Logs – IML View<br />
In-context launch of Integrated<br />
Management Log, iLO Log <strong>and</strong> OA log<br />
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