Highlights on the NetApp on NetApp experience on the "why?" & "how?" the internal IT teams (both enterprise IT and engineering IT) use NetApp technology. And most importantly, the "results.”
1. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Our Data Center Evolution
• Data center
consolidations
• Virtualization
• Hardware standards
• Build standards
• Automation
• Public cloud
consumption for
shadow IT
• Private cloud
deployment
• CMP with self-
service catalogue
• Auto-response
• API-based
provisioning
• Self-healing
• Microservices
Data Center
Evolution
2. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Mastering Strong, Stable IT
Improving the Relationship with the Business, Eliminating
Application Performance Problems and Driving Down P1s
Evolution of Our CMDB
Track
physical
assets
Value
Track
virtual
assets
Map to
business
capability
Yesterday Today
Infrastructure focus only
Remains having an
infrastructure focus
Shift to
non-
traditional
Add app
technology
/ modules
Evolution of Our Change Management Process
Mastering IT
Stability
3. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
HybridCloud
Service Portal Service Catalog Orchestration
Consumer inputs
requirements
Based on
requirements,
selections made and
automation kicked off
Consumers
Application
Developers
Application
Owners
QA and Testers
Automated workflow
begins
Execution
of Policy
Requirements
drive cloud
placement
Centralized Self-Service Portal
Service
RoutingRequest
• Self-service capability responding to DevOps requirements
• Delivering hybrid (multi-public) cloud strategy
• Underlying cloud decision framework integrated into service portal
• Leverages technology standards via Service Catalog
IT as a
Service
4. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Storage as a Service (STaaS)
Offering different price points
and service guarantees
Backup & Archive
Integrated into all IT services
512
IOPS/TB
Value
$
2048
IOPS/TB
Performance
$$
8192
IOPS/TB
Extreme
$$$$
SLO
(IO Density)
Service
Levels
4096
IOPS/TB
High Write
$$$
Define the service
Define how to measure the service
Define how to control the service
1
2
3
Use IOPS per TB stored from OnCommand Insight I/O Density Report
IT as a
Service
5. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
▪ OpenShift orchestrates
the technology stack
▪ Trident translates from
OpenShift to the storage
cluster
▪ Modernizes the data
center by simplifying the
infrastructure layer
Microservices ● API-Based Provisioning ● Transparent ● Built-in Redundancy
IT as a
Service
6. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Running NetApp on NetApp Technology
Data Center / Private Cloud
Public
Cloud Public
SaaS
NETAPP
DATA
FABRIC
Our Data
Fabric
7. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
(-) Governance
(+)
Applied Gartner’s Pace-Layered Application Strategy as methodology for
categorizing, selecting, managing and governing applications to support
business change, differentiation and innovation.
(+) Change Rate
(-)
Use SaaS best
in class cloud
offerings
Examples:
▪ MS Office 365
▪ Cisco Webex
Systems of
Record
Systems of
Differentiation
Systems of
Innovation
Move
differentiators,
e.g. contains IP,
to cloud if
workload provide
permits, else
stay on premises
Examples:
▪ NetApp
AutoSupport
Place legacy apps
in cloud if able to
preserve integrity
of the data, else
stay on premises
Examples:
▪ Install base
▪ Payroll & Benefits
▪ Revenue
Recognition
Use cloud to
innovate,
conduct PoC,
and fail faster
Examples:
▪ Test new
technologies
and app
features &
functionalities
Migrate tools &
utility apps
used to run the
business of IT,
where possible
Examples:
▪ DR planning
▪ Data Ware-
house analysis
▪ ServiceNow
IT Tools
▪ Minimize need for customization
▪ SaaS for Commodity Services and
Systems of Record
▪ Private Cloud as minimal goal
▪ Prioritized Cloud Execution
▪ Commodity Services
▪ Systems of Innovation
▪ IT Tools
▪ Systems of Differentiation
▪ Systems of Record
Commodity
Services
What Goes to the Cloud?
Our Data
Fabric
8. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Less physical
storage capacity
after dedupe,
compression
and compaction
with ONTAP 9
%
53.64%
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
10. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
10
Storage as a Service
offers different price points
and service guarantees
Backup & Archive
Integrated into all IT services
512
IOPS/TB
Value
$
2048
IOPS/TB
Performance
$$
8192
IOPS/TB
Extreme
$$$$
SLO
(IO Density)
Service
Levels
4096
IOPS/TB
High Write
$$$
Fully integrated with CMDB
1. OCI to ServiceNow import
2. Provide server URL link
3. Show visibility (server to application)
4. Map apps to business services
Daily Dashboard
• Provides a consolidated view of capacity,
inventory, and performance
• Results in effective, transparent storage
management
• Download dashboards at NetAppIT.com.
OnCommand Insight (OCI)
OnCommand
Insight
11. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
11
OnCommand Insight – ServiceNow Integration
OnCommand
Insight
12. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
AltaVault as gateway to
StorageGrid (used as
private cloud S3
compliant storage)
3-7 year
retention
Disaster Recovery Short-term Archives Long-term ArchivesLocal Backups
SnapVault for critical
apps (with frequent
audit and discovery
requests)
Daily
60 day
retention
Remote SnapMirror for
disaster and failover
OS, App
every 24 hrs.
Database
every 4 hrs.
Transaction
& archive logs
every 10 min.
Local Snapshot for
operational backup and
recovery
Every
4 hrs.
7 day
retention
Our Data Protection Approach
Data
Protection
Future State
SnapCenter to manage the relationships
among the data protection technologies
13. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Maintaining Control of Data in Public Cloud
NetApp Private Storage
▪ Full control, data privacy and compliancy
▪ Cloud agnostic
▪ Flexible movement of data, no lock-in
▪ Lower TCO, i.e. performance, efficiency,
connectivity
Cloud ONTAP
▪ Bring-your-own-license option for AWS
▪ Take advantage of ONTAP efficiencies
Dedicated Links
AWS MS Azure
EQUINIX
DATA CENTER
NetApp Private
Storage AFF
Data
Protection
14. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Going Tapeless using AltaVault
29.66X dedup
rates saves
cloud-based
storage, lowering
CapEx
Eliminated
managed tape
contract and
10 assigned
resources
Immediate start
of restores—no
more waiting
24+ hrs. for
tape deliveries
Easy
alternative
to redirect
archives to
the cloud
Backup
ServerAFF/FAS
Centralized Backup Site Distributed
AltaVault
Distributed
Cloud
option not
enabled
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
15. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
StorageGrid WebScale
Ways we use StorageGrid today
Dump for archival data
(in conjunction with AltaVault)
Store and manage unstructured
data from Docker
Store data from Hadoop structure
for AutoSupport
Repository for Cloud Control
Results:
✓ Durability
✓ Availability
✓ Performance
Why object storage?
▪ Alternative to NAS & SAN
▪ Foundational to hyperscalers and
cloud based applications
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
16. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
How NetApp IT DevOps Shortened Development Cycles
Using FlexClone Technology
Corporate
(Production)
Data Center
Data
Protection
with
SnapMirror
Real-time
clones
FlexClone Copies
Non-Prod
Data Center
Dev1…Devn QA1…QAn UAT1… UATn
Application database refresh
(duplication) from 3-5 days
to less than 15 minutes
FlexClone uses ~90% less
space than physical copies
(70TB 1-10 TB)
FASTER REFRESH LESS SPACE
FlexClone
& FlexPod
17. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
FlexPod in NetApp IT
CMP
Public Cloud
NetApp
Private Cloud
FlexClone
& FlexPod
18. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Compute
as a
Service
Shared
Test
Service
Hybrid
Cloud
Services
I/O
as a
Service
Storage
as a
Service
Self-Service Portal
Our Global Engineering Cloud (GEC)
Engineering
IT
19. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
Storage-as-a-Service
Self-Service NFS/CIFS share provisioning ~2 minute
Engineering
IT
At-a-Glance
▪ Engineer Self-Service Storage Provisioning
▪ NFS & CIFS shares
▪ Value, Performance, Extreme Performance
Integrated Technologies
▪ ONTAP 9.1
▪ NSLM 1.0
▪ VM OS – RHEL7, 4vCPU, 12G Memory, 200G disk space
▪ OCUM 7.2
▪ Service Now
Software Implementation
▪ 300 lines of JavaScript in Service Now
▪ Documented as a blueprint for customers/partners
OnCommand UM
Service NOWUSER
NSLM
21. Our Data
Fabric
ONTAP
All Flash FAS
OnCommand
Insight
Data
Protection
AltaVault &
StorageGrid
Mastering IT
Stability
IT as a
Service
FlexClone
& FlexPod
Engineering
IT
Data Center
Evolution
At-a-glance
▪ 60,000+ Total VM Capacity
▪ 36% KVM, 32% Hyper-V and 32% VMware
▪ ~100% turnover every 60 days
Automation deployed
▪ Puppet
▪ Jenkins
▪ Git
FlexPod data center
▪ NetApp FAS, E-Series Storage, or SolidFire
▪ Cisco UCS Compute
▪ Cisco Nexus Networking
Massively scalable shared virtual
data center infrastructure
GEC Shared Compute Services
Engineering
IT