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1. IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN
Eric Deadwyler, IBM
Joseph Russell, VMware
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Software-Defined
Data Center
Software-Defined
Storage
Software-Defined Storage Brings the Operational Model of
Compute to Storage
All infrastructure is virtualized
and delivered as a service, and
the control of this data center is
entirely automated by software
Heterogeneous storage resources
are abstracted into logical pools,
consumed and managed through
app-centric policy-based automation

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Virtualization Changed the Storage Workload
OS
App
Physical Virtual Infrastructure
• 1:1 app to datastore
• 1:1 data management
• Predictable, single QoS
• N:1 app to datastore
• Random, multi-QoS
• N:1 data management
Hypervisor

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Applications and Storage Are Becoming Increasingly Diverse
Virtual Storage
Arrays
vSphere
SAN/NAS Object / BLOB
Traditional Applications
• Traditional enterprise storage
• HW-based resiliency, QoS
Next Gen Cloud Apps
• Scale out, flash, DAS
• Application specific storage
All SSD
Array
Server-side
Flash
How do we break silos?
How do we match the right storage to
the applications?
How do we increase efficiency?

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The Hypervisor Opens Up New Opportunities
The virtualization platform:
• Has Inherent knowledge
of application
• Has global view of
infrastructure
• Is hardware agnostic
Hypervisor abstracts the plumbing and match the right storage to the app
vSphere

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SDS Is the Next-step in VMware’s Storage Innovation
Software-Defined
Storage
vSphere
Today
Software-defined Storage
vSphere
Physical
App App App
• VMFS
• VAAI
• VAS
• S-VMotion
• S-DRS
• VADP
• vSphere Replication
vSphere Data Services

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VMware Approach to Software-Defined Storage
vSphere
App-centric
Data Services
Policy-Driven Control Plane
Virtual Data Plane
External storage Pool
Converged Infrastructure Pool
Backup

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Driving Storage Innovation with Our Partner Ecosystem
Software-Defined Storage
Virtualized Data Plane
App-centric Data Services
Policy-Driven Control Plane

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VMware Software-Defined Storage – Product Announcements
Virtual SAN
Converged
Infrastructure
VirstoVirtual Volumes
vSphere Flash Read
Cache
vVols
External
Storage
App-centric Data Services
Now available
Now Available as
Public Beta
(GA target H1 2014)
Tech Preview,
Partner Demos
Now available
with vSphere 5.5

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Disk Group Disk Group Disk GroupDisk Group
VMware Virtual SAN Architecture
Disk Group
Distributed Resource Manager
Policy Engine
ESXi Cluster
Distributed Flash Caching
HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD HDDSSD
- Number of disk stripes per object
- Number of failures to tolerate
- Object space reservations
- Flash read cache reservation
- Force provisioning

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• Handle peak performance such as boot, login,
read/write storms
• Seamless granular scaling from POC to deployment
without huge upfront investments
• Support high VDI density
• Rapid storage provisioning and complete automation
• Ideal price/performance
• Minimizes data center footprint
• Integrated with vSphere Replication and VMware SRM
• Reduces cost of storage
• Minimizes data center footprint
VMware Virtual SAN – Initial Use Cases
Virtual Desktop
(VDI)
Tier 2 / Tier 3
Test and Dev
DR
Target
Site A Site B

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VSAN Delivers The Same VDI Density As An All SSD Array At
25% Of The Cost
• View Planner performance testing maximum VDI density on a 3 host scale
• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, CAPEX (includes storage hardware + Software License costs). Additional savings come from reduced Opex
through automation.
• Virtual SAN configuration: 9 VMs per core, with 40GB per VM, 1 copy for availability and 10% SSD for performance
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
VDIVMspercluster
VSAN All SSD Array
$79
$300
$600
$-
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
Virtual SAN
Full Clones
All SSD Array
Linked Clones
All SSD Array
Full Clones
VSAN vs. All SSD
$/desktop
288 VMs
VSAN cost per
desktop is 75% less
than All SSD
View Planner Benchmark
(3 hosts cluster, 36 cores)

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Virtual SAN Reduces The Cost Of Storage For VDI And Enables
Granular Predictable Scaling
Storagecostperdesktop
Number of desktops
• Compared to external storage at scale
• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, Capex (includes storage hardware + Software License costs)
• Additional savings come from reduced Opex through automation
• Virtual SAN configuration: 9 VMs per core, with 40GB per VM, 2 copies for availability and 10% SSD for performance
VSAN enables
predictable linear
scaling
Spikes correspond to
scaling out due to
IOPs requirements
Virtual SAN External Storage

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VMware Virtual SAN Delivers Radically Simple Storage For Your VMs
• Estimated based on 2013 street pricing, Capex (includes storage hardware + software license costs)
• Additional savings come from reduced Opex through automation
• Configuration assume 10TB dual socket hosts 2 data copies for availability and 10% SSD for performance
8 node Virtual SAN cluster
provides 80-100k IOPS

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IBM Flex and PureFlex Systems
Eric L. Deadwyler
PureSystems Brand Sales Manager
IBM North America
eric1@us.ibm.com

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IBM PureSystems Family
Components
Flexible Modular System
Beyond Blades
Infrastructure
Pre-Integrated
Cloud Infrastructure System
Application Platform
Cloud Application
Platform Services
Data Platform
Big Data
Platform Services
IBM PureSystems™ combine the flexibility of a general purpose system, the
elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance

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IBM Flex Systems: Infrastructure Flexibility

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IBM Flex Systems: Storage Flexibility
IBM x240 Compute Node
(2) HS HDD Bays Standard
(4) HS SSD Bays Optional
(+4) HS SSD Bays Optional
IBM x240 Compute Node
Single Server Node
Dual Socket ntel Xeon E5-26xx “Sandy Bridge”
24 DIMM Slots – 768GB Max Memory

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IBM Flex Systems: Storage Flexibility
IBM x222 Compute Node
(1) HS HDD Bay/Server Standard
IBM x222 Compute Node
Server 1
Server 2
Dual Server Node
Dual Socket Intel Xeon E5-24xx “Sandy Bridge”/Server
12 DIMM Slots – 384GB Max Memory/Server
Server 2
Server 1
(2) HS SSD Bays/Server Optional

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IBM x240 Compute Node IBM Storage Expansion NodeIBM x240 Compute Node
IBM Flex Systems: Storage Flexibility
IBM Storage Expansion NodeIBM x240 Compute Node
Additional (12) HS HDDs or SSDs
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

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IBM Flex Systems: Storage Flexibility
IBM Flex System v7000 Storage Node
(Dual Controllers
(24) HS HDD or SSD Drive Bays
Expansion Capabilities
• 240 HDDs Per Control Enclosure
• 960 HDDs Per Clustered System
Advanced Features Included
• System Storage Easy Tier
• IBM FlashCopy®
• Internal virtualization and thin provisioning
• Data migration
• System clustering
IBM Flex System v7000 Storage Node

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IBM Flex Systems: I/O Flexibility
Ethernet
1Gb, 10Gb, 40Gb
Virtual Fabric
FCoE, iSCSI
Fibre Channel
4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb
InfiniBand
QDR, FDR

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IBM Flex Systems: I/O Capability
I/O
Switch
Bay 1
I/O
Switch
Bay 2
I/O
Switch
Bay 3
I/O
Switch
Bay 4
NodeBay1
Mid-plane
I/O 1
I/O 2
Up to 16 I/O Lanes Per 2 Socket Node
Up to 2560 Gb of connectivity bandwidth
Flexible topology options
Feature on demand scalability
FCoE, vNIC, stacking, RoCE
Availability features
Mobility for large active VMs
Growth in all active clusters
VM mirroring
Virtualized networking
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Virtual NICs
Software-Defined Network

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IBM Flex Systems: Systems Management
 Flex System Manager
 Management appliance
 Supports up to 16 managed chassis
 Supports up to 5,000 End Points
 Single point of entry
 Flex System Manager
• Auto discovery of resources
• Configuration wizards
• Physical and virtual management
• Lights out remote management
• Network and storage management
• Alerts, health status, call home
• Integrated firmware management

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IBM Flex Systems: Systems Management
More Intuitive User Experience
Common IBM look and feel
Single management entry point
Visual status
Active graphics

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IBM Flex Systems: Integration
Factory Integrated by IBM
• All Components Installed
• Racked into 42U Rack
• Completely Cabled
• Includes Management Platform (FSM)
• Enhanced System Support
• Installation Services at your location
• Knowledge Transfer at your location
• Completely Customizable

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IBM PureFlex + VMware VSAN

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Reference Architecture Example Leveraging VMware View
 Leverages IBM Flex System
• Flex x222 Node
• (2) Intel E5-2470 Processors Per Server
• 192Gb System Memory Per Server
• (2) 200Gb SSDs Per Server
• Flex System v7000 Node
Support for
1500 VDI Users

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Reference Architecture Example Leveraging VMware View
(7) IBM x222 Compute Nodes
• Total 200Gb Storage Each Server
• Total 400Gb Storage Each Node
• 2.8Tb Total Storage vSphere
Before VSAN Implementation
• 25Gb Each Server Reserved for Hypervisor
• OS and Application Datastores on shared storage
• 2.4Tb Total UNUSED Storage
After VSAN Implementation
• 25Gb Each Server Reserved for Hypervisor
• OS and Application Datastores on shared storage
• 2.4Gb Total VSAN SSD Datastore Storage
SSD SSD
IBM x222 Compute Node
SSD SSD
IBM x222 Compute Node
SSD SSD
IBM x222 Compute Node
SSD SSD
IBM x222 Compute Node
IBM Flex System v7000 Storage Node
VSAN
2.4 TB Clustered SSD
VSAN Datastore

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31. THANK YOU

33. IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN
Eric Deadwyler, IBM
Joseph Russell, VMware
STO5684
#STO5684