ASP Reference Designs John Sarni Compaq Computer Corporation October 3, 2000 .

ASP Reference Designs

John Sarni

Compaq Computer Corporation

October 3, 2000

www.compaq.com/solutions/citrix

Questions Answered

How do I select the best Compaq ProLiant Server for a Metaframe Farm?

What Storage Architecture matches the class of service that I provide?

How can I package the MetaFrame Farm and Storage Systems for Rapid Deployment and Network Fault Tolerance?

How do I add OSS systems to the architecture? How do I engage the Service Provider Business

unit at Compaq?

ASP Market Landscape (IDC)

Applications

ServicesServicesPersonal

Collaborative

Commerce

CRM

ERM

Vertical

Analytical/DW

CoreServices

Managed Services

ExtendedServices

Source: IDC, 1999

Dedicated / Shared Servers Storage

DisasterTolerance

Daily Back up

End User SLA Guarantees

Sales ForceAutomation

Mail

Desktop Apps

Line of BusinessApplication

Configuration needs to meet application and service level requirements

Optimize For Manageability Flexibility Lowest cost

Customer Access NetworkCustomer Access Network

Application Aware Network Devices

• Policy • BW Allocation • Traffic Shaping

Primary Secondary

MetaFrame

Master

Browser

Back Up

Browser

IP Load Balancing

NFuse Web Servers

Business Customer Business Customer Dedicated

lines Dedicated lines

CPE CPE

Application ServersApplication Servers

Data Resources Data Resources

TaskSmart

Storage Appliance

Network Attached Storage

• Service Provisioning• Metering & Billing• SLA management• Hardware Health (Compaq

Insight MGR/XE)• Application Performance• Capacity Planning• Authentication

Citrix ASP ArchitectureCitrix ASP Architecture

Data NetworkData Network

Management NetworkManagement Network

Microsoft Infrastructure Services•Active Directory•DNS•Domain services

CompaqPrivate Storage

Utility

Storage service provider

Operational Support

Systems (OSS)

Operational Support

Systems (OSS)

MetaFrame FarmMetaFrame Farm

SAN•Arbitrated Loop•Switch

MessagingBack End Application Servers

InternetInternetInternetInternet

Server Selection

Server Packaging

Storage Appliance SAN - AL

SAN - Switch Storage Utility

Adding OSS systems

architecture

MetaFrame Farm

How do I select the best Compaq ProLiant Server for a Metaframe Farm?

MetaFrame Farm

FAQ #1 “What is the best Compaq ProLiant server building block for a Metaframe Farm?”

ProLiant DL Series (D – density) – DL 360 2P 1U

– DL 380 2P 3U

– DL 580 4P 4U

– 8500 8P 7U

Citrix suggests “inexpensive array of servers”

DL360 Configuration 1U - no CD or floppy Processors

– 2 processors - 800 MHz Memory

– 1 GB Disks

– Two 18GB disks mirrored NICS

– Built in dual NIC – additional quad NIC

Lights out remote management board

Compaq.com price $12,310 (Sept 8)

DL 360 Features DL 360 Features •High performance architecture: •Ultra-dense configurations•Two 1” hot-plug drives•Integrated Raid Controller •Dual Integrated 10/100 NIC•In Rack Serviceability

DL 580 Configuration 4U - Processors

– 4 processors 700 MHz Xeon– 1MB cache

Memory– 2 GB

Disks– Two 18GB disks mirrored

NICS– built in dual NIC – additional quad NIC

Lights out remote management board

Compaq.com price $29,770 (Sept 8)

DL 580 Features DL 580 Features •Enterprise Class 4-Way Performance • 6 PCI Slots• 4 1” SCSI Drives• Integrated Raid Controller• Dual Integrated 10/100 NIC

Considerations – DL360 & DL580based on medium office users –test data

Hardware Hardware Cost per Cost per sessionsession

DensityDensity

Sessions Sessions per 42U per 42U RackRack

Availability Availability Number of Number of users affected users affected is server failsis server fails

Manageability - Manageability - Number of servers Number of servers to manager per 1000 to manager per 1000 sessionssessions

DL 360DL 360 $199 2604

62

16

DL580DL580 $220 1350 135 7+

Too close to call - your application may be different

•I-License cost - based on usage•Application cost – moving to usage based

Use Compaq Insight manager and remote lights out to minimize management costs.

DL360 wins on density

Remote Insight Lights Out Edition

Compaq Compaq ServerServer

Compaq Compaq ServerServer

• For server management, not for users.

• Complete remote control even if OS is not yet installed!

• Control the power switch remotely!

• Boot the server from a remote floppy image!

• www.compaq.com/lights-out

Using Marimba Timbale® to manage MetaFrameFarms

Complements Insight manager for distribution of all server software to large, distributed server farms

Designed for enterprises and ASPs to quickly provision, configure software on ProLiant

Centrally manage user notifications, server reboots, user disruptions

Easy-to-use Web GUI and full command line interface for automated management

Storage Architectures

What storage architecture matches the class of service that I provide?

Metaframe Farm

Active Directory DNS & Domain

Controller

Hosted Desktop Applications

OSS-BSSManagement

Servers

Metaframe Browser and NFuse

Data Network

Customer Access Network

Management Network

TaskSmart N2400Network Attached Storage

Configuration 1

U S

E R

S

TaskSmart N2400 Features TaskSmart N2400 Features • Optimized design for file serving• Simple to deploy and manage • Integrated Back-up Utilities• Raid 1, 1, 5 Support• 72GB – 1 TB

Network attached & Direct attached

MessagingDatabase

SQLDatabase

Metaframe Farm

OSS-BSSManagement

Servers


Data Network


Management Network

TaskSmart N2400Network Attached Storage

User data

Mail Server

Database Server

Configuration 2

Direct Attached Storage

U S

E R

S


Controller

User Data

RA4100

FC-AL for Backend Servers

Metaframe Farm

OSS-BSSManagement

Servers


Data Network


Management Network

Configuration 3 Clustered Mail Server

Clustered Database Server

Clustered File Server

Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop

Tape Library

FCTC

MessagingDatabase

SQL

Database

U S

E R

S


Controller

Switched based SAN

Metaframe Farm

OSS-BSSManagement

Servers


Data Network


Management Network

Configuration 4

Tape Library

FCTC

HS

G80

Pai

r User DataMessagingDatabase

SQL Database

FCSwitch

FCSwitch

Clustered Mail Server

Clustered Database


U S

E R

S


Controller

SUN

Compaq Private Storage Utility

Metaframe Farm

OSS-BSSManagement

Servers


Data Network


Management Network

Clustered Mail Server

Clustered Database


Compaq Sets up and manages storage On site

Configuration 5

U S

E R

S


Controller

Off Site Data Mirroring

Second SiteComplete Data Center

Or

Data Mirroring only

Primary Site

Compaq Data Replication Manager

Distance Bandwidth

Dark Fiber 100 KM 100 MB/sec

ATM (OC-3) unlimited 15 MB/s

Configuration 6

15,000 User Storage & Administration

Comparison

Assumptions– 50MB/User, Server Supports 1250 users, RAID0+1– $100K burdened cost/administrator/year– High Availability Configurations include duplicate equipment where

possible

Configuration Configuration Limitations Limitations

Cost of Storage Cost of Storage Per userPer user

3 Year Cost 3 Year Cost per userper user

NAS - Network NAS - Network Attached StorageAttached Storage

Only two servers per data network segment – need six segments

$24 $144

SAN (FC-AL) SAN (FC-AL) Only 4 Servers per loop – need three loops

$30 $90

SAN (Switched)SAN (Switched) All 12 servers can connect to switch

$33 $87

Storage Utility Storage Utility $124

All costs are US List Price

15,000 User Comparison Conclusions

When administration costs are considered the SAN based configurations are the lowest cost.– SAN’s allow more GB to be managed per IT Person

Cost to manage the storage is 3-6 times the cost of storage.

See Compaq.com/activeanswers for supporting data.

Configurations / Service Level

ServicesServicesPersonal

Collaborative

Commerce

CRM

ERM

Vertical

Analytical/DW

CoreServices

Managed Services

ExtendedServices

Source: IDC, 1999

DisasterTolerance

Daily Back up

End User SLA Guarantees

Sales ForceAutomation

Mail

Office

Line of BusinessApplication

ApplicationsApplications

Switched SANConfigurations 4, 5, 6

SANArbitrated

Loop NAS

& DAS

NAS

Flexibility Ease of Management

Compaq Storage Features Universal Packaging

& Common Management ToolsRAID Array RA4100 SAN Features RAID Array RA4100 SAN Features

• 2 controllers; Active-Standby configuration2 controllers; Active-Standby configuration 12 drive shelf ~ 12 drive shelf ~ 290 GB290 GB Compaq Insight Manager – CIMCompaq Insight Manager – CIMRedundant Hot Swappable ComponentsRedundant Hot Swappable Components

EMA 12000 Features EMA 12000 Features • No Single Point of Failure Redundant, hot swappable components Automatic Fail-over 4.3 TB per System Single or dual controllers (HSG80) Up to 4 FC Host ports per storage system 100MB/Sec each

Packaging Suggestions How can I package the MetaFrame Farm and Storage Systems for Rapid Deployment and Network Fault Tolerance?

Suggested Packaging

DL360 DL580 NASNASDAS

SANFC-AL

SANSW

PSU

MetaFrame Farm Storage Architectures Increasing Service Level

Data Center class switch

Router

Firewall

Scale out as user base increases

Works with Co-location

Network Schemes

IP Load balancer

Citrix Slice Design with FC-AL

Customer Access Network - Cisco 6500

PIX Firewall Local Director7200 Router

DL360

DL360

DL360

DL360

Gigabit Ethernet

FC HUB FC HUB

RA4100RA4100

DL360

DL360

DL360

DL360

FC HUB FC HUB

RA4100RA4100

Rack 1Rack 1 Rack 2 Rack 2

Access Network Cisco 3500

Data Network Cisco 3500

Each slice includesEach slice includes•MetaFrameMetaFrame•BackEnd Server BackEnd Server •NetworkNetwork•StorageStorage

DL580 DL580

clus

tere

d

DL580 DL580

clus

tere

d

NetworkEquipment Rack

MetaFrame Farm Stackingfor Network Redundancy

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNICLights out

DL360 2P 1GBDL360 2P 1GBtwo 18 GB mirroredtwo 18 GB mirrored

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNIC

NICNICLights out

DL360 2P 1GBDL360 2P 1GBtwo 18 GB mirroredtwo 18 GB mirrored

GB GB Ethernet Ethernet

from Cisco from Cisco 65006500

Management Management Operations Operations

centercenter

Stack of DL 360sStack of DL 360sFault Fault

Tolerant Tolerant Data Data

NetworkNetwork

To/from To/from Storage and Storage and

back end back end application application

serversservers

2 Teaming NIC’s

Swit

ch

Swit

ch

Swit

ch

Swit

ch

Swit

ch

Swit

ch

Packaging Ideas

Four Cisco 3524 switches

Two Cisco 3524 switches

Thirteen DL360 for MetaFrameActive Directory, DNS, PDC

Two clustered DL 580’s for back end servers

Two Storage shelves 12 x 18.2 GB each

UPS

Two 7 port Fibre Channel hubs

Operational Support Systems (OSS)

How do I add OSS systems to the architecture?

Operational Support Systems (OSS)

Provide Competitive advantage for hosting companies– Differentiate on service level or costs

Includes – Service provisioning, service packaging, metering & billing,

SLA monitoring and management, authentication, single sign on, application performance management, capacity planning, system health monitoring.

Dynamic Market– Many ISV’s (new and old) creating products for OSS

– Some integration activities underway to develop OSS systems for ASP’s

Xevo ASP Workbench Configuration

ClusteredXevo ASP Workbench Server

Clustered XEVO Data Server

Xevo ASP WorkbenchProvisioning Servers

Recap

DL360 DL580

Processors 2 4

Sessions 62 135

Hardware cost per session hosted

(MS –Office – Medium Users)

$12,310 / 62 = $199

$29, 770 / 135 = $220

Metaframe Server Selection

Metaframe Slice Packaging

Storage Architectures

OSS – Things to come

ASP Reference Designs

John Sarni

Compaq Computer Corporation

October 3, 2000

www.compaq.com/solutions/citrix

ASP Reference Designs John Sarni Compaq Computer Corporation October 3, 2000 .

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