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BUILDING A HIGHLY AVAILABLE HYPER-V CLUSTER USING FREE MICROSOFT HYPER-V SERVER
Max Kolomyeytsev
StarWind Virtual SAN Product Manager
Alex Karavanov
5nine Virtualization Security Engineer
АGENDA
Clustering evolution: from application clusters to a fully virtualized datacenter
What does free Hyper-V offer out of the box?
Hyper-V Cluster Setup
Storage component
Management component
Implementation scenarios
Q&A
STARWIND SOFTWARE
Ownership: Privately held with VC backend since 2008,
spin-off from Rocket Division Software
Investors: VEEAM, Almaz Capital, AVentures
Product: StarWind Virtual SAN™ storage virtualization software
Users: More than 250,000 paying and playing customers
Headquarters: Boston, MA, USA
Number of employees: 50+
Customer care: Worldwide, 24x7x365 support
Global Alliance Partners: Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, Dell, IBM, HP, VEEAM
5NINE SOFTWARE
Leading solutions provider of management & security applications for Windows Server & Microsoft Hyper-V environments:• Products built exclusively for Hyper-V ecosystem
• Hyper-V Management for SMB
• Powerful agentless and multi-tenant security for Hyper-V
• Easy conversion from VMware to Hyper-V
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in New Jersey and Europe.
More than 25,000 clients worldwide.
CLUSTERING EVOLUTION
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Old days Virtualized architecture
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WHAT DOES FREE HYPER-V OFFER OUT OF THE BOX?
Out of box Experience enhancements
HYPER-V CLUSTER SETUP
1. Configure and provision shared storage
2. Install the Failover Clustering feature on each Hyper-V host
3. Install the MPIO feature on each Hyper-V host
4. Configure an external virtual network switch on each Hyper-V host
5. Validate the configuration of Hyper-V hosts
6. Create a new cluster
STORAGE COMPONENT
Zero hardware footprinto
Dramatically reduced CapEx and OpEx o
Complete fault tolerance with just 2 serverso
No specialized staff required for managemento
Can run on Free & Core Windows Server editions
WHY HYPER-CONVERGED
• Native Windows application
• High performance for Microsoft Hyper-V due to reducing I/O
path: reads and writes go locally and server side running RAM
and flash cache dramatically increases the performance
VM WORKLOAD IN MIND
• VM-Centric Storage (LSFS)
a combination of RAM and Flash as multi-layered cache is used to eliminate
random IO on magnetic disks. Multiple small random writes are coalesced into big
sequential I/O writes. This allows to achieve up to 90% raw sequential write
performance of the underlying storage.• Deduplication
VM and flash-friendly space reduction technologies such as in-line
deduplication, increasing usable capacity of all-flash configurations and
prolonging flash life-cycle
OF COURSE THE MUST HAVE FEATURES
• Snapshots and Automated Storage Tiering
implementing inter-node tiering technology to offload “cold” data from fast primary all-
flash storage to slower high capacity secondary storage tier
• Asynchronous replication
Mission-critical business data is replicated to a disaster recovery site. Replication is
implemented to be asynchronous, background, deduplication, and compression-aware as
well as snapshot-based to reduce load on slow WAN connections
MANAGEMENT COMPONENT
Turn PowerShell into GUI
Dramatically simplify and save money on Hyper-V management
Manage your Hyper-V clusters
Get a user-friendly management GUI for Windows Server Core and Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Manage different Hyper-V versions (2012 R2/ 2012/ 2008 R2 SP1) from a single console
Use any client 64-bit system starting from Windows 7, to access and manage your Hyper-V
hosts remotely
MANAGE HIGH AVAILABLE HYPER-V CLUSTER
Add cluster into 5nine Manager console
Check cluster available storage
Add or remove VM to/from cluster
Enjoy live migration
Pause cluster nodes with or without draining roles, when needed
Resume cluster nodes with or without draining roles, when needed
Check all VMs statuses in a split of a second, right in the tree view
EASILY CREATE VMS OUT OF TEMPLATES
Clone your “golden image” (Template VM) as many times as you need.
To create a “golden image” (Template VM)• Create a VM with needed parameters• Install and configure OS• Install and configure required software • Run sysprep• Keep this VM in off state, to use it as a
template
TASKS ARE PERFORMED IN THE BACKGROUND
Keep working on your management operations, while tasks are being performed in the background
Make your waiting time – a productive time!
GET NOTIFIED IF…
New VM is created
VM is removed
VM is started or restarted
VM is turned off
VM is imported or exported
VM replication failed
VM configuration changed
IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS
Central Site
Branch
Office
Branch
Office
Remote
Office
Remote
Office
Branch
Office
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
StarWindVirtual SAN
5nine Manager
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
StarWindVirtual SAN
5nine Manager
Minimum and Sufficient Highly Available Hyper-V Cluster
GOING HYPER-CONVERGED IN ROBOS
Q&A
Feel free to ask the presenters any questions
CONTACT US
Download
5nine Manager for Hyper-V here:
http://www.5nine.com/manager
Contact 5nine Software:
USA/Canada: +1 617 982-1261
Europe: +44 (20) 7048-2021
Download StarWind Virtual SAN 30-Day Trial
here:www.starwind.com/starwind-virtual-
san/
StarWind Software Inc.:301 Edgewater Place, Wakefield, MA
01880USA/Canada: 1-617-449-7717
EMEA and Asia: [email protected]@starwindsoftware.com