Datacore SANsymphony-V Marc van Schijndel

Country Manager ttec

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The BIG Picture of Virtualisation

DataCore’s storage virtualisation software enables you to quickly and cost-effectively achieve a stable, responsive and enduring storage infrastructure that delivers:

• Extreme efficiency

• Improved performance

• Reliable data protection

• Flexible and efficient disk space provisioning

• Non-disruptive migration to new equipment

• Practical disaster avoidance and recovery

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Smooth operations

Consistent performance

Stable suite of device-independent services

The 3 Dimensions of a Virtualisation Strategy

Desktop

virtualisation Software

Desktop H/W

Server virtualisation Software

Server H/W

Storage virtualisation Software

Storage H/W

Desktop H/W

Server H/W

Storage H/W

Desktop H/W

Server H/W

Storage H/W

Maintenance

Upgrades

Expansion

Technology refresh

Hardware

comes & goes

Transition to Fully virtualised Environment Building 1 Building 2

Synchronous Mirroring

Cluster

Centralized Management

Active Active

Adaptive

Caching

Adaptive

Caching

Infrastructure-Wide Functions

Define multiple storage classes (tiers) within a disk pool

Data within a virtual disk migrates to appropriate tiers based on access patterns

Tiers can be defined on disk performance and capacity

Storage Profiles alllow the allocation and migration preferences amonst tiers

Can be used with already existing disk pools

Automated Storage Tiering

Monitor sustained I/O behavior across groups of disk blocks (chunks)

Compare access frequency against average for each tier

Promote or demote chunks to most suitable tier

Auto Tiering – How it works

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Chunks

Above average

moves up a tier

Below average

moves down a tier

Each Virtual Disk has a Storage Profile assigned

Storage Profiles define tier preferences

Virtual Disk distribution within a pool

Storage Profile

"High"

VD

VD

Storage Profile

"Low"

VD

Tier 1 Tier 3

Tier 2

DISK POOL

Storage Profile

"Normal"

Sophistication without complexity

Addresses the 3 Major Tasks of Infrastructure-wide Storage Administration

+Thin Provisioning

Space Efficiency/Reclamation

+Auto Tiered Disk Pooling

Heterogeneous Device types

+Adaptive Caching

I/O acceleration

+Load Balancing

Heterogeneous Devices

+Built in Best Practices

Auto –Tuning/Pathing

Protection at 3 Levels:

1. Data Layer Protection

Continuous Data Protection

2. Local Failure Protection

HA / Synchronous Mirroring

3. Remote Disaster Protection

Asynchronous Replication

Business Continuity & Performance are essential today: • Resilient Storage and Performance requires ‘Enterprise’ NAS (also known as NAS Filers, Filers or File Shares) • But, current systems are lacking or too expensive to deploy DataCore’s compelling software advantages apply to NAS DataCore is adaptable, portable and enduring software infrastructure, therefore:

• No additional software required • Utilizes existing DataCore features and Microsoft enterprise server built-in capabilities to

achieve HA NAS clustered file shares • No additional server hardware required

• Simple to configure DataCore and Windows Cluster server to be shared on the same physical machines

• DataCore’s existing feature set easily applies to NAS • Adds Non-disruptive Auto-failover and Failback HA capabilities • Adds performance acceleration, space efficiency and scalability to empower Microsoft

clustered file shares

DataCore Makes HA-NAS Practical

Why DataCore for High Availability NAS • Insulates your business from storage (and filer) downtime • Prevents storage from becoming a single-point-of-failure • Empowers Microsoft clustered file shares • Accelerates performance, improves disk utilization & scalability • Cost-effectively leverages existing infrastructure capabilities

NAS File shares

Keeps Your Business & Applications Running Despite Storage-Related Failures or Interruptions

NAS (a.k.a. File Server)

NFS/CIFS

/home

Physical Server

HIGH AVAILABILITY NEEDS 2 FILERS IN CASE 1 FAILS

NFS/CIFS

HYPER-V

/home

NFS/CIFS

CLUSTERING ALONE HELPS, BUT …

HYPER-V

NFS/CIFS

HYPER-V

/home

NFS/CIFS

Single Point of Failure

Failover Clustering

Synchronous

Mirroring

LOGICAL SOLUTION: MIRROR SHARED DRIVES

HYPER-V

NFS/CIFS

HYPER-V

/home

NFS/CIFS Failover Clustering

DATACORE DATACORE E: E’:

Active

Shared Virtual Disk

NON-STOP HIGH AVAILABILITY NAS

HYPER-V DATACORE

HYPER-V DATACORE

Cluster

/home

P 1 S 1 P 2 S 2

NFS/CIFS NFS/CIFS

Sync-Mirrored Disks

NON-DISRUPTIVE FAILOVER

HYPER-V DATACORE

HYPER-V DATACORE

/home

P 1 S 1

NFS/CIFS NFS/CIFS

/home /home

AUTOMATICALLY FAILBACK

HYPER-V DATACORE

HYPER-V DATACORE

/home

P 1 S 1

NFS/CIFS NFS/CIFS

/home

WORKS FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES TOO

HYPER-V

NFS/CIFS

APP VM

/home

DATACORE

G:

HYPER-V

APP VM

/home

NFS/CIFS

DATACORE

Cluster

/home

VHD

VHD’

H:

Plus Much FASTER PERFORMANCE Utilize memory speed-ups for faster response times

COMPELLING VALUE PROPOSITION

FEATURE

Clustered File Shares

Synchronous Mirroring

w/ automatic non-disruptive failover

Separate redundant NAS servers up to 100 km

Thin provisioning

Cache Acceleration

Advanced Site Recovery

BENEFIT

Business Continuity & HA

Minimize downtime

Minimize risk from environmental threats

Maximize space utilization

Faster Performance

Extend protection for Disaster Recovery