Scale-out Central Store

Conventional Storage Verses Scale Out Clustered Storage

Conventional Storage

Scale Out Clustered Storage

Faster……………………………………………….

Slower……………………………………………………….TRAIN STOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRAIN KEEPS GOING!!

10GbE over Fiber

1Gb Ethernet

Central Store and File Data - The Plan Ahead…

Analysis

Ingest

• Scale out Single file system, single volume...up to 40+ PBs

• Multiple Usage including Missions and Central Store

• Better performance, from Storage and Central Computing

• Massive scalability support for HPC and Big Data requirements

• Private Cloud to support on demand storage and computing

1Gb Ethernet

STScI - Isilon Storage Environment Network Connections

10 GbE over Fiber

1 Gb Ethernet

24 x 10GbE FC

connections

Server 1

Server 2

Server 3

Server n

24 x 1GbE connections

ISISTOR1D.STSCI.EDUISISTOR10D.STSCI.EDUIP Configuration

NFS, CIFS,FTP, HTTP NFS, CIFS,

FTP, HTTP

10Gb uplink to STScI Common Network

In Future

STScI Core SwitchCisco nexus 7000

Isilon Storage ClusterWith 17 Nodes

Users

ServersSTScI Active

DirectoryWindows 2008

Connection to Server farm

Connection toDesktop andLaptops

• Scalability (Performance and Capacity) • It scales both performance and capacity at the same time. (Unique)• Single file system, single volume...up to 40+ PBs (No limitation of 16TB file systems)

• Ease of Management• Can add capacity and/or performance instantly. (Unique) • NEVER  need to do any raid, volume management or performance tuning (Unique)

• Data Protection and Flexibility• Ability to set data protection( N+1, N+2, N+3 and N+4) at directory or file level with

the  ability to change the protection on the fly (Unique)

• Easy Migration to Future Generation HW without Downtime• NEVER  have to do a migration or forklift upgrade with this system, we can add more

performance or capacity by just adding nodes to the existing cluster and can retire the old nodes without any down time to the Central Store (Unique)

What Makes Isilon Storage Unique?The EMC-Isilon differentiation – Why Isilon

Scale-out Central Store