1 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Jeff Thomas EMC Senior VMware Sr. Specialist EMC Information Infrastructure for VMware Innovative

1© Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.

Jeff ThomasEMCSenior VMware Sr. Specialist

EMC Information Infrastructure for VMware

Innovative Solutions for Virtual EnvironmentsPhoenix VMUG


Agenda

What’s coming with vStorage

ESX and IO Performance

Protecting the Environment with Backup and Backup Replication

Protecting the Environment with Snapshots

Protecting the Environment with Storage Replication and Site Recovery Manager


What’s Coming from EMC vStorage

VMware InfrastructureVirtual Datacenter OS from VMware

Infrastructure vServices

Infrastructure vServices vNetwork vStorage vCompute vCloud

New VMware

Stuff

New VMware

Stuff

PowerPath

Thin Provisioning • vStorage APIs for Multi-pathing

• vStorage SRM APIs

• vStorage Backup Framework

• vStorage APIs for Multi-pathing

• vStorage SRM APIs

• vStorage Backup Framework

IO Dedupe

Avamar, Networker

VM object awareness

SRAs across replication product

lines

Avamar vApp

Storage VSAs

4x better availability, 3x better scale

4x better availability, 3x better scale

2x less IO used, 10x faster provisioning

2x less IO used, 10x faster provisioning

Avoid the “CDO” problem

Avoid the “CDO” problem

Accelerate all VM operations

Accelerate all VM operations

Easier DR testing, 10x easier DR

Easier DR testing, 10x easier DR

Simple Easy StartSimple Easy Start

New Entry ScaleNew Entry Scale


Product Demonstration

Next Generation Storage MultiPathing

Built for VMware

EMC PowerPath for VMware



Primary dedupe of CIFS and NFS

Filesystems

Celerra NX4 File System Deduplication


Top I/O Performance…

Q: VI 3.5 has Enterprise-class CPU, Network, and Memory virtualization - “How good is the ESX 3.5 IO Stack?”

The test:– One server– 16 cores (Intel Tigerton)– 16 VMs (Windows 2003

Server)– IO-intensive workload

8k block size 100% random Mixed read/write

EMCCLARiiON CX3-80

VMware ESX Server

StorageFabric


VMware and EMC:Meeting Extreme Storage Needs Today

Joint VMware/EMC testing details here:

http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/2008/05/100000-io-opera.html

EMCCLARiiON CX3-80

VMware ESX Server

StorageFabric

Q: “How good is the ESX 3.5 IO Stack?”

A: “VERY GOOD”

Q: Is this a best practice?

A: No – it was done to test limits

Q: Is this the limit?

A: No –higher with current EMC generation with SSD and VI4

Perspective: what would generate this?200K E2K7 users

85 average 4 vCPU DBs

Perspective: What did this take?3 CX3-80s, 500 15K RPM drives, 77TB of storage (enough for Library of Congress)


100% Random Read Miss 8KBOne Drive per DA Processor - 8 processors

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Enterprise Flash Drive Performance = I/O Consolidation

15K rpm drives(8 drives)

Enterprise Flash Drives (8 drives)

SATA drives(8 drives)

Deliver significantly More IO/s per Drive at Much Lower Response Time


Cost Justify Flash Drives?? Not So Hard . . .

Here, for 40,000 IOPs, 240 FC drives replaced with 8 flash drives

– Cost of 8 flash drives cheaper than 240 FC drives

– Pay only for the software on 8 drives (as opposed to 240 drives)

– Supporting hardware, maintenance, and space costs are lower

– Power efficiency is also a source of savings (6kW vs. 143 kW)

TCO savings ~80% in example Drives SW &

MaintInfra-

structureHW Maint

Power RespTime

$0

$300K

$100K

$200K

TCO Breakdown

FlashFibre Channel

Space


Data Protection Built for VMware: Physical vs. Virtual Considerations

……

Physical Environment

Question 1: What kind of Servers ?

Question 2: How Many NICs?

30


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Physical Environment VMware Environment

Data Protection Built for VMware: Physical vs. Virtual Considerations

ServiceConsoleService

Console

Question 1: What kind of Servers ?

Question 2: How Many NICs?

VMotionVMotion

30

Versus608

Question 3: When is your network busy?


Avamar Data Store or Avamar server

EMC’s Avamar : How Source De-duplication Works

Global Data De-duplication Instances

Client agent scans the data for changes

Modified files broken into sub-file variable length segments

Only unique sub-file segments are backed up

Queries local file cache to identify and disregard static files

Compresses and applies a hash to each object

Queries local hash cache, and then the Avamar server to determine if objects are unique


Avamar Flexible Deployment

WAN

(ENCRYPTED)

(ENCRYPTED)

DATA CENTER

Primary systems

Avamar Data Store

(ENCRYPTED)

REMOTE RECOVERY SITE

Primary systems

TapeVault

Avamar Data Store

SMALL REMOTE SITE

Avamar agent onlyon primary systems

LARGE REMOTE SITE

Primary systems

Avamar Data Store

(ENCRYPTED)

Avamar Software Agent


Data Protection Built for VMware: Simple File Level Backup and Restore

Avamar Agents

Hardware

VMware

DiskNICMemoryCPU

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

Avamar: Efficient VMware Backup

Avamar Agents

Hardware

VMware

DiskNICMemoryCPU

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

Hardware

VMware

DiskNICMemoryCPU

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

Avamar: Efficient VMware Backup

Customers want simple file-level backup and recovery

– Need broad guest OS support– Need a catalog of all files backed up– Somehow need to get 4-10x more data through the

same pipe (with more data/VMs every day!)– Somehow need to shrink the backup window and

lower cost

EMC and VMware Deliver: – 90% reduction in VMDK backup storage

requirements = huge cost savings– Source de-duplication - before transfer across the

network, resulting in higher consolidation ratios– Reduction in Backup Network Traffic = remote

office backup is a possibility– 10x Improvement in Backup Times– Simple File Level Recovery for broad guest OSes– Scales from Virtual Appliances up to Petabytes


Traditional vs Avamar Backup

CPU Usage Network Usage

Disk Usage

Traditional Avamar



Next Generation De-Duplication Backup Solution

Built for VMware

EMC Avamar


Backup Built for VMware: App-integrated Backup and Instant VM Level Restore

Exchange, SQL, Oracle and VMware Consistent Snapshots

Recovery at Exchange Level (message, mailbox and DB)

Recover at Single VM Level

Recover at Full VMFS Level

Integrated Local Replication

EMC delivers Replication Manager• Automated Replication and Backup

Scheduling

• VSS Integration

• for database and log volumes

• VMware Integration

• Boot and Application binaries

• Array Level Snaps and Clones

• Recovery from Different Levels for Different Customer Requirements



A Simple, Application Consistent

Virtual Machine Restoration

EMC Replication Manager


Site B

SANSAN

EMC Replication

Site ASite A

VMware Site Recovery ManagerVMware Site Recovery Manager

DR Test

Disaster RecoveryReplication with Site Recovery Manager

• VMware integrates with every EMC product, every RPO, every scale

• EMC Adds - Heterogeneous

• EMC Unique WAN Compression = 10x more efficient

WAN

DR Event!


Testing DR is A Snap

Replication ManagementSnapshot replicated LUNs before testDelete snapshots of replicated LUNs after test

Network ManagementChange all virtual machines to a test port group before powering them on

Customization/extensibilitySame breakpoints and callouts as failover sequenceExtra breakpoints and callouts around the test bubble




Simple Disaster Recovery Automation

VMware Site Recovery Manager

&

EMC Recoverpoint


Networked Storage Blueprints for VMware Environments

Reference Architectures– Details about proven configuration– Accelerates end-to-end deployment

Best practices and supporting technical validation documents

– Helps optimize performance – How to install, configure, and

integrate the entire solutions stack

EMC E-Lab tested

EMC experience and proven methodologies help you get the results

you need—predictably, reliably, and faster


virtualized^

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1 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Jeff Thomas EMC Senior VMware Sr. Specialist EMC Information Infrastructure for VMware Innovative