XIV Gen3 Overview

© 2011 IBM Corporation

IBM XIV Gen3 Storage Reinvented… Again

Randy Arseneau Consultant, Storage Platform Strategy

IBM STG

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Introduction / Welcome

XIV – A Brief History

Gen3: Evolution of the Revolution

Overview | Value Proposition

External Validation

Wrap Up | Q&A


Announced on July 12, GA on Sep. 8th

The newest member of the XIV Storage System family builds upon XIV core client values

– Ground breaking architecture – Transparent pricing – Extreme ease of use – Increased operational scalability

XIV Gen3 Storage system, GA Sept. 8, 2011 – Up to 4 times more performance – Enhanced Console

Statement of Direction: Solid-state storage cache for XIV Gen3, planned availability in early 1Q-2012

– SSD-ready at GA for easy (hot) future upgrade


XIV – A Brief History

XIV was founded in 2002, and acquired by IBM In December 2007

Moshe Yanai, XIV founding CEO and creator of EMC’s Symmetrix

architecture was appointed an IBM Fellow

Disruptive, next generation grid technology providing one general

purpose, fully virtualized storage platform

Tierless architecture – tier 1 performance and reliability at tier 2/3 cost

Product in development for more than 6 years

More than 650 patents filed to date

Full global IBM integration, support and services

More than 5,000 systems in service today WW

4

“The XIV's innovative architecture and IBM

ownership mean that it will be included on many

user shortlists…”


Lessons from History: Simple Usually

Wins… “Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem” *

* “Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.”

William of Ockham

Father of the K.I.S.S. Principle

Virtual Matrix


XIV – Customer Driven, Market Proven

Improved storage efficiency and data protection

Reduced complexity

Great service for a wide variety of applications

and workloads

Thousands of XIV clients worldwide are reaping the benefits of:


And… Best of all…


XIV Momentum – Strong and Now Even Stronger!

State of the Business

– Over 5,000 units shipped worldwide

– Bringing new business to IBM storage - >1,100 new clients

Proven Reliability

– 50 clients across multiple industry sectors with 10+

systems,

several >2 PB clients

– continuously exceeding clients overall availability

requirements

Synergy within IBM

– Building brand synergies with System x thru VMware, Tivoli

with Flash Copy Manager, SVC and TPC, and SoNAS

– XIV’s industry-leading GUI adopted by other products

Continued Innovation planned beyond Gen 3

– 3 TB disk drives deliver even better TCO in 4Q

– Gen 2 to Gen 3 Mirroring and OLVM in early 2012


Introducing the IBM XIV Storage System Family

Evolution of the Revolution


IBM XIV Gen3 Technology Highlights

Built for Performance End-to-end component upgrades deliver significant performance improvement

20X more internal bandwidth, using an Infiniband

interconnect fabric instead of Ethernet

Over 2X more external bandwidth, with the availability

of 8 Gbps fibre channel cards and support for over 3 times

more iSCSI cards than current XIV models [from 6 to 22

ports]

New motherboards and processors, to deliver more

system throughput

50% more cache capacity than current XIV models

[from 16GB to 24GB per module], up to 360GB/system

SSD ready, optional cache of up to 7.5TB can provide a

performance boost for certain read intensive workloads

(SoD*, planned for 1Q-2012)

* Statement of Direction


IBM XIV Gen3 Enhanced Console

Manage multiple XIV systems

– View up to 64 XIV systems at the same time

and in context with each other

– Status area – across the bottom of screen; an

indicator for each XIV system which when

moused over provides status summary

New QoS graphs, based on performance

classes

Performance Statistics enhancement:

Interface enhanced with ‘slider bar’ calendar

view, facilitates rapid, easy date range analysis

New module and disk temperature display

and report


Compelling TCO Advantages

IBM storage costs up to

69% less to own and

operate than the

competition, while

delivering tier 1

performance

“Cost/Benefit Case for IBM XIV Systems: Comparing Cost Structures for

IBM XIV and EMC V-Max Systems” International Technology Group Santa Cruz, California, July 2011


IBM XIV Breakthrough Storage System Design

Grid architecture helps deliver ultra-high availability and scalable

high performance

Automated data placement and load balancing help eliminate

hotspots for consistent predictable performance

Self-tuning, self-healing capability enables high application

availability & performance with no manual tuning

Solving complex storage problems mathematically,

not mechanically.

Design Highlights


IBM XIV Helps Improve Data Protection

Frequent, space efficient snapshots are

simple to set up and efficient to mirror

Stretched Cluster option enables transparent

application migration and automated failover

Automatic internal replication with fast

volume recovery


IBM XIV is Ideal Storage for Highly Virtualized Data Centers

Benefits of Virtualized Infrastructures

– Maximum consolidation to reduce data center

footprint

– Ease of use

– Increased resiliency

– Streamline deployment and configuration processes

– Automatic and dynamic load balancing

Demand the same benefits from your storage

– XIV VMware integration includes VAAI, VMware

vCenter plugin, and storage failover automation with

SRM Storage Replication Adapter



SAS Business Analytics Workload Analytics reports created

Simulated via Swingbench load generator

Microsoft HyperV Simulation (IOPS) 200GB dataset

60% write activity

Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes 2 hour performance test

Requires latency under 20 ms

ESRP-Storage test

13,605

XIV

37,856

XIV Gen3

20,000

XIV

60,000

XIV Gen3

Oracle Data Warehouse (IOPS) Oracle DHW Workload

55,000

XIV

115,000

XIV Gen3

70

XIV

207

XIV Gen3

Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here.

IBM XIV Family Delivers Outstanding Performance Across

Applications


File and Print Services (IOPS) Mixed file size workload

XIV Gen3 also had

50% lower latency

Sequential Writes (MB/sec) System Bandwidth

Transaction Processing (IOPS) Mixed read / write workload

1,542

XIV

6,788

XIV Gen3

33,000

XIV

66,000

XIV Gen3

Sequential Reads (MB/sec) System Bandwidth

3,034

XIV

9,104

XIV Gen3

42,000

XIV

125,000

XIV Gen3

Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment. The actual throughput that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here.

IBM XIV Family Delivers Outstanding Raw Performance


IBM XIV Breakthrough Storage System Design

60,000 mailboxes tested with high throughput and low latency

IBM XIV Gen3 used 2TB SAS drives with 88% utilization

– EMC VMAX reported only 45% utilization so 2X more disks

may be needed to do the same work

– Hitachi AMS2500 used 450 GB drives so 4X more disks

may be needed to do the same work

Save power, cooling, and floor space

with more efficient XIV storage

Example: Enterprise Email workload


IBM XIV: Consistent High Performance for Real World

Workloads

XIV is ideal for multiple, mixed, dynamic and

unpredictable workloads

Requires no manual data placement or

tuning as new workloads are added

Autonomic architecture enables

adaptability and broad workload affinity



IBM XIV Delivers Breakthrough OpEx Control

Storage utilization is increased

by integrating virtualization, thin

provisioning and space efficient

snapshots

Operating expenses are reduced

by using a grid design, efficient high

capacity components and All-In

software

Cost of administration is reduced

with a powerful next generation user

interface


High capacity disks: 1TB and 2TB SATA, and 2TB SAS

3TB SAS now available – 243 TBu per frame!

High speed interconnect: Ethernet or Infiniband

Standard controller units: High performance, multi-core x64

technology

Flexible host connectivity: iSCSI and 4 or 8 Gbps Fibre

Channel

Software: All-in pricing! Advanced snapshots, mirroring, thin

provisioning, etc… all included in purchase price

IBM XIV Grid Design and Common Components


Switches

Gen2 Ethernet Interconnect

UPS units

Data Modules

Interface Modules

Switches

SSD-ready

(*)

(*) Projected

availability: 1H12

Capacity: 24-161TB

Max Memory: 240GB

Max FC ports: 24 x 4Gb/s

Max iSCSI ports: 6 x 1Gb/s

iSCSI ports with 6 modules: 0

Disk Type: SATA

Capacity: 54-161TB

Max Memory: 360GB

Max FC ports: 24 x 8Gb/s

Max iSCSI ports: 22 x 1Gb/s

iSCSI ports with 6 modules: 10

Disk Type: SAS, SSD (*)

Gen3 Infiniband Interconnect

Enterprise-Ready, Smarter by Design


Guided administration reduces complexity

Automation eliminates many complex tasks

Next Generation User Interface Reduces Total Costs


IBM XIV Helps Significantly Increase Storage Utilization

Storage Virtualization can increase utilization

up to 60%

Thin Provisioning can reduce storage

capacity requirements up to 20%

Space efficient snapshots can reduce the

storage needed for snapshots by up to 75%



IBM Storage Past, Present and Future

Innovative market leadership for over 100 years – Magnetic disk drive

– RAID

– Storage area network virtualization

– Solid-state storage optimization

– Over 600 patents related to storage awarded in 2010

Trusted storage provider with a broad portfolio of innovative

hardware, software, and services offerings

Experience – IBM reduced internal costs by more than 50% and increased

utilization to 90% by consolidating and virtualizing storage

– IBM has helped thousands of clients implement more effective

storage solutions

IBM helps clients optimize storage infrastructure every day


IBM XIV Delivers – On All Fronts

Ground-Breaking Architecture –

provides consistent performance that grows as

capacity grows and requires no tuning

Transparent Pricing –

includes snapshots, mirroring, thin provisioning; host software,

advanced reporting; and virtualization plugins

Extreme Ease of Use –

best-in-class GUI; fully autonomic; minimal training required

Increased Operational Scalability –

XIV Gen3 has up to 4 times the performance of previous models;

increases productivity



Early Returns… Very Positive!

31

“The third generation of XIV is all about adding performance– and plenty of it. Typically, a 2-4X improvement depending on the workload, with some impressive stats to match (such as <170 Sec for single I/O latency). In terms of general functionality, it’s the same as the preceding Gen 2, although that’s nothing to complain about, with its “automated-everything.” All told, good news for XIV converts (and-typically somewhat quietly-IBM has amassed thousands of them) and prospects.”

- Mark Peters, ESG


“Traditionally, it took us months to figure out how to provide storage for new apps. Now, with XIV

we are proactive - providing 20-30TB of storage in minutes.”

-Val Christinsen, Storage Administrator, GEICO

“Not only does it do everything we were told it would, it exceeds everything that we expected, that

is why it is our standard for storage systems.”

- Greg Johnson, IT Director, VCU Hospital System

“The XIV solution exceeded everyone of our goals, and quite frankly it was the cheapest of all of

the five vendors”

- Bob Stone, Senior Network Engineer, City of Norfolk, Virginia

“Performance and ease of use are key – I only have four people to manage 650TB of data and the

XIV system was the only one that could deliver for us.”

- Chris Painter, IT Director, Carilion Clinic

Customer Satisfaction :

The Real Authorities on XIV


MS Exchange Stress Test:

“Simply Outstanding... Sensational…”

The worst case scenario included running a new baseline Exchange Jetstress test with 50+%

of the XIV architecture disabled. XIV, with a major disadvantage due to the disabled

architecture, still outperformed the unencumbered HP EVA and EMC DMX architectures.

Simply outstanding!

"XIV, with a major disadvantage due to a 50+% disabled architecture, still outperformed the unencumbered HP EVA

and EMC DMX architectures.

Simply outstanding!"

"Sensational performance marks, in my opinion..."

faster than

HP EVA &

EMC DMX-4


Bank of America: Fighting Gridlock with IBM & SAS

Background

• Largest bank holding company in the US; World’s largest global wealth manager

• 12.2% of all US deposits

• Total of 14 XIV systems in service; more planned this year

• Primarily used for Data Warehousing (Optim IIS) and SAS Analytics (Quantitative Finance)

• Both mission-critical, tier 1 applications

Results

• New analytics system has “set a new bar” and delivers “unparalleled performance”

• http://www.sas.com/success/bofagrid.html

• “This advanced grid platform is giving us unparalleled performance.” - Stephen Lange, Managing Director, Corporate Investments Group

• “…we have to score a particular portfolio of 400,000 loans with our suite of models, using multiple scenarios, and we need to run it over the 360 months of the mortgages’ life. That process used to take three hours, now it takes 10 minutes because of the parallelization capabilities of the grid. The ability to go from three hours to 10 minutes on a job demonstrates a tremendous increase in our ability to deliver information and make decisions.”

Sustained throughput

of 5.3 GB/s across

one pair of XIV

frames.

http://www.sas.com/success/bofagrid.html


VCU HS – Transforming the Data Center with XIV

“Not only did XIV meet our

expectations, it greatly

exceeded them…”

“When I saw the first

presentation of XIV, I

thought… this is either the

greatest stuff since sliced

bread – having really

revolutionized the storage

industry, or… it’s a bunch

of smoke and mirrors.”

“

”

“XIV has truly proven itself

to be a revolutionary

technology. It changes

the whole paradigm of

storage.”



IBM XIV Storage Systems

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Enterprise-proven integration of VMware and IBM XIV delivers a consolidated solution

The need:

To cut operational costs and complexity, CCBCC decided to virtualize 500

servers with VMware—tripling SAN capacity requirements. The company

also needed more capacity for other platforms, including SAP.

The solution:

Deployed IBM XIV® Storage System for the VMware environment, with an

IBM System Storage® N6040 NAS Gateway for file serving. Moved SAP

systems to a second XIV, soon to be asynchronously mirrored to

a third.

The benefit:

Provides a single, enterprise-proven storage platform for all storage

needs, consolidating from three disparate storage systems to one

Offers a 200 to 300 percent performance boost compared to existing

tier-two storage, at one-third of the price of existing tier-one storage

Includes remote mirroring and advanced tools at no additional charge,

avoiding $100 - $300k annual expenditure on third-party solutions

“The primary benefit of

the IBM XIV solution is

its ability to deliver tier-

one performance at a

tier-two price.

Compared to our old

tier-two storage, we are

seeing a 200 to 300

percent increase in I/O

performance for a

similar price per TB.”

—Tom DeJuneas,

IT Manager at CCBCC

TSP03330-USEN-00


One more thing…



SPC-2 Top 20 Enterprise disk systems

7467.99

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

IBM DS8800

HDS USP V

IBM XIV Gen3

IBM DS8700

IBM SAN Volume Controller 4.2

Sun Storage 6780 (8 Gb, RAID-5)

IBM System Storage DS5300 (8 Gb, RAID-5)Sun Storage 6780 (8 Gb, RAID-6)

IBM System Storage DS5300 (8 Gb, RAID-6)Sun Storage 6780 (RAID-5)

IBM DS5300 (RAID-5)

Sun Storage 6780 (RAID-6)

IBM DS5300 (RAID-6)

IBM SAN Volume Controller 4.1 (4Gb)

IBM-SAN Volume Controller 3.1 (2Gb)

Fujitsu ETERNUS Model 1100

3rd in Overall SPC-2 Performance

amoung

Enterprise disk systems

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Bp

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The above SPC-2 MBPS™ value represents the aggregate data rate of all three SPC-2 workloads: Large File Processing (LFP), Large Database Query (LDQ), and Video On Demand (VOD)


SPC-2 Top 3

Enterprise disk systems

161 TB

72 TB

18 TB

7467.99

9705.74

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12000

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IBM XIV Gen3 IBM DS8800 HDS USP V

Capacity (TB)

SPC-2 (MB/s)

180 SAS

786 FC Drives

265 FC Drives

0

500

1000

Only 180 Drives in submission

Useable

Capacity

161 TB

• Highest Useable Capacity • Densest footprint • Best Capacity to Throughput Ratio Among Top 3 Enterprise Disk Systems


$270.38

$187.49

$148.35

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IBM DS8800 HDS USP V IBM XIV Gen3

IBM DS8800

HDS USP V

IBM XIV Gen3

Price/Performance leader

among Enterprise Disk

Systems

Value

Performance

$/M

Bp

s

The above SPC-2 MBPS™ value represents the aggregate data rate of all three SPC-2 workloads: Large File Processing (LFP), Large Database Query (LDQ), and Video On Demand (VOD)

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SPC Components

8.259

9.74

4.404

8.985

11.48

8.65

7.656

0

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8

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Large File Processing Large DB Query VOD

XIV

DS8800

HDSUSP-V

$114

$229

$154

$252

$303

$208 Leader in Big Data

Processing among

Enterprise disk

systems

by

Price/Performance

$134

$292

$214

• Large File Processing: Sequential process of one or more large files such as scientific computing and large-scale financial processing. • Large Database Queries: Involves scans or joins of large relational tables, such as those performed for data mining or business intelligence. • Video on Demand: Applications that provide individualized video entertainment to a community of subscribers by drawing from a digital film library.

$/MBPS

$/MBPS

GB/sec

GB/sec

GB/sec

$/MBPS



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