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sSP13

IBM's Storage Strategy in the

Smarter Computing Era

Tony PearsonIBM Master Inventor and Senior Managing Consultant

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Confused about IBM's

initiatives for Big Data

analytics, Workload Optimized

Systems, and Cloud

Computing? This session will

explain it all, and how IBM's

approach in design for its

various storage products and

solutions fit into these

overall themes.

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Sessions -- Tony Pearson

• Monday – 1:00pm Storing Archive Data for Compliance Challeng es– 4:15pm IBM Watson: What it Means for Society

• Tuesday – 4:15pm Using Social Media: Birds of a Feather (BOF)

• Wednesday – 9:00am Data Footprint Reduction: IBM Storage option s– 2:30pm IBM's Storage Strategy in the Smarter Comput ing era– 4:15pm IBM SONAS and the Cloud Storage Taxonomy

• Thursday – 9:00am IBM Watson: What it Means for Society– 10:30am Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Overview– 5:30pm IBM Edge “Free for All” hosted by Scott Drummo nd

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Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s

Opportunities

Not only ensuring high availability and quality of existing services, but also meeting customer expectations

for real-time, dynamic access to innovative new services.

IMPROVE SERVICE

Not just containing operational cost and complexity, but achieving

breakthrough productivity gains through virtualization, optimization, energy stewardship, and flexible

sourcing.

REDUCE COST

MANAGE RISKNot only addressing today’s security, and compliance challenges, but also preparing for the new risks posed by an even more connected and collaborative world.

Deliver the right information,

to the right people, at the right time …

… with an IT infrastructure in a dynamically changing

environment

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There are Clear Implications for Storage

Leaders and CIOs

Explosion of data• Storage costs are constantly rising as a

percent of IT spend• Situation compounded by low storage

utilization

Inflexible infrastructures

Escalating complexity• Labor costs are rising as a percent of storage

costs• Manual storage administration hinders

time-to-value

• Information silos impede rapid data delivery• Users require faster provisioning and custom

services

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IBM Storage is key to Smarter

Computing

Smarter

Computing

Designed for data

Deliver insights in seconds through systems built to process a variety of data at scale

Incorporates cloud technologies to improve service quality, speed of delivery and efficiency

Optimize performance and economics by matching workloads with the best

platform to meet specific workload requirements

Tuned to the Task

Managed with Cloud Technologies

Designed for Data

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Designed for Data:

New Insights and Innovation from Big Data

Single trusted version of the truth

Analyzing Structured and Unstructured data sources

Manage the explosive growth of information

Designed for Data

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IT as a Kitchen –Understanding Big Data

Receiving new groceries every week

Preparing mealsfor a family of 5

Recipes that require only four ingredients

400 ingredients!

every hour!

Parties of 500 people!

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What Exactly is “Big Data”?

The Three “V’s”

Big Data is the analysis of information

to identify trends, patterns and insights to make better business

decisions

… from a collection of structured and unstructured

data sources

.. optionally, including real-time input streams of data

… that result in data sets so large they are awkward to work with using traditional

database technologies

Volume

Velocity

Variety

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Big Data richness has the potential to create economic benefits over a wide variety of use cases.

from surveillance cameras trade events per second

meter readings per annum

Analyze product sentiment

Predict power consumption

Monitor events of interestIdentify potential fraud

Prevent customer churn

call detail records per day are images, video, documents…

Improve customer satisfaction

Volume Velocity Variety

5 100’sof Tweets create daily

12 terabytesvideo feedsmillion

350 billion 500 million 80% data growth

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Traditional Approach

Structured, analytical, logical

New Approach

Creative, holistic thought, intuition

UnstructuredExploratoryIterativeBrand sentimentProduct strategyMaximum asset utilization

StructuredRepeatable

LinearMonthly sales reports

Profitability analysisCustomer surveys

Beyond traditional sources of

data to generate insight

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All forms of information can be incorporated into an enterprise’s information supply chain and storage infrastructure

External Information

Sources

Transactional & CollaborativeApplications Business

Analytics Applications

The Information Supply Chain

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Efficient By Design

• Smarter Storage is Efficient by Design

– Data Footprint Reduction• Real-Time Compression• Thin Provisioning• Deduplication

– Energy Efficiency• EPA Energy Star Rating

– Enhance Administrator Productivity• Intuitive, easy to use interfaces

– Reduce Network Complexity• Data Center Bridging (DCB) / CEE• Data, Voice, Video come together

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Efficient by Design

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Enhancing Storage Efficiency with

Data Footprint Reduction

• Data deduplication is a method of reducing storage needs by eliminating duplicate copies of data.

– Store only one unique instance of the data

– Redundant data replaced with pointer

C

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B

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AA B

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B

A

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• Real-Time Compression is a method of reducing storage needs by changing the encoding scheme

as the data is being read and written.– Short patterns for frequent data

– Longer patterns for infrequent data. – Can achieve 20 to 80 percent reduction in

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IBM’s “Single Pane of Glass”

Strategy

Small CompanyNo formal IT dept� IT managed by

non-IT personnel� Manage a few

storage devices Medium-Size CompanyCentralized IT Dept� IT managers handle

servers, storage, networks, backups and perhaps even databases

Large EnterpriseData Center Ops� Server Admins� Network Admins� Storage Admins

Browser-based GUI for each

storage device

Storage Control Plug-in

IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center

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Convergence of Networks

Local Area Network Data Center

Network

Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

Network Interface Card (NIC)

10/100/10001GbE

10GbE

2 Gbps4 Gbps

8 Gbps16 Gbps

Storage Area Network Converged Network

Adapter (CNA)

10GbE40GbE100GbE

Data Center Bridging (DCB)• Data, Voice, Video

NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, FCoE

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Manage

•How would I reduce database and storage costs?

•How can I improve performance to meet SLA's?

• How would I improve my storage utilization?

• How do I improve storage performance?

Integrate

•How would I master a single version of the truth across applications?

•How do I clean and integrate my data so I can trust it for analysis?

Govern

•How can I simplify data security auditing and reporting?

•How would I manage data life cycle?

•How do I maintain data quality?

Analyze

•How can I get insights from huge volumes of unstructured data?

•How would I move to a data warehouse with analytics that is flexible and affordable?

Clients are deploying projects to

leverage these capabilities

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Tuned to the Task: Workload-Optimized Systems

Advanced technologies in a broad portfolio of offerings

Integrated stacks architected to address unique workload requirements

Automated and policy-driven to optimize use of resources

Tuned to the Task

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IT as a Kitchen:

Workload-Optimized Systems

General PurposeSystems

• Oven• Sink• Pantry

Expert-Integrated Systems• Dishwasher, Microwave, Food Processor

Single-Purpose Appliances

• Toaster• Coffee Maker• Waffle Iron• Fire

Extinguisher

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IBM Storage Product Positioning –

Primary Data

Entry Level

Sequential

DS5000 StorwizeV7000

XIV

SVC

DS8000SONAS

N3000

Random

N6000

High Performance Computing

UnifiedStorage

Enterprise

Flash & Stash

DS3000

Midrange

Mainframe Optimized

Distributed

NAS for all servers

DCS3700StorwizeV7000 Unified

N7000

SSDSSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

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IBM Storage Product Positioning –

Backup and Archive

Entry Level

SequentialRandom

Enterprise

LTO

TS1100

TS7740

TS7720

TS7650GTS7650

TS7610

TS7680TS3500

TS3310TS3200TS3100TS2900

Mainframe

Distributed

All Servers

Midrange

Grid

Performance

Capacity

Optimized for Backup

Automation

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IBM Flex System

Compute NodesPower 2S/4S*x86 2S/4S

Storage NodeV7000Expansion inside or outside chassis

Management ApplianceFlex System Manager

Networking10/40GbE, FCoE, IB8/16Gb FC

ExpansionPCIeStorage

IBM PureFlex System

Pre-configured, pre-integrated infrastructure systems with compute, storage, networking, physical and virtual management, and entry cloud management with integrated expertise.

Chassis14 half-wide bays for nodes

IBM PureApplication System

Pre-configured, pre-integrated platform systems with middleware designed for transactional web applications and enabled for cloud with integrated expertise.

Starts at acquisition: A continuum of value from building blocks to systems

Simplified experience

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Self Optimizing

• Smart Storage is Self Optimizing, learning and adapting based on data access patterns

– Advanced Caching Algorithms– Easy Tier®

• Automated sub-volume tiering between SSD, SAS and NL-SAS drives

– I/O Priority Manager (QoS)– Active Cloud Engine™– Adaptive Disk Pooling

• Data re-distributed to eliminate hot-spots for optimal performance

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Self-optimizing

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Automated Sub-Volume Tiering

� IBM Easy Tier– Automatic movement of sub-volume extents

between SSD, SAS and NL-SAS media

– Small amount of SSD can provide huge

performance gains

– Up and down tier

– Three tiers in DS8000

– Two tiers in SVC and Storwize V7000

– Transparent to applications

– Just turn it on and let it work!

SSD RAID Array(s)

FC/SAS RAID Array(s)

SATA/NL RAID Array(s)

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Application

Transactions

Easy Tier

Learning

Easy Tier

In Action

240% from

Original

brokerage

transaction

SVC Easy Tier Application Transaction

Improvement

� No change to the database or application

� No work to identify active indexes

� No manual movement of files or volumes

� Just turn it on and let it work!

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• I/O Priority Manager aligns service levels to separate workloads in the system

–Administrators select from 4 Performance Groups (service levels) to assign to each volume

–System resources are dynamically allocated to higher priority volumes during resource contention

I/O Priority Manager (QoS)

Performance when and where you need it – DS8000 and XIV Gen3Performance when and where you need it – DS8000 and XIV Gen3

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Automate Data Placement and

MigrationIBM Active Cloud Engine™

Initial placement

SAS

NL-SAS

180 days

30 days

File creation

SONAS orStorwize V7000 Unified

Optional TSM/HSMServer & Virtual or Physical Tape Pool

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Consolidate Workloads

•How would I reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for my IT infrastructure?

•How would I better manage my data center complexity?

Deploy New Workloads

•How can I rapidly deploy a workload leveraging existing skills?

•How would I scale my infrastructure with my business?

Re-deploy Existing Workloads

•How would I improve the performance for my workloads?

•How can I improve my service levels?

Clients are deploying projects to

leverage these capabilities

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Managed with Cloud Technologies: Reinvent Business Processes

New models of IT service delivery are emerging for the enterprise

Integrated service management provides visibility, control and automation

Self-service, economies-of-scale, and flexible sourcing options

Managed with Cloud Technologies

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IT as a Kitchen –Utilities and Cloud Services

Water CompanyElectric Company

Natural Gas Provider

PizzaDelivery

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2009

Application Service Provider

Cloud

“Clouds will transform the information technology (IT) industry…profoundly change the way people work and companies operate.”

Is Cloud A Disruptive New

Paradigm?

Cloud computing is a pay-per-use model for enabling network access to a pool of computing resources that can be provisioned and released rapidly with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

� Network access

� Rapid Elasticity

� Pay-per-use

� Self-service

� Pool of Resources

Grid Computing

Time-Sharing

Source: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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“People do not want quarter-inch drills. They want quarter-inch holes.”

Professor Emeritus Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business School

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An Analogy – Transportation

Alternatives

Traditional Approach: Buy a car, drive it yourself, have a place to park it,

take care of maintenance and insurance.

Rental Car: Rent a car by the day or week. Drive it yourself, or hire a chauffer to drive the car for you.

Transportation as a Service: Hop in the back seat of a taxi and tell driver where you

would like to go. Pay by the mile.

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Cloud Deployment and Delivery

Models

Public cloud

Hybrid cloudPrivate cloud

Traditional enterprise IT

Software-as-a-Service(SaaS)

Middleware and Development ToolsPlatform-as-a-Service

(PaaS)

Servers, Storage and Networking HardwareInfrastructure-as-a-Service

(IaaS)

� Bandwidth� Packaged Apps� Compliance� Proprietary

� Desktop� Develop / Test� Analytics / Mining� Help Desk

� Backup/Archive� eMail / Office Apps� Web Hosting� Conferencing

Enterprise

DeploymentModels

DeliveryModels

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Cloud Agile

• Smarter Storage participates in a Cloud Agile environment

– Storage supports server virtualization hypervisors

• VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, PowerVM , z/VM

– Storage supports virtual LAN and virtual SAN network envrionments

– Storage hypervisors virtualize IBM and non-IBM storage

– Applications and data move freely from private to hybrid to public clouds

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Cloud Agile

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IT Environments are Virtualized

Virtualization is technology that makes one set of resources look and feel like another set of resources, preferably with more

desirable characteristics

Server sprawl

One Workload, One Server

One Workload, Many Servers

Many Workloads, One Server

PhysicalConsolidation

LogicalConsolidation

GB

GHz

Gbps

Workload• Sequential• Random

Compute• Lightweight• IO-Intensive• CPU-Intensive

Bandwidth• Messaging• Storage / IO• Voice / Video

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Virtualize Your Infrastructure

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Virtual Server

Infrastructure

Virtual Storage

InfrastructureStorage Hypervisor

Midrange

Storwize V7000Enterprise

SAN Volume ControllerTivoli Storage Productivity

Center

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• Enterprise owned• Either enterprise

operation or 3 rd party• Fixed price or time

and materials services

• Internal network• Dedicated assets

• 3rd party owned and operated

• Centralized, secure delivery center

• Fixed price, time and materials, or pay as you go

• Internal network• Dedicated assets

• Mix of shared and dedicated resources

• Shared facility and staff

• Pay as you go• VPN access or

public internet

• Shared resources

• Elastic scaling• Pay as you go• Public internet

EnterpriseEnterpriseData Center

Private Cloud

EnterpriseData Center

IBM operated

Managed Private Cloud

IBM owned and operated IBM owned

and operated

Hosted Private Cloud

User A

User B

User C

User D

User E

Public Cloud Services

Enterprise AEnterprise

BEnterprise C

Shared Cloud Services

1 2 3 4 5

Public cloudPrivate cloud Hybrid cloud

IBM Offers Cloud Solutions in

Various Forms

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Collaborative(Quickr, SharePoint)

ERP / CRM …(SAP, PeopleSoft …)

Film(Images, Video …)

Content(Documents,

Spreadsheets …)

Reports

Paper(Scanned

Correspondence …)

Email(Notes, Exchange)

Integrated Systems

CustomizedSolutions

CloudServices

Cloud Ready Archive Storage

Enterprise Content Management

Value Added Services• Optimization Services• System Services• Managed Services• Reference Architecture• Information Governance

Optimized and Unified Assessment, Collection and Cla ssification

Flexible and Secure Infrastructure with Unified Retention and Protection

Integrated Compliance, Records Management, Analytic s and eDiscovery

IBM Smart Archive Strategy

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Cloud Enabled Data Center

Cloud Platform Services

Cloud Services Provider

•How can I deploy resources and services faster while reducing cost?

•How do I optimize cloud workload placement?

•How do I create the most advanced,reliable, secure andscalable infrastructurefor creating, managing,and monetizing cloudservices quickly andcost effectively?

•How can I reduce operational costs by getting the most out of the IT asset I have?

•How can I simplify my infrastructure for improved productivity and service transparency?

Business Solutions on Cloud

•How do I gain immediate access to enterprise class solutions without capital expense?

•How can I better focus my resources on core, rather than non-core activities?

Clients are deploying projects to

leverage these capabilities

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IBM Smarter Storage for Smarter

Computing

IBM’s approach to storage addresses today’s challenges, and tomorrow’s opportunities…� Efficient by Design�Manage cost and capacity growth� Insights from a variety of data at scale

� Self-Optimizing� Improve performance and productivity� Automated and policy-driven

� Cloud Agile� Self-service, respond quickly to changes� Deliver IT as a Service, increase access to

information and improve ROI

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Efficient by Design

Self-optimizing

Cloud Agile

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Thank You!

Session: sSP13Presenter: Tony Pearson

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About the Speaker

Mr. Tony Pearson

Master Inventor,

Senior Managing Consultant

IBM System Storage

Tony Pearson is a Master Inventor and Senior managing consultant for the IBM System Storage™ product line. Tony joined

IBM Corporation in 1986 in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and has lived there ever since. In his current role, Tony presents briefings on storage topics covering the entire System Storage product line, Tivoli storage software products, and topics related to Cloud

Computing. He interacts with clients, speaks at conferences and events, and leads client workshops to help clients with strategic planning for IBM’s integrated set of storage management software, hardware, and virtualization products.

Tony writes the “Inside System Storage” blog, which is read by hundreds of clients, IBM sales reps and IBM Business Partners every week. This blog was rated one of the top 10 blogs for the IT storage industry by “Networking World” magazine, and #1

most read IBM blog on IBM’s developerWorks. The blog has been published in series of books, Inside System Storage: Volume I through IV.

Over the past years, Tony has worked in development, marketing and customer care positions for various storage hardware and software products. Tony has a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering, and a Master of Science degree in

Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Arizona. Tony holds 19 IBM patents for inventions on storage hardware and software products.

9000 S. Rita RoadBldg 9070 Mail 9070Tucson, AZ 85744

+1 520-799-4309 (Office)

[email protected]

Tony Pearson

Master Inventor, Senior Managing Consultant

IBM System Storage™

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Additional Resources

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Email:[email protected]

Twitter:http://twitter.com/az99Øtony

Blog: http://ibm.co/brAeZØ

Books:http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/99Ø_tony

IBM Expert Network:http://www.slideshare.net/az99Øtony

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