Presentation to customers sharing flash across virtualized workloads (1)

Copyright © 2013 DataCore Software Corp. – All Rights Reserved.

APP PERFORMANCE TIP: SHARING FLASH ACROSS VIRTUALIZED WORKLOADS

Copyright © 2013 DataCore Software Corp. – All Rights Reserved. 2

Uptime CostsPerformance

IT Initiative: Virtualize Mission-Critical Apps


WeakPerformance

Pain Point #1 I/O Bottlenecks

Data


n1, n2, n3 workloads

4

Pain Point #2

Scheduled maintenance System failure

Downtime

Service Interruptions


Cluster

Facility becomes single point of failure

More users impacted

Bigger Problem when Virtualized!

Downtime

Vulnerable?


Heterogeneous hardware Data hotspots

6

?Complexity

Data ManagementPain Point #3


A Better Approach to Delivering Data

WeakPerformance

DowntimeDowntimeWeakPerformance


Leverage Storage Tiers

CAPACITY

SP

EE

D

Tier 1Fast Disks

Tier nBulk Storage


Introduce Flash Tier

CAPACITY

SP

EE

D

Tier 1Fast Disks

Tier 2Bulk Storage

Tier 0Flash


And Continuous Availability


And Continuous Availability through Separation


PROVEN. MANAGEABLE. ECONOMICAL.

Via High-Performance Storage Virtualization

Data


2X to 5X FASTER PERFORMANCE

13


Auto Optimize Resources

Tier 1Fast Disks

Tier 0Flash

Tier 2Bulk Storage


Pool Other Arrays Too

ExistingSAN

Storage

15

Take a Closer Look

InternalDrives

InternalDrives


100% DATA AVAILABILITY


Mirror

(F:)

Production

Production

Mirror Between Rooms

Up to 100 Km

FlashSAS

SATA

Building 1

Building 2

17

FlashSAS

SATA


(F:)

Out-of-Service

Non-Disruptive Failover

18

ProductionBuilding 1

Building 2

FlashSAS

SATA

FlashSAS

SATA


PUTTING IT INTOREAL WORLD USE


SAP & Oracle MigrationThe University Hospital of Würzburg

Challenges► Slow dialog response times► Slow update and background

process times► High capital costs

Database2 Large Oracle Servers

Application12 SAP Servers

Storage168 Hard Disks2 Large SANs

Be

fore



Aft

er

Results► 33% lower hardware and capital costs

Database2 Oracle Servers

Application6 SAP Servers

Storage2 DataCore Nodes4 Fusion-io Flash Cards



320 milliseconds

70 milliseconds

SAP Dialog Response Times

Without Fusion-io

With Fusion-io

50 milliseconds

6 milliseconds

Update Times

Without Fusion-io

With Fusion-io

1,200 milliseconds

210 milliseconds

Background Process Times

Without Fusion-io

With Fusion-io

= 4.5X Faster Response

= 8.3X Faster Update

= 5.7X Faster Background Process


Internet & Cloud HostingGreat Plains Communications

Be

fore

Aft

er

Results► 2X faster► 99.999% availability► Reduced costs by

repurposing equipment

Challenges► Slow application performance► Downtime due to

unexpected outages

10 miles10Gb Fiber

Mirror


BLUEPRINTFOR ADOPTION


Current Environment: Shared Array

Tier 1

App 2 App 3App 1 App nApp 4


Insert Flash: Dedicated Resource

Tier 1Tier 0

Storage Virtualization



Extend Use: Share Flash

Tier 1Tier 0




Extend Use: Auto-Tier Flash & Disks

Tier 1Tier 0




Fully Virtualized: Balanced Tiers

Tier 1Tier 0 Tier 2




Fully Virtualized: Balanced Tiers

Tier 1Tier 0 Tier 2



Cluster

DR


Creating a High-PerformanceData Delivery Platform

31


Take The Next Step

Call us for a Free Consultation

Rethink Your Virtualization Strategy

Request anAssessment

We look forward to transforming your business with you

[email protected] [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


www.datacore.com

Q & A

www.fusionio.com

http://www.datacore.com/

http://www.fusionio.com/


Software-Defined Storage

MailApps

Filer

Database

Web

Current & EmergingTechnologies

Technology

Presentation to customers sharing flash across virtualized workloads (1)