Storage Overview And

Architecture

Arvind Shrivastava
Enterprise Network Storage Architecture

Unbounded
performance and Network
Attached
capacity Storage

+
Direct
Software Attached
Core
Technology
Unprecedented
flexibility Services

+ Storage
Area
Network
Simplified management

The lowest
= total cost of ownership
Direct Attached Storage(DAS)

Low Cost Solution

Simple to Configure

De-Centralized Storage

No Storage Consolidation

No High Availability

Low Performance
Network Attached Storage(NAS)

Heterogeneous Environment

Centralized Storage

Low Performance

Limited scalability

Network Congestion during backups & Restore

Ethernet Limitations
Storage Area Network
Heterogeneous environment

Centralized Storage Management

High Degree of Fault Tolerance

Best and superior performance

Storage Consolidation

Fast and efficient backups and restores

Dynamic Scalability

Expensive solution for small setups

SAN V/s NAS

Fibre Channel IP

Reliable Unreliable

Extremely low CPU Overhead Extremely High

Large Blocks of Data Large Nos. of small Blocks

LAN-free back-up Lan Back-up

Applications managing own Applications driven by universal

Data specs access to files
Mid-Range Storage Features

Excellent ease of use

Virtualization
Dynamic virtual disk expansion
Business Copy functions
Continuous Access functions
High availability features
High, middle*, and low models and configurations
Multiple operating system support
Single pathing support for all operating systems
Coexistence with heterogeneous configurations
Buisness copy Overview
Continuous Access-Overview
Flex Copy Concept

Features Cost-effective, external

Allows use of low end storage point-in-time copies
for low-cost point-in-time copies
of production data
Point-in-time copy to and
restore from Low end storage
CLI or GUI Configuration C1

Benefits
Reduced TCO in mixed Low end
product/non-production storage

Offloads production data from

secondary operations P

Allows for distributed remote Enterprise

data and hi performance two- storage
stage backup/archive
configurations
Product Positioning
Additional Features EVA4000/6000/8000

Additional features unique to the second generation EVA

New controllers with improved performance, higher capacity
support, larger cache, more FC ports
Up to 200TB of presented capacity (versus 35TB for the first
generation EVA)
Support for 1024 LUNs (first generation EVA was 512)
Support for active-active failover using multipath software
for all operating systems
Increased support for boot from SAN (AIX, Solaris)
Direct Connect support for Windows
Additional CA functionality
Support for native HBAs and HBA drivers
Additional snapshot and snapclone functionality
Useful Links

Information sources :-
HP Enterprise Virtual Array

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraysystems.ht
ml
HP Command View EVA

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/softwar
e/cmdvieweva/index.htm
Whitepapers

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/arraywhitepaper
s.html
Storage backup Overview
And Architecture

Arvind Shrivastava
BACKUP SOFTWARE

What is it?
Software that provides automated data protection for businesses
with 24x7 availability needs.
What does it do?
Data Protection: copies data onto a storage device, so that in
case of a need (loss, corruption, disaster), data can be easily
recovered and made accessible.
Media management: easily manages the library catalogues to
keep track of all media and copies of data for fast recovery.
Most important features:
Automated backups that scale from small workgroups to multi-
site, heterogeneous SAN & NAS environments with thousands of
servers.
Fully-integrated Zero-Downtime backup with Instant-Recovery.
Architecture Components

manager of distributed operations

managers GUI console

cell
cell
manager
manager

cell
cell
clients
clients
Client-Server Modules

cell console
cell manager (CC)
(CM)

media agent
(MA)

disk agent
(DA)
Inter-process Communication (IPC)

cell console

network local
backup/restore backup/restore

disk agent
disk agent tcp/ip
tcp/ip

cell manager
shared
scheduler
tcp/ip memory
session session
manager manager

media agent tcp/ip tcp/ip media agent

How to choose between tape drives and tape libraries
servers

Tape drives Autoloaders Tape Libraries

Servers are configured Single/Multiple servers Multiple servers are

individually and Unattended backup configured together
backup device is Unattended backup
LAN based Backup
connected directly to
the server Disk capacity to be LAN or SAN based
backed up is 200 GB backup
Disk capacity to be
backed up is less than to 1 TB Disk capacity to be
200 GB Consolidation is backed up is more
required than 1 TB
Cost conscious
customer Consolidation and
centralized
management is
required
Storage external to
servers in JBOD or
disk arrays
Relative Performance

Corporate Ultrium 460

/ SDLT 320
networke
400GB
d backup
Ultrium 215

Capacity (compressed)
Departmental/
200GB
Ultrium 230
local network

DLT VS80
100GB

Office Servers DAT 72 50GB

DAT 24
DAT 40
25GB
Workstations

6 12 25 50 100 200
Speed GB/hour (compressed)
Tape drives Speeds and feeds - Comparison

Complied by Ranganath Sadasiva

Features

Features Required in any Backup software

Advanced backup to disk
Oracle/SAP Integrations
Zero Downtime Backup
Split mirror
Snapshot
Snapclone
Filesystem / application backup on inactive MC/SG node
Overview Advanced backup to disk

Why backup to disk?

Benefits
Fast random access allowing:
Fast single file restore
Space efficient backup
Instant recovery
e.g. switching for recovery instead of restoring
data from tape
Faster restore of backup chains
No tape streaming problems
Ideal for RAID 5
Easy to detect disk failures
More protected, e.g. its not easy to steal a disk
Advantages of ZDB

The advantages of using Data Protector Oracle ZDB

integration are the following:
ZDB reduces the performance degradation of the
application system.
The tablespaces are in backup mode (online backup) or
the database is shut down (offline backup) only during the
short period required to create a replica (split the mirror
disks or create snapshots).
The time to create a replica is significantly reduced.
Following its creation, tape backup can be created on the
copied data, at leisure , using a separate backup system.
The Data Protector Oracle ZDB integration offers online
and offline backup of your Oracle Server System
(application system).
BACKUP CONCEPT-SPLIT MIRROR BACKUP
 ZDB Setup

True online backup for

integrated applications
Split mirrors may used for
XP instant recovery or resynced
Application host
No performance impact on
applications during backup
P
Mirror synchronization before
or after backup
Automatic mirror rotation
API based integration
M M M
0 1 2 Backup host

P primary LDEV
M mirror copy (MU0-2)
Backup Software and Storage Integration Concept

Client 1 Client 2
Questions?
New HP Storage Products

Arvind Shrivastava
RISS
Introducing

HP StorageWorks
Reference Information
Storage System

What is RISS is and who wants it?

The HP StorageWorks
Reference Information Storage System (RISS)

A cornerstone of HP ILM
(Information Lifecycle
Management )
A fully integrated and uniquely
scalable system for access to
reference information that
reduces Total cost of
Ownership, mitigates risk and
turns data into information
HP StorageWorks
Reference Information Storage System
Manage Costs
Remove static data from
application servers/storage
Shorten backup windows
Eradicate duplicate data objects

Mitigate Risks
Automated retention of messages &
attachments
Data is digitally signed, time
stamped & protected
Assist customers to meet their
compliance requirements

Exploit Data Assets

Power indexing!
Grid computing for fast
search/retrieval
Scale is the Problem

As the number of information objects grows

cost of management increases
accessibility to the information decreases

Access
Time
TCO $
Performance

A A
B A B
C C
B
C

A
B
C TCO

# of content objects managed

HP StorageWorks RISS
architectural benefits

Client applications get added archive functionality

(architecture transparent to them) Clients

front end'
User Application
Application integration
with e-mail and MS Office Application Integration

back end' Open protocol API

Content is digitally signed and time stamped

for regulatory compliance
RISS
Objects in the RISS cannot be modified or deleted
until end of retention period
smart cell
Application-independent indexing, search and
retrieval of information
Modular, redundant, self healing grid smart cell
computing and storage (smart cells)
hp StorageWorks
File System Extender (FSE)

A General Overview

Arvind Shrivastava
What is FSE?
HP StorageWorks File System
Extender (FSE) is new-generation
data management software that is
part of the HP Information
Lifecycle Management portfolio.
Enables automatic and
transparent data movement
between production (primary)
storage media and secondary
storage media, using simple user-
defined rules.
Changing digital storage demands
Stored data

Majority is FSE attacks

the costs of
reference reference
data
information
Reference

Operational

Time
FSE Basics

Based on Client/Server architecture.

Infinite File System
FSE software supports LTO drive technologies for
LTO Ultrium 1 and LTO Ultrium 2 media.
WORM Support.
Automatic error detection
FSE automatically detects drive and media
hardware errors.
NFS & CIFS support
Managing storage spaces

FSE storage spaces

MSA/EVA & FSE

production
storage SCSI
disk
3. Automatic &
1. Inactive MSA1500/
EVA transparent
files moved
recall of
from SCSI to
secondary migrated files
SATA disk
storage
SATA/FATA disk

4. File recall
from second
copy if first
unavailable
h p S torageWorks
M S L 6030

2. Optional
second copy secondary
to tape storage
MSL tape library
Contents

What is the EFS WAN

Accelerator?
HP EFS WAN Accelerator
How Does it Work?

Removes All Redundant TCP Traffic on WANs

Files, Emails, Backup, Web Traffic, FTP, Applications
Stores All TCP Traffic On Disk
Never Send The Same Data Twice
Reduces WAN Traffic By Up To 98%
Optimizes Application Protocol Behavior
Removes Most Round Trips for Chatty Apps Like Windows
Highly Effective for the Most Common Applications
Optimizes the Behavior of TCP
Reduces Chattiness in TCP
Implements Latest TCP Optimizations
Up to 100 Times Faster Throughput
HP EFS WAN Accelerator
Three-part Solution

The Problem HPs Solution What it Does

Remove repeated
1. Not Enough Scalable Data
bytes from the WAN for
Bandwidth Referencing (SDR)
all TCP traffic

Virtual Window Optimizes performance

Expansion (VWE) of TCP
2. TCP Chattiness
and Inefficiency
High speed TCP Enables much higher
optimizations throughput on LFNs

3. Application Optimizes the

Transaction Prediction
Chattiness and performance of specific
(CIFS, MAPI)
Inefficiency applications
HP EFS WAN Accelerator
Management Features Overview

EFS WAN Accelerator Manager

Provides central management of up to 500 appliances
Provides fleet management
Monitors health, throughput & acceleration done
Performs SW updates to groups of nodes
Separate product packaged as an appliance
HP Proliant Management
HP Systems Insight Manager
Full Integrated Lights-out (iLO) support
HP Storage Essentials Suite

Storage Software Division

Hewlett-Packard
Unified Management of Server and Storage
Infrastructure

Storage Island Server Island

Efficiency Enable IT agility

Consolidate infrastructure
mgmt tools
Centralize and automate
routine tasks
Improve deployment costs
Lower training costs
Deploy resources faster and
more reliably
Increase availability Single point of integration
between business process and IT
Quicker time to problem infrastructure
resolution Specify SLAs across entire
Manage systems remotely infrastructure
from any location Consistent security model for
entire infrastructure
Quick access to business
operation metrics (e.g., audit and
usage reports)
Introducing HP Storage Essentials

Topology Capacity Performance

Maps GUI & CLUI Policy Mgr
Enterprise Edition Main console for open, heterogeneous
SAN management Centralized Provisioning File System
Reporting Views
Heterogeneous host to array path
Provisioning Mgr provisioning wizard
Chargeback Customize Sybase
Reports Views

Asset based chargeback Oracle Exchange 3rd Party/

Chargeback Mgr management. Assign tiers Views Views HP Developed

Oracle Viewer Oracle database availability and

performance views

Exchange Exchange database availability and

performance views
Viewer
Sybase Viewer Sybase database availability and
performance views

File System File system scanning reclaim

wasted space
Viewer
Global Rollup reporting
Main consoleof
formultiple
open, Storage
Reporter Essentials Server instances
heterogeneous
SAN management
Report Develop custom reports for storage
infrastructure
Designer
 HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition

Main console for open,

heterogeneous
SAN management

Capabilities:
Topology
Application-to-LUN auto-
discovery
Topology visualization
Dependency, path, &
connection management
Capacity management Capacity
Real-time performance
monitoring
Advisors & Automators

Enabling Features:
Role-based security
Event management
Historical & predictive trends
Reporting engine
Policy engine
OpenRAD and CLIs
Deployment on Windows 2003
HP Storage Essentials Oracle Viewer

Extends Storage
Essentials capabilities
"inside" Oracle databases
to ensure availability and
performance of database
applications

Capabilities:
Discovers database
instances, hosts,
databases &
tablespaces
SAN dependency &
path management
Closed loop capacity
management
Real-time performance
monitoring
Role-based security
Policies, events,
reports
 Where is the Pain ?

Under-utilized assets
Storage infrastructure
IT staff
Cost of heterogeneous management is expensive
and inefficient
Application down time issues angers the
customer
Troubleshooting is time consuming
Help desks are flooded
Server consolidation/data center moves drives
the budget
On-going justification of the budget
What happened to all the storage?
Why do we need more now? When again?
Key Qualification Questions
Identifying the Pain Points

How do you manage increasing storage capacity with flat or shrinking IT

headcount?
Do you have a SAN? Can you tell what the impact of a lost SAN element will
be on your applications and users?
How do you keep your staff trained on a wide range of device-specific element
managers and tactical SRM tools that, right now, only add complexity?
Do you want to replace the whiteboards and spreadsheets youre currently
using for SAN management with something that is more scalable and
reliable?
How do you avoid vendor lock-in and heavy, proprietary agents that come
with other solutions?
Can you provision storage in real time to support new applications and
projects?
How do you comply with SAN change control and internal audits?
Questions ?