Storage Overview And

Architecture
Arvind Shrivastava
Enterprise Network Storage Architecture
Unbounded
performance and
capacity
Unprecedented
flexibility
Simplified management
The lowest
total cost of ownership
Core
Technology
Network
Attached
Storage
Direct
Attached
Services
Storage
Area
Network
Software
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
Data specs
Applications driven by universal
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
Allows use of low end storage
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
Benefits
Reduced TCO in mixed
product/non-production
Offloads production data from
secondary operations
Allows for distributed remote
data and hi performance two-
stage backup/archive
configurations
Cost-effective, external
point-in-time copies
Low end
storage
P
C1
Enterprise
storage
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/arraywhitepapers
.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
managers
distributed
GUI
operations
console
cell
manager
cell
clients
Client-Server Modules
media agent
(MA)
disk agent
(DA)
cell console
(CC)
cell manager
(CM)
Inter-process Communication (IPC)
session
manager
cell manager
tcp/ip
tcp/ip
tcp/ip
disk agent
media agent
disk agent
media agent
tcp/ip
tcp/ip
scheduler
cell console
network
backup/restore
local
backup/restore
shared
memory
session
manager
How to choose between tape drives and tape libraries
servers
Tape drives Autoloaders Tape Libraries
Servers are configured
individually and
backup device is
connected directly to
the server
Disk capacity to be
backed up is less than
200 GB
Cost conscious
customer
Single/Multiple servers
Unattended backup
LAN based Backup
Disk capacity to be
backed up is 200 GB
to 1 TB
Consolidation is
required
Multiple servers are
configured together
Unattended backup
LAN or SAN based
backup
Disk capacity to be
backed up is more
than 1 TB
Consolidation and
centralized
management is
required
Storage external to
servers in JBOD or
disk arrays

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100GB
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Speed GB/hour (compressed)
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Ultrium 215
Ultrium 230
DAT 40
Ultrium 460
SDLT 320
DAT 24
400GB
200GB
DLT VS80
Workstations
Office Servers
Departmental/
local network
Corporate/
networked
backup
DAT 72
Complied by Ranganath Sadasiva
Tape Device
Native Compressed Native Compressed Native Compressed
DAT 12/ 24 1.2 2.4 12 24 4.32 8.64
DAT 20/ 40 2.4 4.8 20 40 8.64 17.28
DAT 72 3 6 32 72 10.8 21.6
DLTvs80 3 6 40 80 10.8 21.6
DLTvs160 8 16 80 160 28.8 57.6
DLT 80 (obs) 6 12 40 80 21.6 43.2
SDLT 110/ 220(obs) 11 22 110 220 39.6 79.2
Ultrium 215 7.5 15 100 200 27 54
Ultrium 230 15 30 100 200 54 108
SDLT 160/ 320 16 32 160 320 57.6 115.2
SDLT 600 36 72 300 600 129.6 259.2
Ultrium 448 24 48 400 800 86.4 172.8
Ultrium 460 30 60 200 400 108 216
Ultrium 960 80 160 400 800 288 576
Date Transfer Speed MB/ Sec Data Capacity in GB
Back up capacity GB / hour-
max
Tape drives Speeds and feeds - Comparison
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
P
P primary LDEV
M mirror copy (MU0-2)
True online backup for
integrated applications
Split mirrors may used for
instant recovery or resynced
No performance impact on
applications during backup
Mirror synchronization before
or after backup
Automatic mirror rotation
API based integration
Backup host
Application host
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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




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B
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As the number of information objects grows
cost of management increases
accessibility to the information decreases
Scale is the Problem
TCO $
# of content objects managed
Access
Time
TCO
Performance
HP StorageWorks RISS
architectural benefits
back end'
front end'
Modular, redundant, self healing grid
computing and storage (smart cells)
Application-independent indexing, search and
retrieval of information
Objects in the RISS cannot be modified or deleted
until end of retention period
Content is digitally signed and time stamped
for regulatory compliance
User Application
Application Integration
RISS




Open protocol API
Clients
smart cell
Application integration
with e-mail and MS Office
Client applications get added archive functionality
(architecture transparent to them)
smart cell
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
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Reference
Operational
Majority is reference
information
FSE attacks the
costs of
reference data
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
MSA1500/
EVA
secondary
storage
SATA/FATA disk
secondary
storage
MSL tape library
1. Inactive
files moved
from SCSI to
SATA disk
2. Optional
second copy
to tape
3. Automatic &
transparent
recall of
migrated files
4. File recall
from second
copy if first
unavailable
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
1. Not Enough
Bandwidth
Scalable Data
Referencing (SDR)
Remove repeated
bytes from the WAN for
all TCP traffic
2. TCP Chattiness
and Inefficiency
Virtual Window
Expansion (VWE)
Optimizes performance
of TCP
High speed TCP
optimizations
Enables much higher
throughput on LFNs
3. Application
Chattiness and
Inefficiency
Transaction Prediction
(CIFS, MAPI)
Optimizes the
performance of specific
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
Efficiency
Consolidate infrastructure
mgmt tools
Centralize and automate
routine tasks
Improve deployment costs
Lower training costs
Deploy resources faster and
more reliably


Enable IT agility
Single point of integration
between business process and IT
infrastructure
Specify SLAs across entire
infrastructure
Consistent security model for
entire infrastructure
Quick access to business
operation metrics (e.g., audit and
usage reports)
Increase availability
Quicker time to problem
resolution
Manage systems remotely
from any location
Server Island
Introducing HP Storage Essentials

Chargeback
Oracle
Views
Customize
Reports
Exchange
Views
File System
Views

Provisioning
Capacity Performance Topology
Maps
Sybase
Views
Centralized
Reporting
Policy Mgr GUI & CLUI
3
rd
Party/
HP Developed
Main console for open, heterogeneous
SAN management
Enterprise Edition
Provisioning Mgr
Chargeback Mgr
Oracle Viewer
Main console for open,
heterogeneous
SAN management
Heterogeneous host to array path
provisioning wizard
Asset based chargeback
management. Assign tiers
Oracle database availability and
performance views
Exchange database availability and
performance views
Exchange Viewer
Sybase database availability and
performance views
File System Viewer
Global Reporter
Report Designer
Sybase Viewer
File system scanning reclaim
wasted space
Rollup reporting of multiple Storage
Essentials Server instances
Develop custom reports for storage
infrastructure
HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition
Capabilities:
Application-to-LUN auto-
discovery
Topology visualization
Dependency, path, &
connection management
Capacity management
Real-time performance
monitoring
Advisors & Automators
Enabling Features:
Role-based security
Event management
Historical & predictive trends
Reporting engine
Policy engine
OpenRAD and CLIs
Main console for open,
heterogeneous
SAN management
Deployment on Windows 2003
Topology
Capacity
HP Storage Essentials Oracle Viewer
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
Extends Storage
Essentials capabilities
"inside" Oracle databases
to ensure availability and
performance of database
applications
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 ?