Unified Storage for the Private Cloud Dennis Chapman NetApp

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Unified Storage for the Private Cloud

Dennis Chapman

NetApp

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Data Center Transformation

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Cloud

Business

Production

IT Production

Application-

Based Silos

Public Cloud

Zones of

Virtualization

Private Cloud

Storage Servers Apps

Network

Hybrid

Scale infrastructure and operations cost effectively

Higher service levels for business apps

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Storage Choices (Physical server)

Local

Windows App Server Physical DAS Remote FC iSCSI SMB

Linux App Server Physical Local DAS Remote FC iSCSI NFS OS storage App storage OS storage App storage

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Storage Affinities (Physical server)

Storage

Access

Windows OS

“C:\”

Windows App

data

Linux OS

Linux App

data

Local

DAS

Primary

Secondary

Primary

Secondary

Remote

FC

Limited

Primary

Limited

Primary

iSCSI

Limited

Primary

Limited

Primary

NFS

N/A

Limited

Primary

SMB

N/A

Secondary

N/A

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Storage Choices (Virtual server)

iSCSI Windows App Server

Virtual Local vmdk file Remote SMB OS storage App storage App storage OS storage App storage App storage FC iSCSI Local DAS Remote NFS

Linux App Server

Virtual Local vhdx file Remote iSCSI NFS Local DAS Remote FC iSCSI SMB

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Storage workload affinities

Storage

Access

Boot & swap

Linux OS

Windows OS

Boot & page

Linux App

Data

Windows App

data

Local

DAS Primary (P) Primary (P) Secondary (P) Secondary (P) Hypervisor Primary (V) Primary (V) Primary(V) Primary(V) Remote

FC Secondary (P) Secondary (P) Primary (P)

Primary (P4V) Primary (P4V) Primary (P) iSCSI Secondary (P) Secondary (V) Secondary (P)

Secondary (V) Secondary (P) Primary (V) NFS Secondary (P) N/A Primary (P)

Primary (V) N/A SMB N/A N/A N/A Secondary (P)

Secondary (V)

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P – Physical app server

V – Virtual app server instance P4V – Hypervisor sourced storage

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Distributed workload state

Workload Domain

• Application in-core buffers • Guest OS & file system state

Hypervisor Domain

• Guest scheduling and resources • VMFS and CSV state

Storage Domain

• Guest direct connect storage

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Guest point-in-time consistency

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Crash consistency

• Snapshot of a naïve guest’s storage resource Hibernation consistency

• Put the guest to sleep and then snapshot Application consistency

• Place the app in a backup state • Flush the file system and snapshot

Application specific APIs

Customized distribution and FS integration • SAN and/or NFS

Application specific APIs

Volume Shadow copy Service (VSS)

• Integrated NTFS and application backup snapshot • Remote VSS for SMB shares

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Hypervisor PIT consistency

FC iSCSI Local DAS Remote NFS ESX vmdk files stored in NFS namespace Local DAS Remote FC iSCSI SMB Hyper-V

Clustered Shared Volume • Holds vhdx files

• Shared access across Hyper-V cluster

vhdx files stored in SMB namespace (WS2012)

Crash consistent

• Hypervisor domain snapshot of a naive guest

Application consistent

• workflow includes app integrated snapshot of vmdk/vhdx file(s)

Cluster File System VMFS • Holds vmdk files

• Shared access across ESX cluster

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Primary affinity

Windows affinities and consistency

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iSCSI Windows App Server

Virtual Local vmdk file Remote SMB FC iSCSI Local DAS Remote NFS Hypervisor sourced • Simple VM config. • Centralized app data

storage Hypervisor domain backups

• Application consistent with guest coordination

• Aggregation point for VM backups

Workload domain backups • Application consistent • VSS & R-VSS

Direct access

• Hypervisor independent backup/restore workflow • Distributed app data

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Primary affinity

Linux affinities and consistency

Hypervisor domain backups • Application consistent with

guest coordination • Aggregation point for

VM backups

Linux App Server

Virtual Local vhdx file Remote iSCSI NFS Local DAS Remote FC iSCSI SMB Direct access • Hypervisor independent backup/restore workflow • Distributed app data

storage

• Strong acceptance of app data storage over NFS

Hypervisor sourced • simple VM config. • centralized app data

storage Workload domain backups

• Application consistent • Hypervisor independent • Guest specific integration

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Storage Domain

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Data ONTAP™ 8 Clustering

FlexVols

• Provisioned from underlying RAID storage by WAFL • Integrated snapshots and

replication Vservers

• Owns set of FlexVols

• Spans multiple physical nodes

• Logical interfaces (lifs) for end points

• Transparently migrate between nodes • Target for storage clients

• CIFS, NFS, FC, FCoE, and iSCSI • Management end point

Clone objects

• Encapsulated in FlexVol • Presented as LUN or file

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Sample workflows

Create app consistent backup on guest

zapi

App integrated backup taken using VSS VSS LUN snapshot created on controller

iSCSI Remote

1. SCVMM layer sends request to Hyper-V

vhdx files stored in flat directory

R-VSS zapi

2. Create shadow copy set using file clone operations

\\vsa\sc_setA

3. SMB share rooted in sc directory Expose, modify, lock

\\vsa\vhd_shr

SMB share rooted in vhdx dir

Orchestration layer sends request to guest

Create shadow copies of a set of vhdx files using SMB

Remote SMB

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NetApp – VMware Private Cloud

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VASA Provider

 Storage topology & capabilities

 Events and alarms

 SDRS guidance on capacity

 Simplifies management

 Enhances delivery of SLA guarantees

vCenter Plug-ins

 Monitoring & host config

 Provisioning & cloning

 Backup & recovery

 OnCommand Insight tools

 OnCommand Chargeback

 DR failover/failback w/ SRM 5

vShield

 Secure resource & data isolation

VMware vCloud Director

vDC

VMware vCenter Server

VMware

vSphere

vCloud Director

 Datastore provisioning (vCO plug-in for NetApp)

 vCloud backup & recovery

vSphere VAAI

 Full Copy

 Block Zero

 HW Assist Locking

 Hole Punching

 Thin Provisioning Suspend

vSphere

 Storage I/O Control (SIOC)

 Multi-pathing (ALUA)

 Storage Array Type Plug-in (SATP)

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Unified storage for the private cloud

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Multi-lingual

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_{Provides the protocols the workloads require}

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Rich storage services

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_{App consistent backups, replication, mobility}

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Storage efficiency and performance

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_{Deep management integration}

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Highly available and reliable

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