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Reduce storage costs with Sentry Software and BMC TrueSight COBertrand Martin – Sentry Software

Storage Capacity Optimization

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Agenda

Overview- Prerequisites- Collected information

Use cases- Provisioning storage- Prevent resource exhaustion

Space Bandwidth

- Optimize Optimize existing infrastructure with thin provisioning and manage risk Reclaim unused space

- Charge back Produce reports of consumed storage

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BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization

Capacity Optimization by BMC Software- Servers- Virtual Servers- Network- Storage

Manage and control costs- Avoid overprovisioning and purchasing excess off-premises capacity - Plan budgets

Optimize to achieve performance goals

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Storage Capacity Management with BMC TrueSight CO and Sentry

Connectors and Add-ons for BMC TrueSight CO- Collect storage/SAN capacity metrics- Views and reports about storage/SAN

Supportedplatforms- EMC

Clariion VNX Symmetrix VMAX

- Hitachi AMS HUS USP VSP

- Dell Compellent

- NetApp FAS V-Series

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Storage Capacity Management with BMC TrueSight CO and Sentry

Connectors and Add-ons for BMC TrueSight CO- Collect storage/SAN capacity metrics- Views and reports about storage/SAN

Requires BMC TrueSight CO version 9.0.03 or BMC TrueSight CO 9.5EMC- EMC SMI-S Agent ETL for BMC TrueSight CO- SMI-S/WBEM to connect to the EMC SMI-S Agent

Part of EMC Solutions Enabler Embedded in Symmetrix Management Console Proxy Free

- EMC Clariion, VNX, Symmetrix DMX, VMAX

Hitachi- Hitachi Device Manager ETL for BMC TrueSight CO- SMI-S/WBEM to connect to Hitachi Device Manager

Ships with any Hitachi storage system Proxy Not free

- Hitachi AMS, HUS, USP, USP-V, USP-VM, VSP

Dell Compellent- Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager ETL for BMC TrueSight CO- Dell XML API to connect to Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager

Management interface for Dell Compellent Proxy Free

- All Dell Compellent Storage Center systems

NetApp- NetApp Filers ETL for BMC TrueSight CO- Native NetApp XML API to connect to the filer directly

No specific prerequisite- All NetApp FAS filers (7 mode and Cluster mode), V-Series

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BMC TrueSight CO – EMC Architecture

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BMC TrueSight CO – Hitachi Architecture

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BMC TrueSight CO – Dell Architecture

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BMC TrueSight CO – NetApp Architecture

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BMC TrueSight CO – Storage ETLs and Built-in Views

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Size, Capacity and Various Concepts Around Storage

Consumed Capacity (2.5TB)

Available Capacity (1.5TB)

Subscribed Capacity (3TB)

Trad. Volume (Consumed 1TB)

Host LUN (Subscribed 1TB)

Thin Volume (Consumed

0.5TB)

Host LUN (Subscribed 1TB)

Size (6TB)Storage System

Capacity (4TB)Parity,

System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Storage Pool

Trad. Volume (Consumed 1TB)

Host LUN (Subscribed 1TB)

Volume

Host

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Overview: Storage Systems

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Overview: Storage System Details

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Overview: Storage Pools

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Overview: Storage Pool Details

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Overview: Volumes (LUNs)

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Size (6TB)

Capacity (4TB)

Consumed Capacity (100%)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Make Wiser, Faster Decisions

Size (6TB)

Capacity (4TB)

Consumed Capacity

(25%)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Available Capacity (75%)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

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Provision Storage

With BMC TrueSight CO for Storage, gain visibility on your storage infrastructure- Vendor-agnostic

Make wiser, faster decisions

50% fasterwith BMC TrueSight CO

for EMC and Hitachi

60% lessPerformance IssuesCaused by Storage

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Provisioning Storage, finding the best system

Find the best system- Enough Available Capacity- Enough Bandwidth- Cross vendor

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Provisioning Storage, finding the appropriate pool

Find the appropriate pool- Type- Available space- Oversubscription Risk- Protection level

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Prevent Resource Exhaustion

Intelligent Planning of Additional Storage- Identify when storage pools will be running out of capacity- Estimate required additional capacity to meet future demand

0 dayStorage Infrastructure Unavailability

(Growing Cloud)

60%Less Performance Issues

Caused by Storage

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Prevent Resource Exhaustion

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Response Time

Trending Alert

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Threshold Alert

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Optimize Storage Capacity Example

Size (6TB)

Capacity (3TB)

Consumed Capacity (100%)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Subscribed Capacity (1TB)

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Optimize: Reclaim Unused Space

Unused disks Save 10%

Unmapped Volumes Save 10%

Volumes that haven’t been touched in N days Save 40%

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Thick Provisioning

Size (6TB)

Capacity (4TB)

Consumed Capacity (100%)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Trad. Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Subscribed Capacity (4TB)

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Unmanaged Thin Provisioning

Subscribed Capacity (4TB)

Size (6TB)

Capacity (4TB)

Consumed Capacity (33%)

Thin Volume

(Consumed

0.3TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Available Capacity (67%)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Thin Volume

(Consumed

0.3TB)

Thin Volume

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0.3TB)

Thin Volume

(Consumed

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Managed Thin Provisioning

Subscribed Capacity (8TB)

Size (6TB)

Capacity (4TB)

Consumed Capacity (67%)

Thin Volume

(Consumed

0.3TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Available Capacity

(33%)

Parity, System (1TB)

Unused Disks (1TB)

Thin Volume

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Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

Host Volume (1TB)

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Optimize: Thin Provisioning

System & Parity33%

Actual Data14%

Unused in filesys-tem39%

Available14%

Thick Provisioning

System & Parity34%

Actual Data33%

Available33%

Thin Provisioning

System & Parity34%

Actual Data52%

Available14%

Managed Thin Prov.

+271%Storage Efficiency Ratio Increase

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Optimize: Thin Provisioning

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Additional Storage Purchase DateThick Provisioning Unmonitored Thin Monitored Thin

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Optimize: Thin Provisioning

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Optimize: Reclaim Unused Space

Unused disks Save 10%

Unmapped Volumes Save 10%

Volumes that haven’t been touched in N days Save 40%

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Show Back, Charge Back

Build report- Per host

Subscribed Capacity Consumed Capacity Pool and storage system type Bandwidth

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Storage Capacity Management with BMC TrueSight CO and Sentry

• Thin provisioning

• Reclaim unused space

• Show back and charge back for actual space usage

• Allocate at the right place

• Prevent resource exhaustion

Availability Performance

OptimizeCharge back

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