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- Ken Ow-Wing,ST9900 Product Line Manger
ST9900 Program DMA Update November 14, 2007 Broomfield, CO
Modifed June 2, 2008 2. Roadmap 3. Microcode Releases
- V02 +1 End of Dec. 2007 (means January)
- V02 +1, +2, +3 (Figure this means 3QFY07)
4. Dynamic Provision Support
- Dynamic Provisioning Support for External Storage
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- Targeted for V02 or V02 +1
- Tiered Storage Manager February 2008
- Universal Replicator V02 +3
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- P-Vol and S-Vol (no disk journal)
- Universal Volume Manager V02 (Pool-Vol)
- Copy on Write V02+2 (P-Vol)
5. Dynamic Provision Support
- For More Completeness and Detail:
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- Token 510266, ST 9990V Starter Kit
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- Scroll down to the 15 thfile for HDPCompatibilityChart
6. Disk
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- For ST 9985V, ST 9990V, ST 9990, ST 9985
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- NOT for ST 9990, NOT for ST 9985
7. Future Data Cache
- Increase Data Cache to 512 GB
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- 16 GB Data Cache boards.RR=6-24-08, GA 6-17-08
8. Mainframe Releases of Interest
- Universal Replicator 3DC 4X4X4 Cascade 10-15-07
- Business Continuity Manager 5.3 support 4X4X4 Multi-Target
10-15-07
- Business Continuity 5.6 will support 4X4X4 Cascade February
2008
- HyperPAV Target Sun GA of 12-4-07
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- Last minute release by HDS driven by specific customer
9. Program Notes 10. Tools Now Available
- Hi Stat: Topology Discovery
- Hi Past: Access Density and Array Design
- E-mail[email_address] .com
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- We will give you User Name and Password
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- Internal HDS website; process does not scale so making tools
available to DMAs only for proliferation
11. Pre-Sales Performance alias
- Eight volunteers worldwide
- We have asked those requesting their assistance to state their
configuration in clear terms to help our volunteers
12. Appendix 13. ST9990V SPC-1 Performance Results October 1,
2007 News Release: The ST9990V platform achieves the highest SPC-1
benchmark result in enterprise storage history , eclipsing results
of every single enterprise storage system ever testedwith 200,245K
SPC IOPS. This nearly doubles the performance levels achieved by
competing enterprise storage systems with a single controlle r.
Leads industry with 3.5M peak cache IOPS.A 75% - 300% advantage
over other enterprise systems in the market.# 1 in Performance 14.
ST9990V SPC-1 Performance Results What this new SPC-1 benchmark
result means for customers is: Greater Productivity :Sustain
significantly more business transactions than any other enterprise
storage system in the market, boosting sales and profitability
Increased Efficiency : Greatly improve application response time to
single digit millisecond levels ands upport more users, more
applications, and handle more capacity on a centrally managed
platform that leverages years of mature and reliable microcode
Lower TCO : Run a multitude of applications, such as Microsoft
Exchange and Oracle Database 11 g , concurrently on a single
storage controller Reduced Risk : If your applications dont perform
well then your business suffersperformance definitively matters to
business success . 15.
16. Appendix 17. New/Interesting 18. ST 9985 V: What is
new/interesting
- Switched FCAL (same as ST 9990V)
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- FSW contains meta data which allows only the target HDD to be
addressed.
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- Diagnosability is improved via isolation
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- Performance is improved by avoiding multiple targets.
- Multitasking on the Front End Director (FED) and Back End
Director (BED)
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- Under utilized MP (microprocessors) can take workload from
other MPs (e.g. Task scheduling to BED)
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- MPs moved from 400 Mhz to 800 Mhz,
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- Combine this with end to end 4 Gbit = better performance
19. ST9985 VSwitched Loop Details ST9985 V introduces a switched
back-end, where the drives are still on arbitrated loops but the
switch logic bypasses all targets on that loop except for the one
disk being addressed 20. ST 9985 V: What is new/interesting
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- 37% greater (4.8 GB/sec now, vs. 3.8 GB/sec before)
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- 260% greater (16 GB now, vs. 6 GB before
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- Data bandwidth remains the same
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- Take-Way: Investment was in improving control bandwidth and
memory to support sophisticated new applications such as Dynamic
Provisioning. Data bandwidth was seen as more than sufficient for
customer requirements.
21. ST 9985 V Without Disks
- Positioned as a virtualization engine for heterogeneous
environments
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- Compete as a Virtualization Engine against InVista and SVC
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- Go in with a light configuration and grow the system as
customers add more functionality
- Some questions we always get.......
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- Is Diskless really diskless?
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- Yes, it is really diskless. You can operate without any disk.
When diskless first came out, it required some disk, but this has
changed
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- Is Diskless a completely different product?
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- No, its just another configuration.
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- Is a BED required even if there are no disks?
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- Yes, a BED is really needed even if there are no disks.
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- Workload (such as task scheduling) distributed from Front End
Directors to Back End Directors to improve performance
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- Does DP work with Diskless? Not at this time . Look toward
4QCY07
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- Is UR supported with Diskless? Yes. Performance measurement
activity in queue.
22. Architecture 23. Hardware Comparison of ST9985V vs ST9985
Hi-Star Net Data Data path bandwidth of Crossbar Switch
architecture Net: 8.5GB/s Data path bandwidth of Crossbar Switch
Architecture Net: 8.5GB/s ST9985 ST9985 V 24. Hardware Comparison
of Crossbar Switch Architecture Net Control Control path bandwidth
of Crossbar Switch Architecture Net:3.6GB/s The number of paths
from CHA/MIX to each SM is 12. Shared memory is installed on BASE
PCB Control path bandwidth of Crossbar Switch Architecture Net
:4.8GB/s The number of paths from channel adapter/disk adapterto
each SMA is increased from 12 to 16. Shared memory is installed on
SMA PCB. ST9985 ST9985 V 25. Hardware Comparison Cache Memory In
order to improve access performance to CM, CMA, ST9985Vraised the
transfer rate of the memorypath, advanced memory control method,
and achieved twice thehardware performance as compared with Network
Storage Controller Model ST9985 . ST9985 ST9985 V 26.
Punchstock 1872016 27. Competition 28. ST9985V/90V vs
Competition EMC DMX-4 & IBM DS 8xxx / 68xx VMware ESX Server /
Thin Provisioning VMware ESX Server / External Storage VMware ESX
Server / Internal Storage Thin Provisioning / External Storage Thin
Provisioning / Internal Storage Tier 1 Storage & Virtualization
64 ports 64 ports 16 ports 112 ports ESCON Connectivity 128 ports
48 ports 16 ports 112 ports FICON Connectivity 1024/ 128 360 240
1152 Max HDD's SVC Invista!? FC-SAN Storage Virtualization
Controller only Tier 1 FC SAN (FC & SATA) IBM DS 8xxx / 68xx
EMC DMX-4 950 ST9985V ST9990V 29. ST9990V SPC-1 Performance Results
October 1, 2007 News Release: The ST9990V platform achieves the
highest SPC-1 benchmark result in enterprise storage history ,
eclipsing results of every single enterprise storage system ever
testedwith 200,245K SPC IOPS. This nearly doubles the performance
levels achieved by competing enterprise storage systems with a
single controlle r. Leads industry with 3.5M peak cache IOPS.A 75%
- 300% advantage over other enterprise systems in the market.# 1 in
Performance 30. ST9990V SPC-1 Performance Results What this new
SPC-1 benchmark result means for customers is: Greater Productivity
:Sustain significantly more business transactions than any other
enterprise storage system in the market, boosting sales and
profitability Increased Efficiency : Greatly improve application
response time to single digit millisecond levels ands upport more
users, more applications, and handle more capacity on a centrally
managed platform that leverages years of mature and reliable
microcode Lower TCO : Run a multitude of applications, such as
Microsoft Exchange and Oracle Database 11 g , concurrently on a
single storage controller Reduced Risk : If your applications dont
perform well then your business suffersperformance definitively
matters to business success . 31. Program Notes 32. Tool Release
Expanded
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- Hi Stat: Topology Discovery
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- Hi Past: Access Density and Array Design
- Request Access and Support
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- Include the following: Last Name, First Name,e-mail address,
Geo (APAC, Americas, EMEA)
- Go Easy, these guys are NOT field support
33. Performance Peer Review Alias
- Size ST 9900s from a pre-sales perspective.
- Please provide your current configuration.
- Help these Volunteers Help You
- A.Please be concise. We have about 8 volunteers Worldwide in
Asia, US, Europe who are volunteering their time for this.
- # of volunteers will be increased
34. Thank You Questions? Photos.com 34606297 35. Competition 36.
37. Links to Original Data: Teneja Group
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http://www.infostor.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&C=Feat&ARTICLE_ID=282032&KEYWORDS=virtualization&p=23
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- http://www.infoworld.com/event/virtualization/docs/Mon GB 11.45
Taneja.ppt
38. EMC 39. ST 9985 Advantage: EMC and IBM
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- Match cache in ST 9900 and external storage
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- Dedicate resources when consolidating
- 106 GB Aggregate bandwidth
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- Point to point, non-contention
- Scalability Integrated in Single device
40. The Sun StorageTek ST9990V Platform High Availability
Architecture
- Cluster of 128 processors connected by a crossbar switch
sharing a global cache
4Gb/sec end-to-end internal architecture including front-end,
disks, and back-end 41. IBM 42. Recent Analyst Quotes re: Hitachi
Storage Virtualization
- When Hitachi decided to offer a heterogeneous storage
virtualization product,it made a smart move . Unlike competitors
that started from scratch to write new controller software, it
chose instead to add external storage support to itsmost robust
,most highly featured ,most market provenstorage array.
- Hitachi's Universal Volume Manager brings external disk support
to its high-end storage array. As a result, it hasno direct
competitionfor its integrated heterogeneous virtualization features
in the high-end storage array market.
- IBM does offer the SVC, which like the USP/NSC family is a
storage controller that supports external disk,but the SVC is a
midrange product.
S ource: Gartner research report - Storage Virtualization: HDS
Universal Volume Manager Publication - date: 22 December 2006 ID
Number: G00141799,author: Robert Passmore 43. Virtualization and
Tiered Storage - Sales Tips
- Intelligent Tiered Storage
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- Ask your customers to challenge the scalability of competitive
virtualization solutions non-disruptive volume migration
capabilities
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- The resulting feedback should include
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- No support for application group volume selection, only volume
selection capability
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- Application volume selection is a manual process as opposed to
an automated process
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- Limited concurrent volume migration capability
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- Universal Storage Platforms 128 concurrent volume migration
capability outscales all competitors
Dont Sell Product, Understand Customers Business
Problems,Architect Solutions 44. The Competition How They Stack Up!
(see notes page for detailed annotations) NO NO NO YES #15 YES
Scalability NO YES YES YES ? ? ? ? NO #4 YES EMC InVista Dynamic
Volume Mobility NO YES YES NO NO YES #13 NO NO NO #5 YES #2 VERITAS
VxVM NO YES YES #16 MF support YES YES YES Open Systems support YES
YES YES Heterogeneous support YES NO YES Leverage virtualization
platform ( required for efficient data volume migration ) NO YES
YES #14 Extensiveselection criteria ( enabled by device mgmt.
integration ) YES #12 YES #11 YES #10 Application/host level
support ( required for deep selection criteria ) YES #9 NO YES #8
Integrated with configuration manager ( supports deep selection
criteria ) YES #7 NO YES #6 Tiered storage support ( mgmt interface
for data volume migration ) NO #4 NO #3 YES Storage controller
based migration ( based on virtualization architecture ) YES YES#1
YES Nondisruptive IBM SVC Migration Softek TDMF HiCommand Tiered
Storage Manager Migration Function 45. IBM SAN Volume Controller
Migration How it works?
- IBM SVC Migration copies data from source to target volumes
(between vdisks and/or vdisks to native).
- SVC mapping table entries are dynamically swapped and as a
result, the host/application is not disrupted.
- Volumes to be migrated are identified by vdisk number or name,
no logical grouping support or any other robust meta-data selection
criteria.
46. IBM SAN Volume Controller Migration Strengths
- 100% non-disruptive for host/application
- Does not consume host resources
47. IBM SAN Volume Controller Migration Weaknesses
- Issue with scalability. Resources are already constrained -
adding a large migration would have serious impact. Constrained
resources include;
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- cache resources (16GB per IO group) , ports (4), overall
throughout.
- SVC Migration is a migration tool and not a tiered storage
management solution.
- An SVC I/O group (2 SVC node pair) will only support 8
concurrent volume migrations (versus 64 on USP/NSC going to
128).
- Rudimentary vdisk name or number as selection criteria only, no
robust meta-data selection criteria
- Additional hardware is required when additional SVC I/O groups
need to be added, vdisk migrationsbetweenI/O groups require that
applications be quiesced.
48. 49. EMC Invista Dynamic Volume Mobility How it works?
- Invista initiates the copying of data from source to target in
the background
- Invista mapping table entries are dynamically swapped and as a
result, the host/application is not disrupted
- Volumes to be migrated are identified by virtual disk number or
name, no logical grouping support or any other robust meta-data
selection criteria.
50. EMC Invista Dynamic Volume Mobility Strengths
- 100% non-disruptive for host/application
- Does not consume host resources
- Should probably scale better than in-band appliance or smart
switch solutions, due to out-of-band architecture
51. EMC Invista Dynamic Volume Mobility Weaknesses
- Although EMC Invista will be more scalable than in-band
appliance or switch solutions, there are still many moving parts
compared to the Hitachi solution.
- Rudimentary virtual disk name or number as selection criteria
only, no robust meta-data selection criteria.
- Is a migration tool and not a tiered storage management
solution.
- Additional hardware is required
52. Program Notes