Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3

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1 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 By Ashish Nadkarni, IDC Storage Team An IDC Infobrief, sponsored by EMC January 2015

2 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Executive Summary: Hyperconsolidation Enables TCO Savings Reduce by 30% or more TCO IT organizations can reduce the TCO of their storage infrastructure by nearly $2.50 per GB by hyperconsolidation on VMAX 3. Hyperconsolidate data hungry application services to further reduce costs of the infrastructure. IT organizations are always looking at ways to reduce the total cost of ownership of their IT infrastructure without compromising service levels. By consolidating their infrastructure, IT organizations can seek to reduce the overall TCO of their infrastructure. The EMC VMAX 3 with the HYPERMAX OS is a revolutionary platform that paves the way for enterprise consolidation. By deploying VMAX 3 in their infrastructure, IT organizations can embark on a journey to significantly reduce their infrastructure TCO as they build their private cloud infrastructure. Enterprise hyperconsolidation on VMAX 3 provides unprecedented levels of TCO savings. By consolidating their storage infrastructure on VMAX 3, IT organizations can consolidate their data management and data services infrastructure, as well as some data-hungry application services, by leveraging the multitenant capabilities of the HYPERMAX OS. pg 2

3 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Executive Summary: What is Hyperconsolidation? Hyperconsolidation is the ability to consolidate storage infrastructure, data services, and key application services onto a single hyperconverged infrastructure. The economics of deploying a private cloud with VMAX 3 greatly improve with scale. The greater the consolidation, the greater the $/GB savings. Hyperconsolidation becomes cheaper over time and savings continue to build as you consolidate more. Area of Hyperconsolidation Storage Infrastructure Data Services Key Data Hungry Application Services Quantified Savings $1.55/GB $0.89/GB Workload Dependent Reduced $/GB Reduced annual operations operations costs Improved staff productivity and costs Reduced downtime and associated costs Lower infrastructure costs Reduce TCO with hyperconsolidation pg 3

4 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Storage Infrastructure Savings VMAX 3 provides a revolutionary approach to storage infrastructure consolidation IT organizations can save up to $1.55/GB by consolidating their storage infrastructure on the VMAX 3. Storage Management ($0.41/GB) Data Access ($0.41/GB) Enterprisewide Storage Consolidation ($0.73/GB) Key Benefits: Reduce data movement Simplify data management Reduce number of data copies Improve service levels Provide 6-9 s availability Storage Infrastructure Consolidation $1.55/GB Storage infrastructure consolidation includes: Enterprise-wide storage consolidation Consolidation of data access overlays (file and object) Consolidation of storage management infrastructure Hyperconsolidate Storage Infrastructure pg 4

5 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Enterprise-Wide Storage Consolidation Industry-leading scalability and agility features of the VMAX 3 make it a suitable platform for consolidating mission critical and business critical applications onto a single platform. By hyperconsolidating storage infrastructure, IT organizations can: Reduce storage infrastructure costs by over 14% on a $/GB basis Increase storage density by 75% per floor tile Increase performance density by 9x per floor tile Reduce weight by 60% per floor tile Simplify storage management, and reduce provisioning times by up to 5X Reduce rate of human errors, and gain more predictability $/GB $/GB Savings with VMAX3 Equipment qualification $0.09 Management $0.31 Networking costs $0.04 Floor space $0.21 Power/Cooling $0.08 Total savings from $0.73/GB enterprise-wide storage consolidation Savings from Over 14% enterprise-wide compared to storage traditional storage consolidation infrastructure $0.73/GB Hyperconsolidate Storage Infrastructure pg 5

6 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Data Access: File, Object, and Block on VMAX 3 IT organizations can realize significant TCO savings, in addition to a reduction in rack space by hyperconsolidating their data management and access infrastructure on VMAX 3. Key benefits Streamlined multi-protocol services Lower infrastructure hardware costs Reduced management overhead Reduced associated environmental drag Reduced time to first IO (installation overhead) Improved availability $/GB Total savings realized by embedding file and object services into VMAX 3 Avg. Rack units saved $/GB savings Embedded Object 8.0 $0.20 Access Embedded File (NAS) 7.0 $0.21 Access 15.0 $0.41/GB Embedded file and object services in VMAX 3 complement Fibre Channel, FCoE, FICON, and iscsi access; minimizes the need for a separate data access infrastructure, thus reducing costs. Hyperconsolidate Storage Infrastructure pg 6

7 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Storage Management IT organizations can realize significant TCO savings, in addition to a reduction in rack space by hyperconsolidating their data management infrastructure on VMAX 3. Key benefits Lower Infrastructure hardware costs Reduced management overhead Reduced associated environmental drag $/GB Avg. Rack Units Saved $/GB Savings Embedded 2.0 $0.38 UniSphere Embedded ViPR 1.0 $0.03 Reduction in data management infrastructure costs 3.0 $0.41/GB Hyperconsolidate Storage Infrastructure pg 7

8 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Data Services IT organizations can save $0.89/GB by hyperconsolidating their data services infrastructure on the VMAX 3 VMAX 3 is well suited for hyperconsolidation of the data services infrastructure, which consists of: Data mobility and availability services Data protection services Data Mobility ($0.08/GB) Data Availability ($0.08/GB) Data Protection ($0.73/GB) Furthermore, hybrid cloud services such as the cloud gateway can also be embedded within VMAX 3, thereby seamlessly bridging public and private clouds. Data Services Infrastructure Consolidation $0.89/GB Hyperconsolidate Data Services Infrastructure pg 8

9 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Data Mobility, Availability, and Protection By embedding key data services apps into the storage system, IT organizations can simplify their operational and disaster recovery infrastructure. Embedded Data Services gain direct access to the HYPERMAX OS. Key benefits: Improved performance Lower infrastructure hardware costs Lower management overhead Reduced associated environmental drag Reduced time to first IO (installation overhead) Improved availability $/GB Capability Avg. Rack $/GB units saved savings RecoverPoint Data Availability 4.0 $0.08 VPLEX Data Mobility 4.0 $0.04 CloudArray Data Mobility 2.0 $0.04 ProtectPoint Data Protection 4.0 $0.73 Reduction operational disaster recovery 14.0 $0.89/GB infrastructure savings Rack Units Hyperconsolidate Data Services Infrastructure pg 9

10 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Drill Down on Protection Savings with EMC ProtectPoint In a traditional infrastructure, the data protection infrastructure is a separate silo that is also cumbersome to manage. With VMAX 3, IT organizations can reduce the overhead of their Data Protection infrastructure. By leveraging key capabilities of VMAX 3 like ProtectPoint, backup data can be streamed directly from the array to the data protection targets. Key Benefits: Reduced DP infrastructure footprint Streamlined data protection Simplified management Reduced risks due to human errors Data Protection Infrastructure Component Total reduction in data protection infrastructure costs Savings with HyperMax ProtectPoint Licensing costs $0.52 Media server costs $0.01 Management overhead $0.10 DR components $0.09 Reduce your data protection infrastructure spend by 38% $0.72/GB EMC ProtectPoint enables direct backup of VMAX 3 to EMC Data Domain, up to 10X faster backups, and eliminates the need for traditional backup infrastructure for backing up data on the storage array. Hyperconsolidate Data Services Infrastructure pg 10

11 HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Application Services Consolidation A key breakthrough capability of VMAX 3 is the application services adjacency of the HYPERMAX OS. In the future, it will allow IT organizations to disaggregate their application stack, and move selective data hungry components of the stack into the HYPERMAX OS. Typical Profile of Application Services that Benefit from Hyperconsolidation Offloading data hungry application services is the process of embedding such application services to run on the HYPERMAX platform, so that they run closer to where the data resides, and therefore run more efficiently. MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE MODERATE LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW LOW IO Latency CPU Cycles Memory Footprint Bandwidth Performance Availability Application Services that are HYPERMAX friendly are mostly moderate in terms of their CPU, memory, and bandwidth footprints, but nevertheless require low latency access to application data. In short they are high performance and high availability application services components. Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services pg 11

12 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Potential data hungry application services that could benefit from hyperconsolidation on VMAX 3 EMC recommends that for each of these application services categories, only the data hungry component of the application services (component with the highest disk access) be moved to VMAX 3. Higher CPU/memory costs of HYPERMAX OS are then offset by reduced technical and operational savings, which translate to greater business benefits. Higher CPU/memory costs of HYPERMAX OS are then offset by reduced technical and operational savings, which translate to greater business benefits. Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services pg 12

13 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Potential Data Hungry Application Services that Could Benefit from Hyperconsolidation on VMAX 3 Net Benefit Latency Bandwidth Technical Benefits Availability CPU/Memory Rack Units / Footprint Operational Savings Power and Cooling Management CPU / Memory Storage Infrastructure Costs Storage Examples of Applications IT Operational Analytics & Intelligence $ Real-time Reporting, Machine Data Analytics Quota Mgmt. / User Data Management The VMAX 3 architecture supports the ability to, in the future, consolidate data hungry workloads within the array using HYPERMAX virtualization capabilities. This approach can have significant TCO benefits, depending on the embedded application s architecture. Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services High ediscovery/grc High $ End user access and collaboration apps High $$ File Sync-n-share App performance management tools Moderate $ DB Hinting, Monitoring Databases Low $$ Open Source Databases Storage Infrastructure Costs: $ Low $$ Moderate $$$ High pg 13

14 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 Hyperconsolidation of Key Application Services Means Significant TCO Savings Key Benefits: Lower $/GB costs at higher scale - At scale, achieve significant savings on $/GB costs by moving compute to the data Reduced number of copies of data - Effectively consolidate disparate data-centric value pieces in the infrastructure into a single platform Key Examples IT Operational Analytics and Intelligence ediscovery/grc (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) Reduced data movement - Improve agility of their application infrastructure Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services pg 14

15 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 IT Operational Analytics & Intelligence Application Services - Hyperconsolidation Rating Item Net Effect Rating Background Latency Reduced Applications require proper CPU/Memory resources as they scale For the storage-generated machine data, proximity is beneficial Bandwidth Increased Applications require proper CPU/Memory resources as they scale For the storage-generated machine data, proximity is beneficial Availability Improved Embedding applications into highly available VMAX reduces risk and need to create host-side HA strategies CPU/Memory Reduced Large benefit especially for large environments (>1TB / Day and more than 9 concurrent search users) Ability to save 40 vcpus for large environments Rack Units Reduced Large benefit by consolidating 2 or more physical servers and 1-2 network switches Power/Cooling Reduced See above, Power / Cooling savings proportional to physical servers and vcpus consolidated into Hypermax Management Reduced Consolidation reduces server management including OS upgrades, patching, and load balancing / performance management CPU/Memory Penalty $ More CPU / memory-intensive than storage Assumption is that we (a) have the compute infrastructure available, and (b) we maximize utilization of the compute layer within the VMAX Disk/Storage Penalty Minimal tax on storage space is available with different service levels to accommodate the data container for the solution Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services Storage Infrastructure Costs: $ Low $$ Moderate $$$ High pg 15

16 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 IT Operational Analytics & Intelligence Application Services TCO Savings Configuration 2-Servers 1-2 x 10 GbE Switches Users Rack Units 2-4 RUs Servers 1-2 RUs Switches Desktops Service Interaction Applications/ Data Operational Intelligence Machine Data Servers BI App External Sources OpEx CPU (Servers) Memory (Servers) Power & Cooling 40 vcpu for Indexing 16 vcpu for Search 40 GB Memory for Indexing 16 GB for Search Servers: 0.5 KW BTU Switches: 0.3 KW BTU Indexers Indexers CapEx Hardware Acquisition Costs $8,000 / Switch (2 needed for HA) $6,000 / Switch (2 needed for HA) Search Nodes Search Nodes Assumptions Workload: Heavy - 1TB / Day; 9 Concurrent-Search Users Compute: Cisco UCS C240; Switch: Brocade % Load; Max Load Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services pg 16

17 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 ediscovery/grc Application Services - Hyperconsolidation Rating Item Rating Background [Reduced] Latency [Increased] Bandwidth Quota management traffic in the private network; lower latency can be expected Quota management software may benefit from proximity to file shares as solution scales Ability to process more files per second by reducing network traffic [Improved] Availability Embedding applications into highly available VMAX reduces risk and need to create host-side HA strategies [Reduced] CPU/Memory Moderate benefit related to typical environments Ability to save 2 or more physical servers and 10 vcpus for typical environments [Reduced] Rack Units Large benefit by consolidating 2 or more physical servers and 1-2 network switches [Reduced] Power/Cooling See above; Power / Cooling savings proportional to physical servers and switches are consolidated into Hypermax [Reduced] Management Consolidation reduces server management including OS upgrades, patching, and load balancing / performance management CPU/Memory [Penalty] $ More CPU / memory-intensive than storage Assumption is that we (a) have the compute infrastructure available, and (b) we maximize utilization of the compute layer within the VMAX Disk/Storage [Penalty] - Minimal tax on storage space is available with different service levels to accommodate the data container for the solution Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services Storage Infrastructure Costs: $ Low $$ Moderate $$$ High pg 17

18 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX3 ediscovery/grc Application Services TCO Savings Configuration Quota Management (CQM) Servers Rack Units Dedicated Switch Workstation 2-Servers 2 x 1 GbE Switches 2-4 RU Servers 1-2 RU Switches CPU (Servers) Primary: 6 vcpu Memory (Servers) Primary: 6 GB Power & Cooling Servers: 1.0 KW BTU Hardware Acquisition Costs Servers: $12,000 (@ $6,000/server) Secondary: 4 vcpu OpEx File Servers Public Switch File Server 1 CQM Server 1 File Server 2 CQM Server 2 Switch CapEx Assumptions Hyperconsolidate Select Data Hungry Application Services Secondary: 2GB Switches: 0.15 KW BTU Switches: $16,000 (@ $8,000 switch x 2, for HA) 8 GB of RAM monitors up to 8,000,000 directories Solutions will scan between 500 and 1,500 files per second under normal conditions Compute: Cisco UCS C240; Switch: Brocade % Load; max load Home pg 18

19 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 VMAX 3 is the Enterprise Data Services Platform IT Organizations can reduce the TCO of their storage infrastructure by up to 30% or more by hyperconsolidating on VMAX 3 VMAX 3 enables IT to control where to best run specific application services. As a result, IT can manage Storage-as-a Service through predictable service levels at hybrid cloud scale. VMAX 3 is a true enterprise data service platform that provides unprecedented hyperconsolidation options. With VMAX 3, enterprises can become more agile. VMAX 3 helps them achieve the flexibility to meet the changing needs of the business, while still delivering the control and trust that is the hallmark of VMAX 3. Hyperconsolidation Impact Summary Area of Quantified Consolidation Description savings Storage Enterprise storage, data Infrastructure access, and storage management Data Services Data protection, mobility, and availability $1.55/GB $0.89/GB Key application Data hungry components Workload services of enterprise applications Dependent Consolidation = TCO savings Hyperconsolidation = Greater TCO Savings pg 19

20 Validating Hyperconsolidation Savings With VMAX 3 IDC Validation Methodology This Validation InfoBrief provides a summary of an extensive validation process performed by IDC in collaboration with the supplier s teams. IDC relied on the supplier s data to perform this validation. All of the validation was performed by one or more IDC analysts. This InfoBrief is meant to provide a quick set of inferences and insights for IT professionals and business decision makers seeking to perform further due diligence on the capabilities of the product and/or services that have been validated in this InfoBrief. However, this InfoBrief is not to replace the ROI/TCO evaluation process that most businesses will conduct before making any decision to purchase the product and/or services. For this reason, this InfoBrief is not intended to be an all-inclusive document on all the capabilities of the product. Rather, it is designed as a concise document that highlights features/functions of products, their relative costs with respect to a traditional environment, and the value these features bring to businesses looking to solving certain problems related to enterprise storage infrastructure. Finally, although this InfoBrief is a sponsored document, it is not meant to be an IDC endorsement of the product, service, or the sponsoring supplier. pg 20