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2 Mission Critical Tier 2 Test / Dev VxRack System Flex Physical & Virtual Environments Running your mission-critical enterprise applications on HCI Oracle SQL SAP HANA Splunk Performance Reliability Availability Serviceability

3 Agenda Introduction Architecture and capabilities Certifications, validations, solutions Summary thoughts 3

4 Digital Transformation Index Top planned onpremise investments during the next 3 years 1. Converged/hyper-converged infrastructure 2. Ultra-high performance technologies (Example: flash) 3. Analytics, big data and data processing 4. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies Source: Digital Transformation Index,

5 Momentum building for rack-scale HCI As HCI clusters grow in size, the networking infrastructure that connects nodes and the networking monitoring tools needed to manage traffic and locate problems will require tighter integration to keep up with rapidly evolving workloads and customer requirements. 451 Research, Hyperconvergence A Market Update December

6 Why VxRack FLEX? Workloads come various shapes sizes mix General purpose Mission critical Big data/ analytics Special purpose File sharing ERP CRM Hadoop VDI Traditional Emerging Modernization objectives Virtualized Bare metal Multiple OSs VxRack System FLEX Enable phased adoption migration: Minimize disruption to business for existing workloads Running mixed workloads: Deliver performance and protection for production & non-production systems Integrate into existing datacenter architecture: Cannot operate in a silo. Leverage existing shared processes, tools and practices. Integrated network fabric Software-defined, scale-out storage with VxFlex OS Flexible deployment options Storage compute hybrid nodes Multiple hypervisors, operating systems & bare metal configurations 6

7 Dell EMC VxRack System FLEX High-performance databases Multi-hypervisor - Bare metal 2-layer Fully integrated rack-scale fabric Built-in networking Delivers turnkey experience Start small, grow BIG! Software-defined for flexibility Building block for hybrid clouds Dell PowerEdge Server advantage 7

8 Mission Critical Tier 2 Test / Dev VxRack FLEX Designed with high-performance databases in mind Anatomy Key capabilities Physical & Virtual Environments Performance Availability Reliability Serviceability

9 VxRack FLEX difference for databases Oracle Microsoft SQL SAP ERP SAP Business Suite Performance unlocked Near linear scale with 1ms IOP response times Mix OLTP, OLAP & test, development, QA environments Accelerated system copies Database refresh Thinly provisioned read and writeable snapshots Consistency groups for application consistent snapshots Extend with Recoverpoint for advanced data services Seamless scalability Scale from 4 nodes to over 1000 with linear performance growth Add storage and compute resources on-the-fly Flexibility & choice at lowest cost Traditional 2-layer server and storage Modern 1-layer co-resident server and storage Mixed modern and traditional Efficient protection & recovery Two copy mesh mirroring complements databases Near zero downtime fast recovery in worst-case scenario Extend with Data Domain for backup / restore 9

10 VxRack FLEX with VxFlex OS Brings the power of HCI to data centers Hyper-converged infrastructure applies the principles of server virtualization to standard x86 server local disks, creating high performance, sharable pools of block storage Abstract Pool Automate Abstracts the local storage out of each server, including HDD, SDD, and all-flash Pools all of the storage resources together, leaving no resources stranded Automatically allocates and balances resources based upon each application s need 10

11 High performance / Low footprint High I/O parallelism S C S C S C S C S C Eliminates single points-offailure No central point-of-routing Prevents unnecessary network traffic & redundant storage resource usage S C S C S C S C S C Allows performance to scale linearly 11

12 Flexible deployment options Traditional two-layer server & storage HCI/modern HCI/modern and traditional Compute nodes (apps) Storage nodes HCI nodes (apps + storage) HCI nodes Compute nodes Storage nodes Similar structure to traditional SAN Servers perform as either compute or storage Supports organizations that need separation between storage and application teams Servers host both applications and storage Modern approach to manage IT data center Provides maximum flexibility and easier to administrate Adopt both approaches Map deployment to department and organizational needs Enables departments to choose the model that best aligns to their processes 12

13 Improved performance and availability One of our billing systems, which generally runs overnight, was consistently completing before midnight (after the VxRack install). Many of these claims were being discarded and tagged as errors since these quick processing times were completely unexpected. - Senior VP of Technology Linear performance growth Infrastructure builds improved from over an hour to 15 minutes Reboots improved from more than a minute to 10 seconds Application performance increased nearly 50% Failover of servers / apps improved from days to < 90 seconds 13

14 Rack components First rack Second rack TOR/aggregation or leaf/spine switching TOR or leaf switching System controllers Expansion nodes Expansion nodes Minimum configuration with 4 nodes 42RU Integrated cabling, power, and cooling 14

15 VxRack FLEX on 14 th Gen PowerEdge Servers PowerEdge R640 PowerEdge R740xd High-density (1RU) High-capacity (2RU) HCI Compute only Storage only HCI Storage only HCI + GPU Balance of compute and storage Compute heavy, only enough storage to run OS Storage heavy, runs RHEL to limit CPU and licensing Balance of compute and storage Storage only, runs RHEL to limit CPU and licensing Balance of compute and storage, and up to 3 GPUs Higher core counts, faster clock frequency, more memory channels, faster memory, higher endurance & redundant boot devices 10 x 2.5 drives (All SSD, All HDD or NVME+SSD) Options from 96GB 1.5TB memory LRDIMM / RDIMM NVDIMM configurations 4 x 25GB network All-flash and optional NVME+SSD configurations 24 x 2.5 drives (All SSD, All HDD or NVME+SSD) Options from 96GB 1.5TB memory LRDIMM /RDIMM / NVDIMM configurations 4 X 25GB network Up to 3 - Nvidia M10 GPU s 15

16 VxRack FLEX built on VxFlex OS All-flash Scale-out Software-defined Trusted Fastest software-defined block storage solution available* Achieve petabytes of allflash capacity Compelling TCO at scale Start small and scale-out to nodes No forklift upgrades or data migrations! Non disruptive upgrades! Flexible: Deploy HCI and/or storage-only Multiple Hypervisor Options: ESX, Hyper-V, KVM, Bare metal Encryption In-flight checksums LDAP High infrastructure resiliency * Storage Review,

17 Mission Critical Tier 2 Test / Dev VxRack FLEX Physical & Virtual Environments Certifications Validations Solutions Performance Reliability Availability Serviceability

18 Validating: Performance Scale Resiliency Mission-critical applications and databases Partner Certified validated Dell EMC Lab Validations Dell EMC Ready Solution * In-memory database Traditional storage based Emerging analytics Big data Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Dell EMC VxFlex OS VxRack System FLEX SAP HANA Hardware Certification Guide Lab Validations * Note: SQL planned Solution Guide 18

19 VxRack System FLEX with VxFlex OS Built with Dell EMC SAP HANA certified components Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Refer to SAP HANA Hardware Directory SAP HANA not released for HCI model today Dell EMC VxFlex OS SDS Validated leveraging SAP HANA storage TDI model Meets SAP HANA performance KPIs On dedicated storage-only nodes for VxFlex OS NOTE: Need SAP approval Installation of OS and SAP HANA Leverage E_HANAINSXXX certified personnel Virtual Bare Metal Storage Only Nodes Software-defined block storage with VxFlex OS Compute Only Nodes Storage Only Nodes VxFlex OS storage-only nodes for SAP HANA Think SAP HANA Storage Tailored Data Center Integration Model! Link here: SAP HANA Hardware Directory 19

20 ESG Lab Validation Results: HCI with Dell EMC VxFlex OS for Oracle RAC Performance Scalability Resiliency with failed node Demonstrated near linear scaling with <1ms response time Simplicity Ease of deploying VxFlex OS cluster VMware vsphere with VxFlex OS vsphere plug-in with VxFlex OS native tools Response > from 0.90ms to 1.27ms during rebuild process No data lost during rebuild Performance and Scalability Scalability test: 4-, to 6-, to 8-node cluster Threshold 1ms (industry-standard time for AFA) Mix of 75% random reads and 25% random writes Resiliency Simulate catastrophic failure Sudden powering down 1 of 8 nodes Monitor performance during rebuild 20

21 VxRack Flex with VxFlex OS & Isilon Two architectures validated Hot Warm Cold Software Defined Block Storage Performance Scale Flexibility Hot Warm Software Defined Block Storage Isilon Cold Buckets Cold Scale-out NAS Storage S1 S2 S3 S4 Data indexing volume: 250GB/day Retention: 90 days retention Data availability: High Data indexing volume: 500 GB/day Retention: 90 days retention Data availability: High Data indexing volume: 1 TB/day Retention: 90 days retention Data indexing volume: 1 TB/day Retention: > 90 days retention Data availability: High 21

22 Mission Critical Tier 2 Test / Dev VxRack FLEX Physical & Virtual Environments Summary thoughts Performance Reliability Availability Serviceability

23 The bigger picture Running traditional applications on VxRack FLEX powered by VxFlex OS Brownfield Greenfield Production Non-production Production Non-production Consolidate non-production on VxRack Flex All systems running on VxRack Flex Non-PRD HCI Nodes SQL Compute Nodes Oracle Compute Nodes SAP Compute Nodes Application lifecycle management Data Reuse Migration Operational Recovery Remote protection Disaster Recovery Storage Nodes Storage Nodes Storage Nodes Storage Nodes System Database refresh Go-live rehearsals testing Tech refresh/data migration Application patch maintenance Data Corruption Automated testing Automatic failover failback Data protection Retention strategies Backup Archive Long Term Retention SAP Admin s DBA s Compliant Protection Native Application Access On-premises Move to Cloud 23

24 Why VxRack FLEX Running mission-critical applications in the modern data center Delivering enterprise-grade experience Mission-critical applications Mixed workloads: enables consolidation of production and nonproduction systems with varying I/O profiles Flexibility: deployable as single-layer hyper-converged systems, twolayer (applications and storage separate) or hybrid configurations. Designed for scale and performance: performance grows linearly as more nodes added (from 3 to 1,000+) For a flexible HCI system with hypervisor of choice or bare metal can start small and scale out VxRack FLEX is for you. Reduce cost: with simplified capacity planning and space efficient snapshots for copies for non-production environments Enterprise-grade data availability protection: through native integration with trusted proven Dell EMC data center technologies. RecoverPoint Data Domain Data Domain Cloud Tier 24

25 Realize your next steps Attend related sessions Topic Session 1 Session 2 VxRack FLEX: Introduction & What's New Wed: 1:30 pm Tues: 1:30 pm Room: San Polo 3405 Visit the Dell EMC booth VxRack FLEX: Achieving Best Performance & Availability Wed: 12:00 pm Thurs: 8:30 am Room: Plazzo 1 VxRack FLEX: Architecture Overview Tues: 3:00 pm Thurs: 1:00 pm Join the CONVERGED User Group More Information SAP HANA Hardware Directory ESG Validation Paper for Oracle Splunk on VxRack FLEX Solution Guide convergedusergroup.com/join 25

26 Next steps More information Meet our experts Visit our Booth Sessions VxRack FLEX: Introduction & What's New Delivering Enterprise Grade Experience Mission Critical Applications Mission Critical Tier 2 Test / Dev 1:30pm VxRack FLEX: Achieving Best Performance & Availability 12:00pm Physical & Virtual Environments VxRack FLEX: Architecture Overview 3:00pm 1:00pm More Information SAP HANA Hardware Directory ESG Validation Paper for Oracle Splunk on VxRack FLEX Solution Guide Performance Reliability Availability Serviceability 26

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