Accelerate with ATS Storage ATS Customer Webinar Series. Introducing IBM XIV Gen3

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1 Accelerate with ATS Storage ATS Customer Webinar Series Introducing IBM XIV Gen3 Rosemary Mccutchen Brian Sherman Henry Sautter Jim Sedgwick 11/11/2011

2 Agenda Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America XIV Gen3 Built for Performance Announcement Overview Brian Sherman Hardware Technical Update Jim Sedgwick Performance Update Hank Sautter XIV GUI Demonstration Rosemary McCutchen Q&A 2

3 Agenda Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America Announcement Overview Brian Sherman Hardware Technical Update Jim Sedgwick Performance Update Hank Sautter XIV GUI Demonstration Rosemary McCutchen 3

4 Recent XIV Announcement Summary The newest member of the XIV Storage System family builds upon XIV market acceptance and retains core values Ground breaking architecture Extreme ease of use Increased operational scalability XIV Gen3 Storage system, GA on Sept. 8, 2011 Up to 4 times more performance Enhanced Management Console Statement of Direction: Solid-state storage cache for XIV Gen3, planned availability in 1H-2012 SSD-ready at GA for easy future upgrade Introduction of 3TB drives for additional capacity up to 243TB, GA on Nov 17, 2011 'Introduction of IBM Storage Provider for VMware VASA on Nov 11, 2011' 4

5 IBM XIV Gen3 Technology Highlights 20X more internal bandwidth Using InfiniBand Over 2X more external bandwidth With 8 Gb/sec FC ports and over 3x more iscsi ports (6-22) New motherboards and processors 2x disk bandwidth, 60 cores, 120 hyper-threads per rack 50% more cache capacity Up to 360GB/system, (24GB per module) SSD ready Optional cache upgrade of up to 7.5TB Capacity option Up to 161TB or 243TB usable 5

6 Enterprise-Ready, Smarter by Design Gen2 Ethernet Interconnect Capacity: TB Gen3 InfiniBand Interconnect Capacity: TB SSD-ready (*) Max Memory: 240GB Max FC ports: 24 x 4Gb/s Max iscsi ports: 6 x 1Gb/s iscsi ports with 6 modules: 0 Disk Type: SATA Switches Interface Modules Data Modules Max Memory: 360GB Max FC ports: 24 x 8Gb/s Max iscsi ports: 22 x 1Gb/s iscsi ports with 6 modules: 10 Disk Type: SAS, SSD (*) UPS units (*) Projected availability: 1H12 6

7 XIV Family Configurations Full Rack 79/161/243 TB 15 modules 180 1TB / 2TB / 3TB Nearline disks 120GB/240GB/360GB memory 24 4GB/8GB FC ports 6-22 iscsi ports Blanks Partial Rack 27/55/84 TB 6 modules (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) 72 1TB / 2TB / 3TB Nearline disks 48GB/96GB/144GB memory 8 4GB/8GB FC ports 0-6 iscsi ports Full Rack Partial Rack 7

8 IBM XIV Gen3 Enhanced Management Manage multiple XIV systems View up to 64 XIV systems at the same time and in context with each other Status area across bottom of screen status a button for each XIV which you can mouse over and see status of each Centralized alerting and monitoring New QoS graphs Based on performance classes Performance Statistics enhancement Slider bar calendar view Easily select a day or date range for analysis New module and disk temperature GUI and events XIV for Mobile Dashboard Manage XIV via mobile devices Apple ios/ipad support (v1.0 GA Sept 2011) 8

9 IBM XIV Family Delivers Outstanding Performance Across Applications Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes 2 hour performance test Requires latency under 20 ms ESRP-Storage test Oracle Data Warehouse (IOPS) Oracle DHW Workload ORION Oracle I/O Numbers SAS Business Analytics Reports Analytics reports created Swingbench load generator 20,000 XIV 60,000 XIV Gen3 Microsoft HyperV (IOPS) 200GB simulation 60% write activity 55,000 XIV 115,000 XIV Gen ,605 37,856 9 XIV XIV Gen3 XIV XIV Gen3

10 Enhanced TPC Support for XIV TPC provides enhanced support for XIV with the following functions TPC for Replication Centralized control and automation of copy services tasks across heterogeneous IBM disk systems SAN Planner Provide XIV provisioning with performance history for an end-to-end provisioning recommendation and action Performance Analytics Identify hotspots Migrate data from one array to another to improve overall throughput when using SVC Announced Oct 11, 2011; Electronic General Availability Oct 14 Previous TPC support for XIV TPC 4.2 (August 2010) Management and data collection Utilization of XIV Native API for improved performance and stability Storage capacity reporting End to End Topology View and Data Path Explorer Alerting Configuration History (changes) Performance Monitoring Performance thresholds to generate alerts and trigger actions Performance rollup for multiple systems XIV and TPC fixpack 2 provide additional performance metrics Storage provisioning SAN Planner (Space only) TPC 4.1 (May 2009) CIM Agent on XIV developed and used by TPC Asset, health and capacity reports 10

11 Agenda Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America Announcement Overview Brian Sherman Hardware Technical Update Jim Sedgwick Performance Update Hank Sautter XIV GUI Demonstration Rosemary McCutchen 11

12 XIV Gen3 System Components Host FC XIV Module Host Data iscsi XIV Module Modules Host XIV Module InfiniBand Interface Modules InfiniBand interconnect Updated modules Interface 1 quad core CPU 24 GB cache XIV Module Modules 12 2TB or 3TB SAS disks PCIe 2.0 bus Full Rack 161TB / 243TB useable Data Modules 15 modules 180 SAS disks 360GB cache UPS UPS UPS 24 8Gb FC ports 22 1Gb iscsi ports Partial Rack 6,9-14 Modules IBM T42 Rack 12

13 XIV Gen3 - InfiniBand Module Interconnect InfiniBand backplane Fast - 40 Gb/sec High throughput - 40 Gb/sec bi-directional bandwidth per port 4x DDR Low latency Switched fabric 1 HCA (host channel adapter) in each module Dual 4x DDR ports 8 lanes of PCIe 2.0 Redundant switches 2-link switch interconnect (120 Gb/sec switch-to-switch bandwidth) Low CPU/OS overhead Hardware based transport RDMA technology (module-to-module memory communication) Scalable 48,000 nodes in subnet Nodes in network No better choice for XIV Gen3 Module #1 Switch #1 Module #2... Switch #2 Module #15 13

14 XIV Gen3 - Modules - Everything is new and faster Faster motherboard PCIe 2.0 (5 Ghz) Double the speed of PCIe 1.0 Faster Intel CPU Optimized for XIV compute engine 3 rd generation Nehalem micro-architecture Westmere 32nm 4-Core Turboboost & Hyperthreading Less power usage in interface modules Memory 50% more, 100% faster DDR3 uses 30% less power than DDR2 24 GB per module / 360 GB full rack Faster fibre channel 8 Gb/sec 4 ports on each active interface module iscsi - lots more of them Available on all configurations 2 ports on interface module 4 4 ports on all other active interface modules New SAS disk technology SAS 2.0 HBA 8 lanes of PCIe 2.0 HBA to cache Enhanced error detection and I/O recovery (driver) SAS 2.0 Drives Reduces CPU overhead More respected industry standard for storage 2 TB 3 TB available on Nov. 17,

15 XIV Gen3 - Rack Configuration Specifications Gen3 Rack Configuration Total number of modules (Configuration type) 6 partial 9 partial 10 partial 11 partial 12 partial 13 partial 14 partial 15 full Number of data modules Number of active interface modules Module 9 state Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 8 state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 7state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 6state Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 5state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 4state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled FC ports 8 Gbps iscsi ports 1 Gbps Number of disks Net capacity 2 TB disk drives (rounded down in full TB) Net capacity 3 TB disk drives (rounded down in full TB) 55 TB 88 TB 102 TB 111 TB 125 TB 134 TB 149 TB 161 TB 84 TB 132 TB 154 TB 168 TB 190 TB 203 TB 225 TB 243 TB Number or quad core CPUs (one per) Memory (24 GB per module) Power usage (kva)

16 XIV Gen3 Modules (cont.) - Solid State Drive Announced as a future feature in 1 st half of 2012 Priced feature ($) Every Gen3 system that ships since GA is upgradable to SSD SSD ready Each module contains a slot in the rear for a single SSD drive (2 nd PCIe slot from left, looking at back) 500 GB SSD drives = 7.5 TB SSD per rack Every module gets 1 SSD XIV Gen3 will initially use SSD as a large read cache Located between DRAM cache and the disk No separate disk tier to manage SSD upgrade is hot (online) and will be available in a future XIV software release 16

17 XIV Gen3 - Ordering Information Machine type - same year warranty year warranty XIV Gen3 model number is Features that are the same as A14 Power solutions and line cords Cables Unit indicators Attachment indicators Certifications and labels CoD term limits Initial capacity indicators T42 rack options f/c Height/Weight reduction Modules removed Rack ship weight approx lbs (passenger elevator ready) f/c Ruggedized rack Earthquake protection Front and rear brace Concrete floor bolts f/c Rear water-cooled door Modules f/c Gen3 2TB interface module f/c Gen3 2TB data module 17

18 XIV Gen3 Sizing Options Partial rack 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 modules Full rack 15 modules Drive sizes 2 TB drives -or - 3 TB drives Capacity on Demand (CoD) An on-demand pricing model that leverages unique XIV features: Virtual storage design Automatic rebalance across added capacity Physical capacity ONLY consumed when data storage is used Limit of 1, 2, or 3 unused CoD modules Example of how it works Purchase 3 CoD module activations (purchased capacity is 27 TB for a 2 TB system) Get 6 modules in initial configuration - all 6 modules will actually be contributing to performance As you begin to use more capacity then purchased, you will be billed for just the capacity used on a per-module basis Term 1, 2, or 3 years before all unused capacity must be purchased Pricing Small premium for CoD modules Usually makes sense for 6-9 module systems Total number of modules (Configuration type) 6 partial Gen3 Rack Configuration 9 partial 10 partial 11 partial 12 partial 13 partial 14 partial Number of data modules Number of active interface modules Module 9 state Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 8 state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 7state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 6state Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 5state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Module 4state Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled FC ports 8 Gbps iscsi ports 1 Gbps Number of disks Net capacity 2 TB disk drives 55 TB 88 TB 102 TB 111 TB 125 TB 134 TB 149 TB 161 TB (rounded down in full TB) Net capacity 3 TB disk drives 84 TB 132 TB 154 TB 168 TB 190 TB 203 TB 225 TB 243 TB (rounded down in full TB) Number or quad core CPUs (one per) Memory (24 GB per module) Power usage (kva) full 18

19 XIV Gen3 - Environmentals, full rack Feature Model A14 Model 114 Input power (kva) 1 TB / 2 TB / 3 TB drive size Thermal load (kbtu/hr) 1 TB / 2 TB / 3 TB drive size Weight 877 kg (1934 lb) 8.4 / 7.1 / NA NA / 6.7 / / 24.1 / NA NA / 22.7 / kg (2303 lb) Height cm (in.) 199 (78.3) 202 (79.5) Width cm (in.) 60 (23.6) 66 (26) Depth cm (in.) 107 (42.1) 120 (47.2) 19

20 XIV Model Comparison XIV Model A14 XIV Gen3 Model 114 Drives Interconnect Ethernet InfiniBand Disk Drives (7200 RPM) SATA (1 TB or 2 TB) SAS (2 TB or 3TB) Number of disk drives (min/max) 72/180 72/180 SSD capacity per module N/A 512 GB (*) Max Capacity w/1 TB drives 79 TB N/A Max Capacity w/2 TB drives 161 TB 161 TB Max Capacity w/3 TB drives N/A 243 TB Max FC ports Max iscsi ports 6 22 Max iscsi ports with 6-module cfg N/A 6 Max number of CPU cores Max Memory 120 GB (8 GB per module) 240 (16 GB per module) DDR2 360 GB (24 GB per module) DDR3 Max cache-to-disk bandwidth 240 Gb/sec 480 Gb/sec Processor E5410 Intel Quad Core XEON 2.33 GHz E5620 Intel Quad Core XEON 2.4 GHz Host FC Adapters LSI 4 Gb/sec Emulex 8 Gb/sec Host iscsi Adapters 1 Gb/sec 1 Gb/sec (*) Projected availability: 1H12 20

21 Agenda Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America Announcement Overview Brian Sherman Hardware Technical Update Jim Sedgwick Performance Update Hank Sautter XIV GUI Demonstration Rosemary McCutchen 21

22 Best Practices - Host Connectivity Configuration Rules for performance have not changed Each server should access all Interface Modules General Guidelines: Average workloads Zone each HBA to 3 different Interface Modules 6 paths for server with 2 HBAs 12 paths for server with 4 HBAs Heavy workloads Zone each HBA to 6 different Interface Modules 12 paths for server with 2 HBAs 24 paths for server with 4 HBAs Servers with more than 4 HBAs Connect each HBA to fewer Interface Modules or create multiple host definitions with different LUN mappings to reduce paths 22

23 Sequential Throughput Gigabytes of Read bandwidth 6.78 Gigabytes of Write bandwidth IBM Confidential 23

24 Over Half a Million IOPS Cache Hit IOPS 526,887 4k Read Hits 386,863 4k Write Hits IBM Confidential 24

25 Testing Categories Operating Systems Tests Single Threaded performance Data Base Performance VMware End-User Application Performance Oracle Orion Oracle (DWH Workload/SAS Workload) VDI Microsoft Exchange (ESRP) ProtecTIER Benchmark Performance data is presented as a comparison between G2 and G3 Additional information can be found on TechDocs: IBM Confidential 25

26 Single Thread Performance DD test on AIX Timed RAW Streaming reads and Writes x Performance of RAW single threaded writes increased (More than 4x) Performance of RAW single threaded reads increased (Almost 3x) 26 IBM Confidential 26

27 Database Application Performance Oracle Data Warehouse Model Gen3 Gen2 Reports IOPS 115,000 55,000 Bandwidth x the bandwidth IBM Confidential 27

28 Database Application Performance SAS Workload 3x More Reports Created on Gen3 Model Gen3 Gen2 Reports IOPS 40,000 35,000 Bandwidth IBM Confidential 28

29 Vmware VDI Same Hardware was used in both test Under 8ms latency IBM Confidential 29

30 Microsoft Exchange ESRP ESRP Certification Gen3 3x Improvement on Exchange Workload 120,000 Mailbox In ESRP Configuration Gen 3 delivers 120,000 active/active mailbox across 2 full 15modules systems. IBM Confidential 30

31 ProtecTIER When deploying ProtecTIER with XIV Gen3 you will be able to do 2x the traffic at the frontend. 1.3 GB/sec Hardware configuration: 2 PT nodes in a cluster, one full XIV rack (15 modules) 12 ports Note: Gen3 Backend traffic has decreased due to improvements in Protect Tier. 31

32 Agenda Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America Announcement Overview Brian Sherman Hardware Technical Update Jim Sedgwick Performance Update Hank Sautter XIV GUI Demonstration Rosemary McCutchen 32

33 XIV GUI V3.0 and XCLI XIV GUI V 3.0 Required for XIV Gen3 Supports both XIV A14 and 114 hardware Now runs on MacOS in addition to Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris New clean, cool, sophisticated look Many enhancements all apply to XIV A14 as well as XIV Gen3 XCLI Supports both XIV A14 and 114 hardware A few changes (to support new XIV Gen3 hardware, etc.) XIV Mobile Dashboard for ipad Realtime performance statistics

34 XIV GUI Advanced Technical Skills (ATS) North America Download and install Java client on: Windows (32 or 64 bit) 2000, ME, XP, Server 2003, Vista, 7, 2008 Linux(32 or 64 bit) Red Hat 5.x or equivalent AIX 5.3, 6.1 Solaris (Sparc 32 bit, X86 64 bit) V9, V10 HPUX 11i v2, 11i v3 Mac OS X 10.6 GUI actions translated into XCLI commands and sent to XIV system via SSL XCLI commands also logged where GUI is running for easy script creation Anyone can download GUI and run in Demo Mode ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Storage_Disk&product=ib m/storage_disk/xiv+storage+system+%282810,+2812%29&release=3.0&platform=all&f unction=all

35 XIV Command Line Interface (XCLI) Automatically installed with GUI May be installed without GUI on Linux, AIX, and Solaris Basic mode Login (IP address and userid/pw) required for each command xcli u userid p password m ip address vol_delete vol=p3_01 y Additional output formatting options - r option identifies file containing XCLI commands (enables use with shell scripts) Interactive mode Launched from Desktop Icon XIV GUI All Systems Panel XIV System Panel Login (IP address, userid/pw, XIV management IP address) provided once per session >> prompt for XIV command Command and argument completion (via tab key) Reference documentation XCLI Utility User Manual utility commands executed on client (help, formatting, defining XCLI configuration/login) XCLI Reference Guide commands to be passed to XIV system for execution

36 IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard ipad app Download Info Available now Realtime performance statistics Similar to XIVTOP Coming Next Alerting & monitoring Provisioning

37 IBM XIV Mobile Dashboard ipad app Size MB Requirements - Compatible with ipad. Requires ios 4.0 or later. Key features include: Secure access to the IBM XIV Storage system using an SSL connection over Wi-Fi or 3G link Monitoring an XIV system overall health status (full redundancy, rebuild progress, maintenance, etc.) Overall system performance metrics, including IOPs, bandwidth and latency Granular data showing performance metrics for individual volumes or hosts Live graphs showing any performance metric over recent time, for either the entire system or for an individual volume or host Live performance table for either volumes or hosts, sortable by any metric for easy detection of top performers

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