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2 Introduction Make it real Enterprise-class features delivered on cost-effective hardware Storage solutions that deliver continuous application availability Innovation with industry partners to maximize performance, scalability, and choice Improved operational efficiency through simplified manageability Flexible storage configurations for organizations of all sizes Get started 4

3 New apps Device proliferation Data explosion Cloud computing 5

4 Beyond virtualization Scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private cloud, and securely connect to cloud services The power of many servers, the simplicity of one Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and minimizing failures and downtime Every app, any cloud Build on an open and scalable web platform that supports applications across premises Modern workstyle, enabled Support a mobile and flexible work style 6

5 NEEDS CHALLENGES Flexible and dynamic datacenters across premises Guaranteed high levels of service level agreement (SLA) Less expensive storage solution High performance, scalable, and reliable storage Efficient management of storage resources Consolidate and maximize use of existing storage infrastructure Control storage costs resulting from expanding data requirements Deliver an enterprise-class application storage solution on cost-effective hardware Deliver reliable, scalable, and continuously available applications with automated failure recovery 7

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8 ALWAYS ON, ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE ALWAYS UP SERVICES IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND MORE CHOICE THROUGH INDUSTRY INNOVATION Storage Spaces Application storage support through SMB 3.0 Offloaded Data Transfers (ODX) Virtual Fibre Channel for Hyper-V Data Deduplication Server Message Block (SMB) Direct Windows Cluster in a Box Windows Storage Server CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY File system enhancements SMB Transparent Failover Online backup Management options Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) SMB Multichannel High availability with iscsi and NFS Unified storage management 10

9 Delivers enterpriseclass performance Optimizes capacity utilization Storage Spaces SMB 3.0 Resilient to component failures Lowers the cost of acquisition, deployment, and operations Data Deduplication SMB Direct 11

10 ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE Physical or virtualized deployments Integrated with other Windows Server 2012 capabilities Windows Virtualized Storage Physical Storage File Server Administration Console Failover Clustering Cluster Shared Volume Storage Pool Windows Application Server or File Server Hyper-V NTFS NFS Storage Pool SMB Multichannel SMB Direct Windows Storage Mgmt. Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space Virtualization of storage with Storage Pools and Storage Spaces Storage resilience and availability with commodity hardware Resiliency and data redundancy through n-way mirroring (clustered or unclustered) or parity mode (unclustered) Utilization optimized through thin and trim provisioning and enclosure awareness Integration with other Windows Server 2012 capabilities Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial AT Attachment (SATA) interconnects (Shared) SAS or SATA 12

11 ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE Windows Virtualized Storage Physical Storage Hyper-V Cluster File Server Cluster SAN RAID Array Storage Pool SMB Single Logical Server \\Foo\Share Single File System Namespace Cluster Shared Volumes RAID Array Storage Pool Microsoft SQL Server Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space RAID Array Highly available, shared data store for SQL Server databases and Hyper-V workloads Increased flexibility, and easier provisioning and management Ability to take advantage of existing network infrastructure No application downtime for planned maintenance or unplanned failures with failover clustering Highly available scale-out file server Built-in encryption support 13

12 ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE VHD Library Software Deployment Share General File Share User Home Folder (My Docs) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Average savings with Data Deduplication by workload type Maximize capacity by removing duplicate data 2:1 with file shares, 20:1 with virtual storage Less data to back up, archive, and migrate Increased scale and performance Low CPU and memory impact Configurable compression schedule Transparent to primary server workload Improved reliability and integrity Redundant metadata and critical data Checksums and integrity checks Increase availability through redundancy Faster file download times with BranchCache Source: Microsoft Internal Testing" 14

13 ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE File Client App Buffer SMB Buffer OS Buffer Driver Buffer Without RDMA File Server SMB Buffer OS Buffer Driver Buffer Higher performance through offloading of network I/O processing onto network adapter High throughput with low latency and ability to take advantage of highspeed networks (such as InfiniBand and iwarp) Remote storage at the speed of direct storage Transfer rate of around 50 Gbs on a single NIC port Adapter Buffer iwarp rnic rnic Adapter Buffer InfiniBand Compatible with SMB Multichannel for load balancing and failover 15

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15 Makes applications resilient to underlying hardware failures Provides low-cost, high availability solutions on costeffective hardware SMB Transparent Failover Cluster-Aware Updating File System Enhancements SMB Multichannel Patches operating systems and applications without service interruption Supports continuous availability across storage, networking, and Hyper-V Online Backup High availability with SMB, iscsi, and NFS 17

16 CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY CHKDSK NTFS improvements Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting availability Resilient against power outage corruption Periodic checksum validation of file system metadata Improved data integrity protection Ideal for file server volumes Seconds to fix corrupted data Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting availability No offline time when used with CSV Data Disk scanning corruption process virtually separated eliminated from through repair allocate-on-write process Period Online checksum scanning with validation volume of and file system offline repair meta-data Seamless data integrity protection Million Files 200 Million Files 300 Million Files Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Source: Microsoft Internal Testing" 18

17 Windows Server file server cluster CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY High-performance, continually available fileshares for business critical applications \\foo\share Failover transparent to server applications with zero downtime and with only a small I/O delay Support for planned moves, load balancing, operating system restart, unplanned failures, and client redirection (scale-out only) Resilient for file and directory operations All servers involved should have Windows Server 2012 \\foo1\share1 \\foo2\share1 19

18 CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY Reduces server downtime and user disruption by orchestration of cluster node updates Maintains service availability without impacting cluster quorum Detects required updates and moves workloads off nodes for updates Uses Windows Update Agent or extensible plug-in U Third-party plug-in for updates Windows Server Cluster Current Workload 20

19 CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY Automatic detection and use of multiple network connections between SMB client and server SMB client SMB server Helps server applications be resilient to network failure Transparent Failover with recovery of network failure if another connection is unavailable File copy NIC NIC File copy Improved throughput Bandwidth aggregation through NIC Teaming Multiple nodes/cpus for network processing with RSS-capable network adapters NIC NIC Automatic configuration with very little administrative overhead 21

20 CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY ALWAYS ON, ISCSI SOFTWARE ALWAYS UP SERVICES TARGET NFS SUPPORT Microsoft iscsi Software Target now an in-box feature in Windows Integrated with clustering to enable a high availability iscsi Target Continuous availability for applications deployed over NFSv3 or NFSv2 (specifically VMware) with transparent server-side failover NFS 4.1 support for early adopters iscsi network boot provides a reliable, cost effective, and highly available option for Hyper-V host and HPC boot Faster recovery from hardware failures Create iscsi cluster using Server Manager UI or Windows PowerShell Better reliability with stateful protocol Cost-effective alternative for virtualized deployments 22

21 CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY Third-party cloud Ability to leverage Windows Azure cloud services to back up data Microsoft online backup portal Third-party online backup portal Reduced cost for backup storage and management Registration Sign up Billing Microsoft online backup service Backup/ Restore Third-party online backup service Sign up Billing Registration Options for third-party cloud services Ideal for small businesses, branch offices, and departmental business needs Windows Server 2012 Inbox engine Inbox UI Windows Server 2012 backup (extensible) Agents Microsoft online backup Third-party agents IT Pro 23

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23 Deliver enterprise ready performance on a wide range of hardware Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) Virtual Fibre Channel in Hyper-V Offer a wide range of choices to meet customer needs Maximize returns on storage investments Windows Cluster in a Box Windows Storage Server 25

24 IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE CHOICE Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) Token-based data transfer between intelligent storage arrays Benefits Rapid virtual machine provisioning and migration Faster transfers on large files Minimized latency Maximized array throughput Less CPU and network use Performance not limited by network throughput or server use Improved datacenter capacity and scale External Intelligent Storage Array Token Virtual Disk Virtual Disk 26

25 IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE CHOICE Access Fibre Channel SAN data from a virtual machine Hyper-V host 1 Hyper-V host 2 Virtualize workloads that require direct access to FC storage Live migration support N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support Single Hyper-V host connected to different SANs Up to four Virtual Fibre Channel adapters on a virtual machine Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality Worldwide Name Set A Worldwide Name Set B Worldwide Name Set A Live migration maintaining Fibre Channel connectivity 27

26 Cluster in in a a Box Failover Cluster IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE CHOICE Appliance built on Windows Server 2012 that supports continuous availability Pre-packaged, pre-connected no additional setup required Direct attached JBODs connected through Storage Spaces or Clustered RAID controller Ideal for a Business-in-a-Box, Branch-ina-Box, or enterprise-level storage server solution Multiple vendors RAID Array Storage Spaces RAID Array Shared SAS RAID Array 28

27 IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE CHOICE NAS Segments Workgroup Entry level 50 users Standard Scale up Continuous availability Windows Server for NAS appliances that are preconfigured and enterprise ready Ideal file-based storage solution that is fault tolerant, continuously available, scalable, and cost effective Workgroup and Standard editions Multiple vendors Architecture/maximum memory X64 32 GB X64 2 TB Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services CPU sockets/virtual machines Hardware RAID Yes Yes Disks 6, No external SAS Unlimited iscsi Software Target Yes Yes File sharing (SMB/NFS) Yes Yes Microsoft BitLocker Yes Yes Data Deduplication No Yes Yes Yes Hyper-V No Yes BranchCache Hosted Cache No Yes Clustering No Yes DHCP, DNS, and WINS No Yes Active Directory DC, Certificate, Federation, Rights Management, Application Server, Network Policy, Terminal Services, WDS, Fax Server No No 29

28 IMPROVED PERFORMANCE, MORE CHOICE Windows Cluster in a Box ODX SMB Direct Quanta Computer Fujitsu Dell EMC Mellanox Chelsio HP Intel HP Fujitsu Intel Wiwynn LSI IBM Hitachi Violin Memory HA-DAS.com NetApp NEC Xio Xyratex Windows Storage Server 2012 DELL Western Digital Fujitsu SIEMENS Pivot 3 BOSCH BUFFALO IBM XTORE LACIE Pyramid N-TEC Acma Variel HP MaXXan Unibrain Thomas-Krenn.AG AMAX DNF WINCHESTER SYSTEM NEC AREA CM Broadberry ABERDEEN Storageflex 30

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30 Enables consistent, repeatable, and reliable automation Comprehensive storage management with SMI-S support Provides a richer set of tools for IT Pros and developers Makes complex tasks easier to perform with a simple wizarddriven experience Windows PowerShell 32

31 SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY SMI-S and WMI Management software File server manager Third-party management application Microsoft System Center Centralized storage management interface for administrators Storage management APIs Windows storage management API (Windows PowerShell and WMI) Windows standards-based storage management services Storage management provider (SMP) interface SMP: Third-party providers Pass-through API for extensibility (WMI) SMP: Storage Spaces SMI-S compliant SAN management from Windows Server Manager Remote management of servers and server storage Storage vendor hardware and software SMI-S hardware provider Storage array/raid controller SMI-S hardware provider Storage array/raid controller Proprietary transport and/or protocol Storage array/raid controller Industry standard storage 33

32 SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY Server Manager UI Management Packs for Microsoft System Center include: SMB NFS iscsi Deduplication File Server Resource Manager and File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) DFS-N and DFS-R Robust automation with Windows PowerShell and WMI Get-Command module [ ] SMBshare NFS FileServerResourceManager DFSN Deduplication iscsitarget Storage FailOverClusters Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) available for all components 34

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35 Workloads Storage Scale Disk FT or or Single discrete system Clustered discrete systems Two-node cluster and storage in a box (CiB) Four-node cluster and storage in a box Shared SAS JBOD External storage array Small business and branch Midsize business and departmental Enterprise and hosted cloud Internal hardware RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces) Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces) Clustered PCI RAID or Windows virtualized storage (Storage Spaces) Fibre Channel or IP SAN Single node 2 nodes 3 8 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out Hardware RAID node support partner-dependent 3 32 nodes with CSV v2 scale-out Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or CiB) Shared JBOD SAS (discrete or Cluster in a Box) External storage array Shared JBOD SAS Integrated SAS switch in JBOD SAS switch and fabric FC or IP SAN Fabric Virtualized: Hyper-V Server Information worker: File Server shares Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Information worker: File Server shares Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, Internet Information Services (IIS) Applications: SQL Server Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS Applications: SQL Server Virtualization: Hyper-V Server Datacenter NAS: File Server for Hyper-V, SQL, IIS Applications: SQL Server 37

36 Cluster in a Box Failover Cluster Failover Cluster Hyper-V ON OFF ON File Server ON OFF OFF ON Failover Cluster OFF ON File Server Pros/Cons Flexibility (migration and shared storage) Simplicity (file shares and permissions) Low acquisition and operations cost Clustered Storage Spaces Clustered Storage Spaces Storage Storage is fault tolerant File Server is continuously available Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant RAID Array RAID Array Shared SAS Fibre Channel SAN RAID Array Hardware and OS pre-configured by the OEM 39

37 Failover (MPIO) Failover Cluster Hyper-V OFF ON ON OFF Pros/Cons Flexibility (migration and shared storage) Simplicity (file shares and permissions) Low acquisition and operations cost Storage is fault tolerant File Server is continuously available Hyper-V virtual machines are fault tolerant SAS/FC/iSCSI SAN Hardware and OS pre-configured by the OEM 40

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