Software-defined Shared Application Acceleration ION Data Accelerator software transforms industry-leading server platforms into powerful, shared iomemory application acceleration appliances. ION Data Accelerator software delivers Fusion Powered performance to shared applications, while enhancing existing enterprise storage infrastructure. It also provides easy deployment, management, and monitoring of single-node or dual-node clusters, and supports SCSI storage protocols such as Fibre Channel, InfiniBand (SRP), and iscsi. STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: IOMEMORY IN TIER 1 SERVERS Fusion s ION Data Accelerator software appliance gives many organizations the solution they have been searching for. When deployed on Tier 1 servers using iomemory s low-latency performance and enterprise reliability, ION Data Accelerator software provides a highly available, seamlessly scalable, shared storage appliance. Fusion s iomemory products are tested, certified, and sold in the tens of thousands by leading server manufacturers, such as Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, and Supermicro. These Tier 1 servers are battle-hardened through countless iterations of test cycles, providing reliable, high performance platforms for enterprise computing. Tier 1 servers combined with ION Data Accelerator software and iomemory deliver microsecond application response times on the hardware of your choice. KEEP STORAGE SERVICES IN THE SERVER WHERE THEY BELONG Storage mainframes have a primary function: storage services. You can slice, copy, and compress your data, but the secret is out these very features come between the data and application performance. If the only impact these features had was to slow data to a crawl, they might be acceptable, but they also cost loads of money, consume megawatts of power, and lock you into your storage vendor. Leading application providers like Oracle, Microsoft, and VMware are moving the storage services you need into the server layer, allowing you to move storage processing into the server, where it is needed most to deliver low-latency I/O. ION DATA ACCELERATOR BENEFITS Share or cluster Fusion s trusted iomemory Break vendor lock-in Enhance existing SAN performance and efficiency Integrate with major shared storage technologies Implement Fusion s timetested, reliable, persistent flash memory Create High Availability (HA) architectures Seamlessly combine with ioturbine caching software Easily manage via iosphere GUI and CLI Power Fail Safety Scalable performance 1 F U S I O N I O. C O M 2013 Fusion-io, Inc. All rights reserved. iodrive2, iodrive2 Duo, ioscale, iomemory, iodrive, ION Data Accelerator, Fusion-io, Adaptive Flashback, ioturbine, and iosphere are trademarks of Fusion-io, Inc. All other product and company names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
SIMPLIFIED DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT ION Data Accelerator transforms select Tier 1 servers into application data accelerators. Whether you install the software on a server from the Fusion-io Hardware Compatibility List or buy a fully integrated system from a partner, deploying and managing an ION Data Accelerator software appliance is a breeze. Connect to your networks, open the GUI, set-up your storage pool, create volumes, assign them to ports, and accelerate your applications. Monitoring is also easy with full support for SNMP. ION DATA ACCELERATOR DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS Fully Integrated Tier 1 servers Fusion-io certified partner integrated Fusion-io telephone 24x7 support for end-to-end solution Software-only Tier 1 servers End-user or partner-deployed Fusion-io supported hardware list Fusion-io 24x7 telephone support for software ION Data Accelerator Features ION Data Accelerator provides many user benefits: Share or cluster Fusion s trusted iomemory. Administrators can move whole databases or performancesensitive components to shared iomemory, creating predictable high-performance for mission critical applications. Break vendor lock-in. Storage vendors get lock-in through storage services such as replication, while flash appliance vendors get lock-in by integrating proprietary, non-portable media on proprietary backplanes. ION Data Accelerator software transforms any Tier 1 server into a shared application acceleration appliance, allowing enterprise IT professionals to build solutions tailored for their expert knowledge, experience, and resources. Enhance existing SAN performance and efficiency. Hot spots and bottlenecks typical of all SAN systems are moved away from high-latency disk storage, providing faster, more predictable RAID array performance, and allowing the array to focus on managing large data capacity. Integrate with major shared storage technologies. ION Data Accelerator software supports a wide variety of block storage protocols, including 8Gbit Fibre Channel, QDR/FDR InfiniBand, and 10Gbit iscsi, enabling shared access from clustered servers. Implement Fusion s time-tested, reliable, persistent flash memory. Leverage self-healing features in Adaptive Flashback to protect data from even whole chip flash media failures without loss of device, data, or business continuity. Create High Availability (HA) architectures. Integrated RAID protects against potential component failures. Asymetric active:active failover clustering protects against potential system failures. Seamlessly combine with ioturbine caching software. ION Data Accelerator-enabled systems are fully interoperable with Fusion s powerful ioturbine caching solutions, providing a perfect balance of read caching with storage network-based write acceleration. Easily manage via iosphere GUI and CLI. Customers can choose to operate the software using Fusion iosphere management tools, for centralized control from either a single GUI (graphical user interface) or CLI (command line interface). Power Fail Safety. ION Data Accelerator software ensures data is not at risk in case of an unexpected power outage or server failure without requiring battery backups, UPS systems, or even super capacitors. Scalable Performance. ION Data Accelerator software performance will continuously improve as server processors, server backplanes, and interface controllers become faster. 2 F U S I O N I O. C O M
HOST-BASED MIRRORING HIGH AVAILABILITY CLUSTER APPLICATION-BASED REPLICATION Primary Data Center Primary Data Center Primary Data Center Applications Applications WAN Mirror 40Gbit ION Data Accelerator Fully Integrated Software Appliance Specifications HP DL380 Gen8 Supermicro 6037R TXRF Storage Capacity (Range) 365GB 16TB 365GB 32TB Storage Media (Range) 1 iodrive2 5 iodrive2 3.0TB 1 ioscale 5 ioscale 3.2TB 1 iodrive2 10 iodrive2 3.0TB 1 ioscale 10 ioscale 3.2TB Power Typical 500 watts 550 watts Maximum 630 watts 700 watts Interconnects 8Gbit Fibre Channel 8 ports, 2 controllers 8 ports, 2 controllers QDR/FDR InfiniBand (SRP) 4 ports, 2 controllers 4 ports, 2 controllers 10Gbit iscsi 4 ports, 2 controllers 4 ports, 2 controllers Manageability LUNs Supported 1,024 1,024 SNMP SNMP SNMP HA Link High Speed Interconnect 40 Gbit Ethernet 40 Gbit Ethernet ION Data Accelerator Software Appliance Performance SuperMicro 3U 6037 8 x iodrive2 Duo 3.2TB 8 x Fibre Channel 8Gbps ports 4KB Read (100%) IOPS 729,000 1,300,000 4KB Read/Write (80%/20%) IOPS 571,000 745,000 512KB Read (100%) 6.2 GB/second 11 GB/second 512KB Write (100%) 5.9 GB/second 7.5 GB/second 512KB Read/Write (80%/20%) 7.7 GB/second 13 GB/second Dual SuperMicro 3U 6037 8 x iodrive2 Duo 3.2TB per mirrored JBOD node (16 total) 8 x Fibre Channel 8Gbps ports per node (16 total) 3 F U S I O N I O. C O M
System Requirements for ION Data Accelerator Software Installation SUPPORTED SERVERS FOR ION DATA ACCELERATOR SOFTWARE Dell HP IBM Supermicro Cisco PowerEdge R720 PowerEdge R420 ProLiant DL370 G6 ProLiant DL380 G7 ProLiant DL380 Gen8 ProLiant DL580 G7 X3650 M4 Superserver 1026GT TRF Superserver 1027GR-TRF Superserver 6037R-TXRF UCS C240 M3 * C240 M3 support is for single-node BASIC HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: Servers running ION Data Accelerator software must have the following components: Storage Controllers: - Fibre Channel requires QLogic 2500 Series Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) - InfiniBand requires Mellanox ConnectX-2 or Connect X3 InfiniBand HCAs Host Channel Adapters (HCAs) - iscsi requires 10Gbit iscsi NICs from Intel, Emulex, Mellanox or Broadcom iomemory: - ION Data Accelerator software only supports iomemory, including iodrive, iodrive Duo, iodrive2, iodrive2 Duo, and ioscale - All iomemory products within each ION Data Accelerator system must be identical in type and capacity - Minimum configuration supported: one iodrive (no RAID capability unless you have more than one iodrive) RAM: ION Data Accelerator requires a minimum of 8GB plus 5GB per TB of iomemory. For example, if you have 4.8TB of iomemory, your system should have 8GB + 4.8 * 5GB, or 32GB of RAM Hard Drives: Fusion-io recommends servers have mirrored hard drives for boot and applications Management NIC: the basic included NIC LOM on the supported hardware platforms is sufficient ION DATA ACCELERATOR HA SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Servers running ION Data Accelerator software for HA must meet the basic requirements, plus the following additional requirements: A PCIe slot with a 40Gbit Mellanox ConnectX-3 interconnect must be available for use Both interconnect ports must be connected Each ION Data Accelerator system must be identically configured with iodrives of identical type and capacities NTP (network time protocol) must be implemented 4 F U S I O N I O. C O M
ION DATA ACCELERATOR INTEROPERABILITY MATRIX Single ION-enabled Server Operating Systems Clustering Storage Networking File Systems Multipathing Dual High Availability ION-enabled Servers Description Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit, 2008, 2008 R2; RHEL 5 and 6; Oracle Enterprise Linux; Novell SLES 10; Novell SLES 11; VMware ESXi 5.1; VMware VSphere 4 and 5; Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 (Intel); Oracle Solaris 11 (Sparc); HP-UX B.11.31 Oracle RAC; Microsoft Cluster; SQL Mirroring; SQL Server clustering; VMware ESXi 5.1 Cluster Fibre Channel Initiator HBAs (Brocade, Emulex, QLogic); Target HBAs (QLogic) Fibre Channel switches (Brocade, Cisco, QLogic) InfiniBand HCAs (Mellanox) InfiniBand switches (Mellanox) Ethernet NICs (various) Ethernet switches (various) Oracle ASM; MD; LVM; Windows Disk Management; Symantec Vertas Storage Foundation and Storage Foundation HA (Windows and Linux) MPIO (Windows); Linux DM; Veritas DMP Description Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1; RHEL 6.4; Oracle Linux 6.4; Novell SLES 11 SP2; VMware ESXi 5.1 Clustering Storage Networking File Systems Multipathing Oracle RAC; Microsoft Cluster; SQL Mirroring; SQL Server clustering; VMware ESXi 5.1 Cluster Fibre Channel Initiator HBAs (Brocade, Emulex, QLogic); Target HBAs (QLogic) Fibre Channel switches (Brocade, Emulex, QLogic) Oracle ASM; MD; LVM; Windows Disk Management MPIO (Windows); Linux DM For More Information www.fusionio.com 801 424 5500 facebook.com/fusionio twitter.com/fusionio International sales www.fusionio.com/contact DSCR091013 5 F U S I O N I O. C O M
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