Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved.
1 SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE IN ACTION Piotr Kawa Business Development Manager Enterprise Solutions, Bakotech Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 2 Storage Market in Midst of Disruption Server Storage 1985 CHALLENGES Too many incompatible devices New software for every device Silos of storage Management NAS SAN 2000 Server Storage Hybrid Arrays Today NAS SAN Server Storage Flash Arrays Flash Converged Systems Cloud Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 3 Pool all storage capacity and provide centralized management The right software must be able to do a few things 1 Enable different storage devices to communicate with one another 3 Why Software-defined Storage? Make hardware maintenance, data migrations, and hardware refreshes easy 4 Separate advances in software from advances in hardware 2 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 4 One Software Platform for any Storage Hardware Accelerate Centralize & Automate Pool & Protect Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 5 10 th generation product Runs on standard x86 servers Most comprehensive hardware agnostic storage stack in the industry 25,000+ deployments worldwide Introducing SANsymphony-V10 Define Your Storage Cross-device Storage Services Auto-tiering Async Replication Virtual SAN Storage Pooling Storage Load Balancing Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting Sync Mirroring Adaptive Caching Thin Provisioning Data Migration Snapshots CDP NAS/SAN (Unified Storage) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 6 Benefits at a Glance 75% 10x 4x 100% 90% reduction in storage costs performance increase capacity utilization reduction in storage-related downtime decrease in time spent on routine storage tasks Surveyed DataCore Customers Report Up To: Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 7 Use Cases for SANsymphony-V10 Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 8 Solution Overview Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Virtualize External Storage Hardware FUNDAMENTALS OF DATACORE STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION Runs on standard x86 servers One set of common storage services for all storage devices All storage capacity in a single pool eliminating wasted capacity Unlike storage systems communicate seamlessly reducing complexity and preventing downtime Replicates data leaving no single point of failure Seamless scalability with no reason to commit to a single hardware manufacturer 9 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Create up to 15 tiers of storage 10 Evaluates data at the block level so data from a single application can reside on multiple storage tiers Auto-tiering Dynamically Optimizes Resources Below average moves down a tier Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 1 Tier n Hot Cold Warm Archive Above average moves up a tier Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Uses x86-64 CPUs and memory from DataCore nodes as powerful, inexpensive mega caches Run applications at electronic memory speeds vs. slow spinning disks Intelligently anticipates reads and streamlines writes to optimize performance 11 3-5x performance on existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 12 Faster Apps / IT Advantage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 13 Data is synchronously mirrored between unlike storage systems Replicate, failover and failback between unlike devices Seamlessly move data from one device to another Cross-Device Synchronous Mirroring Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 14 Easily Connect Between Sites Any Application Any Hypervisor Any Storage Hardware Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 15 Peace of Mind Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 16 Solution Overview Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Transform DAS, Flash & SSDs into a Virtual SAN 17 Runs as a virtual machine on any application server Pools local storage resources for all to share Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Dramatically increase performance Share Flash cards between application servers Auto-tier between DRAM, flash and disk Share capacity across cluster of servers Speed up apps with DRAM caching Full feature functionality with Virtual SAN 18 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 19 Low Cost Storage at Remote Sites and Branch Offices No need to buy expensive external storage Runs on any standard server hardware Increases application performance Scales up to 1000s! Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Virtual SAN Data Center Central SAN Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 20 Massive Scale for Tier 1 Apps and VDI 1 2 5 32 4 3 Scale up to 32 PB Scale out to 32 nodes Accelerate up to 50 million IOPS Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 21 Solution Overview Virtualize your existing storage hardware Create virtual SANs with server-attached storage Integrate Flash/SSDs with existing storage Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT How do I integrate this new technology with my existing environment? What new processes do I need to manage this investment? 22 Common Challenges With Flash Storage AVAILABILITY OF SOFTWARE FEATURES How do I get the functionality I need like high-availability and failover? What tools will I have to handle data migrations, tiering and thin provisioning to ensure that Im making the most of my investment? SHARING FLASH STORAGE BETWEEN APPLICATIONS Do I really need to buy dedicated Flash hardware for every application? Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 23 Flash/HDD Hybrid One Software Platform for any Storage Hardware The Premier Software Stack for Flash Flash - SSD and Arrays Cross-device Storage Services Auto-tiering Async Replication Virtual SAN Storage Pooling Storage Load Balancing Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting Sync Mirroring Adaptive Caching Thin Provisioning Data Migration Snapshots CDP NAS/SAN (Unified Storage) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Easy Integration and Sharing of Flash Storage Flash Cards in DataCore nodes Flash Arrays in storage pool Flash Cards in Virtual SAN 24 Share Flash between servers and applications Minimize downtime and risk of integration Complete set of storage services Block level auto-tiering Easily add Flash anytime Realistic path to all Flash environments Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Putting it all together 25 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 26 Expand beyond limits of application servers Fast local primary storage & secondary central pool Same set of services across both topologies Leverage central storage resources and services Replication, backups, etc., Managed from same console Federate Virtual SAN with Physical SAN Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 27 Centrally Managed Environment Major Data Centers [Central SANs] Branch Office [Virtual SAN] Cloud Storage Disaster Recovery Site [Virtual SAN] Branch Office [Virtual SAN] Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. New Economics of Storage Hardware Avoid hardware vendor lock-in Skip costly forklift upgrades Repurpose aging storage systems Leverage lower cost storage hardware Massive reduction in planned downtime Integrate new hardware with minimal disruption The best hardware refresh is the one we didnt do* www.techvalidate.com/product-research/datacore-sansymphony-v * DataCore Customer 28 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 29 Reduce unproductive hours spent on: Data Migrations Hardware Refreshes Capacity Expansion Hardware Maintenance Unexpected Downtime Dramatic Productivity Improvements 62% In our 24x7 environment, we leverage DataCore to bring in the new SAN, migrate all of the datawithout any downtime and within normal business hours. Neville Lee Director of Infrastructure at Englewood Hospital % of time spent on routine storage tasks Before With DataCore 23% Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 30 When to get started with SDS Before your next storage purchase Using or considering flash/SSDs Expanding Server/Desktop Virtualization Developing your Business Continuity Plan 12 6 9 3 1 7 10 4 11 5 8 2 Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 31 Personnel ~250 people across the globe Market Segment Software-Defined Storage Major Locations Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Headquarters) Munich, Germany Paris, France Reading, UK (European Support Center) Sophia, Bulgaria Tokyo, Japan (APAC Support Center) Founded 1998 Privately owned Investors Flagship Ventures Updata Partners Insight Venture Partners Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. 32 One Storage Services Platform across your entire infrastructure 10 th generation product 16 Years of R&D 25,000+ deployments worldwide Most comprehensive hardware-agnostic storage stack in the industry Cross-device Storage Services Auto-tiering Async Replication Virtual SAN Storage Pooling Storage Load Balancing Centralized Management Analysis & Reporting Sync Mirroring Adaptive Caching Thin Provisioning Data Migration Snapshots CDP NAS/SAN (Unified Storage) Copyright 2014 DataCore Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. QUESTIONS? Contact: piotr.kawa@bakotech.com www.bakotech.pl