R07 - VNXUnified - SISTA - M07 - Advanced Storage Concepts

Module 7: Advanced Storage Concepts
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: Define metaLUNs Describe LUN migration Describe Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) Describe Data Compression Describe FAST Cache Describe LUN Shrinking
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Advanced Storage Concepts
Lesson 1: Configuring metaLUNs

During this lesson the following topics are covered: Creating a metaLUN Expanding metaLUNs
Creating a metaLUN with the Expand Storage Wizard
Right click and select Expand
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Expand Storage Wizard Summary
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Expand Storage Wizard Results
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Verifying metaLUN Expansion with Unisphere
Right click and select Show Component LUNs
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Host LUN Expansion using diskpart
Original 50GB LUN
After expansion but before diskpart is run
After running diskpart 100GB LUN created
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metaLUN Usage and Recommendations
Use a metaLUN when storage consolidation in needed LUN expansion is a requirement Recommendations
Bind component LUNs to match I/O type expected Use default stripe element size ( 128 block ) Activate read and write cache using defaults Ensure write aside cache for component LUNs is the default (2048) Use RAID 5 group of at least four disks (4+1) and larger Use RAID 1/0 groups of at least four drives (2+2) and larger Use RAID 6 groups of eight drives (6+2) is planning to expand disk groups in the future Do not use the component offset to adjust for stripe alignment

metaLUNS have their own value
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metaLUNs Expansion Scenarios and Guidelines

Concatenation happens instantly
no performance impact because no data must be moved
Build from scratch happens instantly

Create a new base LUN, then expand it
No performance impact, Flare knows there is no data to move
Expand a LUN containing data time depends on size of the base LUN
ALL data is read and striped even if only one byte was written
Expand a LUN while app is running time depends on size and workload
All data must be read and striped Workload and meta expansion must share capacity
Re-stripe time is independent of element size multiplier Re-striping requires read and write of entire LUN Linear relation to size of
existing LUN Expanding more than one LUN on same RAID groups at a time is not recommended much slower
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Lesson 2: LUN Migration

During this lesson the following topics are covered: Benefits of LUN migration Migrating a LUN
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LUN Migration Guidelines and Benefits
LUN Migration moves data from a source LUN to a destination

LUN within a single storage system
Any RAID type to any RAID type, SAS to NL-SAS, EFD to SAS Any LUN type (Thin, Thick or Traditional) Same size or larger No disruption to the applications running on the host
LUNs can be the target or source of LUN migration operations Can enhances performance or increase disk utilization for your
changing business needs and applications
allows the user to change LUN type and characteristics
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LUN Migration Restrictions
Neither LUN may be a private LUN or Hot Spare Neither LUN may be binding, expanding, or migrating Either or both may be metaLUNs Destination LUN may not be in a storage group Destination LUN may not be part of SnapView or MirrorView
operations Destination LUN may be larger than Source LUN
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LUN Migration Operation
Data is copied from Source LUN to Destination LUN

Source stays online and accepts I/O
Destination assumes identity of Source when copy completes

LUN ID, WWN storage group membership
Source LUN is unbound after copy completes The migration process is non-disruptive
There may be a performance impact
LUN Migration may be cancelled at any point

Storage system returns to its previous state
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Starting a LUN Migration
Select the source LUN and click on migrate
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Viewing LUN Migration State
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Lesson 3: Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)

During this lesson the following topics are covered: FAST functionality Benefits of FAST Configuring a heterogeneous storage pool Configuring FAST
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FAST
Software that manages the placement of data blocks on tiers in

storage pools Requires an enabler Automatically moves more active data to faster drives and less active data to slower drives Less active data can be moved from Tier 1 storage without users noticing the difference FAST eliminates issues with having to migrate LUNs between pools because a pool can be created that allows Flash (SSD), SAS, and NL-SAS, drives to exist in a single pool.
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Initial Tier Settings for Pool LUNs
Does not require a FAST enabler Optimize for Performance

No tier setting specified
Highest Tier Available

Sets the preferred tier for data placement to the highest tier
Lowest Tier Available

Sets the preferred tier for data placement to the lowest tier
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FAST Policies
Auto-Tier
Moves data to a tier based on the LUN performance statistics
Highest Tier Available

Moves data to the highest tier available Flash/SSD, SAS, and NL-SAS
Lowest Tier Available

Moves data to the lowest tier available
No Data Movement
Moves no data between tiers, and retains the current tier
placement.
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FAST Options for Storage Pools

Mixed-Use Pools Homogenous and Heterogeneous LUNs
Drives
FLASH
SAS
NLSAS
Storage Pool
FLASH
SAS
NLSAS
Optimized auto-Tiering
LUNs
Highest Available Tier Lowest Available Tier
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FAST Relocation Schedule and Pools
Array-wide Relocation Schedule allows the user to define the days
and duration for relocations Each pool has the option of using the array-wide scheduler:
For pools existing before FAST is installed, the default setting is OFF For pools created after FAST is installed, the default setting is ON
Users can over-ride the setting as needed. All pools have a manual relocate now option.
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Storage Pool Properties Tiering Options
Use the dropdown to display additional options such as Manual
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Starting and Stopping Data Relocation
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Viewing Tiering Summary

Configured from the customize option on the Dashboard
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Lesson 4: Data Compression

During this lesson the following topics are covered: Data Compression functionality Benefits of Data Compression
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Data Compression

Reduce amount of storage needed by compressing data Compression is a LUN attribute All processing happens in the background No interruption to Host I/O
Decompress on host read Host writes are not compressed in-line
LUN can become less compressed over time due to host writes System kicks off compression automatically when LUN is less
compressed Intended for relatively inactive LUN, such as the backup copy
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Data Compression - Operation

Initial compression processes the entire LUN Subsequent compression (recompression) triggered when system-defined
uncompressed data threshold is reached
Processes only uncompressed data Threshold: 10% of user capacity or 10 GB whichever comes first Triggered for 50 GB thin LUN after 5 GB of new data written since last compression Triggered for 200 GB thin LUN after 10 GB of new data written since last compression Processes data in 64 KB chunks. Writes compressed data to disk if it saves at least 8KB. All allocated blocks for thin LUNs
Compression Process
Compressed LUNs are Thin

Compression
Otherwise, write uncompressed data to disk Algorithm provides benefits of zero detection and data reduction User settings for compression rate of High/Medium/Low
Consumed capacity of compressed thin LUN reflects savings due to both Thin and
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Data Compression RAID Group and Pool LUNs

System initiates a migration on behalf of the user
The migration is private, not managed by the user Counts against LUN migration feature limits RAID Group LUN is in migrating state System hides migration for thick LUN and shows compressing state
Destination pool
RAID group LUN: provided by the user Thick LUN: the same pool where Thick LUN resides
A thin destination LUN is created for the user in the destination pool
Slices are reserved in the pool to ensure LUN can be copied to pool
Source LUN is unbound when initial compression is completed
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Data Compression - Restrictions

Cannot turn on compression for
Private LUNs (Write Intent Log, Clones Private LUNs, Reserved LUNs, member
LUNs of metaLUN) Snapshot LUN LUN that is being migrated Mirrored LUNs if one of the mirrored arrays runs on a bundle that does not support mirroring for Thin LUN (pre-R29) Expanding or shrinking pool-based LUN
Cannot turn on or off compression for destroying or offline LUN Cannot migrate a compressed LUN which has a private migration in
progress NDU
Cannot NDU if compressed LUN is initializing or decompressing Cannot turn compression on or off while NDU is in progress
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Turning Compression on/off for a RAID Group LUN
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Turning Compression on/off for a Thick LUN
Check the box to turn on compression
LUN Properties
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Data Decompression - Overview

Decompression Undoes compression
Initiated by disabling the compression LUN property System processes all thin LUN blocks and writes uncompressed data back to the LUN User compression rate settings of High/Medium/Low valid for decompression Decompressed LUN is the original LUN
If compression LUN property is turned off during initial compression If compression LUN property is turned off after initial compression
Decompression will pause if pool consumption reaches a system-defined

threshold (~91%) User can re-enable compression during decompression
Decompressed LUN preserves the fullness of the original LUN thin LUN Decompressed LUN is a thin LUN RAID group LUN or Thick LUN Decompressed LUN is a fully-provisioned thin LUN (holes will be filled with zeros)
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LUN Compression Reporting
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Lesson 5: FAST Cache

During this lesson the following topics are covered: FAST Cache functionality Benefits of using FAST Cache Configuring FAST Cache
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VNX FAST Cache
FAST Cache extends the storage systems existing caching

capacity for a better system wide performance
Available with VNX OE 05.31 or later Introduced on CX4 with FLARE 30 Maps frequently accessed data to flash drives
FAST Cache acts as an application accelerator

Provides flash drive level performance to the data which is
accessed most frequently
Reduces the load on other storage system resources FAST Cache is a non-disruptive online process
Uses existing memory allocation interface and does not use host
cycles
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VNX FAST Cache Mode of Operation
Read/Write Mode
Flash drives are configured as RAID 1 mirror pairs Application gets the acknowledgement for an IO operation For write operations, the FAST Cache page is marked as dirty and
an acknowledgement is sent back to the host Design insures all workloads are spread evenly across all the flash drives that have been used for creating FAST Cache
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Creating VNX FAST Cache
FAST Cache disk selection window
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Configuring FAST Cache on a RAID Group LUN
FAST Cache will be enabled by default on a RG LUN if the FAST Cache enabler is installed
FAST Cache can be configured from the Cache tab under LUN Properties on an individual LUN
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Configuring FAST Cache for Pool LUNs
FAST Cache can be enabled on Storage Pools after the pool has been created
FAST Cache is set at the Storage Pool level by default for all pool LUNs if FAST Cache enabler is installed
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Lesson 6: LUN Shrink

During this lesson the following topics are covered: LUN Shrink functionality Benefits of using LUN shrink Configuring LUN Shrink
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Feature - LUN Shrink
Reclaims unused storage space Shrinking a Volume

Shrinking the host accessible Volume space Freeing underlying storage by reducing the capacity of a FLARE
LUN or MetaLUN
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 can now shrink Volumes

ONLY Operating System that supports LUN Shrink Basic and Dynamic volumes support Single Dynamic or Spanned Dynamic volumes support
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LUN Shrink Supported Configurations (LUNs and MetaLUNs) VNX Block OE supports
Multiple shrink request on same LUN Parallel shrink requests on LUNs of same RAID Group
Shrink requests are returned successful to host if RG

expansions/defrags are in progress at that time MetaLUNs with any number of LUNs and component stripe width supported
Configured User Capacity reflects the Shrunk Size of the
DISKRAID.exe shrink command Total User Capacity and Total Physical Capacity are updated
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Module Summary
Key points covered in this module: Defined metaLUNs Described LUN migration Described Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) Described Data Compression Described FAST Cache Described LUN Shrinking
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Module 7: Advanced Storage Concepts

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Advanced Storage Concepts

Module 7: Advanced Storage Concepts

Lesson 1: Configuring metaLUNs

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Advanced Storage Concepts

Creating a metaLUN with the Expand Storage Wizard

Right click and select Expand

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Expand Storage Wizard Summary

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Expand Storage Wizard Results

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Verifying metaLUN Expansion with Unisphere

Right click and select Show Component LUNs

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Host LUN Expansion using diskpart

Original 50GB LUN

After expansion but before diskpart is run

After running diskpart 100GB LUN created

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metaLUN Usage and Recommendations

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metaLUNs Expansion Scenarios and Guidelines

Build from scratch happens instantly

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Module 7: Advanced Storage Concepts

Lesson 2: LUN Migration

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LUN Migration Guidelines and Benefits

LUN Migration moves data from a source LUN to a destination

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LUN Migration Restrictions

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LUN Migration Operation

Data is copied from Source LUN to Destination LUN

Destination assumes identity of Source when copy completes

LUN Migration may be cancelled at any point

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Starting a LUN Migration

Select the source LUN and click on migrate

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Viewing LUN Migration State

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Module 7: Advanced Storage Concepts

Lesson 3: Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)

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