3. 3
VMware Virtual SAN
• Storage scale out architecture built
into the hypervisor
• Aggregates locally attached
storage from each ESXi host in a
cluster
• Dynamic capacity and
performance scalability
• Flash optimized storage solution
• Fully integrated with vSphere and
interoperable:
– vMotion, DRS, HA, VDP, VR …
• VM-centric data operations
vSphere + Virtual SAN
Hard disksHard disks
SSD SSD Hard disks
SSD
…
Virtual SAN Shared
Datastore
• Hypervisor-Converged storage platform
4. 4
Management Clusters
Use Cases
Backup and DR
Target
DMZ / Isolated
Tier 2 / Tier 3
Test / Dev / Staging
Private cloud
Virtual Desktop
ROBO
VDI
Site A Site B
vSphere
VSAN
5. 5
Two Ways to Build a Virtual SAN Node
Completely Hardware Independent
1. Virtual SAN Ready
Node
…with multiple options
available at GA + 30
Preconfigured server
ready to use Virtual
SAN…
2. Build Your
Own
…using the Virtual SAN
Compatibility Guide*
Choose individual
components …
Flash: SSD or PCIe
SAS/NL-SAS/ SATA
HDDs
Any Server on
vSphere Hardware
Compatibility List
HBA/RAID Controller
7. 7
Microsoft SDS : Past , Present and Future
Dependent on
Traditional
Storage
• Relied on 3rd
party SAN
vendors
1st wave SDS
• Introduction to Storage
Spaces
• “Remote File solution
for Hyper-V using
shared JBOD
• Introducied Scale Out
File Server ( SOFS)
• RDMA and
Multichannel
• SAN independence
Storage Spaces Direct
• Remote File solution for
Hyper-V using shared
nothing hardware
• Unlock use of DAS
• Reduce Cost
Software Storage Bus
• SATA and NVMe
• Node Fault Tolerance
• Health Services
Storage Spaces
Enhancements
• Scalable pools
• Data Rebalancing
Pre Windows 2012 Windows
2012
Windows 2012 R2 Windows 2016
2nd wave SDS
• Storage Tiering
• WriteBack Cache
(WBC)
• Scale Out File Server
improvements
• SMB Direct
Improvements
• Volume
Rebalancing
• Multiple
instances
• JBOD monitoring
8. 8
Dell’s Journey With Storage Spaces
Sept 2012:
Windows 2012
Release:
Understanding the
technology and
feedback to
Microsoft
Oct 2013:
Windows 2012
R2 Release
Internal testing
and active
feedback to
Microsoft
Nov 2013:
Worked closely
with Microsoft in
developing
JBOD
monitoring
feature
Feb 2014:
Support
Storage Spaces
using
PowerVault
MD1200 and
MD1220
May 2014:
Support Storage
Spaces using
PowerVault
MD3060e
End-End VDI
solution using
PowerVault
MD1220
Sept 2014:
Additional Hardware
Support with
12Gbps SAS . Select
PowerEdge servers ,
PowerVault MD1400
and MD1420
Oct 2014:
Launch Cloud
Platform System
(CPS) Powered by
Dell
Journey
Continues…
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Supported Client Servers
Any Dell PowerEdge Server
6 Supported Dell Switches
(S4810, S5000, N4064, N4064F, N4032, N4023F)
10Gb iWARP or ROCE RDMA
Client Communication
2, 3 or 4 Storage Nodes
R630 or R730
SAS Direct Attach
(HA cabling)
2 to 4 Storage Enclosures
(MD1400, MD1420, MD3060e)
Compute
Networking
Client I/O
Controllers
Storage I/O
Storage
Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces (DSMS)
http://www.dell.com/microsoft
10. 10
Private Cloud
Backup &
archival
Validated &
tested
solution
blocks
VDI
Hyper-V
Worldwide
installation
services and
total solution
support
SQL
SMB3 &
RDMA
Sizing &
performance
guidance
Standard
management
with MS System
Center, iDRAC,
OpenManage
Validated and tested solution blocks for reliable SOFS
operation
Pre-defined SKUs for 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 3x3 and 4x4 SOFS
configurations
Award winning, industry standard 13th Generation Dell
Enterprise PowerEdge servers and PowerVault JBODs
Low cost compute and networking with C-servers, FX, Blades,
PowerConnect & Force 10
RDMA solutions using iWarp and RoCE
Workload optimized turnkey solutions & Reference
Architectures (Private Cloud & VDI)
Launching
June2015
Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces (DSMS)
11. 11
DSMS as a Building Block for Storage Solutions
Customer- a la
carte
• Sizing guidance & Best
Practices
• Deployment Guide
• Best-in-class
components
• System Center
integration
Fast Track
Solutions
• Validated configuration
• Simple setup
• High availability
• Easy scalability
Reference
Architectures
• Verified configuration
• Deployment guide
• Scalable & Customizable
Partner & Dell
Services
• Best-in-class
components
• Professional expertise
and custom solution
development
• Microsoft compatibility
• System Center
integration
Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces
12. 12
Traditional & New IT supporting software defined infrastructure
$0.09 Cost / Order per Minute
28.4 ms
Average disk latency
5,640
IOPs
1x R720XD
w/ 2.5” HDD
48TB
total storage
1.62 ms
Average disk latency
98,694
IOPs
1x R730XD
w/ 1.8” SDD & 3.5”
94.7% lower
response times
16.5x greater
I/O performance
The Value
• Storage spaces uses any mix of
drives in a storage pool.
Combining HDD’s and SSD’s in
the same pool using storage
tiers can move “Hot” data files
to SSD storage. Write-back
caches speeds random writes
to SSDs or other storage as
needed.
• 18x 1.8” SSDs density drives increased
performance beyond traditional 2.5”
• SanDisk DAS Cache for database
big data-optimized
Hadoop | Cloudera
workload-ready
Oracle | SAP | Microsoft
cloud-ready
Azure | VMware | OpenStack
Converged infrastructure-ready
VMware | Microsoft
Future-Ready Enterprise
software-defined
SDN | SDS | SDDC
70TB
total storage
software-defined
SDN | SDS | SDDC
workload-ready
Oracle | SAP | Microsoft
13. 13
Storage Spaces Direct
Scale for Technical Preview 2
Minimum of four servers
Maximum of twelve servers
Maximum of 240 disk devices in a single pool
Simple expansion
Add node(s) and expand pool
Rebalance for capacity
Scale-OutFile Server
Hyper-V Clusters
SMB3 StorageNetworkFabric
Shared JBOD
Storage
Internal
Disks
19. 19
Dell PowerEdge VRTX
Current environment
Complex, Inefficient, Rigid
Simple, Efficient, Versatile
Consolidation,
virtualization
capable
Optimal size,
acoustics &
power
Easy to
manage
Affordable
Versatile and
scalable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IlDQnIMrk
20. 20
Dell PowerEdge VRTX
LCD Display
Panel
Up to 4 PowerEdge
M-Series Servers
Internal low
latency, fast
storage
Shared Storage
25 x 2.5” or 12 x 3.5”
(expandable)
8 External
PCIe Slots
Hot Plug
Redundant
PSUs
Remote
Management
Ports
Locking Front
Cover
Shared
DVD
KVM
Ports
Hot Plug
Redundan
t Blowers8 RJ45
NIC ports
21. 21
Dell PowerEdge FX
Density and
shared
infrastructure
efficiency
BLADES
Simplicity and
cost benefits
RACKS
The 2U high rack-based FX2 converged infrastructure enclosure can
host different blocks of compute and storage resources –
depending on workload needs.
22. 22
Dell PowerEdge FX
Rear view of FX2s enclosure
1Gb passthru IO shown, 10Gb SFP+ & FN IO Aggregator options available
4 FC630 server blocks in a fully loaded FX2 enclosure
each with 8 1.8” SSDs
26. 26
2U vs 24U
rack space occupied
New IT supporting software defined infrastructure
72% more
users
The Value
400 vs 232
supported users – power
user profile
• Horizon View VDI is about
delivering performance and
responsiveness to support
massively scalable
solutions.
• Huge rack space savings
• FX delivers modularity,
density, scalability, and better
economics for VDI
• Less servers equals cost
savings on power and
headcount required to
manage
$123
Cost/user
big data-optimized
Hadoop | Cloudera
workload-ready
Oracle | SAP | Microsoft
cloud-ready
Azure | VMware | OpenStack
virtual infrastructure-ready
VMware | Microsoft
Future-Ready Enterprise
software-defined
SDN | SDS | SDDC
4x B200m2 w/
NetApp 3200
4x FC430
W/ 2x FD332
92% less
rack space
software-defined
SDN | SDS | SDDC
Converged infrastructure-
ready
VMware | Microsoft
27. 27
Configurability Availability Expandability, I/O, Storage
• 4half width or8quarterwidth configurations
• Optional IOaggregator, 8:1 cabling
simplification
• Choice ofchassisorrackbasedmanagement
• Choice ofentry-level orswitched
configuration
• Redundant hot-plug PSUs (1100 or 1600W)
• Redundant hot-plug cooling fans
• Redundant out-of-band management fabric
• iDRAC on every node
• Entry “Express” and advanced “Enterprise”
levels of chassis-level management
• Front KVM access; LCD Display; USB;
• Upto2pass-thrumodules.1Gband10Gb
capable
• Upto8PCIeGen3I/Oexpansion slots(low
profile/half length)
PowerEdge FX2 Enclosure
Overview
• The Dell FX2 is a new 2U rack-based hybrid computing platform that provides a
greater dimension of functional flexibility along with a higher density of processing
power. It combines the density of blades with the advantages of rack-based systems.
Benefits
• Its modular design lets it hold varying sized building blocks of resources that
can be any combination of compute nodes and storage nodes configured in a
number of variations, depending on the intended use of the platform and the
amount of resource needed.
28. 28
PowerEdge R730xd
Overview
A mainstream 2S/2U rack server that offers highly dense, flexible storage
options – including in-box storage tiering and an industry leading cost
effective 100TB storage footprint for future scale out storage. Designed
for the scale out storage efficiency demanded by today’s XaaS providers,
Hadoop / Big Data users and co-location hosting.
Performance Availability Expandability, I/O, Storage
• 2S Intel Xeon Haswell processors (14 cores max each CPU;
28 total max cores)
• 24 DIMM slots supporting up to 1.5 TB memory
• Up to 4 optional NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs provide
extremely high IOPS over standard drives to reduce I/O
bottlenecks
• High performance PEC9 and dual PERC capability on 24
drive configuration
• Redundant power supply units (PSU’s)
• Hot plug and swappable PSU’s, HDDs and fans
• Dual SD card option for Failsafe Hypervisors
• iDRAC8 Express or Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller, OpenManage
• OpenManage Mobile access
• Up to 24 x 2.5” HDD + 2 x 2.5” (rear) or 16 x 3.5”
HDD + 2 x 2.5” (rear) or 12 x 3.5” or 18 x 1.8” + 8 x
3.5”
• Up to 4 optional NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSDs
• Dell Fluid Cache support
• Choice of RAID options including dual PERC option
for even higher perforrnance
• 6 x PCIe Gen3 expansion slots and 1 dedicated PCIe
lane for RAID
• SNA: 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10GbE, 2 x 40GbE (post launch)
Targeted Workloads
• Great database server with 1M+ IOPS in a 24 drive, dual PERC
configuration
• The best NAS / file server with integrated caching /tiering capabilities
• Excellent Collaboration, UCC, SharePoint, and Exchange server in low
cost, high capacity local drive configurations
Benefits
• Best scale out storage
• Best $/GB in a 2U form factor
• Easy lifecycle manageability with intuitive management tools
