Storage Virtualization
Terabytes Petabytes Exabytes Zettabytes
Gigabytes
The information explosion meets budget reality
Automated Information Supply Chains Contribute to the Information Explosion
Information doubling every 18-24 months
Storage growing 20-40% per year
Storage budgets up 1%-5% in 2010
2000 2005 2010 2015
Terabytes Petabytes Exabytes Zettabytes
Gigabytes
The information explosion meets budget reality
Automated Information Supply Chains Contribute to the Information Explosion
Information doubling every 18-24 months
Storage growing 20-40% per year
Storage budgets up 1%-5% in 2010
As server
hypervisors have helped
bridge the gap in server
infrastructures…
…the IBM storage hypervisor can help bridge the gap in the
storage
infrastructure
Server and Storage Hypervisors
Server hypervisors…
– Virtualize physical servers driving up efficiency – Allow for transparent mobility of virtual machines
– Improve labor efficiency through a common management interface regardless of the type of OS running in the virtual machine or brand of hardware being utilized
IBM offers the hypervisor for storage…
VMWare optimizes the x86 server infrastructure.
Now, consider doing the same for the storage infrastructure.
Virtual Server Infrastructure
Virtualize the complete infrastructure
VMWare optimizes the x86 server infrastructure.
Now, consider doing the same for the storage infrastructure.
Virtual Server Infrastructure
Virtualize the complete infrastructure
Virtual Storage Infrastructure
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Storage Hypervisor Midrange
Storwize V7000 Enterprise
SAN Volume Controller
Manage
VMware and PowerVM optimize your server infrastructure.
Now, consider doing the same for the storage infrastructure.
IBM Systems Director
Virtual Server Infrastructure
Virtualize the complete infrastructure
Manage VMControl
Virtual Storage Infrastructure
Storage ControlTivoli Storage Productivity Center
Storage Hypervisor Midrange
Storwize V7000 Enterprise
SAN Volume Controller
Manage IBM Systems Director
IBM Virtual Storage Infrastructure
Virtual Storage Platform
System Storage SAN Volume Controller
& Storwize V7000
(think VMware vSphere or IBM PowerVM)
– Common device driver
● iSCSI or FC host attach
– Common capabilities
● I/O caching
● Thin provisioning
● Easy Tier automated tiering to Solid-state Disks
● Snapshot (FlashCopy)
● Mirroring (Synchronous and Asynchronous)
– Data mobility
● Transparent data migration among arrays and across tiers
● Snapshot and mirroring across arrays and tiers
Virtual Storage Management
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
(think VMware vCenter or IBM Director VMControl)
– Manageability
● Integrated SAN-wide Management (Tivoli Storage Productivity Center)
● Integrated IBM server and storage mgmt (Systems Director Storage Control)
– Replication
● Application integrated FlashCopy (Oracle, DB2, SAP, Exchange, SQL Server)
● DR automation
(Storage failover/fail back with TPC for Replication)
(Site switching with Tivoli System Automation)
– High Availability
● Stretch Cluster HA
Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Virtual Storage Management
Advanced topology viewer, metrics for storage configurations and performance monitoring, and comprehensive reporting capabilities with customizable options.
Gain comprehensive insights for improved service delivery
Manage SAN through policy-driven
recommendations
Establish and achieve storage service level agreements
Optimize resource
utilization for enhanced return on storage
investments
Best practice guidance for storage configuration, provisioning and SAN planning for performance assurance.
Advanced-in-class heat maps, threshold management and fault alerting enabling proactive problem management.
Analysis-backed intelligent migration of data, and optimized storage configuration setup and capacity utilization.
Storage Hypervisor: Customer case study
IBM Global Account (IGA)
Business challenge:
IGA (IBM’s internal operations) is a massive operation. Data growth and labor costs were outpacing budgets. Provisioning responsiveness was not meeting objectives.
Benefits:
Provisioning time reduced from months to days
20% increase in storage utilization
50% reduction in cost / TB through consolidation and tiering
Block Storage Solution:
Implement a Storage Hypervisor with IBM System Storage SAN
Volume Controller and Tivoli Storage Productivity Center. With 9PB of tiered storage now virtualized and connected to over 35k fibre channel ports, IGA can improve labor productivity and storage efficiency while delivering higher service levels.
Block Storage Solution components:
IBM® SAN Volume Controller
Increased utilization
Live performance balancing
Concurrent maintenance
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Performance and Capacity Management
Smarter ILM
15 PB Tape Capacity
1 PB File Storage
9 PB Block Storage
24+ PB Total Storage
Size and Scope
Regardless of what kind of physical disk hardware you have installed, what could your
Virtual Storage Infrastructure look like?
Visual task flow guidance
Integrated video instruction
System status always available System
recommendations
Link to more information if
needed
Virtual Simplicity
Preset provisioning templates
Virtual Best Practices
Virtual view of enterprise capacity utilization
Virtual view of enterprise capacity utilization
Virtual view of enterprise capacity utilization
Application Transaction Throughput
Easy Tier Learning
Easy Tier In Action 240% from
Original brokerage transaction
Virtual Performance Improvement
Easy Tier and Solid-state disks
PRELIMINARY
Virtual, Application-integrated Snapshot
FlashCopy Create instant application copies for backup or application testing
Make better use of space with incremental (only changed blocks) or space-efficient (thin provisioned) snapshots
Up to 256
FlashCopy Manager Integrated, instant copy for critical applications
Virtually eliminate backup windows
Rapidly create clones for application testing
View inventory of application copies and instantly restore
Up to 256
Highlight the desired computer and open the DataPath view
View the I/O Path to your Virtual Storage
View the I/O Path to your Virtual Storage
View Virtual Volume I/O Performance
Hover over the Storage Hypervisor and see near real-time performance
View Virtual Volume I/O Performance
Hover over the Storage Hypervisor and see near real-time performance
View Virtual Volume I/O Performance
Hover over the Storage Hypervisor and see near real-time performance
View Fabric Performance for your Virtual Volumes
Hover over the SAN switch and see near real- time port performance
View Historical Virtual Volume Performance
Example: 30 days of historical performance metrics
Proactively Alert on Performance Thresholds
Monitor thresholds and trigger proactive alerts or automated responses
Virtual storage integration with virtual server management
IBM Systems Director
Integrated storage
End-to-end capacity view of all storage
Details by
storage type
Data center 1 ESX Cluster 1 SVC
cluster
Virtual volume
Virtual Storage Federation
Data center 1 ESX Cluster 1 SVC
cluster
Virtual volume
Physical data
Virtual Storage Federation
Data center 1 Data center 2
ESX Cluster 1 ESX Cluster 2
SVC
Stretched-cluster Stretched
virtual volume
Virtual Storage Federation
Data center 1 Data center 2
ESX Cluster 1 ESX Cluster 2
SVC
Stretched-cluster Stretched
virtual volume
Virtual Storage Federation
www.ibm.com/support/techdocs Search on SAN Volume Controller
vMotion
2-site Virtual Storage Federation
Virtual Business Continuance
Improve availability, load-balance, and deliver real-time remote data access by distributing applications and their data across multiple sites.
Seamless server / storage failover when used in conjunction with server or
hypervisor clustering
Metro or Global Mirror
4-site Disaster Recovery For combined high availability and disaster recovery needs, synchronously or
asynchronously mirror data over long distances between two high-availability stretch clusters.
High Availability High Availability
Disaster Recovery
Data center 1 Data center 2
Server Cluster 1 Server Cluster 2
SVC
Stretched-cluster Stretched
virtual volume Failover
Data center 1 Data center 2
Server Cluster 1 Server Cluster 2
Stretched virtual volume
Failover
Data center 1 Data center 2
Server Cluster 1 Server Cluster 2
Stretched virtual volume
Failover
Regardless of what kind of physical disk
hardware you have installed…
Virtual Storage Infrastructure
Storage Productivity Center
Storage Hypervisor Midrange
Storwize V7000 Enterprise
SAN Volume Controller
Manage
