IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud: A Concise Guide

IBM Spectrum Virtualize
for Public Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Amazon AWS
IBM Cloud
© Copyright IBM Corporation 2022
Michelle Tidwell
Product Manager, FlashSystem & Spectrum Virtualize Hybrid Cloud
mtidwell@us.ibm.com
Roger Kasten
Principal, Sales Enablement Leader and Skills Content Specialist, IBM Flash, Worldwide
roger.kasten@us.ibm.com
May 20, 2022

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Part 1: Market
Overview
1. Key Trends
2. Pain Points
3. Identify Client
Opportunities
Part 2:
Understanding
Azure
Infrastructure and
using Public Cloud
1. Public Cloud
Infrastructure
2. Deployment
Options
Part 3: Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud on
Azure
1. Architecture
2. Benefits
3. Use Cases
4. Capabilities
Part 4: Using
Safeguarded
Copy with IBM
Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud
on Azure
1. Hybrid
Cloud
2. All-in
Cloud
Part 5: IBM
Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud on
AWS and IBM
Cloud
1. AWS
Deployments
and support
2. IBM Cloud
Deployments
and Support

Part 1:
Market Trends • Key Hybrid Cloud
Trends
• Pain Points
• Identify Client
Opportunities

Hybrid and
multicloud are
the new normal
94%
Share of enterprises
using a mix of
cloud models
67%
Share of enterprises
using more than one
public cloud provider
Learn more about the
implications for storage
Read the blog series
ibm.biz/storagehybridmulticloud
$438 billion
$609 billion
$640 billion
In 2020…

Cloud services drive innovation
and aid business agility

Client Challenges with Mixed-Storage Vendor Environments
How IBM Spectrum Virtualize Helps
Common Challenges
• Complex, requiring specialized skills
• Inconsistent automation and interoperability
• Creates data silos
• Complicated data protection strategies
• Constrains innovation and digital transformations
• Aggravates gaps in data security strategies
• Consistent management experience on-prem
and in the cloud
• Consistent set of APIs for interoperability and
automation
• Comprehensive set of critical data services
that are easy to configure and manage
• Creates a single hybrid cloud solution across
multi-vendor on-prem and cloud architectures

What are the benefits for
client’s with IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud
Make it easier for
clients to create
Hybrid Cloud
solutions
regardless of their
on-prem storage
Lower the cost for
the client to use
the public cloud
Improve ROI and
the use of
OpEx resources
Proven and reliable
enterprise class
technology to
manage your
data anywhere
Learn it once and
use it everywhere,
including the cloud

Part 2:
Understanding Public Cloud
• Microsoft Azure Cloud
Infrastructure
• Deployment Options

60+ 170+
220+ 165k+
Azure regions Miles of fiber
edge sites
Datacenters
Azure Global Infrastructure

Microsoft Azure Terminology Azure paired regions
An Azure region consists of a set of data centers deployed
within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a
dedicated low-latency network. This ensures that Azure
services within an Azure region offer the best possible
performance and security.
An Azure geography defines an area of the world
containing at least one Azure region. Geographies define a
discrete market, typically containing two or more regions,
that preserve data residency and compliance boundaries.
Fault domain: The collection of virtual machines in an
availability set that can possibly fail at the same time.
Region: An area within a geo that does not cross national
borders and contains one or more datacenters. Pricing, regional
services, and offer types are exposed at the region level.
Geo: A defined boundary for data residency that typically
contains two or more regions. The boundaries may be within or
beyond national borders and are influenced by tax regulation.
Image: A file that contains the operating system and application
configuration that can be used to create any number of virtual
machines. In Azure there are two types of images: VM image and
OS image.
Role: A means for controlling access that can be assigned to
users, groups, and services. Roles are able to perform actions
such as create, manage, and read on Azure resources.
Subscription: A customer's agreement with Microsoft that
enables them to obtain Azure services.
Virtual network: A network that provides connectivity between
your Azure resources that is isolated from all other Azure tenants.

Azure VMs
Services Used with VMs
for IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public
Cloud:
• Availability Sets (to ensure
availability of VMs)
• VPN Services: Load Balancer,
Subnets, IP Address, Network
Security Group
• Azure Virtual Machines are part of the compute services
that are offered on Microsoft Azure
• They come in many sizes with different configurations of
RAM, CPU and bandwidth
• They are used to deploy applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Azure VMs are sold through Azure Marketplace, in the
customer’s own subscription (or through an MSP)
• In Version 8.4.3, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud supports 3 types of Azure VMs to create SV
“Nodes” in Microsoft Azure.
• The VMs used for Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
are configured with RHEL OS
• Other Services available on Azure are also used in
conjunction with the Azure VMs such as Availability Sets

Azure Managed Disk
Azure Managed Disk available
for use with IBM Spectrum
VMs
• Premium SSDs
• Standard SSDs
• Block Storage on Azure designed to be used with Azure VMs
• High Performance and Durable Block Storage for Business-
Critical Applications
• Disk sizes come in options from 4GB to 64TB at various
performance and price points
• Azure Managed Disks are sold through Azure Marketplace, in
the customer’s own subscription (or through a service
provider)
• Azure Shared Disks is a feature of Azure Managed Disks,
which allows attaching a managed disk to multiple VMs
simultaneously. This feature is exploited by IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud 2-node cluster in Azure.
• Shared Disks use SCSI Persistent Reservation to enable
sharing of a single disk between two or more VMs.
• Managed Disks that support Azure Shared Disks today are
Premium SSDs, Standard SSDs and Azure Ultra Disks.

Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Azure Marketplace is the vehicle for transacting and
deploying applications and services on Azure.
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud will be on
the Azure Marketplace as an Azure App listing.
The Azure Resource Manager template is used to
automatically provision the Azure cloud resources
needed by IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

Simple deployment on Microsoft Azure
Available from the Azure Marketplace
15
Purchase IBM Spectrum Virtualize
for Public Cloud
Order through IBM website
(Passport Advantage)
Select Microsoft Azure part numbers for monthly
or perennial license
May also use unused license capacity for SVC,
IBM Spectrum Storage Suite, IBM Virtual
Storage Center, IBM Storage Suite for IBM
Cloud Paks
Easy ordering in conjunction with IBM
FlashSystem
Deploy IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud from Azure Marketplace
Find IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
on Azure Marketplace.
Select VM type
Cluster is deployed automatically, along with a
quorum VM and a minimum set of Azure
managed disks
1 2

Part 3:
Spectrum Virtualize for
Public Cloud on Azure
1. Architecture
2. Benefits
3. Use Cases
4. Capabilities

Most organizations operate multiple clouds
in a complex, three-tiered IT environment
Public
cloud
Private
cloud
Traditional
IT
Customer-facing
engagement and
collaboration
applications
Mission-critical,
security-
conscious
workloads
Workloads
reside behind
firewalls, siloing
business
processes
Our SDS approach is to provide one
software platform that enables Private
Clouds and Traditional IT with the power of
our FlashSystem Appliances and extends to
Public Cloud x86 infrastructure.
IBM’s Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
provides a consistent user experience
across all storage classes from Entry to
Enterprise, to Cloud.
And we accelerate innovation by delivering
the newest capabilities across all those
environments.

Positioning
Spectrum Virtualize is software
that runs on premises in the IBM
FlashSystem portfolio, and SAN
Volume Controller (SVC).
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is
a separate product, with separate licensing
terms and runs on supported public cloud
infrastructure - IBM Cloud, AWS, and now
Microsoft Azure.
Technically, Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud is largely based on Spectrum
Virtualize but adapted to run on public
cloud infrastructure. Key differences:
• Clustering / Failover
• Shared Network Infrastructure
• Backend virtualization
• Deployment
FlashSystem 9500
FlashSystem 7300
All-flash and hybrid systems
FlashSystem 5200
FlashSystem
9500R
SAN Volume
Controller
FlashSystem 5000
Differences between Spectrum Virtualize
& Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
Virtualized
storage
IBM Spectrum
Cloud
New
Microsoft Azure
AWS
Consistent function across on-prem and
public cloud platforms
Consistent APIs, Ansible support,
management, user interface
Integrated with cloud platform deployment
Ideal for common cloud use cases
DR (on-prem to cloud or cloud to cloud)
Cloud DevOps
Data migration (between on prem and cloud
or cloud to cloud)
Cross platform
monitoring with IBM
Storage Insights

SV4PC
Node VM#1
SV4PC
Node VM#2
iSCSI
Management
GUI/configuration
Networking: Load-
balancer/Direct
Az VMS: Azure VMs in
HA Configuration
(Availability Set)
Az Mdisks: Azure Muti-
attached Managed Disks
Design Highlights :
• SV4PC on Azure Resource
Groups (RG) fault domain
• Storage controllers are modelled as
Azure VMs in a High Availability
(HA) Configuration
• vNet concept in Azure is like a
“private cloud” within Azure
• Customer has a choice of VMs
based workload requirements
• High Availability:
• In order to support IP Failover
of the cluster, the Microsoft
Azure IP Load Balancer
service is used between
• Shared Azure Managed disks
for Fast backend Failover
• The hosts rely on the Multi-
path driver if a node fails
Hosts
Azure Resource Group and vNETs
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Azure: Architecture

Instance Type $/hr Pay as
you Go
$/hr
Reserved
Instance
(1 Year)
vCPU RAM (GB) Max # of data
disks**
Max Network
bandwidth (Mbps)
Standard_D16s_v3 $0.77 $0.45 16 64 31 8 Gbps
3 Azure VMs are Supported in Release 8.4.3
• Similar performance and price to the EC2
instances supported currently on AWS
• These VMs (the Dsv3-series) support premium
storage and run on the Intel® Xeon® Platinum
8272CL processor s, Intel® Xeon® 8171M
2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3
GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673
v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors.
• The Dsv3-series sizes offer a combination of
vCPU(s) and memory well suited for most
production workloads
• Pricing shown does not include IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud. This is the cost of the
Cloud Infrastructure* In future, new VM types
can be supported
• Customer will select VM type based on
Workload requirements
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud: Azure VM Options
*Prices paid by customer will vary depending on region and contract with Microsoft. and can be reduced by as much as 60% with reserved instance contracts
**Max number of disks ensures continuous availability during concurrent code upgrades

Azure Managed Disk
• 8.4.3 will support Standard SSD and Premium
SSD (Locally Redundant Storage) Azure
Managed Disk for Backend Storage
• Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud will only
support Shared Managed Disk
Standard SSDs
• Less Expensive
• Good for POCs
• Good for Dev/Test
• Light Applications
• Consistent performance
at lower IOPs level
• For pricing information
from Microsoft:
https://azure.microsoft.c
om/en-
us/pricing/details/manag
ed-disks/
Premium SSDs
• More Expensive
• High Performance and
low latency SSDs
• Suitable for Mission-
critical applications
• For pricing information
from Microsoft:
https://azure.microsoft.
com/en-
us/pricing/details/man
aged-disks/
Managed Disk Disk Type Scenario Max Disk Size
(GiB)
Max throughput Max IOPS
Standard SSD SSD
Web servers, lightly used enterprise applications and
dev/test
32,767 GiB 750 MB/s 6,000
Premium SSD SSD Production and performance sensitive workloads 32,767 GiB 900 MB/s 20,000

Release 8.4.3 makes use of various Azure Services/Features to manage the
Azure resources.
• Azure Resource Manager Templates for Marketplace deployments.
• Azure Role and Identity based mechanism for various operations
supported by Spectrum Virtualize. (e.g.: adding azure managed disk)
• Azure NSG Rules for enhanced network security. (egg: blocking all in-
bound internet traffic in all-in-cloud deployment)
• Azure Update Manager service to enable Azure Virtual Machine security
patch update.
• Azure Load Balancer to enable Failover of Management IP.
Other Azure Services/Features used in deployment

IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on Microsoft Azure
On Azure, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is
built on Azure Virtual Machine instances and Managed
Disk (Standard or Premium) storage up to 922TB
HOST
for Public Cloud
for Public Cloud
Azure Managed Disk
HA Cluster
iSCSI iSCSI
FC or iSCSI
FC, NVMe, or
iSCSI Storage
On Premises
HOST
Cross platform monitoring with IBM Storage Insights
IP Replication

Benefits of Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
Consistent Management,
APIs, and Automation
Lower Usage of
Cloud Infrastructure
Scale to meet
workload demand
IBM Cloud
$$$$ $$
On-Premises
for Cloud
for Cloud
for Cloud
On Cloud
for Cloud
Azure Managed Disk

Simple
deployment
and
automation for
hybrid cloud
environments
Integrated with
Hybrid Cloud
Platforms
Cloud Satellite
Public Clouds Virtual Environments
IBM Power and zLinux
Containers

Application Examples on Azure
Traditional Database
Applications
Cloud Analytics for
Read Intensive,
leveraging the
capabilities of SV4PC
Caching
RedHat OpenShift &
Kubernetes Services in
Cloud
Customer Applications
ported to Azure
requiring low latency
and high performance

Business
Continuity
leveraging rented
Public cloud
resources
DR site
DevOps
Analytics
temporary data copy
from on-premises
to cloud
Data copy
Hybrid
Multicloud
permanent state
of operating
infrastructure both
on-premises and
in Public cloud
Cyber
Resiliency
continuing to deliver
outcomes despite
cyber incidents
Air-gap
Data copy
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
…because storage choices matter
Workload
Migration
permanent data
migration to cloud

Use Cases: Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
Optimize Public
Cloud Block Storage
• Lower Cost, Improve
Performance of native
Public Cloud IaaS
• Thin-Provisioned
Volumes, Space Efficient
Snapshots, AI based Auto
Tiering, Data Reduction
Pools with Compression
and Dedupe
• Increase Scalability of
Public Cloud Storage for
Enterprise Apps
Extend On Premises
to Hybrid MultiCloud
• Add cloud capabilities to
existing Storage on Prem
• Temporary or permanent
data migration to/from
Public Clouds, and
between Public Cloud
providers.
• Move data to cloud
resources, such as
containers, VMs.
• Consistent Management
Business Continuity
on Public Cloud
• Create a DR site in the
public cloud
• Synchronize local storage
data with sync or async
storage replication
• Protect on prem data for
virtualized, containerized,
or bare metal applications
• Integrate an ‘air gap’
solution to protect against
cyber threats
Protection of Data
in Public Cloud
• For workloads moved
to cloud
• Use Sync or Async
Mirror to protect cloud
data center deployments
• Supported within and
between disparate
Cloud Provider
data centers
$
$$$

Before: Disparate Hybrid Cloud Storage Solutions
Pure Cloud Block Store
NetApp Cloud Volumes Ontap
MSP
• Unity
• PowerMax
• Isilon
On-premises Azure
• Inconsistent Data
Management
• Multiplied
Replication Costs
• Inconsistent
Architectures
• Disparate
Performance on
Public Cloud
• No single
cohesive
operational Model

Azure Managed Disks
After Spectrum Virtualize: Unified Hybrid Cloud Storage Solution
for Public Cloud
On-premises Azure
• Consistent Data
Management on premises
and in Cloud
• Replication Management
through single interface
(Lower Cost, Opex)
• Consistent Architecture for
ALL on premises storage
• Consistent Performance on
Public Cloud
• Single cohesive
operational Model

IBM Spectrum Virtualize –
On-prem and in the Cloud
On-premises
iSCSI/FC
FC or iSCSI storage FC or iSCSI
On IBM Cloud, IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud is built
on bare metal servers, with
Endurance or Performance
storage.
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud
Azure
On Azure, IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud is
built on Azure Managed Disks
and supports multiple nodes.

Included
Features
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is an all-inclusive license that
gives you access to key Volume Management, DR and Point in Copy
Features that work on all supported Public Clouds
Volume Management
• Thin Provisioning
w/Zero Detect
• Volume Mirroring (Thick
to Thin, Compressed)
• IBM EasyTier
• Data Reduction Pools
with Compression and
Deduplication
• VMware vVol certified
• Clustering for capacity
and performance
DR and HA
• IBM MetroMirror Sync
Replication (300km)
• IBM GlobalMirror Async
Replication (80ms
roundtrip)
• IBM GlobalMirror
w/Change Volumes
Async Replication
(5min - 24 hr)
• Native IP Replication
w/Network Artificial
Intelligence and
Compression
Point in Time Copy
• IBM FlashCopy of volumes
for backup, continuity and
application test
• 256 copies of source
• 255 consistency groups
• Incremental copies
• Cascaded copies
• Thin Provisioned,
Compressed, Copies in
different pools
• Simple ‘Reverse’ Operation
• Safe Guarded Copy to
Cloud (introduced in Azure
in 2021)
Deployment
• Azure Marketplace
(Azure Apps)
• 20 EBS Volumes, 31
Azure Managed Disks
• 3 Types of Azure VMs
supported
• Premium and Standard
SSD Azure Managed Disks
• WW Support
• AWS and Azure
Gov Cloud

Part 4:
Using Safeguarded Copy
with IBM Spectrum Virtualize
for Public Cloud on Azure
1. Hybrid Cloud
2. All-in Cloud

Data protection continues
to evolve …
Operational and
Disaster Recovery
Application and
Data Reuse
Data-Driven
Transformation
Cyber and
Data Resilience
Data-Driven
Transformation

IBM Safeguarded Copy: Pre-, Peri- and
Post-Attack Cyber Resiliency Support
Pre-
Attack
Peri-Attack Post-Attack
IBM
Solutions
IBM QRadar
IBM Guardium
Cyber Resilience
Assessment Tool
Safeguarded
Copy
Safeguarded Copy
for Rapid Recovery

IBM Safeguarded Copy for Microsoft Azure
Also on: DS8XXX, FlashSystem, SAN Volume Controller, and Spectrum Virtualize
Prevents modification
or deletion of copies due
to user error, malicious
destruction, or
ransomware attack
Automatic
creation of regular backup copies
Immutable
point-in-time copies of production data
Isolated
logical air-gap offline by design
Fast
restore from copies on primary storage

New Safeguarded Copy deployment models with Azure
Recover
Backup
Cloud use cases
• Cloud Recovery
• Data Validation
• Surgical Data
Extraction
On-Prem Storage IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Safeguarded Copy on Azure can protect cloud-hosted data and data from on-premises storage
Remote Mirror Data Replication
• Replicate operational data to Microsoft Azure
• Create protected Safeguarded Copy backups providing greater separation from potential on-prem threats
• Do recoveries in the cloud
• Restore to on-premises

Benefits of Hybrid Cloud SGC
Operating
Expense
vs Capital
Expense
Multi-level
Cyber Security
Nothing New
Needs To Be
Learned
Career
Advancement
Return on
Investment
(ROI)
Economics

Part 5:
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for
Public Cloud on Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and IBM Cloud
1. IBM Spectrum
Cloud on AWS
2. IBM Spectrum
Cloud on IBM Cloud

Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud on
Amazon Web
Services (AWS)
High Level Architecture
AWS Cloud Infrastructure Definitions
Supported Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instances
Elastic Block Store (EBS) Storage
Deployment from the AWS Cloud Marketplace
Data Reduction on AWS

Architecture
on AWS
On AWS, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is built on
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, with EBS storage
for Public Cloud
Host
AWS
iSCSI
EC2 EC2
for Public Cloud
Clustering
Amazon EBS Amazon EBS
EC2
• The current version
supported on AWS is IBM
Spectrum Virtualize for
Public Cloud 8.3.1
• Deployed on “VMs” in AWS
called EC2 Instances
• Virtualizes Amazon EBS
Block Storage
• The Cluster is attached to a
Host EC2 instance via iSCSI
within a customer’s VPC
• On AWS either a 2 Node or a
4 Node Cluster is supported
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS

Architecture
on AWS
On AWS, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is built on
Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, with EBS storage
Host
for Public Cloud
Host
On-premises AWS
iSCSI
iSCSI/FC
FC, NVMe or iSCSI storage
EC2 EC2
for Public Cloud
Clustering
Amazon EBS Amazon EBS
EC2
Global or Metro Mirror
with IP Replication

AWS Terminology
EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Service enabling to launch
virtual machine instances with a variety of operating systems
EBS (Elastic Block Store): persistent block storage
volumes for use with Amazon EC2
Availability Zones: Distinct locations that are engineered to
be insulation from failures
VPC (Virtual Private Cloud): Virtual network in your own
logically isolated area within the AWS Cloud populated by
infrastructure, platform, and application services that share common
security and interconnection
CloudFormation Template: Creates and configures AWS
resources and figures out dependencies
AMI (Amazon Machine Images): Template that contains
a software configuration (for example, an operating system, an
application server, and applications)
S3 (Simple Storage Service): Storage for the Internet. You
can use Amazon S3 to store and retrieve any amount of data at any
time, from anywhere on the web.
Availability Zones:

Available Zone A
IBM Spectrum Virtualize cluster
Node 2
EC2
Available Zone B
IP Quorum client
(Bastion)
EC2
EC2 EC2 EC2
…
iSCSI Host iSCSI Host iSCSI Host
…
Node 1
EC2
Internet Gateway
Placement Group
Region
Overall Architecture

Supported Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instances
Pricing https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/

Elastic Block Store (EBS) - discovery
Auto discovery
• The system periodically (1 minute) scans available EBS and show them as unmanaged Mdisk
• You still can execute ‘detectmdisk’ or click GUI menu to force discovery process
EBS MDISK is integrated into ‘lsmdisk’ view, and new attributes are displayed through CLI command
‘lslocaldisk’
Add to storage pool through ‘addmdisk’ or GUI

EBS - overview
AWS API
Server
EBS
Host
iSCSI
HL
…
VG
LD
AIO
FW
EBS
Host
iSCSI
HL
…
VG
LD
AIO
FW
Management
Attach/detach/tag
Recommended EBS types:
• General Purpose SSD (gp2)
• Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
• Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
Easy tier across different type of EBS
• Max 20 EBS volumes per IO group
with max of 256TB backend capacity
• Attached to single node (EC2) but
accessible to all nodes through
forwarding (FW) layer
• Auto failover
Surviving node will take over EBS
from failed node
• Auto load balance
EBS will eventually distribute evenly
across all online nodes

Elastic Block Store – availability/durability considerations
• EBS provides an availability guarantee of 99.999%
• EBS provides a durability guarantee of 99.8-99.9%
For example, if you have 1,000 EBS volumes running for 1 year, you should expect
1 to 2 will have a failure.
• EBS can only be accessed from the same availability zone
• By default, no extra RAID exists on top of EBS
• Two EBS volumes could be backed by the same physical hardware in AWS, so a
mirror between the same type of EBS volumes might not always provide the
desired availability.
• To overcome this and improve availability, the recommendation is to mirror between
different types of EBS to protect from one backend hardware failure. (Note: The two
different types of EBS could have different performance attributes)

EBS - Capabilities and Limitations
• EBS sizes range from 1GB to 16TB
• Support for 20 EBS Volumes per node
• With a total capacity of a cluster to 320TB
• EBS can only be used by a single EC2 at any given time (no shared access)
• IO to EBS goes through dedicated bandwidth
• For a given EBS volume, IOPS are determined by type or capacity and will be throttled by AWS if IOPs are overrun
• The EC2 instances available for Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud have the maximum allowed EBS bandwidth
• EBS can attach to / detach from EC2 instances through a management console or AWS API
For an EBS volume NOT attached to an EC2 instance, it will be displayed as ’available’ in the AWS console
For an EBS volume ATTACHED to an EC2 instance, it will be displayed as ‘in-use’ in the AWS console
• An EBS Volume belongs to a single Availability Zone (AZ) and can only attach to an EC2 instance in the same AZ

4 Node Cluster on Amazon AWS
In this release, customer will be able to:
1. Create a new 4 nodes SV cloud cluster with the CloudFormation Template (CFT)
• The user can select 1/2 IO group in the CFT based deployment
2. Expand existing 2 node cluster to 4 node cluster
• Two ways to add two new nodes:
1. By updating existing CFT stack.
With limitations that existing nodes configurations must be unchanged: EC2 types, number of nodes, IP configurations.
2. Or install another 2 nodes cluster and then make both node leave the cluster to become candidate nodes
• Add new nodes into cluster
3. Shrink existing 4 node cluster to 2 node cluster
• By updating existing CFT stack

Two Steps:
Deploy IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
from AWS Marketplace
1 2
Purchase IBM Spectrum Virtualize
for Public Cloud
3 Ways to Order the Software (only through IBM)
1. Offered through IBM Passport Advantage as
a monthly term license or perpetual license;
select AWS part numbers. (PID: 5737F08)
2. Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud can be enabled
through SVC in Passport Advantage (PID: 5725Y35)
3. Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud can be ordered
with all IBM FlashSystem Hardware in AAS
Find IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Marketplace;
select the Amazon EC2 instance type, and the cluster is
deployed automatically, along with an IP quorum server and a
minimum set of Amazon EBS storage

Data Reduction
in the Cloud
• Data Reduction Pools (DRP) are
enabled on Spectrum Virtualize
for Public Cloud.
• Deduplication is available on
both the IBM Cloud and on AWS.
• Compression with DRP volumes
is available on AWS.
• Up to 65% savings in capacity is
achievable on AWS, saving cost
on EBS Storage.

Data Reduction Pools (DRP) in Cloud
In release 8.3.1 we enabled DRP which is an increased storage efficiency functionalities that will allow
customers to:
• Automatically de-allocate and reclaim capacity of thin provisioned volumes that had data deleted.
• Reclaimed capacity can be reused by other volumes.
• Use the deduplication process to identify unique chunks of data, or byte patterns, and stores a
signature of the chunk for reference when writing new data chunks.
• Depending on the data and workload, this can provide customers with the ability to reduce their monthly
costs of EBS or IBM Cloud block storage.
Machine Type DRP DEDUP Compress (DRP
based)
Host unmap Backend unmap
IBM Cloud bare
mental
Yes Yes No Yes No
AWS EC2 c5.4xlarge Yes No Yes Yes No
AWS EC2 c5.9xlarge Yes Yes Yes Yes No
AWS EC2
c5.18xlarge
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
• Compression is CPU based
• Compression in only enabled in DRP
• RTC based compression is not available

Simple Example: Savings on AWS Infra-
structure Cost - Reducing EBS cost by 50%
AWS Pricing Calculator - Example
Sizing based on costs from AWS Monthly Calculator tool:
https://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
Assumptions:
• 2 Node Config with EC2 c5.9xlarge
• ~ 100TB Cloud Storage (7 x 16TB EBS Volumes)
• 100% Utilization (7x24 EC2 Instances running)
• Data is 50% Compressible
Cost of AWS Infrastructure without Spectrum
• Total: $11,468/Mo
• 100TB EBS GP2 Storage ($11,468)
Cost of Infrastructure with Spectrum Virtualize for
Public Cloud & Compression
• Total: $8,948 / Mo
• 3EC2 Instances, 50TB GP2 Storage
• AWS: $8098 (storage goes down to $5,734/mo) +
$850 (IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud for 1
Month License, 50TB)
Note: This example ONLY shows Compression, Thin Provisioning and
other features can further reduce storage costs.

IBM Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud on
IBM Cloud
• Provisioning in IBM Cloud
• High Level Architecture
• Supported IBM Cloud Infrastructure
• Hybrid Cloud VMware Solution on
IBM Cloud

Deployment
on IBM Cloud
On IBM Cloud, install scripts help simplify deployment on
your chosen server and storage configuration
Purchase IBM Cloud Block Storage
Deploy flash-backed block storage (Performance Tier) in
granular increments —from 1,000 GB to 12,000 GB—or Pre-
defined per GB priced Endurance Tier
…with Appropriate Network
Select private VLAN options for internode clustering and
public IP addresses for installation, remote support. IBM
Cloud network services from on-premise to cloud
Purchase IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
Offered through Passport Advantage as a monthly term
license or perpetual. Install script deploys image with custom
parameters to install on your IBM Cloud infrastructure.
Purchase Bare Metal Servers
Full hypervisor and bare metal access, which enables
unmatched control of their cloud infrastructure
1
2
3
4

Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud – on IBM cloud
Deployment
• Deployment on Bare Metal Servers in IBM Cloud
• Installation Script to Provision & Create Cluster
• 2, 4, or 8 Node Clusters
• Storage: IaaS IBM Cloud Block Storage
• Endurance or Performance Cloud Tiers
• Semi-Automated Install/Configuration of Storage
• Call Home on Spectrum Virtualize software
• Installer is supported on Windows, Mac and
Linux(RedHat)
• Users first need to provision Bare Metal Servers
and Block Storage infrastructure on IBM Cloud
Portal and prepare the license key to activate
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (as before)
Supported Features in v8.3.1
• All types of replication supported for On Prem to Cloud,
or Between IBM Cloud Data Centers
• Global Mirror
• Metro Mirror
• Global Mirror with Change Volumes
• Flashcopy within the Cloud: Any Volumes on Endurance
or Performance Storage
• EasyTier to Lower Cost of Backend Cloud Storage
• DRP Pools, but not Compression
• Call Home/Remote Support Assistance
• Spectrum Virtualize GUI to Manage Storage
• Thin Provisioning
• Not yet supported: SGC, 3 Site to Cloud, Compression

Architecture
on IBM Cloud
On IBM Cloud, IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud is built
on bare metal servers, with Endurance or Performance storage
Host
RHEL 7 RHEL 7
for Public Cloud
Host
On-premises IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud block storage
Endurance, Performance
iSCSI
IP replication
iSCSI/FC
FC or iSCSI storage FC or iSCSI
iSCSI
IBM Cloud bare metal server IBM Cloud bare metal server
KVM KVM
for Public Cloud
Clustering
IBM Cloud
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud
support on
Release 8.3.1
• Previously we only supported Intel
Xeon E5-2620 or E5-2650 bare
metal servers.
• In release 8.3.1, you will be able to
provision bare metal servers running
Intel Xeon 5120 on the IBM Cloud for
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud.
• Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud
on IBM Cloud uses 58GB RAM out
of 64GB available RAM
• The servers with specified RAM can
be purchased through the IBM Cloud
portal.

Solution for Business Continuity
Protected Private Cloud
IBM Spectrum
Virtualize SRA
vCenter Server A
VM VM
Replication Group
vSphere
SRM A
Any Storage
Subsystems*
IBM Storwize family or SVC
+ almost 500 industry storage systems
VM
Replication Group
VM
vSphere
Public Cloud Recovery Site
IBM Spectrum
Virtualize SRA
vCenter Server B SRM B
IBM Cloud Bare metal Server
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Endurance, Performance
IP replication
Remote
Mirroring
through IPsec
VPN tunnel
Public
network
Failover
VM VM
Replication Group
Secure
Gateway
VPN Gateway
appliance
Multi Cloud Solution for Business Continuity with VMware
IBM
Spectrum
Virtualize for
Public Cloud

For Your Reference: Solution
Guides and Redbooks from
IBM on Pre-tested
Configurations
• Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud Version 8.3.1
• Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public
Cloud on AWS Version 8.3.1
• Multicloud Solution for Business Continuity using
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on
AWS Version 1 Release 1
• Hybrid Multicloud Business Continuity for
OpenShift Workloads with IBM Spectrum
Virtualize in AWS
• Multicloud Storage as a Service using vRealize
Automation and IBM Spectrum Storage

Three Primary Use Cases
for SV4PC
Hybrid Cloud:
• 55% of Enterprises currently have a hybrid cloud (2021 IDC), seeking
to deploy apps in the optimal location for cost and performance. Also
using Cloud for Data Protection instead of on premises.
• SV4PC provides data mobility services, reduces cloud infrastructure
costs, and provides a consistent user experience.
All In Cloud:
• For Enterprises going Cloud Native (digitally oriented), or Lift and Shift
of Business-Critical apps (Ex: SAP), these customers are challenged
to achieve the performance requirements they need and keep costs
down, as well as provide consistent security for their data.
• SV4PC can optimize and save costs on storage IaaS, integrates with
Cloud Native platforms like RH OCP and Kubernetes, and provides
more advanced features than native Cloud storage
Multicloud:
• According to IDC 4Q21 Cloud Pulse Survey, 61% of companies saying
they believe multi-cloud brings better ROI (compared to single (39%)).
• SV4PC can provide consistency between multiple clouds, a pain point cited
by customers who are struggling to manage data and security elements
between different cloud providers.
Use Case 1: Hybrid
Cloud
Use Case 2: All In
Cloud
Use Case 3: Multicloud (Hybrid or All-in Cloud)
$
$$$
IBM Cloud

Key Points to
Keep in Mind
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud provides a flexible, enterprise-class
solution to extend your on-premises block storage to the public cloud
• Hybrid multicloud data mobility for disaster recovery or
workload migration on Azure, AWS and IBM Cloud
• Non-disruptive data migration to, from, and between clouds
• Improve performance and optimize public cloud
infrastructure with all-inclusive features
• Consistent enterprise-class storage functionality and
management
• Pre-tested blueprints speed deployment with confidence
• Supports IBM FlashSystem and SAN Volume Controller,
VersaStack, and over 500 storage systems from IBM and
competing vendors
IBM Cloud

Call to action | Talk with your clients today!
• Discuss Cloud Strategy with your clients, especially those that
are using a IBM Spectrum Virtualize-based system, or if they
are planning on acquiring a FlashSystem solution in the near
future. Find out if they have a hybrid multicloud strategy in
mind already.
• Determine whether your clients’ strategy for modernizing
includes one of the use cases outlined in this presentation,
and determine if the challenges outlined on slide 6 resonate
with the clients? If so, review the benefits of Spectrum
Virtualize for Public Cloud as way to solve those challenges.
• Ask clients if they would be interested in seeing a demo of
Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud, or would like to
participate in a POC to try it out.

Where to
get help
Go-to-Market Team
& Slack Channels
Slack Channel Support
• #storwize-help
#virtualize-help
Key Contacts
Offering Management
Michelle Tidwell
mtidwell@us.ibm.com
GTM and WW Sales
Shelly Howrigon
schowrig@us.ibm.com
Marketing
Chris Saul
cbs@us.ibm.com
Sales Enablement
Roger Kasten
Roger.kasten@us.ibm.com

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