IBM® Storwize V3700 Easy-to-use, affordable hybrid storage with advanced capabilities for Small and Medium Businesses

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IBM®
Storwize V3700
Easy-to-use, affordable hybrid storage
with advanced capabilities for
Small and Medium Businesses

2. IBM Storage
Hybrid
Cloud
Changing Nature of Business and Data
Free data from constraints of hardware and realign with
new business processes and applications
Business
Pressures
New
Applications
Data
Growth
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3. IBM Storage
 Blindly adding capacity
 Data trapped in storage “silos”
 Data duplication and more silos
 Extending refresh cycles
 Ad hoc cloud usage
Business Requirements Challenging Traditional Storage Approaches
Complexity
Cost
Inflexibility
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4. IBM Storage
Storwize V3700 With IBM Spectrum Virtualize Transforms Storage
Improving
Data Value
Reducing the cost of storing
data by increasing utilization
and accelerating applications
to speed business insights
Increasing
Data Security
Enabling a high availability
strategy including data and
application mobility and full
DR protection
Enhancing
Data Simplicity
Data strategy independent of
infrastructure choice with
tightly integrated functionality
and consistent management
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5. IBM Storage
Improving Data Value
• Improves efficiency of your storage, increasing
utilization
• Improves storage performance so you can get more
done with your data
• Optimizes storage use by moving data to the most
appropriate type of storage based on policies you
define with IBM Spectrum Control
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6. IBM Storage
IBM Storwize V3700 Improves Efficiency With Internal Virtualization
 Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple
configuration changes
 Enables non disruptive movement of data among tiers
of storage, including Easy Tier
 Enables data placement optimization to improve
performance
Internal Storage is Virtualized
1 Supported in Storwize V7000 Unified and Storwize V7000, 2 not supported in V3700
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7. IBM Storage
Improve performance
up to 3x
… using as little as 5%
flash storage
• Constantly analyzes I/O and
migrates data to optimize
performance
• Set it and forget it … unlike
competitive tiering offerings
IBM Storwize V3700 Improves Storage Performance with a Hybrid
Solution and Easy Tier
Flash Arrays
HDD Arrays
Active Data
Migrates Up
Less Active Data
Migrates Down

8. IBM Storage
Storwize V3700 Achieve Faster Response Times With Storage Pool
Balancing
Storage Pool Balancing
 Effortlessly, intelligently distribute workload across
storage in a pool
 Maximizes system throughput
 Takes into account performance capability of
different arrays
 Minimizes system tuning effort
 Eliminates manual movement when adding new
storage to a pool
 Turned on by default for all storage pools
 No additional charge
Tier 2
Tier 1
Tier 0
mdisk0 mdisk1
mdisk2 mdisk3 mdisk4
mdisk5 mdisk6 mdisk7
mdisk0 mdisk1
mdisk2 mdisk3 mdisk4
mdisk5 mdisk6 mdisk7
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9. IBM Storage
Increasing Data Security
• Improves data protection with 5-10x faster rebuild of
data following a drive failure with internal drives
• Eliminates storage downtime with nondisruptive
movement of data from one type of storage to another
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10. IBM Storage
System requires IBM Spectrum Virtualize V7.6 with cache upgrade (from 4GB to 8GB)
 Improved RAID implementation
– Faster drive rebuild improves availability and enables use of lower cost larger drives with confidence
– All drives are active, which improves performance especially with flash drives
 Spare capacity, not spare drives
 Rotating spare capacity position distributes
rebuild load across all drives
 More drives participate in rebuild
– Bottleneck of one drive is removed
 More drives means faster rebuild
– 5-10x faster than traditional RAID
– Especially important when using large drives
 No “idle” spare drives
– All drives contribute to performance
– Especially important when using flash drives
Storwize V3700 Delivers Improved Data Protection with Distributed
RAID
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11. IBM Storage
 Enables use of Ethernet connections for remote mirroring
 Transparent to servers and applications
 Includes Bridgeworks SANrockIT network
optimization technology
 No separate appliances required
 Uses artificial intelligence to improve
network bandwidth utilization up to 3x
 Deploy less costly network infrastructure
 Speed replication cycles for better remote data currency
and faster recovery
Storwize V3700 Delivers Improved Disaster Recovery with IP
Replication
Source
Volume
Destination
Volume
TCP/IP
Network

12. IBM Storage
 FlashCopy (snapshot) function is available with 64
targets and optional upgrade for up to 2040 targets
 Enables taking more or more frequent copies
– Support more VMs from a single master copy
– Enables more work to proceed in parallel
 More copies can reduce impact of having to use
a backup copy
– For example, taking a copy every hour instead
of every day
– Reduces potential impact by up to 95%
IBM Storwize V3700 offers FlashCopy
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13. IBM Storage
Enhancing Data Simplicity
• Improves agility with automated provisioning of
storage as it is required by applications,
integration with virtualization tools such as
VMware vCenter, and easy deployment of new
storage technologies
• Simplifies management for greater efficiency
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14. IBM Storage
IBM Storwize V3700 is Easy
In multi-petabyte, multivendor installations, ITG found personnel costs for use of IBM
Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Spectrum Control averaged 63 percent less than for
EMC equivalents and 55 percent less than Hitachi.
Creating new volumes: Simply select new volume preset
Source: ITG Management Briefs: Cost/Benefit Analysis of IBM Spectrum Storage, September 2015

15. IBM Storage
IBM Storwize V3700 Offers a Wide Range of ISV Integration
 Enablement, integration and optimization for enhanced customer
value
– ISV, software, and application support same as SVC
– Reduce complexity, improve utilization and cut costs
– Deliver continuous and reliable access to information
 Targeted solution areas include:
– Database and performance optimization
– Backup / restore
– High availability, disaster recovery
– Server virtualization
– Operations management
Visible through dedicated
partnerships and
ongoing work with:
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16. IBM Storage
IBM Storwize V3700 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize is Dependable
 Systems based on IBM Spectrum Virtualize
software exceed five 9s (99.999%)
availability
– Average annual downtime less than
5 minutes
 IBM Spectrum Virtualize software is ideal for
any organization’s disaster recovery plan
– Data mirrored between production
and disaster recovery sites in
almost real time
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17. IBM Storage
 Transforms existing infrastructure for lower costs and greater capability
– Improved data value
– Increased data security
– Enhanced data simplicity
 Delivers sophisticated storage system functionality
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IBM Storwize V3700 Built with IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software

18. IBM Storage
Entry Level Storwize Hybrid System
 Enclosures contain up to twelve LFF (3.5”) or twenty-four SFF (2.5”) drives in just 2U
 Control enclosure: dual active-active controllers and drives
– 8GB Cache (4GB per controller) standard; optional upgrade to 16GB
– 1 Gb iSCSI host ports and 6 Gb SAS host ports standard plus optional 8 Gb FC, 10 Gb iSCSI/FCoE or 6 Gb
SAS host interface card
 Expansion enclosure:
– Up to nine expansion enclosures attach to one control enclosure
– Up to 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives for up to 960TB raw capacity
– Mix drive sizes and HDD/SSD in enclosure
– Dual-active expansion canisters
 RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6,10 and distributed*
 Redundant, hot-swappable components (i.e., power supplies and fans)
 AC power (110 to 240 V) / DC power (-48 to -60 V)
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* When upgraded to IBM Spectrum Virtualize 7.6

19. IBM Storage
IBM Storwize V3700
 Highly reliable and efficient entry level storage designed with Best-of-
Breed Enterprise-class features
 Easy to set up and manage
– Innovative, intuitive GUI eliminates complexity
 Advanced software capabilities in an entry level offering: built in
thin provisioning, FlashCopy, Data Migration
 Disaster recovery: enterprise-class remote copy interacts with other
members of the Storwize family
 High performance in an entry level disk system
– Easy Tier, SSD, 15K and 10K rpm drives, drive intermix
 Flexible, modular, entry level storage that grows as your needs
grow
– Scales to 240 HDDs
– One model, multiple host attachment options for consolidation iSCSI, FC,
FCoE, SAS
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20. IBM Storage
Internal Virtualization & Thin Provisioning
Improve capacity utilization
 Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes
 Enables non-disruptive movement of data among tiers of storage, including Easy Tier
 Enables data placement optimization to improve performance
 Complements virtualized servers and cloud strategy
 Internal Virtualization
Without thin provisioning, pre-
allocated space is reserved whether
the application uses it or not.
With thin provisioning, applications
can grow dynamically, but only
consume space they are actually using.
Dynamic
growth
 More productive use of
available storage.
 Across all supported host
platforms.
 Improve storage utilization
by enabling applications to
consuming only the space
they are using
Thin Provisioning
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21. IBM Storage
 Integrated, instant copy for critical
applications
 Virtually eliminate backup windows
 Rapidly create clones for application testing
 View inventory of application copies and instantly restore
FlashCopy Manager
FlashCopy and FlashCopy Manager
Protect data without wasting space
 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
 Can help to reduce space required for copies
 Included as standard with up to 64 targets
 Upgrade option enables up to 2040 target copies
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22. IBM Storage
Data Migration
Have continuous access to data
 Transparent data movement
 Efficiently manage technology upgrades and
lease terminations by transparently moving
application data from legacy disk arrays to the
new system.
 Reduce migration elapsed time from weeks or
months to days
Legacy
 Network
Application
server
Start small
 One 24-bay control enclosure
Scale Up
 Easily add up to 9 expansion enclosures
 Expand capacity up to 240 drives
 Start small, expand easily
Start Small and Grow Easily
One-way Data Migration
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23. IBM Storage
Storage Pool Balancing
Achieve faster response times
Storage Pool Balancing
 Effortlessly, intelligently distribute workload
across storage in a pool
 Maximizes system throughput
 Takes into account performance capability
of different arrays
 Minimizes system tuning effort
 Eliminates manual movement when adding
new storage to a pool
 Turned on by default for all storage pools
 No additional charge
Tier 2
Tier 1
Tier 0
mdisk0 mdisk1
mdisk2 mdisk3 mdisk4
mdisk5 mdisk6 mdisk7
mdisk0 mdisk1
mdisk2 mdisk3 mdisk4
mdisk5 mdisk6 mdisk7
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24. IBM Storage
IBM Easy Tier 3
Optimize performance while controlling costs
 Licensed function
 IBM Easy Tier now supports three tiers
 Deploy flash and enterprise disk for performance
 Grow capacity with low cost disk
 Constantly analyzes I/O and migrates data automatically between
tiers
 Simple Efficiency
 Set it and forget it … unlike competitive tiering
offerings
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ANIMATED SLIDE
Improve performance
up to 3x
… using as little as 5%
flash storage*
* Audited Storage Performance Council benchmark
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25. IBM Storage
Turbo Performance
Grow with your business
 Licensed function
 Turbo performance option improves maximum system
throughput
̶ Up to 50% greater IOPS
̶ Up to 100% greater MB/s throughput
 Experience will depend on workloads and number of drives
installed
 Enabled through key
̶ No hardware change
̶ Nondisruptive upgrade
 Supports growing businesses
 Purchase additional performance only when needed
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26. IBM Storage
Remote Mirror
Reduce costs and improve disaster recovery
 Licensed function
IP Replication with Acceleration
 Integrated Bridgeworks SANrockIT network optimization technology
• Easy enablement via Storwize GUI
• Transparent to servers and applications
 Utilize Ethernet connections for remote mirroring
• Accelerated replication up to 3x times faster
• Improve remote data currency and faster recovery
• Compared to IP replication without acceleration
• Improved network utilization reducing infrastructure costs
• Deploy less costly network infrastructure
 Making data movement to Cloud accessible
• More remote sites
TCP/IP Network
Competitors must use an external appliance:
• Riverbed (200Mb & 500 users): $30K + 22% support per yr
• Silver Peak (based on throughput): $20K + 15% support per
yr
Source
Volume
Target
Volume
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27. IBM Storage
Storwize V3700 Meets the Telco Specification
 DC power models
• DC power supplies to be powered from an industry standard, -48 V DC
power source
• Available in small form factor (SFF) control enclosure (with dual node
canisters) and SFF expansion enclosure (with dual expansion canisters)
 Certified AC and DC models
– NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) Level 3
– ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
Meets telecom and federal standards and related industries
Provides assurance of resiliency in the most intense and
harsh environments
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28. IBM Storage
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