Innovation und Automatisierung für die Storage-Architektur der Zukunft. Dipl.-Ing. Bob Velkov (Huawei Technologies Austria GmbH)

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Bob Velkov
Huawei Technologies Austria

2. Huawei: Leading provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices
Bring digital to every person, home and organization for
a fully connected, intelligent world
Vision & mission
170+
countries and regions
120,000+
active patents held globally
(*Huawei has one of the world's largest patent portfolios)
207,000
employees
55.4%
of employees work in R&D
No. 4
in global R&D investment

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Innovation & R&D Spendings
Source: https://www.epo.org/news-events/press/releases/archive/2023/20230328.html
Source: https://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/scoreboard/2022-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard
27.9
21.8 21.6
19.5 19.3
16.8
15.6
13.4
5.8
4.1 4.0
Source: 2022 EU industrial R&D Investment scoreboard, 13 Dec 2022 published
Total: 13.9
(€Bn)
TOP 8 Top 30~50
Global R&D Investment in 2022:
Huawei is Leading in ICT Industry
120,000+
active patents held globally

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Serving 256 of the Global 500 companies worldwide
Weaving technologies
into industry scenarios
Business units
Scenario-specific
technologies
Partner
cooperation
Serving SMEs
through partners
Process and
organization
optimization
More appropriate
products and
solutions
Partner
enablement
Industry solutions
Working with partners to
develop industry solutions
Cloud
Building a cloud base for
the intelligent world
Product Solution
Providing product portfolios through
multi-technology synergy
Products
Connectivity, storage, cloud,
and AI
Government BFSI Electric
power
Oil and
gas
Mining Rail Airport Highway Port Manufacturing Internet Education Healthcare Real
estate
SME
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Huawei OceanStor trusted by 18,000+ Global Customers
Media
Finance Carrier Manufacturing Energy Health
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Huawei All-Flash Storage recognized in the Industry
Interop Grand Prize
The Server & Storage category
A global IT consulting organization
known for extensive analysis and
objective reviews in enterprise
storage and cloud computing
Ranked Recommended by DCIG
Listed in Top 5 High-end Storage Array List
A major event in global business
technology that recognizes the
most competitive products
A leading technology research and
consulting company and provides
the world's most trusted source of
independent IT research and advice.
2021 Gartner Peer Insights
Customers' Choice for Primary Storage Arrays
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Gartner through the years
Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Primary Storage
Gartner Magic Quadrant:
Leader
2014: Challenger
2015: Top in Challenger
2010: Niche Player
2016: Leader
2022
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
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2023 Q2 Gartner numbers (external AFA storage market)
Source: https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/10/03/huawei-number-2-in-all-flash-array-market/

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2023 Q3 Latest Gartner numbers (external AFA storage market)
Source: https://blocksandfiles.com/2024/01/06/huawei-all-flash-array-market-share/

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Storage Product Positioning
OceanStor & OceanStor Dorado
Enterprise Storage
OceanProtect
Data Protection Storage
OceanStor Pacific
Scale-out Storage
Modern agile unified code base
• Designed for flash, ultra low latency and highest availability
• 2 main releases per year
• Base for all storage product lines
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OceanStor Dorado Family Overview
Mid-Range High End
OceanStor
Dorado 18000
OceanStor
Dorado 5000
OceanStor
Dorado 6000
OceanStor
Dorado 8000
Entry-Level
OceanStor
Dorado 3000
Entry-Level Mid-Range High End
Type
OceanStor Dorado
2000
OceanStor Dorado
3000 V6
OceanStor Dorado 5000 V6 OceanStor Dorado 6000 V6 OceanStor Dorado 8000 V6 OceanStor Dorado 18000 V6
Height / Controllersof each
Engine
2U/2C 2U/2C 2U/2C 2U/2C 4U/4C 4U/4C
Controller Expansion 2-8 2-16 2-32 2-32 2-32 2-32
MaximumDisks 400 1200 3200 4800 6400 6400
Cache/DualController 128GB 128G/192G 256G/512G 1024G 512G/1024G/2048G 512G/1024G/2048G
Front-end ports
8/16/32G FC,
10/25Gb Ethernet
8/16/32G FC,
10/25/40/100Gb
Ethernet,
25Gb RoCE
8/16/32G FC, 10/25/40/100Gb Ethernet, 25/100Gb RoCE 8/16/32G FC, 10/25/40/100Gb Ethernet, 25Gb RoCE
Back-endports SAS3.0 SAS 3.0/100Gb RDMA
OceanStor
Dorado 2000
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OceanStor Dorado Features
NVMe over FC/RoCE SMBv2/v3 NFSv3/v4/v4.1
SmartQoS
Intelligent QoS control
SmartCache
Intelligent multi-tier cache
SmartQuota
Quota management
SmartTier
Intelligent tiering
SmartDedupe & SmartCompression
Intelligent data reduction (deduplication
and compression)
HyperReplication
Remote replication
HyperSnap/HyperCDP
Snapshot/Continuous data protection
SmartMulti-Tenant
Multi-Tenancy
Internal DNS
Built-in DNS load balancing
Audit Log
Audit log
NDMP/FTP/HTTPS
HyperLock
WORM file system
HyperMetro
Active-active
HyperVault
All-in-one backup
HyperClone
Clone
Antivirus / Antiransom
Antivirus
SmartVirtualization
Heterogeneous virtualization
SmartMigration
Online LUN migration
Intelligent thin provisioning
SmartEncrypt & SmartErase
Data encryption and destruction
SmartContainer
Built-in container
FC/iSCSI
SmartMigration
SmartThin
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E2E Symmetric NVMe Architecture
NVMe over Fabrics (RoCE)
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
SAN and NAS client access protocols
Controller Controller Controller Controller
Front-end
interface
module
Front-end
interface
module
Back-end
interface
module
Back-end
interface
module
Controller enclosure
Controller Controller Controller Controller
Front-end
interface
module
Front-end
interface
module
Back-end
interface
module
Back-end
interface
module
Controller enclosure
Smart disk
enclosure
Fully distributed
Full Mesh
Full PCI-Express
Active-Active
Auto Load-balancing
32 controllers
Switched Backend
6400 NVMe‘s
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Smart Disk Enclosures
Controller enclosure
Controller Controller Controller Controller
Smart SSD enclosure + computing
power platform
Smart SSD enclosure + computing
power platform
Front-end
interface module
Front-end
interface module
Front-end
interface module
Front-end
interface module
Back-end
interface module
Back-end
interface module
Back-end
interface module
Back-end
interface module
30 min/TB 15 min/TB
Data reconstruction time
15% 5%
Impact on controller
performance (maximum IOPS)
Data
reconstruction
Data
reconstruction
• has 2 control boards with built-in computing platform
& own memory
• take over workloads like data reconstruction, GC,
compression from controllers
2U / 36 palm-sized NVMe
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Proper cooling for 36 NVMe’s
36 palm-sized NVMe on 2U
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Palm-size Smart NVMe
• Higher density 36 / 2 RU (14.5  9.5mm width)
• Intelligent Controller Chip
• PCIe direct connection to the CPUs via own Controller chip
• Write latency halved 40 μs  20 μs on NVMe
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Up to 6400 NVMe
Smart-Disk-Enclosure
Add CPU and disks
2x 100Gb RDMA
2x 100Gb RDMA
…
RDMA – the fastest possible
data transfer for applications
that work with multi-CPUs.
Data from IO buffer > App
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Intelligent Multi-Protocol Interface Module
• 8 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s FC
• 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, and 100GE
• Offloading protocol parsing from general-purpose CPUs,
reducing access latency by 50% (160 μs to 80 μs)
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Kunpeng Processor
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Full Interconnection among Processors & Controllers
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SmartMatrix
Ever solid architecture
• Tolerates failures of
up to 7 controllers
out of 8
BIM**
CPU
CPU CPU CPU
FIM*
Global cache
BIM
CPU CPU
CPU
CPU
FIM
Global cache BIM
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
FIM
Global
cache
BIM
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
FIM
Global
cache
*Front-end interconnect I/O module (FIM)
**Back-end interconnect I/O module (BIM)
SmartMatrix
• Tolerates failures of
up to 3 controllers
out of 4
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• Tolerates failure of
up to 31 controllers
out of 32

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Active-Active Architecture with Full Load-Balancing
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Front-End Sharing
Ctrl.0 Ctrl.1 Ctrl.2 Ctrl.3
FC switch
Server
Host view: same as the common FC port
• One physical port, one physical link
• One port, one WWN for the host
WWN: 2100xxxxabcd
Internal view: four ports for sharing host
link information
• Each controller is connected to one physical port
• Controllers share the session information of one host
Inline balance
Balanced distribution of host access
requests among controllers
• Uses the active-active balance logic and automatically
distributes the links to the corresponding controllers
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Ascend AI-Processor
Part of the Da-Vinci architecture
Full-stack AI Software/Hardware platform
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Prevention Monitoring & Response
Data
Northrop Grumman's Defense in Depth (DiD) model
Storage, the ultimate carrier of data, safeguards data
by making it immutable and recoverable.
Natural disasters Cyber attacks
Production zone
Passive response Proactive defense
Isolation zone for production Isolation zone for backup
OceanCyber
• Detection & analysis*
• Sercurity Policy
• Proactive defense
OceanProtect
Backup Storage
OceanStor Dorado
OceanStor Pacific
Production Storage
Anti-tamper
OceanProtect
OceanProtect
OceanProtect
Isolated storage for
back up
Air Gap Air Gap
OceanStor Dorado
OceanStor Pacific
Isolated storage for
production
1
3
2
4
4
Quick service recovery and
reduced data loss
Protecting data from dormant
ransomware
…
Secure snapshot | WORM* | Replication link encryption | Protocol encryption* | Storage encryption | Air Gap
Comprehensive Protection
Detection & analysis
Secure snapshot recovery
Backup recovery
Air Gap recovery
1
3
2
4
Accurate Identification Rapid Recovery
• Industry-leading 99.9% identification
• Ransomware detection pre-. in-, and
post-event
• Snapshots, seconds-level recovery
• OceanProtect, up to 172 TB/hr recovery
Ransomware Protection Storage Solution
Build-in Ransomware Protection
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OceanCyber 300 Data Security Appliance
• Periodically creates snapshots for the detected
file system and performs intelligent detection
against ransomware based on the snapshot copy
data
• AI-based detection of snapshot copy changes
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Integrated Parallel Architecture for both SAN and NAS
• SAN & NAS integrated parallel
software architecture
• SAN and NAS services share the global
storage pool and the global cache.
• Compared with the traditional architecture,
the parallel architecture provides the
shortest I/O paths for LUNs and file
systems, improving storage efficiency.
• The spaces of LUNs and file systems are
independently managed, enhancing
reliability.
SAN space
management
SCM NVMe SSD
Storage pool
NAS file system
iSCSI/FC/NOF NFS/CIFS
Hot and cold
data separation
FlashLink
Global wear leveling
ROW full-stripe
write
Global garbage
collection
Global
deduplication
Post-process similarity-
based deduplication
Data Services
Smart series: Thin provision, cache, QoS, tier, quota
Hyper series: Snapshot, replication, clone, WORM*
Global cache
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Active-Active SAN & NAS
Hyper Metro
SAN
Workload
NAS
Workload
SAN
Workload
NAS
Workload
Both sides are readable and writable at the same time
FC, IP, RoCE
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EC instead of conventional RAID
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Distributed File System: State of the Art
Node n
Node 1
Aggregat
Aggregat
RAID … RAID
RAID … RAID
FlexGroup
FlexVol 3 FlexVol n
FlexVol 1 FlexVol 2
FS FS
FS FS
Conventional
Node n
Node 1
Storage pool
File system 1 .. n
Huawei
Comparison
Complex decisions Default no decision necessary
Complex O&M Easy O&M
Scale-out to 24 nodes Scale-out to 32 nodes
For selected workloads only For all workloads - default
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Multi-Protocol Access
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Container Integration
Containerized applications
Container management platform
Huawei CSI*
*CSI: container storage interface
*CDR: container disaster recovery
Huawei CDR*
Backup Recovery
App mgmt Policy mgmt
Replication protection
NAS storage
OceanStor Dorado & New-Gen
OceanStor Hybrid Flash Storage
Snapshot
File
system
Clone
File
system
Snapshot
Clone
Reduced backup cost: Application-level backup and recovery
without additional backup software, reducing TCO.
Fast recovery: Services are available immediately after
recovery, ensuring data security.
Benchmarking competitors: backup and disaster recovery
software based on data replication on storage systems, such
as Portworx (Pure Storage) and Astra (NetApp)
Professional CDR Container DR Management
Easy to use: Standard CSI, on-demand storage resource
provisioning, easy to use.
Fast service provisioning: Batch service provisioning is 30%
faster than the industry average.
Standard CSI Support for Efficiency and Simplicity
NAS storage
OceanStor Dorado & New-Gen
OceanStor Hybrid Flash Storage
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Three-Layer Isolation based on Storage Tenants
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Tenant-based SmartQoS
Tenant B Tenant C
FS1
FS2
FS3
FS1
FS2
FS3
Tenant A
FS1
FS2
FS3
Storage
administrator
Tenant QoS control
Critical service isolation
QoS: 800 MB/s
QoS: 200 MB/s
1 GB/s
700 MB/s
300 MB/s
800 MB/s
200 MB/s
Tenant-level file system QoS control
• Tenants can customize QoS policies for IOPS and
bandwidth.
• Policies of different tenants are isolated and invisible to
each other.
• Administrators can perform operations on the QoS
policies of all tenants.
Upper limit control
• Limits the IOPS, bandwidth, and latency.
• Supports bursts, allowing short-term breakthrough of
limits.
Lower limit guarantee
• Supports the setting of minimum performance indicators.
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Storage Virtualization
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host host host
source
LUN
target
LUN
• Up to 3GB/s
• 0 downtime
Migration speed
Downtime
• Unix standalone and RAC
• VMware
• x86 Linux
• Native Multipath and UltraPath
Scenarios
SmartMigration for SAN with 0 downtime
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Serverless Migration for NAS
available as well

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AI based O&M and Automation
DME IQ
DeviceManager
Cloud brain for intelligent O&M
Execution engine for automated
management
Intelligent devices for simplified
configuration
Cloud AI
Center AI
Device AI
Automated engine Prediction engine
Policy engine Analytics engine
Automated-
learning
Automated-
optimization
Expert experience
Model training
Intelligent prediction
Call Home
DME
AI model training and
application
AI inference and
execution
Built-in AI chip
and algorithm
Three-Layer AI for Full-Lifecycle Data Management
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Integrated HTML5 System Management
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Storage-Optical Connection Coordination (SOCC)
Fast I/O link switching from 2 min to 2 sec!
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Short Release Cycles
2019
Intelligent hardware
OceanStor Dorado
3000/5000/
6000/8000/18000
Win Interop Grand
Prize again
Ranked Recommended
by DCIG
OceanStor Dorado
3000/5000/
6000/8000/18000
2020
NVMe over RoCE
2021
OceanStor Dorado
3000/5000/6000
/8000/18000
NAS A-A Metro
All-flash
data center
2022
OceanStor Dorado
3000/5000/6000
/8000/18000
Highly
recommended
Ransomware
protection
OceanStor Dorado
Innovation every 6 month
2020
2021
2022
2023
E2E - NVMe
SCM, NVMeoF …
Build-in container …
NAS real A-A …
Cloud backup …
Anti-Ransomware …
…
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RoCE SAN Switches for extreme NVME-oF
• Small: 10/25/50/100G fixed RoCE switch
• Medium: 100G configurable blade-based RoCE switch
• Large: 100/400 director with
redundant backplanes
192/384/768 ports
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Carrier-grade Manufacturing
SMT - Surface Mount Technology
Industry-leading quality (aging test, function test, temperature
cycle test, and device commissioning). In 2021, the Defective on
Arrival (DOA) rate of enterprise datacom products was 42 PPM
(one per million), which is only about 1/3 of the industry level.
Why Huawei can supply goods without delay: Huawei started to
build the BCM system 10 years ago. The BCM system is more
costly but can resist various external risks. Level-3 strategic
reservation is performed for risky materials, and multi-
node/multi-path/multi-echelon logistics is implemented.
Industry-leading manufacturing Advanced supply chain
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Germany
UK
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxemburg
Italy
Poland
Hungary
Czech
France
Austria
4H countries:
24/7 Support 109 FSL Deliver 9000+parts/year
1 RSLC and 31 CSLC
Sweden
Denmark
Greece
Lithuania
Norway
Finland
Serbia
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Ireland
Slovakia
Turkey
Ukraine
FSL
Esch
FSL
Innsbruck
FSL
Graz
CSLC
Wien
CSLC… Country Spare Parts Location Center
FSL… Field Stock Location
Austria 4H Spare Parts Locations
Austrian Spare Parts Centers for 4H Service SLA
Located in Bucharest, Romania, EU RSPC Provides professional spare parts
service for Europe as remote and centralized delivery platform.
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Challenges
Huawei
Actions
Sea Transportation
 demand: EU/China trade 30% ↑
 Port congestion: weather, strike and
pandemic
 Soaring price : up to 5 times
Air transportation
 Demand: increased by 9.4%
 Major Airport Congestion： Amsterdam,
Frankfurt, etc.
 Soaring price: 2-3 times
1. Develop new hub – Koper and
Port of Piraeus
2. Improve Rotterdam efficiency
1. Build up Budapest Hub to connect whole
Europe with
Hungary DC
Netherlands DC
Valwijk Factory
 Area: 21000 m2
 Employees: 40+
 Products: IP product, inverter
Komárom Plant
 Area: 20000 m2
 Employees: 300+
 Products: DWDM, Networking
Patty Factory
 Area: 13600 m2
 Employees: 300+
 Products: Wireless, Networking
Europe Supply Center
Est. in 2009, includes Hungary DC (two factories) and
Netherlands DC (one factory). Has the capability to fulfill all ICT
products & provides supply services for 40 + countries.
Logistics and Supply Chain
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