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VM Farms Thrive with Dedicated IP Storage Networks
The document discusses the importance of dedicated IP storage networks for virtual machine farms in response to the rapid growth of cloud and business-critical workloads. It highlights the challenges of managing data center evolution, emphasizing that traditional networks are often inadequate for the performance and reliability requirements of contemporary applications. Brocade's solutions, including automation and purpose-built architectures, are presented as essential for achieving the necessary service level agreements (SLAs) in modern storage environments.
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- 1. VM Farms Thrivewith a Dedicated IP Storage Network © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 2. Growth of Cloud andbusiness critical workloads are rapidly accelerating Solving Customer Pain Points The challenges IT is facing today © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Manage Growth Requirements for 100% availability and reliability are increasing for key applications traffic Mitigate Risk Reduce Costs Infrastructure complexity and management costs are growing
- 3. A Tectonic Shiftin Technology Underway © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Social Business Cloud Mobile Big Data Billions of users Millions of apps Millions of users Thousands of apps 100s of millions of users 10s of thousands of apps
- 4. Client/Server Era 100s ofmillions of users 10s of thousands of appsMainframe Era Millions of users Thousands of apps Third Platform Transforms the Data Center © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Mobile/Cloud Era Billions of users Millions of apps Data Center Evolution Secure Software-Driven Open User-Centric Agile
- 5. Data Center TrendsImpacting Storage © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 100X $1.2B ~40% CAGR Petabytes $300+B 2019 40M by CY2015 Quadrillions of bytes of mission critical storage interconnecting virtual devices at unprecedented speed—orchestrated seamlessly at lower cost SSDStorage CloudVirtualization
- 6. IP Storage CapacityContinues © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATIONSOURCE: IDC MARCH’15 WW ENTERPRISE STORAGE FORECAST IDC’s IP Storage Capacity Forecast = ~40% CAGR (2014–2018)
- 7. The SSD RevolutionIs Happening Now SSDs will be as disruptive as server virtualization © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION SOURCE: IDC WORLDWIDE ALL-FLASH ARRAY AND HYBRID FLASH ARRAY 2014–2018 FORECAST AND 1H14 VENDOR SHARES All-Flash Array: 106.3% CAGR Terabytes Shipped 2012 2013 2014 2015 201820172016 Hybrid Flash Array: 63.8% CAGR
- 8. - 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 CY 2012 CY2013 CY 2014 CY 2015 CY 2016 CY 2017 CY 2018 Virtualized Server OS Installed Base Non-Virtualized Server OS Installed Base Virtualization Drives Shared IP Storage Business-critical VM applications are in almost every business today © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATIONSOURCE: GARTNER X86 SERVER FORECAST CQ3’14 IP Storage used for unified communications, big data analytics, VDI, social (ServerOSinMillions)
- 9. Customer Perspectives Based onnew Forrester survey Data is key business driver • Data access challenges will decrease customer satisfaction, competitiveness and ability to innovate New business-critical workloads are increasing dramatically • 9:10 customers report increases, 1:4 say increase is “major” • Mission- and business-critical workloads now 70% of total IP traffic • 20% of IT time spent on business-critical workload issues More than 1/3rd admit they must do more now to stay ahead • Must build an architecture that allows for future flexibility (since new workloads are extremely hard to predict) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION A Forrester Consulting Thought Leadership Paper Commissioned by Brocade
- 10. Shared Networks NotDesigned for Storage Why it matters to the storage teams • IP storage is managed under increasingly strict SLAs similar to the SAN • Many customers are running these top-tier workloads on a shared, general purpose network • Stringent SLAs can’t be guaranteed on a shared network • Network teams generally don’t understand storage and storage traffic needs © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION When applications don’t perform as needed—who is accountable?
- 11. The Network Mattersfor Storage Regardless of protocol, storage traffic has very specific needs • Storage requires purpose-built fabric architectures to ensure reliability and performance for critical applications and data – Customers have built their mission critical infrastructure on a SAN – Technology evolution in the data center can introduce significant risk to uptime • Storage fabrics enable advanced data center technologies like flash storage, server virtualization, and cloud architectures © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Fibre Channel Storage 16 Gbps SAN Core 16 Gbps HBAs Edge Connections Fibre Channel Fabric iSCSI or NAS Storage 10 Gbps CNAs Edge Connections Ethernet Fabric 10 Gbps SAN Core
- 12. Achieve SLAs for business-critical applications RedefineNetworking for IP Storage The network matters for IP storage © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Deploy Dedicated Networks Deliver local replication performance over long distance Implement DR Solutions Unify Management Unify IP and Fibre Channel storage networking management Industry’s first purpose-built storage connectivity solutions for the data center and disaster recovery
- 13. Dedicated IP StorageNetworks Purpose-built IP Storage Switches © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Why Brocade VCS Fabrics? • Automation reduces cost • Unique management integration • Storage network management with Brocade Fabric Vision™ technology Why dedicate a network? • Predictable performance • Maximum uptime • Contained failure domain • Isolated change control IP Storage Data Center IP LAN LAN IP Core IP Storage Network Servers
- 14. A Network YouAlready Know Fibre Channel and IP Storage Networking Architectures © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Fibre Channel Storage Gen 5 Fibre Channel IP Storage Brocade VCS Fabric
- 15. Brocade IP StoragePortfolio More than just an Ethernet switch © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Brocade Network Advisor with Fabric Vision Technology IP Extension SwitchIP Storage Switch Fabric Vision
- 16. Customer Example: VMFarms Provisioning capacity to a VM Farm • Server team racked and stood up the servers quickly • Storage team had NFS capacity provisioned within minutes • However, the network team required a couple of weeks to reconfigure the network • Once in production, the applications kept running into performance issues • The network had to be taken down to fix misconfiguration issues © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION You can’t keep up with the demands of the business due to limitations and inflexibility of their IT infrastructure
- 17. Traditional STP vs.VCS Fabric Architecture © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION CoreAggregationAccess • Rigid architecture, north-south optimized • Inefficient link utilization • Individually managed switches • VM-ignorant • No network virtualization Classic Hierarchical Architecture • Topology freedom, east-west optimized • All links active, Layer 1/2/3 multipathing • Fabric managed as one logical switch • VM-aware • Native network virtualization Leaf/SpineCore Scale-out VCS Fabric Architecture
- 18. Solutions for VMSprawl Deploy a Dedicated IPSN for all business-critical applications • Optimized for storage traffic • Full bandwidth optimizes Flash investments • Automatic provisioning, self-healing, non-disruptive upgrades • SLA improvements to meet expectations • Storage team can manage like typical SAN • Reduced organizational conflicts and delays • VMware vRealize integration for ease of management © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION IP Storage Data Center IP LAN LAN IP Core IP Storage Network Servers
- 19. Simplified VMware Management Integratedtools accelerate problem isolation, identification, and resolution © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. INTERNAL USE ONLY 19 vCloud Automation Center vSphere Network Virtualization and Security (NSX) VMware vRealize Operations IP Analytics Pack for vRealize Operations & SAN Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight Brocade Network Advisor • Automated management & patented analytics • Provides visibility and actionable info to ensure SLAs, optimum resource usage, and configuration compliance • Provides view into critical Storage Network alerts • Simplifies ops management for virtual and physical environments, including VCS Fabric • Aids in problem resolution • Complements vRealize Operations with deeper storage network management and investigation for root-cause analysis and remediation VMware vRealize Operations Subscriber Analytics Application Analytics Network Analytics Device Smartphone Analytics SDN Engine Port Health Switch Status Policy FRU Health Security Violations Switch Resource Traffic Performance
- 20. Best Practices forVM Deployments Build in manageability and scalability • Parallel build out of dedicated network eases migration – Move critical apps or those on high value storage first • Initial 4 switch configuration for non-disruptive growth • Paired switch expansion for automation and resiliency • Maintain operational flexibility by planning ports used to <85% © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION VM Server Farms VSC Leaf VCS Spine File/Block Storage
- 21. Brocade IP Switchingfor Storage Test Results: Comparing Dedicated IP network versus Shared IP network © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 10XImprovement in latency +20%Improvement in IOPS
- 22. EMC Dedicated Networksfor IP Storage Dedicated Ethernet Fabrics with Isilon, VNX, Data Domain, & XtremIO “Announcing the EMC Connectrix B-Series VDX-6740B Switch for Dedicated IP Storage Networking” • Connectivity for NAS and iSCSI in EMC IP storage networking environments • First purpose-built IP storage switch • Integrated and supported across core EMC platforms • Available now © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 23. EMC Connectrix VDX-6740B CloudReady and Automated IP Storage Switch Scale: 24-64 ports of 10GbE, 4 ports of 40GbE • Pay as you grow model with Ports on Demand • Easy to scale for added network capacity • 24MB of data path memory (Workload Burst Ready) Automated: Brocade VCS Fabric technology integrated with VMware • Automation of Inter-switch links (Zero-Touch) • Fast convergence (no STP required) • Vmotion optimized w/Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) Unified: FC and IP management with EMC’s Connectrix Manager © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 24. EMC VDX UseCases Solving customer problems with focused solutions © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Scale-out NAS Isilon Transactional iSCSI XtremIO Transactional NAS VNX File Media Hadoop Scale VDI Performance Simple Automated Transparent Private Cloud VSPEX VSPEX Blue Dedicated Backup Data Domain File Storage CloudArray Enterprise NAS VMAX3 eNAS Dedicated IP Storage Networking with EMC Connectrix VDX-6740B Distributed Scale Out iSCSI ScaleIO Simple Software Defined Simple Automated Available Performance Automated Available Performance Automated Available Automated Highly Available
- 25. Primary Reasons fora Dedicated Storage Network Unprecedented network visibility and insight across all storage networks Performance gains • Lower latency • 20% increase in IOPS Easier manageability • Fabric Vision for Ethernet Fabrics • MAPS • Unified storage management tools • Ideal for virtualized environments Exceed customer SLAs • Easy to setup and manage—a Fabric you know! • Storage Team controls the environment— not the Corp LAN team © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 26. Fabric Vision Technologyfor IP Storage Real-time visibility and actionable insights © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Deploy 15 years of best practices in one click • Deploy pre-defined policies, rules, and actions • Increase instrumentation and granularity • Visualize network health and performance Simplify Monitoring • Improve OpEx savings through automated actions • Integrate management with VMware vRealize • Validate infrastructure prior to deployment Eliminate administrative costs Reduce Costs • Automatically detect and recover from errors • Provide early warning of potential problems • Minimize downtime with faster troubleshooting Reduce common network problems Increase Availability
- 27. Unified Storage NetworkManagement Unprecedented network visibility and insight across all storage networks • Monitor IP and Fibre Channel health and performance from a single dashboard • Simplify network monitoring and alerting with Fabric Vision technology • Integrate network data into VMware vRealize to maximize VM performance and availability • Pre-validate and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure to streamline deployment © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 28. Announcing IP StorageNetwork Training Brocade will help you be successful • Web-based training class for storage admins – Build proficiency to deploy and manage IPSN – Based on NOS 6.0.1 training, but focused on items relevant to storage networking only – Learned skills: VDX 6740, IPSN config, iSCSI/NAS – No Prerequisites, but BNA background helpful • Includes WBT class (CEF 260) & Accreditation Exam • FREE to all registrants – But only for a limited time – don’t miss out © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 28
- 29. Summary: The NetworkMatters for VM Farms Brocade technology for performance, automation, and efficiency © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION • A tectonic shift in technology is transforming the data center • Data growth, flash arrays and virtualization are straining the storage network as never before • Virtualized, business-critical apps mandate a purpose-built storage network to achieve SLAs • Fabric technology is the industry-recommended approach to meet your business requirements • Brocade and EMC partnership provides robust solutions for your virtual environment IP Storage
- 30. Solving Customer PainPoints The network matters for business critical storage © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Growth of IP Storage and business critical workloads are accelerating Manage Growth Requirements for 100% availability and reliability are increasing Mitigate Risk Reduce Costs Infrastructure complexity and management costs are growing
- 31. Why Brocade? © 2015BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 90%+ DEPLOYED IN GLOBAL 1000 COMPANY DATA CENTERS 1,900+ ETHERNET FABRIC CUSTOMERS ~30 MILLION SAN PORTS SHIPPED WORLDWIDE 1.5+ MILLION VIRTUAL ROUTERS DOWNLOADED WORLDWIDE 1ST TO MARKET ETHERNET FABRICS #1 SAN MARKET SHARE WORLDWIDE #2 WW DC NETWORKING MARKET SHARE 200,000+ BROCADE SANS IN PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE 1.3+ MILLION OPENFLOW ROUTER PORTS SHIPPED
- 32. Additional Resources Products &Services http://www.brocade.com/en/products-services/storage-networking/ip- storage.html Possibilities: http://www.brocade.com/en/possibilities/solutions/ip-storage.html Contact Us: (888) 276-2233 © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION