The document discusses IBM's FlashSystem family of storage solutions. It introduces the IBM FlashSystem 900 and FlashSystem V9000, which provide industry-leading performance of up to 1.1 million IOPS and 2.5 million IOPS respectively. It also discusses the new IBM Storwize V7000 storage array, which offers twice the performance of the previous version and hardware-accelerated compression using Intel QuickAssist technology.

1. FlashSystem family 2015Evento GeneXus
27 Marzo 2015
Massimo Ferretti
Businnes Developer Storage
e-mail: massimo_ferretti@it.ibm.com
Mobile: +39.3357478595
Cantina Contadi Castaldi a Adro(BS)

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IBM RAMAC 350 Disk System
First Disk System, September 13, 1956
IBM
RAMAC
System
305
(vacuum
tubes)
5 million character storage
50 x 24” disks, 1,200 RPM
Two up/down in/out disk arms (servo)
600ms average access time

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In the last 10 years…
CPU Speed: Performance increased ~ 8-10 x
DRAM Speed: Performance increased ~ 7-9 x
Network Speed: Performance increased ~ 100 x
Bus Speed: Performance increased ~ 20 x
Disk speed: Performance increased ONLY 1.2 x
2014 2015/
Disk speed: Performance increased > 30 x
with IBM FlashSystemThe storage disk tier is
the

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•IBM MicroLatency™ with up to 1.1 million IOPS
•40% greater capacity compared to previous generation
•IBM FlashCore™ technology, our secret sauce
Technical collaboration with Micron Technology – flash chips
•IBM enhanced flash technology
•MLC NAND flash offering and Flash Wear Guarantee
Improved integration with VMware via IBM Storage Integrated
Server
Performance at-a-glance
Introducing IBM’s premier all-flash offering
IBM FlashSystem 900
the next generation in our lowest latency offering
Announcement: February 23
General availability: March 20
Minimum latency
Write 90 µs
Read 155 µs
Maximum IOPS 4 KB
Read (100%, random) 1,100,00
Read/write (70%/30%, random) 800,000
Write (100%, random) 600,000
Maximum bandwidth 256 KB
Read (100%, sequential) 10 GB/s
Write (100%, sequential) 4.5 GB/s
Module type 1.2 TB 2.9 TB 5.7 TB
Modules 4 6 8 10 12 6 8 10 12 6 8 10 12
RAID 5 capacity 2.4 4.8 7.2 9.6 12 11.6 17.4 23.2 29.0 22.8 34.2 45.6 57.0
Raw Capacity 7.1 10.7 14.2 17.8 21.4 26.3 35.1 43.9 52.7 52.7 70.3 87.9 105.5

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IBM introduces a fully integrated, fully managed, full
function all-flash storage system
FlashSystem V9000
• Scalable all-flash architecture with full set of advanced data features
• Performs at up to 2.5M IOPS with IBM MicroLatency, scalable to 19.2 GB/s
• Scales to 456 TB usable and up to 2.28 PB effective capacity in only 34U
• Up to 57 TB usable and up to 285 TB effective capacity in only 6U
• New licensing structure to simplify ordering and planning for External Data
Virtualization, Flash Copy, Metro Mirror, and Real-time Compression
Scalable
Performance
Agile
Integration
Enduring
Economics
Powered by
FlashCore™
Technology

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CPU Utilization
& App. Efficiency
4%
Total Application
Processing Time
5,200us (5.2ms)
5,000us (5ms)
200us (.2ms)
Application
Processing Time
Time Waiting for I/0
(Waiting for Array)
Time Processing Data
(Server CPU)
Disk/Hybrid
SW-Based
HW-Based
Solutions
CPU Utilization
& App. Efficiency
50%
Total Application
Processing Time
400us (.4ms)
200us (.2ms)
200us (.2ms)
What will you do with
the Extra Time?
FlashSystem 900/V9000 Makes Applications Faster
Enable Mixed
Workload
Consolidation
IBM
Advantages!
200
microsecond
latency
Consistent low
latency
Best in
Class
latency

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Storwize V3700
Storwize V5000
Storwize V7000
Entry
Midrange
Enterprise
DS8870
XIV
IBM Storage Portfolio
FlashSystem Family
FlashSystem 900FlashSystem V9000
Performance increase,
with common features
IBM and IBM BP - Internal Only

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Storwize V7000 comprende le migliori
tecnologie storage IBM
IBM SVC
• Virtualizzazione
Storage
• Global & Metro Mirror
• FlashCopy
• Thin provisioning
• Volume mirroring
XIV Storage
• GUI (Graphical
User Interface)
innovativa e
facile da
urilizzare
DS8000 Family
• RAID 0,1,5,6,10
• Easy Tier
SONAS (*)
• File services
• Remote copy
• File snapshots
• ILM with HSM
• Quotas
(*) Queste funzionalità riguardano lo Storwize V7000 Unified
Tecnologie Enterprise

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New Storwize V7000
More powerful hardware platform
– 2x performance of previous Storwize V7000
– Compressed performance comparable or better than
uncompressed previous Storwize V7000
More flexible server connectivity
Up to 8x cache: 32GB or 64GB cache per controller
(64GB or 128GB per control enclosure)
Industry first hardware compression acceleration
with Intel QuickAssist technology
– One accelerator standard, second optional
– Provides dedicated processing power and greater
throughput for compression
– Cache upgrade required when using second
compression accelerator
Double scalability: Up to 20 expansion enclosures
– Up to 504 SFF drives or 240 LFF drives per system
– Up to 1056 SFF drives or 960 LFF drives per clustered
system
– 12 Gbps SAS connectivity
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New Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure
Available only in 2.5-inch drive
model
– 2076-524
Flexible interface options
Dual controller canisters
Host interface slots
Compression
accelerator slot
PSU PSU
SAS expansion ports 1GbE ports
Technician
IP port
Ports per System
8Gbps FC 10Gbps FCoE/iSCSI 1 Gbps iSCSI
8 6
8 6
8 8 6
16 6
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One standard, optional second
compression accelerator
Technician IP port replaces USB
key configuration

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New Storwize V7000 Expansion Enclosure
Available in 2.5- and 3.5-inch
drive models
– 2076 Models 12F and 24F
Attaches to new control
enclosure using 12Gbps SAS
2.5-inch Flash Drives
200GB,
400GB, 800GB
Flash 12Gbps
2.5-inch High Performance Drives
300GB, 600GB SAS, 15K RPM 12Gbps
600GB,
900GB, 1.2TB
SAS, 10K RPM 6Gbps
1TB NL-SAS, 7.2K RPM 6Gbps
3.5-inch High Capacity Drives
2TB, 3TB,
4TB,6TB NL-SAS, 7.2K RPM 6Gbps
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Mix drives within enclosure, including
different drive speeds
Mix enclosure types in a system
All drives dual ported, hot swappable

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New Storwize V7000
Expansion
Up to 20 expansion enclosures per control
enclosure
In a clustered system, software supports
maximum of 1056 drives
– Enables fully populated LFF system
(4PB raw capacity)
Previous expansion enclosures and drives
cannot attach to new control enclosures
– Protect investments and migrate data by
mixing old and new systems in a clustered
system
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New Storwize V7000
Migration and Investment Protection
Build Storwize V7000 Unified systems using new Storwize V7000 and
Storwize V7000 File Modules (2073-720)
Can mix new and existing Storwize V7000 systems in a cluster
Provides complete protection for existing Storwize V7000 investments
– All existing and new storage can be accessed by all systems
Migration from existing system with no downtime at all
– For systems that support nondisruptive volume move
SVC and new Storwize V7000 can virtualize existing Storwize V7000 or
any other installed disk system
– Provides conventional Storwize family migration using virtualization
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Replicate
New V7000 System
Cluster
Existing V7000 Virtualize
Existing V7000
Existing V7000

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IBM Storwize Family Delivers ….
Foundational principles for Infrastructure That Matters
IT Admin
Optimized
24x7
Delivery
Half Price
Data Storage
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Thin
provisioning
Recycle Waste
Purchase only the
storage you need when,
you need it
Perform Economically
Meet & Exceed business
Service Levels
Flash Optimized
With IBM
Easy Tier®
Real-time
compression
Store Less
Reduce data storage
ingestion
Dynamic
growth
IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers ….
Simple Efficiency
Control Growth
Enhance admin productivity
with Automated File
management
Active
Cloud
Engine™
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How IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers ….
Half Price Data Storage
Database
Office
Files
CAD/CAMGeoseismic Virtual
Servers
JPEG/
ZIP
80% 30% 5% 50% 72% 70%Compression Rate
Average of
55% Compression
Traditional
Storage
Storwize Efficient
Half the Data Storage
Real-time Compression, for active and inactive data
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IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers ….
Infrastructure that Matters at Half the Price
Storwize V7000
Uncompressed
New Storwize V7000
Compressed
And…………
Half the enclosures
Half the drives
Half the environmentals
Half the floor space
Half the maintenance
Half the cost!
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IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Delivers ….
Efficient File Management
Active Cloud Engine™
•Simple, Policy Based Efficiency
– Set it and forget it, Policy based Automated File placement
– High-performance: can scan billions of files in minutes
•Reduce costs
– Files on cost optimized storage, based on business SLA’s
– Controls storage growth by moving older files to tape and deleting
unwanted or expired files
– Move data over time, transparently to the user
•Enhances administrator productivity
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Virtual Server Infrastructure
Virtualizzazione pervasiva della infrastruttura IT con V7000
Tivoli Usage & Acctg Manager (TUAM)
Virtual Storage Infrastructure
TivoliStorageProductivityCenter
Storage Hypervisor
Storwize V7000 SAN Volume Controller
Manage
TivoliStorageFlashCopyManager
TSMforVirtualEnvironments
vCenter Plug-in
Supporto vSphere:
•VAAI
•VADP
•VASA
•SRM
Virtualizzazione

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In the last 10 years…
CPU Speed: Performance increased ~ 8-10 x
DRAM Speed: Performance increased ~ 7-9 x
Network Speed: Performance increased ~ 100 x
Bus Speed: Performance increased ~ 20 x
Disk speed: Performance increased ONLY 1.2 x
2014 2015/
Disk speed: Performance increased > 30 x
with IBM FlashSystemThe storage disk tier is
the

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“… managing an IBM Storwize [family] system with its
management interface is 47 percent less time-consuming and 31
percent less complex than managing an EMC VNX system using
the Unisphere software interface.” Source: Edison Group, Competitive Management Cost Study:
IBM Storwize V7000 vs. EMC VNX5500 Storage Systems
IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers …
Ease of Use
Easy User Interface
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IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Delivers …
Unified Integration
Ease of Use
•Fully integrated user interface for block & file data simplifies management
•IBM Active Cloud Engine™ technology delivers automated storage efficiency
capabilities
– Data when and where you want it - Global management of multiple sites with a single
namespace for greater collaboration, reduced bandwidth and latency
•Built-in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client simplifies backup to TSM server
– System also supports NDMP for third-party backup clients
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Flexible Volumes
Agile Integration
• Generic – fully allocated
• Thin-Provision – space consumed on-demand
• Mirror – two copies of volume
– Migrate between Pools or change
volume type
– Preferred read mirror between flash
and legacy storage (all reads from flash)
• Thin mirror – a mirror with copies being thin
• Compressed – volumes utilizing Real-time Compression
Agile
Integration

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IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers …
IBM Storage Mobile Dashboard
iPhone app provides monitoring and health checking for
Storwize family systems
– Available free from Apple App Store
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• Improve workforce productivity
• Simplify management
• Single name space
Fully Integrated System Management
Agile Integration Agile
Integration

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Practice disaster
recovery
techniques
Business Continuity Test
Train staff & validate business
continuity plans without
disrupting applications
Application-aware
copies
Integrated Protection
Virtually eliminate
application downtime for
backup
IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers ….
Data Resilience
Data Replication
Data Protection
Remote site replication
options
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Encrypt
data at rest
Protect From Disclosure
Encrypt data to protect from
indavertent disclosure and
enable “secure erase”

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IP Replication with Acceleration
• Integrated Bridgeworks SANrockIT network optimization technology
• Easy enablement via Storwize GUI
• Transparent to servers and applications
• Use 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
IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers …
Disaster recovery over lower cost network bandwidth
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Source
Volume
Destination
Volume
TCP/IP Network

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IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers …
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
Visible through
dedicated partnerships
and ongoing work with:
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IBM Storwize V7000 Delivers …
Dependable Data Availability
• SVC and Storwize V7000 offer five 9s
(99.999%) availability
– Average annual downtime less than
5 minutes
• Storwize family is ideal for any
organization’s disaster recovery plan
– Data mirrored between production
and disaster recovery sites in
almost real time
• Over 55,000 systems purchased
• Over 130,000 total enclosures
deployed
• Over 1.6 exabytes of capacity
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Quando c’è più di un Sistema o partizioni IBM i da consolidare
- La capacità della spazio disco richiesto da tutti i Server (all ASPs) può
giustificare l’investimento della San e dello Storwize V7000
- Il collegamento dello Storwize V7000 tramite VIOS consente di virtualizzare in
modo ottimizzato le risorse della SAN (Virtualizzazione della scheda FC in
modalità VSCSI ).
- Una scheda FC puo’ essere virtualizzata per più partizioni clients gestite dallo
stesso VIOS.
- Possibilità di virtualizzare Sistemi Storage già presenti, che in modalità
standalone non sono certificati dal VIOS e da IBM i.
Consolidare in una nuova SAN una Server Farm o Server Open già presenti
- Condivisione dello Storwize V7000
- Introdurre una soluzione HA/DR per tutte le piattaforme esistenti,garantendo la
consistenza dati dei database distribuiti nella sessione di replica.
Unica interfaccia di gestione (GUI)
- SAN and Network Topology information
- Events Monitoring
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Crescita on demand dello Storage
- Utilizzo della funzione di Thin Provisioning
Vantaggi della Data Information nello Storage esterno
- In architettura Cluster/IASP avere pool di dischi separati dalla CPU consente di
gestire soluzioni HA/DR basate sui copy services e sulle funzionalità a carico dello
Storage.
Data Archive e Information Retrival
- E’ possibile archiviare i dati su dischi meno costosi ad alta capacità (1, 2 o 3 TB)
Resilienza basata su HW senza SPOF
- Multipath; RAID 10; Switches;
- Storage rindondato (processori; alimentazione; cache; batteria)
Riduzione dei tempi di Backup
-L’utilizzo della FlashCopy per clonare i dati è un primo step di una soluzione DR
Disaster Recovery di semplice implementazione e gestione
Storwize V7000: punti di forza per clienti IBM i

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Architettura High Availability
e Disaster Recovery
con IBM i e Storwize V7000
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Disaster Recovery: Scenari Evolutivi
LEGACY OPERATIONS
• Tape based back-up recovery
• Annual restore from tape exercises
ADVANCED OPERATIONS
• Data center clustering and
• Geographically dispersed clustering
• Semi-annual compliance testing
INTERMEDIATE OPERATIONS
Geographic dispersion
Data replication
Optional compliance testing
RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
minutes
RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
hours
Manual compliance testing
Data-centric recovery
RPO hours if not days
RTO hours if not days
Manual compliance testing
Data-centric recovery
RPO minutes
RTO less than an hour
Automated compliance testing
Application-centric recovery
Storage Replication
Flash Copy
Reboot/Restore
No Replication
Recover from Tape
PowerHA
Storage Replication
Flash Copy
Automation

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Admin domain
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Metro MirrorProduction
Storwize V7000*
Local Site
HA
DR Site*SYSBAS
(Prod)
IASP
(Switchable)
Storwize V7000
*SYSBAS
(DR)
IASP)
*SYBAS
(Backup I)
IASP
DR
Flash
Backup
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POWER7
IBM i
POWER7
IBM i
Global Mirror
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Admin domain
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Metro Mirror
Production
Storwize V7000*Local Site DR Site
*SYSBAS
(Prod)
IASP
(Switchable)
Storwize V7000
*SYSBAS
(DR)
*SYBAS
(Backup I)
IASP
POWER7
IBM I 720
POWER7
IBM i
Soluzione HA con PowerHA, system Mirror
7.1, ambiente SAP
IASP
(Switchable)
VIOS 1
VIOS 2
SAP PRD
BW
VIOS 1
VIOS 2
HA PRD
Test/Svil
IASP
(Switchable)
Fiber channel

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