This document discusses challenges with storage performance and how IBM solutions can help address them. It notes that CPU performance has increased 10x over the last decade while storage growth has only allowed for 5% yearly performance increases, resulting in significant performance gaps. IBM FlashSystem architecture provides extreme performance of 1.1 million IOPS and 8GB/s bandwidth in a compact 2U form factor. The IBM AWR Analysis tool and Butterfly Analysis tool help optimize storage architectures by analyzing current performance, proposing optimized scenarios, and estimating benefits and return on investment.

1. IT Infrastrutture Matters
Storage The New Challenge
Matteo Bregni
IBM Italia SpA
STG sales specialist

2.  Storage Flash System
 The New Challenge
 IBM AWR Analysis tool
 Storage optimization
 Butterfly Analysis

3. Performance
Gap
CPU performance up 10x this last decade
Storage has grown capacity but unable to
keep up in performance
Systems are now Latency & IO bound resulting
in significant performance gap
From 1980 to 2010, CPU performance has grown 60% per year*
…and yet, disk performance has grown ~5% per year during that same period**
IT infrastructure challenges

4. Storage Latency: How does it cost?
Money
For
IOps
With 100.000 € per Day We can lose up to 2,5 M €

5. Virtual Environment
VDI
New Storage performance needs

6. IBM Flash System architecture
Easy
Automatic
Not Disruptive
Trasparent

7. • 1.1M IOPS
• 8 GB/s Bandwidth
• Multiple connectivity interfaces
- 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel
- 40Gb QDR InfiniBand
- 10Gb FCoE
• Fully redundant and hot swappable architecture:
- Flash modules, power supplies, batteries,
interfaces, fans
• Maintain business continuity with Concurrent code load
• AES 256 HW base encryption
• 2U form factor- minimal footprint for best of breed ROI
• Low power 625 watts
• Field upgradeable, granular capacity
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48
• Reduce installation and management time
with intuitive standardized GUI
• Low Latency 135/90 µs R/W
• Purpose-built, highly parallel design
• Maximize host CPU efficiency and productivity
Macro
Efficiency
MicroLatency™
Enterprise
Reliability
Extreme
Performance
The Solution: IBM FlashSystem 840
Efficiency
Flexibility
Extreme
performance,
Total system
protection

8. Starting from ORACLE AWR File
AWR analysis compare Actual Array Vs FlashSystem:
• % Improvement on IO Wait Reductions via FlashSystem
• DB CPU% Improvement
• DB Improvement comparison
• Latency improvements
• Read/Write Ratio
What is IBM AWR Analysis Tool
Pure
Flash System
Advantage

9.  Storage optimization
 Butterfly Analysis

10. What is IBM Butterfly Analysis Tool
 It's a decision maker support Document
 It works on storage architecture (back-up and disk)
 Analyze and Fix actual architecture
 Propose an optimized scenario
 Estimate the architecture benefits and
 calculate a ROI

11. Butterfly Analysis Engine Report (AER)

12. Grazie per aver partecipato all’evento
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Un IT Technical Support Specialist evidenzierà eventuali criticità
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Call To Action
Contatti per approfondimenti:
Pragma Progetti
Deborah De Simone
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13. Matteo_Bregni@it.ibm.com
+39 335 7693515