HPe in Datacenter HPe3PAR Flash Technologies Martynas Skripkauskas Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage Department
Flash Misnomers Common statements used when talking about flash Flash is about speed Flash isn t a good fit Flash is expensive Flash is intermediate 2
Customer Data Requirements What s required for long-term adoption? Performance Acceleration Day-1 flash startups Efficiency Optimization Current flash startups Data Availability HP 3PAR Features Established Platforms 3
What makes the difference? IOPS, bandwidth and latency Performance Increased IOPS and bandwidth capabilities Latency Consistent, low latency 4
Flash Technologies Performance and endurance increase with cost SLC emlc cmlc TLC 5
Why compact data? It s all about cost Improved capacity Reduced initial cost Increased reliability 6
HP 3PAR ASIC The Heart of every 3PAR Thin Technologies Parity RAID Controller Clustering Mixed Workload 7
HP 3PAR Mixed Workload Technology Improving the performance of multi-tenant workloads General Purpose CPU Control Data RAID Level Thin Detect Deduplicated Data Payload Formatted Data HP 3PAR ASIC 8
Thin Provisioning Save capacity by only storing data, not free space Thick Provisioned Thin Provisioned Consumed Capacity Free Space Data 9
HP 3PAR Thin Technologies Leadership 3PAR Thin Technologies come with virtually no performance impact 3PAR Array TPVV usage* 7% 93% TPVV VV *Based on measured installed based reports 10
Zero Detect Getting Thin 00011000 00000000 01010101 01110000 00000000 10011001 00011000 01010101 01110000 10011001 00000000 11
Thin Deduplication Uniquely delivers efficiency and performance HP 3PAR ASIC + Express Indexing 0001100 0001101 1111100 0001100 0001100 0001101 1111100 1111100 Fast Efficient Inline 12
Deduplication: Normal Data Write Writing data to a non deduplication aware volume Incoming data 13
Deduplication: Unique Data Write Unique data in deduplication volume Incoming data Generate hash Check table 10010100 01001011 No match 14
Deduplication: Duplicate Data Write Duplicate data in deduplication volume Incoming data Generate hash Check table 01001011 01001011 Match No data write 15
HP 3PAR Thin Clones Deduplication-aware clones with VMware vsphere and Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor 16
3.84TB cmlc SSD A game changer enabled by HP 3PAR StoreServ 3.84 TB SSD ~140TB/U TB/U Usable 3X better density 1.92 TB SSD 3PAR Deduplication 35 69 20% more capacity per drive with Adaptive Sparing 920 GB SSD 7 17 Parity with 10K RPM HDDs ($1.5/GB) 4 Dec 12 June 13 Dec 13 June 14 Oct 14 Jun 15 5 Warranty 17
emlc Technology Good performance, good endurance Usable Capacity Overprovisioned Space 18
cmlc Technology Good performance, poor endurance Usable Capacity Overprovisioned Space 19
cmlc Technology cmlc in storage arrays Usable Capacity Spare Space Housekeeping Space Overprovisioned Space 20
HP 3PAR Adaptive Sparing cmlc in HP 3PAR arrays Usable Capacity Spare Space Overprovisioned Space 21
HP 3PAR Adaptive Sparing Optimizing SSD capacity and wear-out example SanDisk 3.2TB cmlc drive Internal fixed Overprovisioning Spare Space Internal fixed Overprovisioning Adaptive Spares 3PAR wear-out reduction through Drive FW optimized for 3PAR 3.2TB available capacity Diags Standard deployment 3.84TB available capacity Diags 3PAR with Adaptive Sparing 3PAR wide-striping 3PAR data reduction technologies 22
% of remaining write endurance A picture is worth a thousand words Based on measured Field Telemetry Data of the 3PAR cmlc installed base 3PAR cmlc life left over12 months 100,00% 95,00% 100,00% 99,85% 99,70% 99,30% 90,00% 85,00% 80,00% 75,00% 70,00% 65,00% 60,00% Projection at current IO profile 55,00% 50,00% July 2014 July 2015 >50% 2064 23 Copyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard GmbH Peter Mattei
Adaptive Flash Cache Improving the performance of small random reads Flash-based read caching Uses SSDs as read cache tier Improved performance for readintensive workloads. Reduced latency on writes 24
HP 3PAR StoreServ Mesh-Active Cluster Consistent performance through linear data paths All controllers active Distributed resources No inter-controller fabric 25
Traditional Architecture Different RAID levels require different disks, dedicated spares, complexity Hosts Volumes Controller Controller Spare(s) 26 RAID 5 Disk Group Flash Drives RAID 5 Disk Group
HP 3PAR Architecture Highly virtualised, fast and efficient Hosts Volumes Controller Controller Controller Controller Flash Drives 27
HP 3PAR Virtual RAID Customer Benefits Consistent Performance Reduced Management Distributed Sparing Massive Flexibility Simple Upgrades Highly Efficient 28
HP 3PAR Virtualization Advantages Traditional Array Each RAID level requires dedicated drives Dedicated spare disk required Limited single LUN performance Dedicated pool drives HP 3PAR All RAID levels can reside on same drives Distributed sparing, no dedicated spare drives Built-in wide-striping based on Chunklets No pools and reservation required 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 R1 R1 R5 R5 R1 R1 R6 Traditional Controllers 7 R6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R1 R1 R5 R5 R1 R1 R6 3PAR StoreServ Controllers R6 RAID5 Set RAID1 RAID6 Set LUN 2 LUN 3 RAID1 Set LUN 4 LUN 5 LUN 6 LUN 7 RAID5 Set Spare Spare Physical drives and Chunklets LUN 0 LUN 1 Snapshot Pool Spare Spare 29
The Cost of Flash Features Flash Features are included in the Base OS license HP 3PAR OS Suite Virtual SP (7000 only ) SmartStart (7000 only) Online Import license (180 days) System Tuner Host Explorer Multi Path IO SW VSS Provider Express Writes Rapid Provisioning Autonomic Groups Autonomic Replication Groups Host Personas Scheduler Autonomic Rebalance LDAP Support Access Guard Persistent Cache Persistent Ports Management Console Web Services API SMI-S Real Time Performance Monitor Full Copy Adaptive Flash Cache Thin Provisioning Thin Copy Reclamation Thin Persistence Thin Conversion Thin Clones Thin Deduplication 3PAR OS Administration Tools 30
Express Write technology for improved write latency Express Writes Disabled Express Writes Enabled 31
All-Flash Return on Investment Tiered approach vs. all-flash Tiered Array All-Flash Array Saving Power Consumption 5,900 Watts 1,100 Watts > 81% Thermal Output 20,200 BTU/h 3,600 BTU/h > 82% Rack Height 48U 8U > 83% Weight 480Kg 88Kg > 81% 32
HP 3PAR Flash Family
Eliminating distinctions between Midrange and Tier 1 Polymorphic Simplicity Storage without Boundaries ONE Architecture from Midrange to High-end Midrange Flash High-end Common Tier-1 Feature Set Interoperability end-to-end Only HP 8440 1 20450 8450 20800 20850 8200 8400 When Value matters 8200 AFA starting at $19k When Scale matters 20800 with up to 6 PiB raw capacity 8440 with up to 3 PiB raw capacity When Performance matters 20850 with up to 3.2 mio IOPS @ <1 ms latency 20450 with up to 1.6 mio IOPS @ <1 ms latency 8450 with up > 1 mio IOPS @ <1 ms latency 34
HP 3PAR StoreServ Awards and Recognitions Scale: 20000 8440 Speed: 20000 8450 8440 Value: 8400 Cost: 8200 IT-as-a-Service leadership Proven Flash-optimized Disruptive Tier 1 midrange 2014 award http://goo.gl/txlkme High End Storage Arrays Best-in-Class HP 3PAR StoreServ 10800 http://goo.gl/n5cfs8 Midrange Array Best-in-Class HP 3PAR StoreServ 7440c Midrange Array Best-in-Class 2015-16 award http://goo.gl/8bo2jv Making the right flash memory storage array buying decision: 7450 https://db.tt/ryaejcsq 2014 Storage Magazine #1 Midrange Storage Vendor 3PAR StoreServ 7400 Technology of the Year HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400 http://goo.gl/vkmhpe Flash Memory Summit Best of Show 3PAR StoreServ 20850 Storage Magazine #1 All Flash Storage Array Vendor HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Products of the Year Best data storage products 2014 HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 http://goo.gl/nu5ouv Critical Systems Capabilities #1 Mid-Range Overall Use Case HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Critical Systems Capabilities #3 High End Overall Use Case HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 35
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Array Performance HP 3PAR Priority Optimization Best in class Quality of Service Latency Goal Max Limit Max Limit Min Goal Latency Goal Priority levels App A App B App C All Other Apps Maximum threshold for front-end IOPS and/or Bandwidth Minimum floor below which QoS will not throttle a volume Svctime target the system will try and achieve for a given workload High Normal Low Min Goal 37
2014: A Year In 3PAR Innovations HP 3PAR OS Releases 3.1.3 Adaptive Sparing Priority Optimization Persistent Ports Federation (VV Migration) 3.2.1 480GB cmlc Adaptive Flash Cache Peer Persistence for Windows Express Writes 3.2.1 MU2 3PAR Express Protect StoreServ Management Console 3PAR File Persona 2014 3.1.3 MU1 1.92TB cmlc 6-Nines Availability EMC to 3PAR Migration 3.2.1 MU1 Thin Deduplication 38