Flash Help or Hype? Mark Beaudreault vbusiness Solutions Architect Healthcare October 2014 2 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential Information, not for distribution
Flash Fundamentals
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6 Garbage Collection Flash Made Confusing Program/Erase Cycles Write Amplification Losses in Flash Cells Cell Lock Reads Write Locking Parallelization Cell Overprovisioning SLC/eMLC/cMLC
Built from the Ground Up!. for a type of Flash 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
Its not all about leveraging today s flash media Successfully tested all scenarios with storage controller failover condition 8 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary - Internal Use Only
What Flash Really Means? The next challenge isn t the number of iops you can push, it is how long is 1ms. Everything under 1 ms
NetApp Positioning in all Flash Space 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
Is It Supported = It Should work Until it Doesn t. What about dem existing platforms that are not going away? 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
NetApp All-Flash Storage Portfolio Select your Direction 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
NetApp EF550 Flash Array Enterprise-class storage designed for performance-driven applications with submillisecond latency requirements 1 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary Limited Use Only
EF-Series All Flash Array: Extreme Performance and Density Extreme performance for latency-sensitive data Performance density unmatched in market Active/Active, full-performance 2U system Enterprise Reliability and Availability Proven in enterprise database workloads Data is always available, protected, secure Delivers >99.9999% uptime 900,000 burst IOPS 450,000 sustained IOPS Sub-500 µs latency 12GB/s bandwidth 1 Maximize Application ROI with Consistent, Low-Latency, High-Speed Data Access 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary Limited Use Only
NetApp SSD Technology Meets our customers endurance and performance expectations Unconditional warranty up to 5 years 3 years standard, upgradable to 5 Life expectancy well over 5 years Lifetime (Years) 64kb_seq_wr_qd16 7.75 4kb_rnd_7030_qd16 8.57 8kb_rnd_6030_qd16 9.97 Integrated flash technologies Wear leveling, garbage collection, etc. Designed to eliminate write cliff 1 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary Limited Use Only
EF550 Oracle Performance Three Oracle servers 8K Random I/O RAID 5 MB/sec (redo logging)
Sample Slide Results Successfully tested all scenarios with storage controller failover condition 1 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary - Internal Use Only
Field Proven and Amazingly Reliable E-Series Momentum by the numbers 750,000 systems sold 115 Growth in E- Series units % shipped FY13 to FY14 11x Growth in EF family units shipped FY13 to FY14 1 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
What is the Real Value Prop to You? < $80k 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
Introducing All-Flash FAS Stand-alone Scale-out Cluster node World-Class Flash Performance + World s #1 Storage Operating System Competitive single node performance with differentiated features Up to +4 million IOPS and 5PB of capacity Transparently balance workloads between all-flash and hybrid aggregates as requirements change 2 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
Feature NetApp Flash Storage Leads in Data Management NetApp All-Flash or Hybrid FAS Brand X SSD Warranty Yes Yes Yes Support both SAN and NAS Yes No No Storage efficiency (dedupe/compression/thin provisioning) Brand P Yes Yes Yes CIFS shares Yes No No Flexible configurations Yes No Yes Local snapshot backups Yes Yes (New) Yes (New) Native replication to SSD, SAS, or SATA Yes No SSD only Integrations with VMware, Hyper-V, & XenServer Yes No No Migrate workloads between All-Flash and Hybrid Array Yes No No Different performance tiers in same storage cluster Yes No No QoS/Multi-tenancy Yes No No Scale-out Yes (24 nodes) Yes (8 nodes) No (2 nodes) Non-disruptive upgrades and expansion Yes No Yes NetApp Confidential Limited Use Only
All-Flash FAS Database Performance 2 NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only FAS8080 EX offers best OLTP performance
AFF Beats the Competition for VDI VDI IOPS Steady State Workload (80% write; 20% read; ~1ms latency cdot 8.2.x 2 Steady state Burst Competition Based on 8K average block size NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only NetApp Based on 12KB average block size
All-Flash FAS 8060 System Utilization for 4,000 seats Headroom to support 4,000 desktops and failover capacity 2 NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
All-Flash FAS8060 has enough performance headroom to support 4,000 desktops (with HA failover capability) $100/desktop $70/desktop 2,500 users $55/desktop 4,000 users TR-4307 NetApp All-Flash FAS Solution for VMware Horizon View 2 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
Resources AFF TR-4307: NetApp All-Flash FAS Solution for VMware Horizon View http://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4307.pdf NetApp Flash Recommendations for VDI https://fieldportal.netapp.com/core/downloaddoc.aspx?documentid=125702&contentid=2366 69 All Flash FAQ https://fieldportal.netapp.com/directlink.aspx?documentid=123848&contentid=231802 More Posting Daily 2
Hybrid Is the New Normal Provides the best mix of $/IOPS and $/GB Speed of flash plus capacity of disks Perfect for most workloads and shared storage environments Flash efficiency affects performance and costs Correctly sizing your flash is key to consistent performance 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential Information, not for distribution
Virtual Storage Tier Offerings PCIe flash card Flash Cache Acts as a cache for all volumes on that controller Improves response time for repeat random reads Simple to use: no administration needed Flash Pool Hybrid aggregate of HDDs plus SSDs SSDs act as a cache for all volumes provisioned on aggregate Accelerates random reads and writes Delivers consistent performance across failover events 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential Information, not for distribution
How Much Cache Do I Need? Automated Workload Analyzer (AWA) The manual way Know the workload characteristics Know the size of the cache Is the workload cacheable? AWA automates the process and optimizes the benefits of cache Real-time autolearning of workload characteristics Estimates Flash Pool cache size Estimates workload cacheability, read/write offload, overwrite percentage 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential Information, not for distribution
30 Shared Infrastructure Radiology Cardiology EHR NAS SAN Apps Servers Network AGFA Fuji GE McKesson Merge Philips Siemens AGFA Fuji GE McKesson Merge Philips Siemens Allscripts Athena Cerner CPSI Epic McKesson MEDITECH FC FCoE iscsi NFS/pNFS CIFS/SMB Archive Backup CIFS / NFS Shares Exchange Hyper-V Oracle SQL Server SAP VMware Storage Common Platform for EHR, PACS & IT Workloads Common architecture Common tools Common processes Universal protocols Unified management Integrated data protection
Virtual Disks Physical Nodes Epic Clustered ONTAP Production Architecture Example FAS8000 - Production Cluster 10.1.1.100 Scale-out... OnCommand Provisioning Automation Management Planning All-Flash Node All-Flash Node Hybrid Node NDO - Non-disruptive data-motion between tiers/nodes (NAS + SAN) Hybrid Node 8 x SAN 24 x NAS Platform Mixing Hosts VM VM VM Storage Virtual Machines Prod DB Cache Database Production Cache - Storage VM - (10.1.1.110) Journals, Apps...... Protocols: FCP QoS: Unlimited Tier: Flash Admin: epic_admin Prod Services Production Services - Storage VM - (10.1.1.150) Clarity/Cogito Apps, Rpt- Shadow Protocols: FCP QoS: 800MB/sec Tier: Hybrid Admin: win_admin Desktop Services Citrix PVS Cache Desktop Services - Storage VM - (10.1.1.200) VDI Test SMB/Other Protocols: FCP/SMB QoS: 10,000 IOPS Tier: Hybrid, Flash Admin: win_admin
What are you trying to do? Innovation is not just rack density, iops and storage efficiency! Automation of Catalog of Services Cloud OnTap (Data is Different) Shift Hyperscaler to Hyperscaler NBD vvols for VMware OpenStack FlexPod (The new designs for apps!) Flash Should NOT get in the way! 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ongoing Evolution in the Data Center Infrastructure Evolution Application Evolution FlexPod Express SMB and Mid-size Companies Enterprise Apps SAP Applications Microsoft Applications Oracle Database, Applications VDI (Citrix, VMware) FlexPod With N7/9K Large DC & Service Providers Big Data FlexPod Select Multi-site FlexPod Site A Site B Business Continuity Cloud and Management Solutions OpenStack, Cloud Platform CloudStack UCS Director VMware vcenter MS System Center
What s the Magic of FlexPod? Joint engineering, investment and testing Over 12,000 FTE hours Reference architectures, deployment and scaling guides for common workloads and problem sets VDI, Database, VM farms Exchange, SharePoint, SAP Clustered Data ONTAP ACI Enables design/service level consistency and standardization Mitigates risk of multi-vendor solutions Reduces risks from technical uncertainty, range of workloads, operational complexity
Connect the Clouds with NetApp Universal Data Platform Dynamic Data Portability Extensive Customer Choice Seamless connectivity among clouds
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FlashRay with Mars OS Key Architectural Values Sustainable architecture optimized for solid state Performance Scalability Storage Efficiency Enterprise-class Capabilities General Availability: Q1 CY14 NetApp Confidential
4 FlashRay Replication Options SYNC or ASYNC FlashRay + Mars OS ESX FlashRay + Mars OS FAS + ONTAP ESX Space efficient Snapshots and clones Backup
Its not all about leveraging today s flash media Successfully tested all scenarios with storage controller failover condition 4 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary - Internal Use Only
Q1 2014 Open Networked Market Share Branded Capacity Source: IDC, June 2014 Open Networked equals the combined NAS and SAN markets Vendor Q1 2014 Open Networked Capacity Market Share Petabyte s Share NetApp 1,305.6 20.5% EMC 1,835.2 28.8% IBM 413.9 6.5% HP 540.7 8.5% Hitachi 446.9 7.0% Dell 585.5 9.2% Other 1,244.6 19.5% Total 6,372.4 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1784 New logos generated $500M in revenue in FY14 EMC 28.8% NetApp 20.5% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
NetApp Flash Leadership Metrics through July 2014 flash 111 200 shipped PB ~ flash-related patents hybrid systems shipped all-flash systems shipped flash shipped in last two quarters 4 2014 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. NetApp Proprietary Limited Use Only
2014 Flash Symposium Flash Memory Summit It s official! NetApp stole the show at this year s Flash Memory Summit (FMS), where we won two huge awards: Best of Show in Most Innovative Flash Customer Implementation Market Leader Favorite for All-Flash NAS SSD In fact, we nearly swept the All-Flash NAS SSD categories, where we also were the front runner in four other categories: Performance, Reliability, Service, and Support and Innovation. NetApp Confidential - Internal Use Only
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