Integrating Hyper-converged Systems with Existing SANs

Integrating Hyper-converged Systems with Existing SANs

Dan KusnetzkyDistinguished Analyst and Founder

Kusnetzky Group, LLC © 2016

• How did we get here?• What are hyper-converged systems?• The promise of hyper-converged systems• What's holding us back?• It is a new world, consider the opportunities• Recommendations


Agenda

How did we get here?






Enter Functional Servers

UI

Apps

Storage

Networking

A Function Per Box


What are Hyper-convergedSystems?

Functionsre-integrated


• An attractive way to share internal storage among clusters of servers in a compact, cost effective configuration

• Reduces data center footprint• Can reduce power consumption and heat production• They're presented as integrated packages including

– Monitoring tools– Management tools– Integration with 3rd party software– Professional Services

• The promise isn't always realized

Benefits of Hyper-converged systems


Sounds Good, What's Holding Us Back?

Often Limited to Internal Storage


• Consider the big picture first and don't be led down a path to more restrictions– Don't limit your view to a vendor or

hardware-centric focus!– Don't allow hyper-converged systems to become islands of

computing– Consider integration and migration of data

• Remember virtual environments should go beyond hardware boundaries

It's a New World,Consider the Possibilities


• Hyper-converged systems should be software defined• Pick the virtualized environment first• The proper choice of virtualization technology will

– Enfold all of the hardware you've selected– Allow established and cloud storage to complement storage

inside hyper-converged systems– Avoid recreating costly islands of storage. – Integrate these systems with established workloads and

cloud resources

KG Recommendations


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PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO HYPER-CONVERGENCE

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Centralized vs. Distributed

Servers

External storage

Hyper-convergedServers with Internal storage

- Storage software

APP APP APP APPAPP APP APP APP

“Virtual Storage Poola.k.a Virtual SAN”


Scale Differently

Servers

External storage

Hyper-convergedServers with Internal storage

APP APP APP APPAPP APP APP APP


Central SAN Offload servers Network access Concentrate resources

Hyper-converged Leverage server DAS Avoid the network Distribute resources

Contrasting Objectives


Central SAN

Central Storage Pool

Cache

ComputeStorage

S/W

Network Access[ iSCSI / Fibre Channel SAN ]


Hyper-converged Cluster

Network Access[ iSCSI SAN ]

Storage + Compute

Internal Access[ Virtual iSCSI ]


Central Storage Pool

Cache

Storage

S/W

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Combine Both?

Network Access[ iSCSI / Fibre Channel SAN ]

Hyper-converged Cluster


Central SAN Storage-centric Special Ops Control all capacity Services-minded

Hyper-converged Server-orientation Generalist Manage from host Self-provision

Social / Political Factors

Different vendor-affinityImage source: MarketingProfs


Existing SAN Storage

Join Islands of Storage

Cloud

Cloud

Project # AHyper-converged

System

Project # BHyper-converged

System

Cloud


DataCore™ SANsymphony™Software-defined Storage

Platform HDDHybridFlash Legacy

DataCore™ Hyper-converged Virtual SAN

iSCSI / Fibre Channel

Data Center

Leverage All Available Capacity

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Cloud



HDDHybridFlash Legacy

iSCSI / Fibre Channel

Data Center

Integrated Data Infrastructure

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Cloud


DataCore™ SANsymphony™Software-defined Storage

Platform


Remote Office / Branch Office (ROBO)


Disaster RecoverySite


Cloud


Best Price-Performance in peer-reviewed SPC-1 benchmark $0.08 / SPC-1 IOPS™

Highest Performance per node w/ DataCore™ Parallel I/O 459,290 SPC-1 IOPS™

Fastest Response ever measured for SPC-1 OLTP workloads 0.32 Millisec @ full load

Only 2 nodes needed for Stretch Cluster

Scale out storage capacity independent of compute

One management platform across entire storage infrastructure

Support for Multi-hypervisor & Non-virtual environments

Hardware independent (wide choice of server platforms)

Same set of services across all storage devices (Internal / external DAS, SAN, Cloud)

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Hyper-converged Advantages from DataCore

See DataCore SPC-1 Full Disclosure Report: www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-1/DataCore/A00164_DataCore_SANsymphony-V_10-0/a00164_DataCore_SANsymphony-V_10.0_SPC-1_full-disclosure-report.pdf


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