Panasonic Information Systems

Contents

I. ObjectiveII. ApproachIII. IT DeliverablesIV.Business GoalsV. ChallengeVI.SolutionVII.Good Performance & ReliabilityVIII.BenefitsIX.Conclusion

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ObjectiveIntegrate disparate systems into a converged infrastructure in order to reduce operational load and meet business needs.

Disparate Systems

Legacy Systems – Individual

Data Processing Systems

Converged Infrastructure

Integrated Systems for

Data Center Management

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ApproachUse server and storage systems that could maintain server quality equal to that of a Mainframe

Storage Systems

Servers

HP

= MAINFRAME

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IT Deliverables

• VIRTUALIZATION - Use of virtual storage pools for rapidimplementation and expansion

• FAST DATABASES - Assign storage volumes to servers in amatter of minutes

• EASY DEPLOYMENT - Increase the speed of implementationand reduction in operational load

• ENHANCED RELIABILITY - Deliver the high reliability needed formission – critical operations

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Business Goals

Responds to business demands with efficient resource provision

Establish new outside business with know-how gained from in-house operations

Support business expansion into cloud service market

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“CLOUD”• Used by Businesses to optimise IT performance

without huge costs of purchasing and managing a fullydedicated infrastructure.

• Can provide a similar level of performance, securityand control of a dedicated server

• Key Difference – Instead of being hosted on dedicatedphysical hardware, the cloud servers reside on a“shared virtual” environment managed by the cloudhosting provider.→ Great for variable demand and workloads→ Only pay for exact amount of server space and

usage vs Fixed pay→ Infinite flexibility – Scale ↑ or ↓ resources &

server specification• Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient,

on-demand network access to a shared pool ofconfigurable computing resources.

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SaaS, PaaS & IaaS - Concept

IaaS

• Hardware & Software powering it all – servers, storage, networks, and OS

PaaS

• Set of tools and services designed to make coding and deploying apps quick and efficient

SaaS

• Software deployed over Internet, designed for end users

• HP 3PAR is a manufacturer of systems and

software for data storage and information

management – HP’s version of IaaS

• Forms the backbone system for

Panansonic’s IS and Nextructure Cloud

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SaaS, PaaS & IaaS – In the Real World 10

Challenges

Initially, Panasonic was involved with development andoperations, focusing primarily on Backbone Systems

LATER – An independent IT infrastructure company

Nextructure – Systemized IT infra solution,made possible by know-how of 50 years.

Brings together construction and operatingprocesses based on practical experience

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Challenges

Virtual Storage

Took advantage of construction and operating know-how to implement virtual storage and server systemsacross the board for cloud-based infrastructure

Technology that virtualizes CPU, memory and storageresources has finally become widespread in recentyears, even among open systems.

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ChallengesImplementing virtualization within its backbone infrastructure brought about acomplication of systems• Individual systems were being developed one after another resulting in a rapid

increase in the load on system operations• Operations had to be approached using separate methods for each respective system• Other Issues – Increase in operational costs and system failures

Separating application from

execution infrastructure

Avoiding approaching operations at

application level

Allowing integration of systems

operations at infrastructure level

Strategy

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Solution

Decision• Switch to an automatic online backup appliance

product to reduce the heavy loads from dealing withbackups.→Necessary to address convergence of the storage

being backed up• Build and Select devices for a storage infrastructure

that would allow integrated maintenance of data formultiple business systems.

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SolutionRequirements

It should be simple

It should allow for maximum automation of operations

It should be possible to monitor operational status at all times

• With HP 3PAR storage, all storageresources are treated as a single poolof resources.

• Operations like the optimization ofdata distribution are autonomous andintegrated monitoring tools areavailable.

• With 3PAR, multiple servers can beconnected to a virtual storage pool,and the storage capacity of that virtualstorage pool can be expanded online.

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Solution

• Nextructure IT System→ Server Convergence→ Storage Convergence→ Backup Convergence

• HP 3PAR as IaaS andStorage System forNextructure

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Good Performance & Reliability• Speed and scalability changed the IT infrastructure at Panasonic IS,

increasing the number of servers dramatically.• After successful convergence of storage systems, the next step was the

convergence of servers.→It was a standard for open architecture systems to use high-

availability clustering→Panasonic considering this to be difficult to build and maintain,

went for Blade Servers – which allowed them to keep standby unitsat a minimum.

• Combining these features with 3PAR Utility Storage solution. PanasonicIS was able to provide more flexible and rapid response to a variety ofunpredictable needs. [DECISION SUPPORT SYTEM availability]

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Good Performance & Reliability• 3PAR Architecture & Services Offered

→Being fully active with redundant disks, controllers, andnetwork components

→Possible to address problems before they actually affect theoperation of the system uninterrupted operation all yearlong

• HP 3PAR automatically optimizes data distribution across all disks→So that I/O load, a performance bottleneck is distributed well,

despite the amount of data or number of servers.→Extra feature of the 3PAR IaaS

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Benefitsi. Next Generation Solution

Panasonic IS sells its converged system infrastructure through in-house operations.

Introduced IaaS cloud services and Nextructure as a total solution

All these services make up use of the converged storage infrastructure, and HP 3PAR Utility Storage

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Benefitsii. New Customers

• Good influx of customers due to expertise and proven experience,especially while making the move from high-end mainframes or UNIXsystems.

• Customers are using Nextructure to build backbone systems stableoperation and high availability are of utmost importance.

iii. Performance• Availability – 100% availability in Mission-Critical service category,

demonstrating the high reliability of a 3PAR-based storage infrastructure.• Storage Utilization – In-house 3PAR production environment sees a rate of

~91%, up from 40-50% utilization→ Keep investments in the system at a necessary minimum→ Reductions in both space needed and energy consumption

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Conclusion• Reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) cannot be done through

virtualisation alone.• Improvisation in operations has proved to be more important than

reduction in hardware costs.• The goal has been to lower operational costs by reducing the time spent

in responding to failures and need of dedicated administrators.

Essence - “close integration between storage andserver systems & the quest for total efficiency viaautomation is essential.”

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Thank You

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Yash Mittal