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Invicta Accelerated Storage
Richard Nitz
Consulting Systems Engineer
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Session Objectives
Invicta Accelerated Storage
Many workloads can benefit from faster access to storage. Learn how the Cisco Invicta next-generation storage can improve performance with less hardware and less licensing while allowing you to improve business processes. Understand the unique Invicta technology innovations, where it makes sense, how it works, and where it differentiates from other solutions in the industry.
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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2000 2005 2010 2015+Response Time
Days Hours Minutes Seconds
Decision Making
Data Analysis Modeling and Predicting
Real-Time, Operational Analytics
Automated Decision Governance
Time is the New Business Currency
Real-TimeStrategic
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More Data. Faster Data. Complex Data.
Volume (Capacity)• Continually Collect as
much data as possibleVelocity (Time)
• Accelerate the writing & reading of application workload data
Variety (Type) • Understand different sources
& formats together
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MORE DATA
MANIPULATED FASTER
QUICKER DECISIONS
Rapid Time To Value Is Key In Today’s Competitive Climate
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
7
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UCS Founding Principles
Cisco Unified Computing System 1.0
Servers
UCSNetwork / Storage Access
ApplicationCentric
OperationalSimplicity
Platform for
IT Innovation
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Benefits of Cisco Unified Computing SystemInnovation serving 30,000 UCS Customers World Wide
Sources: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks
Superior Economics and Operations Superior Performance
82World-Record
Application Performance Benchmarks
54%
Reduction of Power and
Cooling Costs
61%
Reduction of Ongoing
Management Costs
77%
Reduction of Cabling
84%
Reduction in Provisioning
Times
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UCS Founding Principles
Taking UCS to the Next Level
Servers
?UCSNetwork /
Storage Access
ApplicationCentricity
OperationalSimplicity
Platform for IT Innovation
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UCS Founding Principles
Cisco UCS Introduces Flash Memory
Servers
Flash Memory
UCSNetwork / Storage Access
NEXT GEN UNIFIED COMPUTINGIntegrates Solid-State Memory Systems into UCS Fabric
UCS Invicta Series Solid-State Systems
ApplicationCentricity
OperationalSimplicity
Platform for IT Innovation
Address new data velocity and scale
requirements
Integrate application acceleration into the computing domain
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Benefits of Cisco UCS Invicta Reduction in overall Datacenter spend
Sources: TechValidate – validated customer research
Superior Economics
44%
Reduced spend on
energy (power & cooling)
46%
Eliminated business
application process delays
44%
Reduced hard costs due to a
smaller datacenter footprint
42%
Reduced hard costs due to
less management
time
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Benefits of Cisco UCS Invicta Improved performance
Sources: TechValidate – validated customer research
Superior Application Performance
77%
Improved scalability, reliability &
performance
76%
Analytic & intelligence,
batch processing or database
loads transacted faster
59%
Experience faster
transactions
58%
Align high performance application
workload data size with exact capacity
requirements
✓
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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Response Time
Flash Memory provides a Faster Time Zone for Applications
Slow Zone
Fast Zone
HDD
Flash
CPU
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Comparing Flash Vendor Architectures
PCIe• EMC• Fusion-IO• HDS/
Virident • LSI• Violin
Appliance• Cisco• Astute• Nimbus• IBM• NetApp• Skyera• Violin
Scale Up • Dell• HDS• HP• Nimbus• Pure Storage• EMC VNX-F
Scale Out• Kaminario• SolidFire• EMC XtremIO
Scale Up/Out• Cisco
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Trade-offs are Complex & Inefficient
Reference Architecture for 1,000 Desktops
1,000 Persistent Desktops will require: < 10TB of capacity ~80K backend IOPS
41 15K HDDs
25 7.2K HDDs
3 Flash Drives
TOTAL IOPS: 114,950TOTAL CAPACITY: 63.2 TB
3 types of drives, 3 types of RAID
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Simplify. Accelerate.
Example UCS Invicta LUN Diagram
Home Directory, XenApp & User Profiles
SnapshotsInfrastructure Virtual Desktops
Data Reduction Appliance for 1,000 Desktops12 TB Raw
TOTAL IOPS: 180,000
*50/50 read/write mix, refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers”
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41 15K HDDs
25 7.2K HDDs
3 Flash Drives
Faster. Simpler.
114,950 IOPS 63.2 TB 180,000 IOPS 64 TB**
*refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers” **Effective Capacity
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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Invicta OS Streamlines the Write process
Receive• Data blocks of
Various size arrive from Hosts from network interconnects
Protect• Data Blocks are
stored in the power loss buffer and passed onto the Block Translation Layer (BTL)
Optimize• The Block Translation
Layer Aggregates and sizes Data Blocks for the RAID Layer and Flash Media
• Hash tags are created for each block
Commit • BTL Optimized Data
is flushed across the RAID stripe and Flash erase blocks concurrently
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Invicta OSDesigned to drive the high performance from Flash Media
1. Protect •Store in Write Buffer• RAID Parity Calculations are done in memory
2. Organize •Create Write Blocks
3. Optimize •Write Aligned for Flash Media & RAID Protection
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Invicta OSOptimizing Flash for Faster Writes & Higher Endurance
4. Optimize Writes•Write speeds are symmetric to read speeds
5. Virtual Garbage Collection•Evaluated and Managed by the Invicta OS
6. Virtual Garbage Collection•Blocks are invalidated in large chunks to speed up drive level garbage collection
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Invicta OS (Dedupe Build)Designed to drive the high performance from Flash Media
1. Protect •Store in Write Buffer
2. Pattern Match & Organize •Deduplicate 4K Blocks•Create Write Blocks
3. Optimize •Write Aligned for Flash Media & RAID Protection
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Invicta OS (Dedupe Build) Optimizing Flash for Faster Writes & Higher Endurance
4. Optimize Writes•Write speeds are symmetric to read speeds
5. Virtual Garbage Collection•Evaluated and Managed by the Invicta OS
6. Virtual Garbage Collection•Blocks are invalidated in large chunks to speed up drive level garbage collection
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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Cisco UCS Invicta Series
Up to 1.2 Million IOPS**Up to 9.6 GBps** BandwidthUp to 144 TB Raw
UCS Invicta Appliance
UCS InvictaScaling System
Scalability
Modularity
Application Acceleration
Data Optimization
Multiple Workloads
Tuning-Free Performance
250,000 IOPS*1.2 GBps BandwidthUp to 24 TB Raw
*Read IOPS **refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers”
6 Node Configuration
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UCS Invicta ApplianceShipping
UCS Invicta Appliance
Mode Application Acceleration Data Reduction
Throughput (GBps) 1.2 1.2
100% Read IOPS 220,000 250,000
Blended IOPS (50%read/50%write) 205,000 180,000
100% Write IOPS 200,000 120,000
Latency (Microseconds) <100 <100
Size 2 RU 2 RU
Max Capacity (TB) 24 TB Raw 64 TB**
**Effective Capacity
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UCS Invicta Scaling SystemFCS April
Scaling System Routers
Manages connectivity between Hosts and Scaling System Nodes
Supports combination of Acceleration and Data Reduction Nodes
Max System Capacity with 6 Scaling Nodes• 144 TB RAW• 384 TB Effective
Scaling System Nodes
Application Acceleration Mode orData Reduction Mode
Application Acceleration Mode • 3TB-24TB RAW Capacity per node
Data Reduction Mode• 25TB-64TB Effective Capacity per
nodeSSN
SSN
SSR
SSN
SSR
SSN
SSN
SSN
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UCS Invicta Scaling System NodeFCS April
Scaling System Node
Mode Application Acceleration Data Reduction
Throughput (GBps)* 1.2 1.2
Blended IOPS* (50%read/50%write) 200,000 150,000
Latency (Microseconds) <200 <200
Size 2 RU 2 RU
Max Capacity (TB) 24 TB Raw 64 TB**
**Effective Capacity*Estimate
SSN
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Silicon Routers
Performance Nodes600,000 IOPS*
72 TB Raw
OLTPAnalytics
BatchDatabase Loads
Data Reduction Nodes450,000 IOPS*
192 TB Effective
Virtual DesktopsEmail
Web Logs
Scaling System Mix & Match
*refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers”
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Direct Connect to UCS
Routers
Workload Acceleration & Data Reduction NodesStateless UCS Servers with Virtualized Adapters
Fabric Interconnects
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Connecting through existing SANs
Routers
Workload Acceleration & Data Reduction NodesStateless UCS Servers with Virtualized Adapters
Fabric Interconnects
SAN Switches
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Flexible Replication Options
Appliances to Scaling Array Scaling Array to Scaling Array
Appliance to Appliance Appliance to Open Target
Linux/Windows
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UCS Invicta FeaturesAppliance Scaling System Architecture
INVICTA OS 5.0.0 5.0.1
Symmetric Read/Writes ✔ ✔
RAID Protection ✔ ✔
Asynchronous Replication ✔ ✔
Snapshots – Copy on Write ✔ ✔
Mirroring ✔
Web Based UI/API ✔ ✔
Role Based Access Controls ✔ ✔
Data Reduction Option ✔ ✔
Thin Provisioning ✔ ✔
iSCSI, Fibre Channel ✔ ✔
Enhanced Data Protection ✔ ✔
VAAI Support * ✔ ✔
Ethernet, Fibre Channel ✔ ✔
Increase Performance and Capacity ✔
Max. Routers 2
Max Nodes 6
* VAAI is only supported in performance nodes
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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Managing UCS Resources in a Unified Fabric
Mixed DensityRacks/Blades
UCS Central - UCS Manager - UCS Director
Fabric Interconnects
Batch, Data LoadsPerformance Nodes
Routers
Stateless UCS Servers with Virtualized
Adapters
Workload Acceleration and Data Reduction
Nodes
Virtual Desktops
Data Reduction Nodes
OLTP
Analytics
• Performance with Data persistence and high availability
• Multi-tenant / Multi-Workload: big data and relational DB on one platform
• (Re)Allocate pooled resources rapidly for real-time decision making
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Cisco UCS with UCS Invicta Series Faster Applications = Faster Business Operations
Analytics & Intelligence
Batch Processing
Database Loads
EmailOLTP
Transcoding
Virtual Desktops
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UCS InvictaAccelerate Applications across many Industries
Advertising
Aerospace
Automotive
Construction
Education
Finance
Government
Services
Retail
Real Estate
Manufacturing
Insurance
Hospitality
Healthcare
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Management Time
Weeks
Days
Hours
Minutes
Higher Performance It Isn’t a Use Case. It is a Desired State.
Processing Time
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Current State
Desired State
Energy/Floor Space Consumption
Highest
Lowest
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
41
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UCS Director
UCS Director Simplify Infrastructure Management
Manual processes require days or weeks to deploy resources;
increases operating costs
Data center teams stay in rigid silos, with complex hand-offs between domains and teams
Static resource allocation results in under-utilization of
resources and inefficiency
Reduces resource deployment from weeks to minutes
Allows IT teams to work together; encourages teamwork resulting in competitive innovation
Delivers unified automation and management for optimum utilization and efficiencies
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UCS Director Enables an Open UCS Architecture
Compute
• UCS B and C Series
CIM-C for XML interface
• HP, Dell server support
Network
• Cisco network support
• Brocade Support • F5 Support
Storage
• UCS Invicta Series
• NetApp FlexPod Data Center, FlexPod Express
• 7-mode and cluster mode
• EMC VMAX, VNX and VNX2
• VCE vBlock
Hypervisor
• VMware • Hyper-V
• Scales to large data centers (50,000 virtual machines)• Software Developer Kit for partners and vendors • Heterogeneous support of infrastructure devices • Single pane of glass to manage physical, virtual and bare metal
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End-to-End IT Acceleration
UCS Next Gen – Speed the Business Operational Velocity + Application Velocity
Assign ResourcesUCS Director
Application PerformanceProvision InfrastructureInstall UCS and UCS Invicta
REPEAT AS NEEDED
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UCS Invicta SeriesBringing Flash Memory into the UCS Architecture
Invicta OS
V5.x• Flash media
management• Data
protection• De-Duplication• UCS Director
Support • FCoE
UCS Invicta Series
ApplianceScaling System Storage Blade------• Based upon
• UCS C• UCS B
Network
VICFabric Interconnect------Unified Fabric• Lower latency• Higher
bandwidth
Management
UCS DirectorUCS Manager------• Orchestration• Policies• Service Profiles• Self-service• Tasks• Workflows
Integration Steps
Items in green are completed or in progress
B Series
InvictaSeries
SAN/LANFabric
Interconnect
C Series
UCS
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Agenda• Business Drivers
• It’s Time to Rethink
• Flash Changes Everything
• Invicta OS
• Cisco UCS Invicta Series Overview
• UCS Next Gen
• Managed by UCS Director
• Conclusion
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Data Center ScheduleTime Session Name
8:00 to 8:30 Arrival and registration8:30 to 9:45 Unified Computing System9:45 to 10:00 Break and visit with sponsors10:00 to 11:00 Cisco Powered Cloud Services Strategy11:00 to 12:00 Invicta Accelerated Storage12:00 to 1:00 Lunch1:00 to 2:15 Datacenter Fabric Futures2:15 to 2:30 Break, visit with sponsors, and drawings2:30 to 3:30 UCS Management Best Practices and Tools3:30 to 4:30 UCS Director4:30 Conclusion of Cisco Live Local Edition event
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