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IBM System Storage™ N series – Unified Storage Solutions

© 2009 IBM Corporation

IBM System Storage – N series


© 2009 IBM Corporation2

IBM System Storage N series

Agenda

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Information Infrastructure - N series

What’s new with N series ?

N6000 series enhancements

Expansion drives

Products to be withdrawn

IBM N series – Marketing notables

R13 Important links and resources



Reduce reputation risks

Support information retention policies

Deliver continuous information access

Enable secure sharing of information

Information Compliance

Information Availability

Information Retention

Information Security

IBM Information Infrastructures Must…

N series

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IBM® System Storage™ N series

N series GatewaysLeverage existing Storage Assets while introducing advanced N series Software functionality

N330068TB

N3600104TB

N7700840TBs

Entry level pricing, Enterprise Class Performance

Centralize Storage in Remote & Branch Offices

Easy-to-Use Back-up and Restore Processes

N79001,176TB

Highly-scalable storage systems designed to meet the needs of large NAS data centers.

Lower acquisition and administrative costs than traditional large-scale enterprise storage systems

Seamless scalability, mission critical availability, and superior performance for both SAN and NAS operating environments

Excellent performance, flexibility, and scalability all at a proven lower overall TCO

N series Unified Storage Architecture provides unmatched simplicity

N5200*84TB

N5300*126TB

N5600*504TB

N6040420TB

N6070840TB

Highly efficient capacity utilization

Comprehensive set of storage resiliency features including RAID 6 (RAID-DP™)

*N5000 family is EOL, N5200 will be replaced by N6040, N5300 by N6060 and N5600 will be replaced by N6070

N6060N6060672TB672TB

N6060N6060672TB672TB

NewNew !! !!NewNew !! !!



IBM System Storage N6000 plus GatewaysExpanding the fastest growing IBM disk storage family

N3300

N3600

N5300N5200

168TB336TB

504TB104TB

68TB

N7900

N7700

840TB

1,176TB

N6040N6040420TB420TB

N6070N6070840TB840TB

N5600

New N6000 products are direct replacements

for N5300/N5600

Single architecture for NAS,

FC-SAN, and iSCSI storage

Data ONTAP® provides a

single application interface

One set of management tools


© 2009 IBM Corporation6 IBM System Storage N series Business Solutions

N series– Solutions with Software

1. Data ONTAP2. iSCSI3. iSCSI Host Utility for UNIX,

Windows & Linux4. FTP5. Snapshot6. SnapMover (co-req MultiStore)7. SyncMirror8. FilerView9. FlexVol10. FlexShare11. SecureAdmin12. AutoSupport13. Disk Sanitization14. RAID-DP*15. RAID-4*

16. CIFS Protocol17. NFS Protocol18. HTTP Protocol19. FCP Protocol20. Cluster Failover21. FlexClone22. MultiStore23. SnapMirror24. SnapRestore25. SnapVault26. Open Systems SnapVault27. SnapLock Enterprise28. LockVault Enterprise29. SnapLock Compliance*30. LockVault Compliance*31. SnapDrive for Windows32. SnapDrive for Unix & Linux33. NearStore feature34. MetroCluster

No-Charge Features

35. SnapManager for SQL36. SnapManager for Exchange 37. Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange38. SnapManager for Oracle39. SnapValidator40. FCP Host Utility for UNIX, Win & Linux41. Operations Manager Core42. Operations Manager SRM43. Protection Manager44. Advanced Single Instance Storage*45. Virtual File Manager (VFM)

Optional Features

Recovery

Retention

Operation

Simplification

* Not available on Gateways



Simplification

Multi-Protocol – FCP, iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, HTTP, FTP

Multi-Function – SAN, NAS, Backup, Compliance

Scalability – Workgroup to Enterprise

Availability – RAID DP to MetroCluster

Virtualization – MultiStore, FlexVol, FlexClone, SnapMover



Simplification

Multi-Protocol

Traditional Arrays Only Offer

Fibre Channel

• NAS

• IP SAN

• FC SAN



Simplification

MultiStore

WinFileServer1

WinFileServer2

WinFileServer3

UnixFileServer1

UnixFileServer2

WinFileServer1

VM

WinFileServer2

VM

WinFileServer3

VM

UnixFileServer1

VM

UnixFileServer2

VM

• Create virtual machines (VM) of existing Servers

• Collapse Existing Environment

• No Client Re-Configuration

• Same Management Structure

H:\\WinFileServer3\User

Partitioning



Simplification

FlexVol

• Designed to allow administrators to create multiple flexible volumes across a large pool of disks

• Dynamic, non-disruptive storage (thin) provisioning; space- and time-efficiency

• Allows users to get more space dynamically and non-disruptively

• Can enable more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance by distributing applications across more spindles

• Grow and Shrink NAS file systems on the fly.

FlexVol™

Without FlexVol, application is limited to

pre-assigned space Application is free to grab more space if

needed

• Increase storage utilization• Enable thin provisioning and re-allocation• Increase application performance



SimplificationFlexClone

Writeable copies consume space and time

Impacts deployment time

FlexClone copies are near-instantaneous Storage efficient Significant Cost Savings

Production – 1TB

Test – 1TB

Test2 – 1TB

Dev – 1TB

QA – 1TB

Total = 5TB’s

Traditional Arrays

Production – 1TB

Test – 40KB

Test2 – 40KB

Dev – 40KB

QA – 40KB

Total = 1TB + Changes

N series FlexClones

Writeable Snapshots



Simplification

Availability

Cost

Block Level Incremental (BLI) Backups

Asynchronous Replication

LAN/WANClustering

ContinuousOperations

SynchronousReplication

ApplicationRecovery

DailyBackup

Snapshot™Copies

Snapshot™Copies

SynchronousClusters

MetroCluster

SynchronousClusters

MetroCluster

SynchronousSnapMirror® and ClustersSynchronousSnapMirror® and Clusters

SnapVault™SnapVault™

SnapRestore®SnapRestore®

RAID-DP™RAID-DP™

FlexClones®FlexClones®

Data Integrity

App Testing

Availability

Options

Synchronous SnapMirror and SyncMirror™

Asynchronous SnapMirrorSynchronous SnapMirror and SyncMirror™

Asynchronous SnapMirror

Low-Level SLA Medium-Level SLA High-Level SLA



Recovery

Snapshot – Instantaneous Backup (RPO)

SnapRestore – System Recovery in Seconds (RTO)

SnapMirror – System Replication (RPO/RTO)

SnapManager – Application Integration (RPO/RTO)

MetroCluster – Failover from primary to secondary site



Recovery

Snapshot

• Instantaneous Backup of NAS and SAN data

• Restores of either large files or entire flexible volume

• 255 Snapshots per FlexVol (499 FlexVol’s per N series)

• Drag and drop restore of user files – significant reduction in RTO and RPO

• No performance impact in keeping multiple online SnapShots

• Automated Application Integration into MS Exchange, MS SQL and Oracle

• SPACE EFFICIENT because only block level updates occur

Production Data

Snapshot Backups

1. Data Corruption/Deletion

2. Copy document from Snapshot folder to production folder

3. Reduce recovery to minutes instead of hours or days

Hourly0

Hourly1

Hourly2



Recovery

SnapRestore

• Near instantaneous restoration of NAS and SAN data

• Restores of either large files or entire flexible volume

• Significant reduction in recovery time

• Automated application integration into MS Exchange, MS SQL and Oracle

Production Data

Database or Application Snapshot Backups

Hourly0

Hourly1

Hourly2

1. Data Corruption/Deletion

2. Issue SnapRestore to most recent hourly snapshot and replay transaction logs

3. Reduce recover time to minutes instead of hours or days



Recovery

SnapMirror

• Replication via IP or Fibre channel (FC via RPQ)

• Asynchronous, Semi-synchronous and synchronous

• One to one, one to many, many to one and cascading, multi-site

• Supported across entire N series product line

• Mirroring to NetApp equipment also supported

Remote Office A

Remote Office B

Central Data

Center

SnapMirror

NDMP Serverless

Backup to Tape

N series

N series

N series



Recovery

SnapManager

• Automated application Integration and availability for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, SAP and Oracle

• SnapShot

• SnapRestore

• SnapMirror – Application disaster recovery

• SnapDrive – Grow application storage on the fly

• Automated DB and message store Migration

• Optional for MS Exchange:• Single Mailbox Recovery

Application Servers

Central Data

Center

Hourly Snapshotsfor Local Recovery

SnapMirror for Remote

Recovery with Snapshots

Failover to D/R Site

Site or System Disaster

Reduces implementation time, increase availability and reduce RPO and RTO

Disaster Recovery

Site



Recovery

MetroCluster

Fabric

X Ym YXm

Vol-X Mirrored Vol-Y Mirrored Vol-X Vol-Y

Site A Site BStretch

• Extends clustered failover capabilities from primary to a remote site

• Replicates data from the primary site to the remote site to ensure the data there is completely up-to-date and available

• If Site A goes down, MetroCluster allows you to rapidly resume operations at a remote site minutes after a disaster

• Stretch MetroCluster provides a disaster recovery option at distances to 500 meters between each N series node. Available on N5000 & N7000 models (Axx)

• Fabric MetroCluster provides a disaster recovery option at distances up to 100km using a fibre channel switched network. Available on N5000 Models (Axx)



Retention

SATA and FC Disk – Mix and Match

SnapLock – Non-erasable, non-rewriteable (WORM) data protection for archival and

compliance

SnapVault & Open Systems SnapVault – Block Backups

NearStore Feature – Maintains a fixed upper limit for concurrent

SnapMirror and SnapVault transfers



Operation

Service Levels – FlexShare

Storage Optimization - Advanced Single Instance Storage

Centralized Management – Operations Manager

Reduced Administration – Disparate architectures vs. single architecture




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Expansion drives






What is new with N series? NEW!NEW!

On October 28, IBM is announcing extraordinary operating system enhancements to the IBM System Storage N6000 series, offering outstanding support for Gateways in the midrange market:

Support for A-SIS deduplication

Support for EXN Expansion Unit Disks and LUN support

4 port, 4 Gbps target adapter available for N6000

Performance Acceleration Module (also available for systems)

N series advanced capacity storage expansion units will also be launched:

450 GB 15K FC drives and SAS disk drives will strengthen N series portfolio.




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Expansion drives






N6000 series: Support for A-SIS deduplication

Support for A-SIS deduplication

– N6000 Gateways requires to have NearStore license

– Requires Data ONTAP 7.3



NearStore and A-SIS Licenses for N6000 Gateways

No charge for NearStore

– Previously not available for N6000 Gateways

A-SIS deduplication feature code remains no charge

– Requires NearStore license - no charge

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Technical Pubs Archive

Eng. Home Directories

PACS

DataBase Backup

Software Archive

Web & Microsoft Office Data

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

Potential A-SIS deduplication Space Savings



Deduplication across multi-vendor storage Deduplication : 1000+ Licenses already sold

Can save up to 60-90% storage efficiency, depending on application

Tangible cost savings Minimize Power/Cooling Requirements Space savings

EMC, HDS, or HP – NO EQUIVALENT FUNCTIONALITY

IBM N series Gateway and Deduplication Functionality

Feature

Storage Optimization

Power to revolutionize

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More enhancements: N6000 Gateways

Support for EXN Expansion Unit Disks and LUN support

– Commonly referred to as Mixed Disk and LUN support

– N6000 Gateways now support connectivity to SAN Storage Arrays

• IBM, EMC, HDS, Fujitsu, 3PAR

– IBM N series EXN storage expansion units connected to an N6000 Gateway is now supported (EXN1000 and EXN4000)

– Disk Sanitization enablement

New 4 port, 4 Gbps target adapter available for N6000

Performance Acceleration Module (also available for systems)

– Improve system throughput (IOPS) *without* adding more spindles

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Expansion drives






What is new with the N series Storage System?

Advanced capacity storage expansion units will also be offered on this announcement:

450 GB 15K FC drives and SAS disk drives to strengthen N series portfolio.

Customer will recognize a 50% increase in FC storage density per EXN4000 (DS14MK4FC shelf); 6.3TB with the new 450GB FC drives vs. only 4.2TB for the current 300GB drives.

This results in lower power, real-estate, and cooling requirements, and ultimately lower maintenance costs.




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Expansion drives






Products withdrawn

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N3700 series – 2863-A10/A20

N7700-A11/G11 - N7900-A11/G11 (single node)

N5000 series – 2865-A10/A20




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Expansion drives

R13 products to be withdrawn





"How to Compete and Win against EMC"

Q408 Storage Sales Academy (SSA)

Register now:

https://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/education/topgun/enrollment/esfldedu.nsf/LUWebClasses/Selected_Storage_Programs%7C%7CSystem_Storage_Sales_Academy?OpenDocument

*New* N series vs. EMC 1-pager

*New* N series Product Guide

Customer References document recently updated

Storage Enterprise Resource Planner Solution (SERP) – “Solutions” section of the sales kit

IBM N series –Marketing Notables

Events

New MarketingTools



Release 13 – Important Links and Resources

IBM Solutions Assurance Product Guides and Checklists

– For pre-Sales and pre-installation solutions assurance reviews. This site also provides a range of additional information on the Solution Assurance process and product guides, including those for the specified models.

http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/assure/assur30i.nsf/Web/SA

– Business Partners: The N series Solutions Assurance Documentation can be found at the IBM PartnerWorld Business Partner Solution Assurance library at:

https://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/partnerworld/mem/support/trs_wgd_sa.html

IBM Implementation Services for Network Attached Storage Systems - IBM System Storage N5000/N6000/N7000

http://spimweb1.boulder.ibm.com/services/bte/ep/dyno.wss?oid=807

Obtain up to 40% off on Exchange Software Bundles for N series

http://w3-03.ibm.com/sales/support/ShowDoc.wss?&infotype=SK&infosubtype=S0&docid=S001247R53613O39&ssid=exchange_sk

For Business Partners: https://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/partnerworld/wps/servlet/mem/ContentHandler/exchange_sk



N series and NAS Competition



All Competitors: N series Snapshots as Key Differentiator

N series Performance: write-once, with no performance impact

– Competition: storage arrays read-write-write; hosts see 30-50% reduction in storage system performance

N series Flexibility: use Snapshot anytime, and frequently

– Competition: performance impact is significant; reduces use of copy-out to stabilizing a LUN for night-time tape backup

N series Scalability: 255 traditional volumes, unlimited FlexVol

– Competition: Some may say “unlimited” copies, but performance degradation for many LUNs make it impractical

N series Management Overhead: Active data and Snapshot copies all in one easily managed volume

– Competition: Administrative burden to predict copy-out-area size; locate for optimum performance; what to do when they get full

N series User-driven Recovery - Integrated into active volume , end-user recovery

– Competition: Copy-out snapshots mounted in “remote” places in file system hierarchy - difficult or impossible for ordinary users to access



AXiCXi AX

EMC Technology OverviewPoint Solutions vs. Single Architecture

EMC: Centera

CLARiiON CX

DMX

Celerra

learn less … … do more

1 System and OS

1 Replication Strategy

1 Management Interface

CLARiiON DL

IBM N seriesUnified Networked Storage

Control Center™ Family of Mgmt Products

DARTHi-NAS

CentraStarCAS

OS:Networked Storage:

EnginuityHi-End SAN

FlareMid-SAN Lo-SANMid-iSCSI Lo-iSCSI

IPStor&FlareVirtual Tape

Lib.



EMC NAS OfferingLimited Architecture & Management, No Business Continuity

NS20 NS40/g NS80/g NSX

ManagementCelerra Mgr

Control Station PC Navisphere Mgr

Celerra Mgr Control Station PC

Navisphere Mgr


Navisphere Mgr


SymMgr

AvailabilityControl Station PC

SPOFControl Station PC

SPOFControl Station PC

SPOFRedundant

Business Continuity

DR Only / No BC Protection

Async Replication

DR Only / No BC Protection

Async Replication

DR Only / No BC ProtectionAsync Replication

Complex DR/BC

FlexibleNAS Only

iSCSI target OnlyNAS Only



iSCSI target Only

Scalable NO upgrade NO upgrade Limited upgrade to 4 Data Movers

Forklift upgradeCX to DMX

Capable NO compliance NO compliance NO compliance NO compliance

Growth to 32TB to 80TB to 144TB to 336TB

CLARiiON or Symmetrix

Required



IBM N series vs EMC NS Series Software OfferingsIBM N series EMC NS Series

DataONTAPDART - NS Data Mover, RHL - NS Control StationFLARE - NS/CX backend

RAID-DP RAID-5, RAID-1/0, No Double Parity

Concurrent Protocols (FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, HTTP, FTP) Not Available

Telnet, FTP, SNMP, SMTP, NDMP TelNet, FTP, SNMP, SMTP, NDMP

FilerView Celerra Manager – Basic Edition

DataFabric Manager Celerra Manager – Advanced Edition

SnapManager Celerra Manager – Advanced Edition

FlexVol ( Thin Provisioning ) Celerra Automated Volume Management

Snapshot SnapSure

SnapRestore SnapSure

iSCSI iSCSI target only

FCP FCP

Clustered Failover Control Station Invoked

CIFS CIFS

NFS NFS

HTTP HTTP

Any workstation Microsoft Management Console

CLI CLI

SAN Manager Not Available

MultiStore (Vfiler) Not Available

Virus Protection Celerra Anti-Virus

IBM N series EMC NS Series

FlexClone Not Available

FlexCache Not Available

SnapLock Not Available

SnapMirror - Sync Not Available

SnapMirror - SemiSync Not Available

SnapMirror - Async Celerra Replicator – Async

SnapMover Celerra FileMover via API

SnapVault Not Available

LockVault Not Available

SyncMirror (High Availability) Not Available

Single Mailbox Recovery (SMBR) Not Available

SnapDrive Not Available

SnapValidator (FC, iSCSI, IP) Not Available

Open Systems SnapVault (OSSV) Not Available

MetroCluster (High Availability) Not Available

SecureAdmin Celerra Manager – Advanced Edition

Virtual File Manager (VFM) Nested Mount Filesystem

?? OnCourse

?? Celerra MPFS/MPFSi (MultiPath File System)



EMC CX4 Announce – August 4, 2008 EMC announced 4 models of the CLARiiON CX4:

Virtual Provisioning (adopted from Celerra)

64-bit processing, (AMD multi-core technology)

Customer-installable / serviceable (from consumer products)

Future availability of SSD (sourced from Emulex) and disk spin-down (from Quantum)*

Tucci: CIOs’ No. 1 problem is complexity; change is too difficult; appliances address this challenge

N series Competitive Positioning & Model Alignment:

IBM N series EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series

N3600, N5200 CX4-120, 120 disks, 4+4 FC/iSCSI, 16 ports max (FC), 6GB cache

N5300 CX4-240, 240 disks, 4+4 FC/iSCSI, 20 ports max (FC), 8GB cache

N6040 (8/26 announce), N5600 CX4-480, 480 disks, 8+4 FC/iSCSI, 24 ports max (FC), 16GB cache

N6070 (8/26 announce) CX4-960, 960 disks, 8+4 FC/iSCSI, 32 ports max (FC), 32GB cache



CLARiiON Realities Ahead of Symmetrix in yoy growth (2007 -

Q1 6%, Q2 8%, Q3 9%, Q4 15%; 2008 Q1 19%) – Accelerating demand

Complementary systems (e.g., Celerra, Centera, DL) are extremely successful

Growing iSCSI share with AX platforms

Dell/EMC still positive, but momentum is significantly slowing

Most successful mid-range SAN platform in terms of market share

Well marketed and Trusted brand

Foundational to a broad range of successful solutions

Perception is key.

•Behind the curve in functionality

•Difficult to deploy and maintain

•Not well differentiated

•Major operational challenges and software limitations

•Expensive, low value

•Behind the curve in functionality

•Difficult to deploy and maintain

•Not well differentiated

•Major operational challenges and software limitations

•Expensive, low value



““Ultra” scalableUltra” scalable

Hardware features

More manageableMore manageable

Navisphere Analyzer and QoS,

PowerPath

Breadth of configuration/optimization parameters (via Navisphere)

Optional software and appliances

More robust than othersMore robust than others

• Cache de-staging to disk

• Fast failover / failback

Better for VMwareBetter for VMware

• Special access through ownership

• Closer affinity through access

• Validation through TBs

Perspectives on CLARiiON messaging

•N series has equally powerful hardware

•Performance relies heavily on ongoing tuning; complex management

•Optional software is often incompatible and inept

•Appliances don’t play well together and increase TCO

•5x9s is an expensive EMC-only service contract; not available from OEM suppliers

•VMware is independent and vendor-neutral

•N series has equally powerful hardware

•Performance relies heavily on ongoing tuning; complex management

•Optional software is often incompatible and inept

•Appliances don’t play well together and increase TCO

•5x9s is an expensive EMC-only service contract; not available from OEM suppliers

•VMware is independent and vendor-neutral



N7900N5200/N5300/N5600 N7700N3300/N3600 N5300G N5600G N7700G N7900G

HP Technology Overview

N seriesN seriesFC & IPFC & IP

N series:N series:Architectural Simplicity

Multiple Concurrent Protocols

Integrated Mgmt, DR, BC, ILM, B2D, …

HP FCHP FC

HP IPHP IP

N series GatewayHP, IBM, HDS, SUN

StorageWorks

DL100/ML110

StorageWorks

DL350

StorageWorks

DL380 G4

MSA 1000

StorageWorks

DL380 G4NAS/SAN Fusion

RISS(NENR)

MSA 1500/2000

MSA 1500cs

EVA4000

EVA6000

EVA8000

MSA 1500i = iSCSI Only

XP10000

XP12000

No Native FC / IP Simultaneous access

Forklift Upgrades within product families

Performance Penalties for RAID6 and Snapshotting

NAS Capability through WSS or Linux only

OEM’d XP Range from Hitachi

HP: HP: Focused on Server SalesFocused on Server Sales

NotNot Storage! Storage!

MSA 20

MSA 30

= Disk EnclosuresOnly



Beyond the Midrange Storage Competition

HP

EVA8000N5300 N5600

EMC CX3-80

Max Capacity 120TB 252TB 336TB 239TB

RAID 6 (RAID-DP) Yes YES YES Yes

Low Overhead Snapshots

No YES YES No

Max Snapshots unknown 127,500 127,500 300

Thin Provisioning No YES YES No

Protocol Support FCPFCP, 10Gb

iSCSI, NFS, CIFS

FCP, 10Gb

iSCSI, NFS, CIFS

FCP

Upgrade Path to

High-End System

Rip, Replace & Retrain

Seamless SeamlessRip, Replace

& Retrain

N series has greater scalability and better data protection Unmatched SnapshotTM, FlexVolTM and RAID-DP technologies Versatility to go beyond FC-SAN without a gateway product



Competing Against HP

Why N series vs. HP?

– Greater data integrity via RAID-DP & Maintenance Center

– Lower total cost of ownership • Easier to install, configure, and deploy • Flex and Snap-suite dramatically simplify administration and allocation of storage • Staff only needs to be trained in one technology

– Greater versatility • Integrated multi-protocol SAN/NAS in one box • Simultaneous FCP & iSCSI in one box

– Common compatible architecture across the entire product range

• Full interoperability and upgradeability across entire range product range • Staff only needs to be trained in one technology

– Superior host and application software support

– Superior solution completeness

– Superior software technology



HDS Technology Overview

TagmaStore WMS and AMS Introduced 7/2005 Replacement for Thunder 9200/9500 series WMS100, AMS200 and AMS500

– AMS1000 announced in April 2006– Not upgradeable between platforms

Configuration flexibility and scalability High availability – Support for RAID 6 Native NAS and iSCSI

– CIFS and NFS, Linux Kernel, Integrated software

RAID 6 (30% performance hit) Cache Partition Manager for high

performance applications• Turn Controller Mirroring On/Off• Specify unique stripe sizes

RoHS compliant

Content

Archive

VTL Open

WMS100

AMS200AMS500 AMS1000

HDSHDSFC & IPFC & IP(midrange)

ProtecTIER VTL

NSC55 USP100/600/1000

HDSHDSFC & IPFC & IP(enterprise)

(NSC and USP have virtualization options)

TagmaStore USP USP100, USP600, USP1100 - field upgradeable Supports internal array storage (330TB) Supports “external” heterogeneous storage 32PB

– HDS, Sun, HP, EMC, IBM Host ports (192 FC, 96 FICON, 96 ESCON, 32

NAS, 32 iSCSI) High performance

– Up to 1.9 million cache read hits per second– Up to 81GB/sec throughput

NSC55 for benefits of USP in mid-range market– Mission Critical, 100% data availability– z/OS support– Simplified Heterogeneous management – Data Migration between tiers– Substantial BC/DR requirements– Aggressive consolidation – Significant multi-tasking workload



N series Unified Architecture, Open ProtocolsCorporate Data Center Distributed locations

N3700

Home Dirs

CIFS

Unix , Linux

LAN

Regional Data Center

N5200Gateway

WindowsServers

Exchange &SQL Server

iSCSI

LAN

UNIX®Servers

Linux®Servers

WindowsServers

Exchange

CRM

ERP

Home Dir,Network Shares,

Archive DataUtilizing

SATA drives

SQL Server

Windows®Servers

N7800w/ FC

iSCSI

CIFS, NFS

IP SAN

FC SANWAN

LAN

NAS Protocols

N5500w/ SATA

DS4800

One architecture, One management interface



IBM N Series Key Competitive Advantages: IBM has a single family of software (Data ONTAP) that works across all the N series offerings. This single architecture: Reduces training Reduces process, makes business more agile Takes advantage of synergy between primary and secondary

storage Lowers Total Cost of Ownership

All N series products offer the same software options, system and storage management tools, and multiprotocol (NAS, IP SAN, FC SAN; FC and SATA drives) functionality

N series Snapshot technology provides greater flexibility More copies online (up to 255) provides lower recovery time Not copy on write, so no performance degradation Space efficient, non-writable, non-corruptible Backups while active file system is in production



N series Snapshots as Key Competitive Differentiator

N series Performance: write-once, with no performance impact

N series Flexibility: use Snapshot anytime, and frequently

N series Scalability

N series Management Overhead: Active data and Snapshot copies all in one easily managed volume

N series User-driven Recovery - Integrated into active volume , end-user recovery



IBM N Series vs. EMC EMC’s primary strength is in it’s market leadership EMC will work hard to get you to focus on performance

Know two questions to deflect the performance issue Key N series Technologies EMC does NOT have:

FlexClone - space efficient copies of databases and volumes for test, dev, and QA

Performance Enhanced RAID6 - for superior protection from a 2 disk failure

Single OS - across entire platform for reduced administration and training, and for consistent software functions

SnapManager - application aware integration tools for Oracle, Exchange, and SQL

True Multiprotocol - NAS, SAN, iSCSI, and Archive storage solutions from a single platform



IBM N Series vs. HP HP can’t simultaneously access FC and IP HP requires “Forklift” upgrades, even within product families HP has performance penalties for RAID6 and Snapshots HP NAS capability through WSS or Linux only HP wants to focus on selling servers, with little focus on developing

innovative storage technologies



Review questions• The SnapRestore function allows customers

• To restore SnapShots (files or complete volumes) rapidly• To mirror source to target changes• To restore an entire SAP environment• To provide virtualized storage pools

• The key value of the N series is?• The flexibility to attach SAN devices via NAS, iSCSI, and FC simultaneously• Price/performance and capacity• Rich set of software functionality• The ability to provide data retention and compliance applications

• FlexVol and FlexClone are examples of ?• Mirroring solutions• A standard offering and a priced option• 2 standard offerings• 2 priced offerings

• MetroCluster is the ability to • Provide multiple cluster nodes in an engineering scientific application• Virtualize storage in Cluster 1600 offering• Failover of system data from primary system to backup system • Failover large applications and Unix operating systems



Additional Information



Retention

SnapLock

• SEC-compliant disk-based WORM technology

• Provides non-erasable and non-rewritable data protection that helps enable compliance with government and industry records retention regulations

• An N series can be dedicated or partitioned to store WORM protected data

• SnapLock volumes are accessed via CIFS protocols

• Archival Application DB connects via FibreChannel or iSCSI and takes advantage of SnapManager availability features

Archival Server DB

Compliance Storage

E-Mail and ERP Applications

Reduce Administrative Costs by not introducing a new, dedicated platform to support WORM, Archival and Compliance



Retention

NearStore Feature

• Data ONTAP maintains a fixed upper limit for concurrent SnapMirror and SnapVault transfers based on the type of disks the system has attached.

• Concurrent operations allow multiple data streams between two N series devices for the purpose of backup, data protection, disaster preparedness

• The NearStore (near-line) feature increases the maximum number of concurrent data streams (per storage controller)

• Notes: Concurrent data streams = a combination of SnapMirror and SnapVault and Open Systems SnapVault sessions

Concurrent data streams



Retention

SnapVault

• Provides heterogeneous super-efficient hourly disk-based online backup

• Restore by periodically backing up a snapshot copy to another system

• Full volume copies of primary N series systems reside on backup system

• Incremental block changes are sent to backup system for efficient space management (Single Instance Storage)

• Enables hourly backups across LAN or WAN

N series secondary storage

N series primary storage

Moves a full copy to safe place

Moves incremental snapshots to safe place

Space efficient

Moves full copy

Incremental blocks



RetentionOpen System SnapVault

• Provides heterogeneous super-efficient hourly disk-based online backup

• Restore by periodically backing up a snapshot copy to another system

• Full volume copies of primary N series systems reside on backup system

• Incremental block changes are sent to backup system for efficient space management (Single Instance Storage)

• Open systems agents available for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux and MS Windows

• Enables hourly backups across LAN or WAN

N series secondary storage

Open SystemUNIX, LINUX,

Windows

Moves a full copy to safe place

Moves incremental snapshots to safe place

Space efficient

Moves full copy

Incremental blocks



IBMers: N series Resource List

N series Sales Kit for IBMers

N series Interoperability Documents

N series ISV Technical Reports

N series Redbooks and Redpapers

Pre-Sales Support

– Americas TechLine

– EMEA TechLine

– Asia Pacific

Competitive Information Via Competeline

– Phone 888-426-5525, Option 4

– E-mail: Compline/Atlanta/IBM@IBMUS

Competitive Home Page

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N series on ibm.com

N series on ibm.com – Disk page

N series Resource Library on ibm.com

N series Support Site on ibm.com

N series entitlement and registration:

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/storage/register/nseriesinfo.html

– Frequently asked questions:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=573&uid=ssg1S7001743



IBM Business Partners: N series Resource List

N series Sales Kit for IBM Business Partners

N series Interoperability Documents

N series ISV Technical Reports

N series Redbooks and Redpapers

Partner World Home Page

Competitive Home Page on PartnerWorld

Customer References

N series on ibm.com

N series on ibm.com – Disk page

N series Resource Library on ibm.com

N series Support Site on ibm.com

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N series IBM Contacts

WW Contacts:

– Marisol Diaz Amador, Worldwide Product Marketing Executive, N series, Marisol Diaz Amador/Mexico/IBM@IBMMX, [email protected]

– Kenneth Griffo World Wide Sales Executive, N series Kenneth Griffo/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS, [email protected]

Contacts by Geography and Region:

– Americas: John Hamano, John Hamano/San Jose/IBM@IBMUS, [email protected]

– Asia Pacific: James WH Hung, James WH HUNG/Hong Kong/IBM@IBMHK, [email protected]

– SWIOT: Anne Auge, Anne Auge/France/IBM@IBMFR, [email protected]

– NIOT: Jason Birkett, Jason Birkett/UK/IBM@IBMGB, [email protected]

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Operation

FlexShare

• Provides level of service for applications and protocols

• Assign priorities to key applications in a mixed environment

• Change priorities dynamically based on application needs

Test/Dev/QA

ERP/CRM SQL / Exchange / VMWare

High Priority Medium Priority

Low Priority



Operation Significantly improves physical storage efficiency and network

efficiency by enabling the sharing of duplicate data

Transparent to applications

Complements other space savings technologies

Site A, e.g. Branch Office

Network EfficiencyReduce amount of data that travels across the

network

A-SIS optimized storage

Site B, e.g. Central Site

A-SIS optimized storage

A-SIS



Operation

Operations Manager

OM is a web or command line based administration utility with the following key benefits:

• Improve auditing and customer chargeback reporting

• Enable a centralized view of entire N series infrastructure

• Detailed Asset Management Reports

• Quota Monitoring and Management

• Utilization Chargeback Reports

• Simple Centralized Administration

• Configuration Management

• Apply Business Policies to N series systems

• Role Based Access Controls

• Flexible, hierarchical device grouping

• SnapVault and SnapMirror Monitoring and Management

• Establish mirroring and vaulting relationships, monitor lag times and perform disaster recovery procedures



Operation

Reduced Administration

Traditional Approach – Fragmented portfolios

• 4 different operating systems

• 4 different management tools

• 4 different recovery tool suites

• 4 different administrators

IBM N series

• 1 Enterprise Operating System

• 1 Enterprise Management Tool

• 1 Suite of Enterprise Recovery Tools

• 1 Administrator

1

2 3

4

High End SAN

Mid-Range SAN NAS

Compliance

1



Celerra NS (Network Server)Celerra NS (Network Server)

NS20/NS40/NS80 example:

Control Station

SPB

SPA

Active/standbyor active/active

Control station PCLinux-based

CLARiiON CX3

DAE15 drives / 6 min

Data Mover

Data Mover

ModemAnalog modem

(Call home, under floor)

Data center floor

FC switch for “g” model

SPOF

Appliance Implementation

Disk Access Enclosure

SPS (stand-by power supply)

•Multiple hardware nodes•Excessive power consumption•Three incompatible OSs•Extraneous software•Complicated management and maintenance•Not particularly stable, points of failure•Management inconsistencies•Functionality gaps

•Multiple hardware nodes•Excessive power consumption•Three incompatible OSs•Extraneous software•Complicated management and maintenance•Not particularly stable, points of failure•Management inconsistencies•Functionality gaps

Reality: Not really unified storage



Inconsistent Snapshot Functions

DART has two different mechanisms for creating snapshots:DART has two different mechanisms for creating snapshots:

NAS

Copy on first write technique–usual EMC three-I/O write penalty

Slow Restores–requires copying blocks back from SavVol

License in base price and includes volume restore

iSCSI

File versioning technique (similar to WAFL snapshot)

– Up to 2000 snapshots per LUN

iSCSI also supports “writeable snapshots”

LUNs cannot exceed 2 TB

BitmapUnchanged = 0,

Changed = 1DB0 0DB1 0DB2 1DB3 0DB4 0DB5 1DB6 0DB7 1DB8 1DB9 0DB10 1DB11 0

Save original DB10

SavVol

Save original DB8Save original DB7Save original DB5Save original DB2

Production file system (PFS)

Data Blocks

DB0DB1DB2DB3DB4DB5DB6DB7DB8DB9

DB10DB11

Write over PFS DB8Write over PFS DB10

Read PFS DB0

Write over PFS DB7Write over PFS DB5Write over PFS DB2

Read PFS DB1Read PFS DB0

Read PFS 3

Transactions bound for

PFS



Perspectives on VMware and CLARiiON

Gives EMC an integral footprint in the server architecture

– No longer a storage-only vendor

– Ability to claim “complete solution provider” status in terms of virtualization technology, integration, and services

Creates the perception of favored status and deeper integration

Paves the way for greater success

•Exploiting perceptions of “favored status” with customers and in marketing

• Investing in VMware integration projects and touting futures

•Claiming market leadership in storage for VMware

•Exploiting perceptions of “favored status” with customers and in marketing

• Investing in VMware integration projects and touting futures

•Claiming market leadership in storage for VMware

Reality: VMware is vendor-agnostic. No validation of EMC’s leadership claims. Server virtualization market is poised for a

shake-up.

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