SUSE Enterprise Cloud Storage andDocker on GigabyteCavium ThunderX

Alex Lau (劉俊賢 )Software Consultantalau@suse.com

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1Docker + SUSE Enterprise Storage 3.0

H270-H70

- 48 Core * 8 : 384 Cores- 32G * 32: 1T Memory- 256G * 16: 4T SSD- 40GbE * 8 Network

SES v3

- SLES12 SP1 on AArch64- Kernel 4.1.27

- Ceph Jewel Release-3 MONs, 12 OSDs

- Docker 1.9.1 Release- Over 300 running containers

ARM64 build begin with SUSE Enterprise Storage 2

SUSE has been collaborating with Cavium since 2014 to bring ARM64 base software define storage for cloud and enterprise.ARM64 build begin with SES2 for internal testing and technical preview. A highly scalable and resilient software-based storage solution that enables organizations of any size to build cost-efficient, highly scalable storage using off-the-shelf servers and disk drives.

Block Storage

File System

Object Storage

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Support object, block or file system storage in the same cluster

Remote ClusterData Encrypted

at Rest

MonitorNodes

Management Node

Heterogeneous OS Access

Automated management

Automatic Rebalance &

Recovery

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Scale storage from terabytes to hundreds of petabytes without downtime

SOCIAL MEDIA

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

MOBILE DATA

CUSTOMER DATA

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Use storage with multiple tiers

WRITE APPLICATION READ APPLICATION

Writing Quickly Application like:• e.g. Video Recording• e.g. Lots of IoT Data

Reading Quickly Application like:• e.g. Video Streaming• e.g. Big Data analysis

Write TierHot Pool

Normal TierCold Pool

Read TierHot Pool

SUSE Enterprise Storage Cluster

Normal TierCold Pool

Control Costs

How SES reduce cost? $

Copy Copy Copy

OBJECT

Replication Pool

SES CEPH CLUSTSER

Control Costs

OBJECT

Erasure Coded Pool

SES CEPH CLUSTSER

Data Data Data DataParity Parity

Multiple Copy of stored data• 300% cost of data size• Low Latency, Faster Recovery

Single Copy with Parity• 150% cost of data size• Data/Parity ratio trade of CPU

Docker on AArch64 with SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1

Docker is a lightweight virtualization solution to run multiple virtual units (containers) simultaneously on a single control host. Containers are isolated with Kernel Control Groups (cgroups) and Kernel Namespaces.

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Start SUSE Docker with an images verified distributed by SUSE

Base OS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Continuous Updates

Up-to-date and secure

images

No revalidation

Why Docker on ThunderX

• Less overhead • Without guess kernel

• Without virtualization management

• Lower latency • Application/ Daemon startup and shutdown time

• Memory only need for running application

Calculate multiple storage price point?

1000$ = 1000G 2000MB rw4 PCIe = 4000$ = 8000MB rw 4T Storage 400,000 IOPS4$ per G

250$ = 1000G, 500MB rw16 Driver = 4000$ = 8000MB rw16T Storage 100,000 IOPS1$ per G

250$ = 8000G 150MB rw16 Driver = 4000$ = 2400MB rw128T Storage 2000 IOPS0.1$ per G

Public Cloud Setup

H270-H70 - 40000$

- 48 Core * 8 : 384 Cores- 32G * 32: 1T Memory- 1T * 16: 16T SSD- 40GbE * 8

R120-T30 - 5700$ * 7- 48 Core * 7 : 336 Cores- 8 * 16G * 7 : 896G Memory- 1T * 2 * 7 : 14T SSD- 8T * 6 * 7 : 336T HDD - 40GbE * 7- 10GbE * 14

1000 Customer Running 5$ - Web Hosting = 5000$8 Months = 40000$

EC 5+2 is about 250T2500 Customer 100GB2$ Storage = 5000$8 Months = 40000$

Reduce costs and management withSUSE Enterprise Solution with ThunderX

Manage Less

Adapt Quickly

Control Costs