IBM FlashSystem
John Clifton
cliftonj@uk.ibm.com
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The Performance Gap
CPU performance up 10x this last decade
Storage has grown capacity not
performance
Performance
Gap
Systems are now Latency & IO bound
resulting in significant performance gap
From 1980 to 2010, CPU performance has grown 60% per year*
…and yet, disk performance has grown ~5% per year during that same period**
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Client Responses to the Performance Gap
Most Costly
& Volatile
Add More
Memory
HDD
Performance
Enhancement
Wasteful,
Expensive &
Ineffective
with Storage
Latency
Issues
Tune & Modify
Application
Time
Consuming,
Very
Expensive
& Risky
Typical
Performance
Mitigation
Tactics
Expensive
& Ineffective
for Storage
Performance
Issues
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Add CPUs
The IBM MicroLatency Advantage
MicroLatency
deliver a microsecond response time to accelerate critical
applications to achieve competitive advantages
Disk-Based
FlashSystem
I/O Time
I/O
Time
• Faster decision making
• Increase revenue
• Accelerate cost savings
Network
Time
CPU Time
Network
Time
Time Recovered
• Eliminate wait time
• Scale performance with
capacity
The race to zero latency…
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CPU Time
Boost IT Efficiency
Macro Efficiency
driven by consolidation of hardware and software, deployment speed,
efficient use of IT staff as well as power and cooling savings
98% Reduction
50% Reduction
in Application
Processing Time
in TCO
97% Reduction
95% Reduction
in Physical
Footprint
in Power
Consumption
Source: IBM Client Experiences
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The data below are based on average operating conditions that may or may not be representative of a particular customer’s operating environment. The use
case measurements are from TMS customers using the flash technology that has been integrated into IBM’s systems.
IBM FlashSystem 840
TMS+IBM = Evolution not revolution
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IBM FlashSystem 840
Macro
Efficiency
Enterprise
Reliability
MicroLatency™
Extreme
Performance
•2U form factor- minimal footprint for best of breed ROI
•Low power 625 watts
•More granular capacity options:
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40 and 48TB
• Reduce installation and management time
with intuitive standardized GUI
• Fully redundant and hot swappable architecture:
- Flash modules, power supplies, batteries,
interfaces, fans
• Maintain business continuity with Concurrent code
load
• AES 256 HW base encryption
• Low Latency 135/90 µs R/W
• Purpose-built, highly parallel design
• Maximize host CPU efficiency and productivity
• 1.1M IOPS
• 8 GB/s Bandwidth
• Multiple connectivity interfaces
- 16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel
- 40Gb QDR InfiniBand
- 10Gb FCoE
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IBM FlashSystem V840
For when you need software features
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IBM FlashSystem V840 Enterprise Performance Solution
• 5X effective capacity for active
data sets with IBM Real-time
Compression™
• Flexible deployment options
• Optimizes data architecture
• More advanced storage services
features than the competition
Accelerate applications
with enterprise-class,
advanced storage
capabilities
Extreme
Performance
Macro
Efficiency
• 300K IOPS
• 4 GB/s Bandwidth
• 8Gb FC
• Granular flash capacity, up to 40TB
• Up to 5X effective capacity
• Preserve existing storage investment
Product image pictured without two 1U UPS
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• Low Latency 200 µs
IBM
• Flash-optimized design
MicroLatency™• Maximize CPU efficiency & productivity
Enterprise
Reliability
• Advanced storage services
• Flash is fully redundant & hot swappable
Flash for Less Than the Cost of Disk
Faster Applications
Flash for Less Than Disk
Software
Defined Services
Real-time
Compression
Store up to 5X
more data with less
flash
Deep Application
Integration
Scale-up & Scale-out
Drive New
Business
Opportunities
Improve What You Have
IBM & non-IBM
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Thin
Provisioning
Dynamic
growth
Purchase only the
storage you need
when you need it
FlashSystem V840 and VMware: an ideal fit
Faster Applications
Flash for Less Than Disk
Software
Defined Services
Deep Application
Integration
Scale-up & Scale-out
Drive New
Business
Opportunities
Improve What You Have
IBM & non-IBM
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Driving efficiency, performance, flexibility & scale in
virtualized environments
•Redefine Tier 1 performance for workloads with diverse I/O
patterns
•Optimize your data tier with thin provisioning, snapshots, and realtime compression
FlashSystem V840 is Scalable w/ Flexible Deployments
Faster Applications
Flash for Less Than Disk
Grow capacity and performance as needed
Software
Defined Services
Deep Application
Integration
Scale-up & Scale-out
Drive New
Business
Opportunities
Improve What You Have
IBM & non-IBM
Capacity
Performance
•Toggle compression on specific data sets
•Customize automated tiering options on data sets
•Extend advanced software functions to third party storage
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FlashSystem V840 Virtualizes IBM and Third Party Storage
Faster Applications
Flash for Less Than Disk
Software
Defined Services
IBM Easy Tier® Flash Storage Management
Optimized performance at lower overall cost
Deep Application
Integration
Scale-up & Scale-out
Drive New
Business
Opportunities
Improve What You Have
IBM & non-IBM
Preserve your existing investment in storage
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Manage
Tier
Protect
Compress with Real-time Compression
FlashSystem V840 Improves Your Business
Faster Applications
Flash for Less Than Disk
Software
Defined Services
Deep Application
Integration
Scale-up & Scale-out
Drive New
Business
Opportunities
Improve What You Have
IBM & non-IBM
Enable
Datacenter
Consolidation
Simplified
Management
Improve
Workforce
Productivity
Accelerate
Infrastructure
Run Mixed
Workloads
Drive new business
opportunities with
IBM FlashSystem
Protect your
Investment
Lower the
Cost of
Flash
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Accelerate
Applications
FlashSystem V840 – Performance
Performance at-a-glance
Maximum Performance
(100% Read, 512B, Cache Hit)
Minimum latency
IOPS
60µs
840,000
Maximum Performance – Base Configuration
(100% Read, 4K random, Cache Miss)
Accelerate applications with
enterprise-class, advanced
storage capabilities
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Latency
200µs
IOPS
300,000
Bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
Maximum Performance – Scaled Out
(100% Read, 4K, 4 Nodes) *
Latency
200µs
IOPS
1,400,000
Bandwidth
18 GB/s
The Innovation
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Flash Types
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Variable Stripe RAID™ (VSR)
• Patented Variable Stripe RAID allows RAID stripe sizes to vary.
• If one die fails in a ten-chip stripe, only the failed die is bypassed, and then data is
restriped across the remaining nine chips. No system rebuild needed!
• VSR reduces maintenance intervals caused by Flash failures
Unique
Business
Benefit:
Fewer Flash
Module
Replacements
10 Chips
RAID
Group
…
…
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FAIL
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Planes
Layers of Data Protection
2D Flash
RAID
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Industry Leading Databases Accelerated with Flash
Improve Performance
DB2
SQL Server
• Standalone
• Clustered
• Always-On
Oracle
• Standalone
• RAC
Sybase
SAP HANA
MySQL
Flash is an equal opportunity database accelerator.
You name it, flash makes it faster.
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Thank You!
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Backup Slides
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IBM FlashSystem 840 Architecture
Flash Modules (12)
Battery Packs (2)
RAID Controllers (2)
Interface Modules (4)
Fan Packs (4)
Canisters (2)
Management Modules (2)
Power Supplies (2)
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IBM FlashSystem 840 Built-in Encryption
Protecting business’s most
valuable asset
• Industry standard AES-XTS
required by most leading
compliance regulations such as
HIPAA and FIPS
• Data-at-rest design
• Local key management
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