ESVA Competitor Analysis
Date: Jan.,2012
Infortrend Technology, Inc.
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Agenda
• Competitors overview • Key competitive advantages
• One‐to‐one competitor comparison
 Against IBM
 Against HP  Against EMC  Against HDS
 Against Dell  Against NetApp
ESVA Competitors Overview ESVA Model F60/F70
E60
E10
Competitor IBM HP
DS5000 series Storwize V7000
EVA 4400/6400/8400
P4000 G2 EVA P6000
3PAR F‐Class
HDS
CLARiiON
CX4 Series VNX Series AMS 2000 Family Dell
Compellent Storage Center
NetApp
FAS3100/3200 series EMC EqualLogic
PS6000/6500
EqualLogic PS4000
Competitor Market Share (2006‐2009)
Worldwide: Block Midrange Modular Disk Array Vendor Revenue Market Share ($25,000 $299,999)
Revenue ($M)
Market Share (%)
Change (%)
Vendors
2006
2007
2008
2009
2007
2008
2009
2006
2007
2008
2009
EMC
957.4
1,079.9
1,366.5
1,269.1
12.8
26.5
-7.1
15.6
16.8
19.5
19.6
IBM
907.3
845.3
883.5
1,026.4
-6.8
4.5
16.2
14.8
13.1
12.6
15.8
HP
1,136.6
1,184.0
1,181.8
943.4
4.2
-0.2
-20.2
18.5
18.4
16.8
14.6
Dell
1,018.7
1,107.8
1,199.1
865.1
8.7
8.2
-27.9
16.6
17.2
17.1
13.4
Hitachi/
HDS
372.3
462.1
443.0
533.8
24.1
-4.1
20.5
6.1
7.2
6.3
8.2
NetApp
256.8
286.3
366.2
444.4
11.5
27.9
21.3
4.2
4.4
5.2
6.9
Key Competitive Advantages
• More cost‐effective  Better price/performance - SPC‐1 results  Full investment protection - Scale‐out capability • No storage scaling downtime
 Scale‐out capability • Higher scalability  Max. performance - SPC‐1 results  Max. no. of drives • Better scaling flexibility
 Granular performance upgrade points  Scale by adding RAID or expansion enclosures • Superior snapshot capability  Up to 1024 per volume IBM Storwize V7000
2U/12bay or 2U/24bay controller enclosure, housing 2 controllers Support clustering
with another controller enclosure
2U/12bay LFF or 2U/24bay SFF expansion enclosures Controller enclosure rear view
Hardware Comparison vs Storwize V7000
Product Name
ESVA F70/F60
Storwize V7000
Form Factor (Base unit)
3U/16bay 2U/12bay
2U/24bay
2‐24
2‐4 F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 16 x 8G FC + 8 x 1G iSCSI
Optional: 4 x 10G iSCSI, up to 8 x 10G iSCSI
8‐96
16‐32
2 ‐24 multilane 6G SAS 4‐8 x 6G SAS
Drive Options
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
SAS/NL SAS/SSD # of Drives
16‐1344 SFF/LFF
12‐480 SFF/LFF
2PB
1PB
# of Controllers
Host Ports Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
Max. LUN Size Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
$43,000
Advantages As‐needed scaling flexibility Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. Storwize V7000
Items
ESVA
IBM Storwize V7000
Advantages
V (up to 24 controllers)
V (up to four controllers clustered)
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
V
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
V
V (1024/volume)
V (256/volume)
Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
‐
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Scale‐out Snapshot
More granular recovery points Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ESVA vs. IBM Storwize V7000
• More cost‐effective  Cost/Performance: $5.12 vs. $7.24/SPC‐1 IOPS  Cost/Capacity: $21.78 vs. $28.38/GB  Better scaling flexibility to minimize upfront investment - To support up to 480 drives, ESVA provides five upgrade points (1 to 5 ESVA) while V7000 provides only two - To achieve 56,000 SPC‐1 IOPS, ESVA provides four upgrade points (1 to 4 ESVA) while V7000 provides only two • Higher scalability  Up to 180,000 vs. 56,000 SPC‐1 IOPS
 Up to 1344 vs. 480 drives
• Better data protection  1024 vs. 256 snapshots per volume • Greener  Support drive spin‐down
IBM DS5000 Series 4U controller
Drive ports
3U/16bay or 4U/60bay (license required) expansion Configurable host ports via Host Interface Cards (2 per controller )
4‐port 8G FC 4‐port 4G FC 2‐port 1G iSCSI
2‐port 10G iSCSI
Hardware Comparison vs DS5000
Product Name
ESVA F70/F60
Base Unit/ Form Factor 3U/16bay 7U, 16‐bay
(4U controller + 3U expansion enclosure)
Space efficient 2‐24
2 As‐needed scaling flexibility
# of Controllers
Host Ports F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. Size of LUN
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
DS5100
DS5300
Advantages 16
(support 2 x HIC per controller
HIC options: 4‐port 8G or 4G FC; 2‐port 1G or 10G iSCSI)
8‐96
8‐64
2‐24 multilane 6G SAS 16 x 4G FC Abundant drive bandwidth, to fully release controller power SAS/NL SAS/SSD
FC/FC‐SAS?/SATA/SSD
SAS drives deliver as high performance and reliability as FC drives at lower cost 16‐1344 SFF/LFF
Standard: 16‐224 LFF
Optional: 224‐448 LFF (license)
Optional: 448‐480 LFF (license)
Standard: 16‐448 LFF
Optional: 448‐480 LFF (license)
2PB
256TB
448TB
$69,000
$80,000
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. DS5000
Items
ESVA
IBM DS5000
Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
‐
Storage resource consolidation
Thin‐provisioning
V
‐
Optimize capacity utilization and simplify capacity management Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Maximize system productivity V (1024/volume)
V (255/volume)
More granular recovery points Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Snapshot
Prioritized Volume Access
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
‐
Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ‐
Efficiently utilize storage resources to serve data of different value
ESVA vs. IBM DS5000 Series
•
More cost‐effective  Cost/Performance: $5.12 vs. $12.42/SPC‐1 IOPS (DS5300)
 Cost/Capacity: $21.78 vs. $52.57/GB (DS5300)
 Support automated tiering to efficiently utilize resources to serve data of different value  Full protection of current investment
- IBM requires controller replacement for scaling  Built‐in storage virtualization and thin provisioning - IBM requires SVC, whose list price starts from $54,000
•
Higher performance  61,000 vs. 58,000 SPC‐1 IOPS (ESVA 4R+12J, 256 drives vs DS5300, 256 drives)
•
Higher scalability  Up to 180,000 vs. 58,000 SPC‐1 IOPS
 Up to 1344 vs. 480 drives
•
Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 1x to 12x performance - IBM requires controller replacement, which causes downtime
•
Better data protection  1024 vs. 256 snapshots per volume •
Greener  Support 2.5” drives
 Support drive spin‐down
HP P6000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA)
4U controller Built‐in host and drive ports 3U/15bay or 2U/25bay expansion Hardware Comparison vs. P6000 EVA
Product Name
ESVA F70/F60
Base Unit/ Form Factor 3U/16bay 4U/25‐bay
(2U controller + 2U expansion enclosure)
Space efficient 2‐24
2
As‐needed scaling flexibility
# of Controllers
Host Ports F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
8
2‐24 multilane 6G SAS 8 x 6G SAS 16 x 6G SAS
# of Drives
16‐1344 SFF/LFF
Advantages 8 x 8G FC , or
4 x 8G FC and 8 x 1G iSCSI or 4 x 8G FC and 4 x 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE
4
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
P6500
8‐96
Drive Options
Max. Size of LUN
P6300
SSD support to deliver maximum performance at lower cost/IOPS and reduced space and power consumption SAS/NL SAS
12‐120 LFF
25‐250 SFF
2PB
12‐240 LFF
24‐450 SFF
32TB
Starting $18,750
Starting $44,000
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. P6000 EVA
Items
ESVA
P6000
Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
‐
Extended resource consolidation
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
V (single license, no capacity limitation)
V (licensed by capacity, 1TB or unlimited)
Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Snapshot
Prioritized Volume Access
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Maximize system productivity ‐
Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ‐
Efficiently utilize storage resources to serve data of different value
ESVA vs. P6000 EVA • More cost‐effective
 Full protection of current investment - HP requires controller replacement for scaling  Support automated tiering to efficiently utilize resources to serve data of different value
• Higher performance  Sequential: 1,192MB/s Write, 2,437MB/s Read vs. 800MB/s Write, 1750MB/s Read (2 x ESVA vs. P6500)
• Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
- P6000 requires controller replacement, which causes downtime
• Greener  Support SSD  Support drive spin‐down
HP 4400/6400/8400 EVA Series
EVA 4400
2U controller
EVA 6400/8400
4U controller
Embedded host and drive expansion ports iSCSI support via additional gateways/routers 2U/12bay expansion
Hardware Comparison vs. 4400/6400/8400 EVA
Product Name
Base Unit/Form Factor # of Controllers
Host Ports ESVA F70/F60
4400
3U/16bay 4U, 12‐bay
(2U controller box + 2U expansion enclosure)
2‐24
F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
6U, 12‐bay
(4U controller box + 2U expansion enclosure)
2 4 x 4G FC*
Optional: 4 x 1G iSCSI
8 x 4G FC Optional: 4 x 1G iSCSI
8
14‐22
2‐24 multilane 6G SAS 4 x 4G FC 8 x 4G FC 12 x 4G FC # of Drives
16 ‐1344 SFF/LFF
2PB
12‐216 LFF
12‐324 LFF
32TB
$17,355
(including the embedded switch)
Space efficient $24,240
Note: Users can choose the EVA4400 model coming with an embedded 10‐port 8 Gb/s switch. With the switch, users can trunk two 4Gb/s FC host ports to form a single 8Gb/s FC channel Built‐in hybrid host connectivity Abundant drive bandwidth to fully release controller power SAS drives deliver as high performance and reliability as FC drives at lower cost FC/SATA/SSD
12‐96 LFF
Advantages As‐needed scaling flexibility 4
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
8400
8‐96
Drive Options
Max. size of LUN 6400
$45,520
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. 4400/6400/8400 EVA
Items
ESVA
HP EVA Advantages
V
‐
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
V (cross systems)
‐
Extended resource consolidation
Thin‐provisioning*
V
‐
Optimize capacity utilization and simplify capacity management Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Maximize system productivity V (1024/volume)
V (64/volume)
More granular recovery points Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Scale‐out Cross‐system Virtualization
Snapshot
Prioritized Volume Access
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
‐
Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ‐
Efficiently utilize storage resources to serve data of different value
ESVA vs. 4400/6400/8400 EVA •
More cost‐effective
 Full protection of current investment - EVA requires controller replacement for scaling  Support automated tiering to efficiently utilize resources to serve data of different value
 Default thin provisioning functionality helps users save costs by optimizing capacity utilization while simplifying management •
Higher performance  Sequential: 1089MB/s Write, 2379MB/s Read vs. 500MB/s Write, 1550MB/s Read (1 ESVA vs. HP EVA 8400)
 Random: 18,000 IOPS Write, 58,000 IOPS Read vs. 13,500 IOPS Write vs 60,000 Read IOPS (2 x ESVA vs. HP EVA 8400 )
•
Better data protection
 1024 vs. 64 snapshot images per volume
•
Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
- EVA requires controller replacement, which causes downtime
•
Greener  Support 2.5” drives  Support drive spin‐down
HP 3PAR F‐Class
Default 4 x 4G FC ports per node Additional host and drive ports can be added by installing adapters in PCI‐X slots Hardware Comparison vs. 3PAR F‐Class
Product Name
ESVA F70/F60
F200 F400 Advantages Base Unit/ Form Factor 3U/16bay 7U, 16‐bay (4U controller box + 3U expansion enclosure) 11U, 16‐bay (2 x 4U controller box + 1x 3U expansion enclosure) Space efficient 2
2‐4
# of Controllers
2 – 24
As‐needed scaling flexibility
Multiple clustered nodes share one backplane
Embedded Ports F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Embedded 4 x 4G FC per node
Embedded 4 x 4G FC per node
Expansion Slots N/A
4
4‐8
HIC card options N/A
2‐port 4G FC, 4‐port 1G iSCSI
2‐port 4G FC , 4‐port 1G iSCSI
Cache (GB)
8‐96
20 (8GB control cache + 12GB data cache)
20‐40 (8‐16GB control cache + 12‐24GB data cache)
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. size of LUN Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 ‐ 1344
SAS drives deliver as high performance and reliability as FC drives at lower cost SSD/FC/SATA
16‐192
2PB
16‐384
16TB
$44,154
$52,078
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. 3PAR F‐Class Items
ESVA
HP 3PAR F‐Class
Advantages
V (1 to 12 RAID systems)
V (2 to 4 nodes)
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
V
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
V
V (1024/volume)
V (500/volume)
Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
‐
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Scale‐out Snapshot
More granular recovery points Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ESVA vs. HP 3PAR F‐Class
•
More cost‐effective  Cost/Performance: $5.12 vs. 5.89/SPC‐1 IOPS  Cost/Capacity: $18.79 vs. $20.2/GB
•
Higher scalability  Up to 180,000 vs. 93,000 SPC‐1 IOPS
 Up to 1334 vs. 384 drives •
More flexible scale‐out
 Better scaling flexibility to minimize upfront investment - 3PAR requires users to decide backplane capability at initial purchase - To support up to 394 drives, ESVA provides four upgrade points (1 to 4 ESVA) while 3PAR F400 provides only two - To achieve 93,000 SPC‐1 IOPS, ESVA provides four upgrade points (1 to 7 ESVA) while 3PAR F400 provides only two •
Better data protection  1024 vs. 500 snapshot images per LUN
•
Greener  Support drive spin‐down
HP StorageWorks P4000 G2 Series
+
+
2U storage node 12 or 8 internal drives Server architecture with RAID card Multiple nodes clustered for scaling and redundancy No JBOD expansion
….
Hardware Comparison vs P4000 G2 Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor # of Controllers
Host Ports Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
ESVA E60
P4300 P4500
3U/16bay 2U/8bay
2U/12bay
2 – 24
2130: 12 x 1G iSCI, up to 144 x 1G iSCSI
2230: 4 x 10G iSCI, up to 48 x 10G iSCSI
1‐32
2 x 1G iSCSI, up 64 x 1G iSCSI
(upgradeable to 10G) 8‐96
1‐16
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS No expansion enclosure support Cost‐effective capacity scaling via expansion enclosures SAS/NL SAS
SSD support to deliver maximum performance at lower cost/IOPS and reduced space and power consumption Drive Options
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
# of Drives
16‐1344 SFF/LFF
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
Advantages 8‐256 LFF
12‐384 LFF
$24,990 (8 x 750G SATA drives)
$29,990 (8 x 300GB SAS drives)
N/A
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. P4000 G2
Items
ESVA
P4000 G2
Scale‐out V
V
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
V
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
V
Snapshot
V
V
Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Advantages
‐
Efficiently utilize system power to achieve respective service levels for different applications ‐
Efficiently utilize storage resources to serve data of different value
ESVA vs. P4000 G2
•
Better Configuration Flexibility  ESVA supports mixing drives of different types, speeds and capacities in a single system - P4000 storage systems are shipped with default drives of the same types, speeds and capacities •
Lower Scaling Costs  ESVA allows users to decide whether to scale with additional expansion enclosures for more capacity or RAID storage systems for more capacity and performance - P4000 does not support expansion enclosures •
Higher Scalability  Up to 1344 vs. 384 drives
•
Higher Capacity Utilization  To achieve full controller redundancy + RAID protection in P4000 Multi‐Site SAN, capacity utilization can be as low as 30% •
Higher Space Efficiency  ESVA comes with dual‐controller redundancy in the 3U/16bay form factor - To achieve full dual‐controller redundancy with P4000, users need to purchase 2 x 2U storage nodes •
Greener  Support SSD  Support drive spin‐down
EMC VNX Series Up to eight X‐blades to support file‐
based services Dual storage processors to support block‐based services
‐ Embedded I/O ports ‐ Scalable connectivity via I/O modules Capacity expansion via 3U/15bay or 2U/25bay disk enclosures Hardware Comparison vs. VNX
Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor # of Controllers
Embedded Ports ESVA F70/F60
3U/16bay VNX5100
VNX5300
VNX5500
4U/15bay 4U/25bay
(3U controller + 1U standby power supply)
2 – 24
VNX5700
VNX7500
5U/25 bay
(2U controller + 2U disk enclosure + 1U standby power supply)
Space efficient Performance scaling granularity 2
F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
Advantages N/A
8 x 8G FC
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Expansion Slot
N/A
N/A
IO Module Option N/A
N/A
Max. Cache (GB)
8 ‐ 96
8
Drive Expansion Ports 2‐24 multilane 6G SAS
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. LUN Size Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
4
2PB
10
10
4‐port 8G FC ,4‐port 1G iSCSI, 2‐port 10G iSCSI, 2‐port FCoE
16
24
4 x 6G SAS
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 – 1344 SFF/LFF
4
36
48
8 x 6G SAS
16 x 6G SAS
15‐500 SFF/LFF
15‐1000 SFF/LFF
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
15‐75 SFF/LFF
15‐125 SFF/LFF
15‐250 SFF/LFF
14TB
N/A
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. VNX Items
ESVA
EMC VNX
Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Scale from 16 to 1344 drives without disrupting service
Cross‐system Virtualization
V
‐
Extended storage consolidation
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Maximize system productivity V (1024/volume)
V (up to 512/volume)
More granular recovery points Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
V
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V (not on VNX5100)
Snapshot
ESVA vs. EMC VNX Series
• More cost‐effective  Full protection of current investment - VNX requires controller replacement for scaling • Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
• Better data protection  1024 vs. up to 512 snapshot images per LUN
- 128/volume for 5100; 256/volume for 5300 and 5500; 512/volume for 5700 and 7500
EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series
6U controller with standby power
Host and drive ports scalable via I/O modules 3U/15bay expansion 3U controller with standby power
Host ports scalable via I/O modules Built‐in drive ports 3U/15bay expansion Scalability
CX4‐240
CX4‐120
CX4‐480
CX4‐960
Hardware Comparison vs. CX4
Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor # of Controllers
Embedded Ports ESVA F70/F60
3U/16bay CX4‐120
CX4‐240
6U, 15bay (3U controller with standby power supplies + 3U expansion enclosure)
2‐24
F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
N/A
IO module option N/A
Max. Cache (GB)
Drive Ports Drive Options
# of Drives
CX4‐960
Advantages 9U, 15bay (6U controller with standby power supplies + 3U expansion enclosure)
Space efficient 2
Embedded 4 x 4G/8G FC + 4 x 1G/10G iSCSI
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Expansion Slot
CX4‐480
2
As‐needed scaling flexibility
Embedded 8 x 4G/8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI
or 4 x 8G FC + Embedded 8 x 4G/8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI or 4 x 8G FC + 4 x 4
6
4
4‐port 4G/8G FC , 2‐port 1G/10G iSCSI
8 ‐ 96
6
8
16
32
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS 2 x 4G FC
4 x 4G FC
8 x 4G FC
16 x 4G FC
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 – 1344 SFF/LFF
SAS drives deliver as high performance and reliability as FC drives at lower cost SSD/FC/SATA
15‐120 LFF
15‐240 LFF
15‐480 LFF
Abundant drive bandwidth to fully release controller power 15‐960 LFF
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. CX4 Items
ESVA
CX4
Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Better scalability and scaling flexibility
Cross‐system Storage Virtualization
V
‐
Extended consolidation Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Maximize system productivity V (1024/volume)
V (8/volume)
More granular recovery points Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
V
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Snapshot
ESVA vs. EMC CX4 Series
•
More cost‐effective  Full protection of current investment - CX4 requires controller replacement for scaling •
Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
- CX4 requires 5‐7 hours of downtime (specified in their own document) •
Better performance  112 drives sit on two 24Gb/s SAS drive expansion channels - In CX4, 120 drives sit on two 4Gb/s FC drive expansion channels (in a loop)
•
Higher scalability  1344 vs. 960 drives •
Better data protection  8 vs. 1024 snapshot images per LUN
•
Greener  Support 2.5” drives HDS AMS2000 Series
4U controller Built‐in host and drive ports 15 internal drives 3U/15bay or 4U/48bay expansion AMS2300
AMS2100
4U controller Built‐in host and drive ports No internal drives 3U/15bay or 4U/48bay expansion AMS2500
Hardware Comparison vs. AMS
Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor ESVA F70/F60
3U/16bay # of Controllers
2 – 24
# of Host Ports F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. size of LUN 4U, 15bay
AMS 2300
AMS 2500
Advantages 4U, 15bay
7U, 15bay
(4U controller + 3U expansion enclosure)
Space efficient 2
As‐needed scaling flexibility
4 x 4G FC or
4 x 1G iSCSI
8/16 x 8G FC or
8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI
16 x 8G FC or
8 x 1G iSCSI or
8 x 8G FC + 4 1G x iSCSI
8 ‐ 96
8
16
32
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS 16 x 3G SAS
16 x 3G SAS
32 x 3G SAS
Abundant drive bandwidth, release full controller power 15‐480 SFF/LFF
Higher capacity scalability F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Max. Cache (GB)
AMS 2100
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 – 1344 SFF/LFF
SAS/SATA/NLSAS/SSD
15‐159 SFF/LFF
2PB
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
Note: Built‐in one 10‐port 8 Gb/s switch for each controller (HSV300‐S controller)
The switch can trunk two 4Gb/s FC host ports to form a single 8Gb/s FC channel Up to 20
15‐240 SFF/LFF
60TB
$52,050
$103,200
Software Comparison vs. AMS Items
ESVA
HDS AMS
Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Scale from 16 to 1344 drives without disrupting service
Cross‐System Storage Virtualization
V
‐
Extended storage consolidation
Thin‐provisioning
V
V, optional
Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Maximize system productivity V (1024/volume)
V (14/volume)
More granular recovery points Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
V
Snapshot
Automated Storage Tiering
V
‐
Match the cost of storage to the value of data, ensure the most efficient utilization of resources ESVA vs. HDS AMS Series
• More cost‐effective  Cost/Performance: $5.12 vs. $5.85(AMS 2100), 6.96(AMS 2300), 5.71 (AMS 2500)/SPC‐1 IOPS  Cost/Capacity: $21.78 vs. $47.20(AMS 2100), 36.99(AMS 2300), 30.18(AMS 2500)/GB
 Full protection of current investment
- HDS requires controller replacement for scaling • Higher performance scalability  Up to 180K vs. 89K • Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives Dell Compellent Storage Center
Server RAID/ Software RAID with controller cluster
Series 30/40
3U controller User‐configurable host and drive ports via interface adapters 3U/16bay FC or SATA expansion 2U/12bay or 2U/24bay SAS expansion Hardware Comparison vs Storage Center
Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor # of Controllers
Embedded Ports ESVA F70/F60
Series 30
Series 40
Advantages 3U/16bay FC drives: 6U, 16bay
(3U controller + 3U disk enclosure)
SAS drives: 5U, 12bay (3U controller + 2U disk enclosure)
Space efficient 2 – 24
2
As‐needed scaling flexibility
F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
N/A
N/A
5 (up to 20 ports)
6 (up to 24 ports)
F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Expansion Slots N/A
Host Interface Options N/A
4G/8G FC
1G/10G iSCSI
10G FCoE
Drive Expansion Interface Options 6G SAS
4G FC 6G SAS
Max. Cache (GB)
8 ‐ 96
Drive Options
# of Drives
3.5
4.0
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
FC/SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 – 1344 LFF/SFF
FC: 1232 LFF
SAS: 960 LFF/SFF
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. Storage Center
Items
ESVA
Storage Center Advantages
Scale‐out V
‐
Scale from 16 to 1344 drives without disrupting service
Cross‐system Storage Virtualization
V
‐
Extended storage consolidation Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
‐
Snapshot
V
V Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
V
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Maximize system productivity ESVA vs. Compellent Storage Center
• More cost‐effective  Full protection of current investment - Compellent requires controller replacement for scaling • Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
• Greener  Support drive spin‐down Dell EqualLogic PS Series
+
+
2U/24bay, 4U/24bay, 3U/16bay, 4U/48bay storage node
Default host ports Scale‐out for better performance and capacity No JBOD expansion
….
Hardware Comparison vs. PS6100/6010/6510
Product Name
Base Unit/ Form Factor # of Controllers
# of Host Ports Max. Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
ESVA E60
PS6100
PS6010
PS6510
3U/16bay 2U/12bay or 2U/24bay 3U/16bay
4U/48bay
2 – 24
2130: 12 x 1G iSCI, up to 144 x 1G iSCSI
2230: 4 x 10G iSCI, up to 48 x 10G iSCSI
8 ‐ 96
2‐32
8‐128 x 1G iSCSI
4‐64 x 10G iSCSI
8‐128
4‐64
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 ‐ 1344
Advantages N/A
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
Flexible way of scaling 10K SAS/SATA
Depending on the members (up to 16) in the pool $49,971
(24 x 1TB)
$62,971
(24 x 600GB 2.5” 10K SAS)
Note: Built‐in one 10‐port 8 Gb/s switch for each controller (HSV300‐S controller)
The switch can trunk two 4Gb/s FC host ports to form a single 8Gb/s FC channel Up to 20
$51,000
(16 x 1TB)
$56,000
(16 x 600GB 2.5” 10K SAS)
$97,000
(48 x 1TB)
$125,000
(48 x 600GB 2.5” 10K SAS)
Higher capacity scalability Hardware Comparison vs. PS4100
Product Name
ESVA E10
PS4100
Advantages 3U/16bay 2U/12bay or 2U/24bay
Space efficient # of Controllers
2 – 8
2‐4
Performance scaling granularity
(active‐passive ) # of Host Ports 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 16 x 1G iSCSI
4‐8 x 1G iSCSI
Max. Cache (GB)
8 ‐ 96
8‐16
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS N/A
Flexible way of scaling
SAS/NL SAS/SSD
SAS/NL SAS
SSD support to deliver maximum performance at lower cost/IOPS and reduced space and power consumption 16 ‐ 64
Depending on the members (up to 2) in the pool Higher capacity scalability 1024
256
Base Unit/ Form Factor Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. # of LUN
Ref. List Price
(Base unit)
Note: Built‐in one 10‐port 8 Gb/s switch for each controller (HSV300‐S controller)
The switch can trunk two 4Gb/s FC host ports to form a single 8Gb/s FC channel Up to 20
$18,971
(12 x 1TB)
$35,921
(24 x 600GB 2.5” 10K SAS)
Software Comparison vs. EqualLogic PS Items
ESVA
EqualLogic
Scale‐out V
V
Cross‐System Storage Virtualization
V
V
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
V
Maximize system productivity
V (up to 1024/volume)
V (up to 512/volume)
Granular recovery points V
V
Remote Replication
V (sync and async)
V (async)
Prioritized Volume Access
V
‐
Automated Storage Tiering
V
V
Snapshot
Volume Copy/ Mirror
Advantages
Higher protection level ESVA vs. Equallogic PS Series •
Better data protection  Support both sync and async remote replication  1024(ESVA E60) vs. 512(PS6100,6010,6510) snapshot images per volume
 256(ESVA E10) vs. 128(PS4100) snapshot images per volume
•
Better capacity utilization  Automatically expand snapshot container when images are taken
- PS series requires users to reserve space for snapshots in advance •
Better throughput performance  Active‐active controllers support max. sequential performance - PS series supports only active‐passive controllers •
Better configuration flexibility  Support mixing drives of different types, speeds, capacities and RAID levels in a single system - PS series only supports mixing SAS and SSD drives in the same system (PS6100/6010XVS)
•
Lower Scaling Costs  Scale with additional expansion enclosures for more capacity or with RAID storage systems for more capacity and performance - PS series does not support expansion enclosures
•
Greener  Support drive spin‐down NetApp FAS3200
3U/6U redundant controllers
‐ On‐board 4G FC, 1G iSCSI
and 6G SAS ports
‐ Expansion slots for extended connectivity 4G FC expansion
‐ DS14 3U/14Bay disk shelf, FC/SATA drives
6G SAS expansion
‐ DS4243 4U/24bay disk shelf, SAS/SATA/SSD drives ‐ DS2246 2U/24bay disk shelf, SFF SAS drives
Hardware Comparison vs. FAS3200
FAS3210/IBM N6210
FAS3240/IBM N6240
FAS3270/IBM N6270
Product Name
ESVA F70/F60
Advantages Base Unit/ Form Factor 3U/16bay 5U, 24bay (3U controller box
+ 2U/24bay SFF expansion enclosure) Space efficient # of Controllers
2 – 24
2
Flexible performance scaling Embedded Port
F70: 8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
4 x 4G FC, 4 x 1G iSCSI, 4 x 6G SAS F60: 8 x 8G FC, up to 96 x 8G FC
Expansion Slots Interface Card Options Max. Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. LUN Size N/A
4
12
2‐port 8G FC 4‐port 4G FC
2‐port FCoE
4‐port 6G SAS 4‐port 1GbE 2‐port 10GbE N/A
8 ‐ 96
8 (1GB NVRAM)
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS Up to 20 x multilane 6G SAS Up to 52 x 4G FC SAS/NL SAS/SSD
16 (4GB NVRAM)
32 (4GB NVRAM)
Up to 52 x multilane 6G SAS Up to 52 x 4G FC FC/NL SAS/SSD 16 ‐ 1344
14‐240
14‐600
14‐960
2PB 50TB
50TB
70TB
Higher capacity scalability Software Comparison vs. FAS3200
Items
ESVA
FAS3200
Scale‐out V
V, only for file‐based applications Cross‐System Storage Virtualization
V
‐
Thin‐provisioning
V
V
Distributed Load Balancing
V
V, only for file‐based applications V (1024/volume)
V (255/volume)
Volume Copy/ Mirror
V
V
Remote Replication
V
V
Prioritized Volume Access
V
V
Automated Storage Tiering
V
‐
Snapshot
Advantages
Extended storage consolidation ESVA vs. NetApp FAS3200
•
More cost‐effective  Full protection of current investment - NetApp FAS3200 requires controller replacement for scaling  $5.12 (ESVA F60) vs. $7.48 (FAS3270) SPC‐1 IOPS  One license for the whole redundant system - One license for each controller in a redundant system •
Better max. performance  180K SPC‐1 IOPS (ESVA F60) vs. 68K SPC‐1 IOPS (FAS3270)
•
Sustainable good performance along with data growth  The WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) design of FAS3200 causes fragmented data; performance degrades along with growing utilization •
Higher availability  No storage scaling downtime from 16 to 1344 drives
•
Better data protection  1024 vs. 255 snapshot images per LUN
•
Better capacity utilization  FAS 3200 requires users to reserve space for snapshot copies in advance •
Greener  Support drive spin‐down WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout)
• Writes to the first free space, wherever the heads are at
• Support fast writes when disks are empty; however, as the disks fill, it takes additional seeks to find space
• Due to fragmentation, it takes additional seeks to read
• The longer that WAFL runs the worse the performance for both read and write
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Thank You
Date: Jan.,2012
Infortrend Technology, Inc.
NetApp FAS3100
6U redundant controllers
‐ On‐board 4G FC and 1G iSCSI ports
‐ Expansion slots for extended connectivity 4G FC expansion
‐ DS14 3U/14Bay disk shelf, FC/SATA drives
3G SAS expansion
‐ DS4243 4U/24bay disk shelf, SAS/SATA drives Hardware Comparison vs. NetApp
FAS3140/IBM N6040
FAS3160/IBM N6060
FAS3170/IBM N6070 Product Name
ESVA F70
Base Unit/ Form Factor 3U/16bay 9U, 14bay (6U controller box
+ 3U/14bay expansion enclosure) Space efficient # of Controllers
2 – 24
2
Performance scaling granularity Embedded port
8 x 8G FC + 4 x 1G iSCSI, up to 96 x 8G FC + 48 x 1G iSCSI
8 x 4G FC, 4 x 1G iSCSI
Expansion slots N/A
8
N/A
2‐port or 4‐port 4G FC
2‐port FCoE
4‐port SAS 2‐port or 4‐port 1GbE 2‐port 10GbE Interface Card Options Max. Cache (GB)
Drive Expansion Ports
Drive Options
# of Drives
Max. size of LUN 8 ‐ 96
8GB
16GB
2 – 24 multilane 6G SAS Up to 32 x multilane 3G SAS Up to 20 x 4G FC SAS/SATA/SSD
FC, SAS, SATA
16 ‐ 1344
2PB
14‐420
14‐672
16TB
Advantages 32GB
SAS drives deliver as high performance and reliability as FC drives at lower cost 14‐840
As‐needed capacity scaling
Higher max. capacity IBM DS5000 vs Storwize V7000 • The two series target at different users; IBM does not plan to replace one with the other • Key differentiators  DS5000 is OEM product of LSI Engenio 7900 HPC while V7000 is based on IBM’s home‐born technology - SVC is the software core of V7000
 Marketing messages of V7000 focus on rich data services (especially virtualization) and easy management while those of DS5000 focus on ideal cost/performance  V7000 delivers higher performance than DS5000
 DS5000 support more drives than V7000
IBM DS5000 vs Storwize V7000 Spec Comparison