Changing the
Economics of Storage:
Flash at the Price of Disk
Neeraj Matiyani
Director
Enterprise Storage Solutions
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Data centers need to handle many types of
diverse application workloads
Read-intensive
Write-intensive
Random
Sequential
Indexing
Front End Web
OLTP Database
Email/Messaging
Data Warehousing
Virtual Desktop
HPC
Streaming Media
Web Applications
Collaboration
Infrastructure
Other
• Applications are getting
more dependent on
higher I/O performance
• Data stored, backed up
and archived is growing
exponentially
• Traditional storage
systems are optimized
for the middle of the
spectrum
• SLAs are becoming more
rigorous
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• IT budgets are often
staying flat
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What characterizes your workloads?
Traditional “one size fits all” data storage strategy is inefficient
Performance
• Hot data that needs to be retrieved extremely
fast without latency
• IOPS vs. throughput
Access patterns and frequency
• Data accessed frequently vs. cold, rarely
accessed data
• Heavily read vs heavily written data
• Data optimized for tiering vs caching
I/O patterns
• Read and write percentages
• Transfer sizes
• Sustained vs. bursty I/O patterns
Business value
• Data that is highly valuable to the business
and can be used for deriving business
intelligence, financial analysis, etc.
Each type of data needs to be treated differently to align the application performance
with capacity and cost requirements
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Billions ($)
Reliance on I/O-intensive solutions for critical
applications is growing
$45
$40
$35
$30
$25
$20
$15
$10
$5
$0
Enterprise Storage Revenue Forecast (IDC)
Hot/ I/O intensive solutions growing
Active at 57% CAGR as SSD prices
Data are reduced
Cold/
Static
Data
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Cost/capacity optimized 19%
CAGR growth is driven by the
explosion of unstructured data
2016
I/O Intensive (Flash)
Performance Optimized
Cost Optimized
IT Managers are looking for storage solutions that can span both, hot and cold data,
optimizing for performance and value
IDC,, Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems 2013–2017 Forecast, May 2013; Doc #241033
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Flash adoption is accelerating
Pent-up demand for improving application performance at the right price point
Flash prices falling faster than HDDs but still
considerably higher than 15K HDDs
New form factors: PCIe cards, appliances, shared
storage
$/GB
15K HDD
Flash SSD
7.2K HDD
Multi-core processors drive up processor utilization
and demand for more I/O per server
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Virtualization is increasing the demand for random
I/O with the “mixer effect”
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Flash storage can be deployed at various layers to
accelerate application performance
Client
Network
Server-based cache (Tier-0)
•
Dell
Fluid Cache
for DAS on
PowerEdge
•
Storage
Network
Dell
Compellent
All-Flash or
Hybrid-Flash
Array
Flash drives placed directly on high speed PCI bus in
application servers
Caching software enables server to leverage flash
storage as an extension of memory cache
SSD tiering in shared storage
•
A few SSDs can be added to the array to dramatically
increase performance for targeted workloads
OR
•
An entire storage tier can be deployed on SSDs so that
complete volumes and datasets can be fit in flash
COMING SOON: Fluid Cache for SAN
•
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Benefits of Fluid Cache extended to the entire SAN for
maximum performance and reliability
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Best use of flash storage: transactional, IOPSintensive workloads
Indexing
Data
OLTP
Warehousing
1
3
2
VDI
Random
Sequential
Read-intensive
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Write-intensive
Indexing
Data Warehousing
• Maintains indexes to
allow quicker access to
data
• Runs on databases to
accelerate locating a
block of data in queries
• Stored data used to
create reports or derive
Business Intelligence
• Used for data mining,
analysis, hypothesis
testing, modeling
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OLTP
VDI
• Manage transactionoriented applications,
i.e. retail, banking
• Business can be hurt if
data not accessible,slow
• During peak usage,
customer experience
can be effected
• Hosting desktop OS
within a VM on a
centralized server
• Facilitate a quick
retrieval of gold images
• Boot storms, write
allocations and latency
are issues
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SSDs have different characteristics
Workload
Mainstream Applications
Any usage
Mostly Read
90/10 R/W Mix
Capacity
400 GB
1.6 TB
Write endurance
Great
Moderate
Full-drive writes/day
30
3
Random read perf.
Great
Great
Write performance
Great
Moderate
Relative costs
4x
1x
Tiering flash across multiple SSD types enables
Compellent to disrupt the flash cost model with a
superior $/GB ratio.
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Tier 1
Read-Intensive (RI)
MLC SSDs
WI SLC
SSDs
Tier 2
Write-Intensive (WI)
SLC SSDs
RI MLC
SSDs
Tier 3
Compellent is the first storage solution to tier sub-LUN data across SSDs
HDDs
Compellent Hybrid-Flash Array
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All Dell Primary Storage Solutions offer Flash
Workload-optimized solutions for any size enterprise
Compellent
EqualLogic
PowerVault
Dell Software
Converged
infrastructures
Cloud
deployments
High-performance
storage
Easy-to-use
virtualized storage
Affordable, entry
level storage
Data management
and protection
Maximize efficiency, drive results faster and boost resiliency
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I/O intensive
applications
Vertical fileintensive apps
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Lets look at
Dell Compellent
first
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Secret sauce behind the flash optimized
Compellent: tiering with Data progression
Flash-optimized Data
Progression leverages the
endurance of write-intensive
SSDs and the value of readintensive SSDs.
Tier 1
$$$
RAID 10
Write Intensive
Enterprise SAS SSD
Tier 2
$$
RAID 5
RAID 5
Read Optimized
Enterprise SAS SSD
Tier 3
$
RAID 5
RAID 6
RAID 6
7.2K SAS HDDs
Advanced software tiering seamlessly manages data
• Incoming writes are written to the write intensive SSDs for fast access
• Read intensive data is automatically moved to less expensive read optimized SSDs keeping Tier 1
free for new incoming writes
• Cold and non-performance data is migrated to lower tier, less expensive rotating disk
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New economies of flash with Compellent :
1/5th the price vs. competitive all-flash solutions
Compellent
Other Vendors
With Flash Tiering
Single SSD type (SLC or eMLC) only
Write Intensive (SLC)
Read Intensive (MLC)
Hardware
80%
Lower costs
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Higher
costs
Power / Cooling
Software
Support
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New economies of flash with Compellent :
1/2 the price vs. competitive hybrid solutions
Solution Price $/GB
50%
Less
Significant price advantage
with Compellent hybrid
solutions due to tiering flash
across multiple SSD types.
WI or
Competitors
Aggregate $/GB
of competitive
hybrid systems
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Compellent
RO SSDs
Using flash tiering:
Tier 1: WI SSDs
Tier 2: RI SSDs
Tier 3: 7k HDDs
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Compellent extends the economic value with a
feature-rich storage platform
Optimal $/GB & $/IO
Tiering
Scalability
Lower TCO by balancing
performance and capacity needs
in a single platform
Automatically move data between
Flash tiers and HDD tiers
Scale to meet storage
requirements with either SSD
or HDD
Unified Storage
Management
Enterprise Class Support
Manage multi tiered storage
solution with a single pane
of glass
class support
$
Replication
Replicate business critical
data between disparate
storage systems
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Leverage best of breed enterprise
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Slash costs with more efficient use of every disk
Automated Tiered
Storage
Thin
Provisioning
Block-Level
Intelligence
Free Space
Recovery
Unified Block
and File
Thin
Replication
Fast Track
Space efficient
snapshots
Compellent can reduce total storage software costs up to 96% and hardware costs
up to 44% over a 10 year period.
• No pre-allocation
required with Thin
provisioning
• Cost-effective Disaster
Recovery with Thin
Replication
• Buy fewer and less
expensive drives with
Automated tiered storage
• Single solution for
unified block and file
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Dell EqualLogic
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Dell EqualLogic PS6200S is All Flash.
& PS6200XS is Hybrid Flash
PS-M4110 blade
array
One streamlined
data center
Ideal for general
purpose smallmedium consolidated
loads
• Converged storage
servers and
networking
• Highly virtualized
• Highly scalable
• 10GbE
• Ease of management
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PS4100/4110
PS6100/6110
Entry-level
advanced
functionality
Business-responsive
performance
Ideal for smaller SAN
deployments
• Remote office
• Pay as you grow
scalability
• Designed for
virtualization
• 10GbE capability
Ideal for VDI
deployments
• Hybrid SAN
• Highly virtualized
• Scale capacity
& performance
• 10GbE capability
• Self-optimized
performance
• Options for
intelligent tiering
PS6500/6510
Powerful, virtual.
data-center ready
Ideal for heavy
sequential
workloads
• 10GbE capability
• 2.5x bandwidth
per array
• Scales up to 2.3PB
FS7600/7610
NAS unified storage
Ideal for file & block
environments
• Flexible pool of scaleout file & block
• Massive share
capacities for flexibility
• Single interface to
manage file and block
data
• 1GbE or 10GbE SAN
and client networks
• Includes file-level
snapshots and
replication
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Automatic load balancing
EqualLogic SAN
SSD
SAS or NL-SAS
Array 1
Array 2
Storage Pool
Latency: 0.1s
Latency: 0.4s
Maximize performance by seamlessly assigning data across all available resources
• Make the most of network ports and
disk utilization
• Dynamically detect and correct
latency issues
• Automatically adjust to workloads as
I/O changes
• Purchase storage for the predictable
vs. peak workloads
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• Align hot and cold data within an
array and across arrays (based on
dynamic workloads)
• Improve performance and minimize
latency
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Storage tiering and pooling
Application/Web Servers
Back-up Servers
File Servers
Exchange
Servers
EQL
Domain
Servers
Active
Directory
Servers
Switched
GbE Network
EqualLogic
EqualLogic
Backups
Shares
Shares
SQL
Servers
Shares
Backups
eMail
AD/Dem
Pool 1
SQL
Pool 2
Optimize storage and prioritize placement for maximum application performance and lowest cost
• Dedicate pools for unique security,
compliance or performance demands
• Improve performance at the right price
for heavy workloads (VDI, transaction
database)
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• Automatically classify and match
application data with the most
appropriate storage
• Tier between multiple generations of
arrays
• Combine tiered storage with service
catalogues to simplify management
and significantly lower overall storage
costs
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