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“Dell is Microsoft’s largest OEM partner to have
implemented support for Storage Spaces. Dell
provides the most complete Storage Spaces
implementation – server, controller, JBOD and
disks form an end-to-end solution, and this support
includes new features such as JBOD monitoring.”
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Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team
February 11, 2014
TechNet Server & Cloud Blog
Dell + Storage Spaces Solutions
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Dell Platforms – Providing for…
Dell + Storage Spaces Solutions
Background
A Dell Storage Appliance approach to Storage Spaces
Background
Key Technologies
Storage Spaces:
Failover Clustering:
Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV):
SMBV3.0:
System Center, PowerShell and In-box Windows Tooling:
Value Proposition
Dell
Windows Server Catalog
PowerVault MD1200
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
PowerVault MD1400
By Dell Inc -12GB SAS
PowerVault MD1220
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
PowerVault MD1420
By Dell Inc -12GB SAS
PowerVault MD3060E
By Dell Inc -6GB SAS
Windows Server Catalog > Hardware > Storage > Storage Spaces > Dell
• Supported on 12G servers only
• Requires Dell SAS 6GB/s HBA
• 2 x SAS controllers with 2 Ports
• Supports 6GB SAS SSD’’s
(200GB,400GB,800GB, and
1 to 4TB 6GB SAS HDD’s
• Typical MD1200 configuration is
2 x SSD’s and 10 x 4TB HDD’s
• Typical MD1220 configuration is
4 x SSD’s and 20 x 1TB HDD’s
• MD1200 Total capacity of 40TB
• MD1220 Total Capacity of 24TB
• Supported on 12G and 13G Servers
• Supports maximum of 25 SSD’s in
(200GB,400GB,800GB) & 35 4TB and
6TB HDD drives
• Qualified with the LSI-9207-8e SAS
• Typical configuration is 12 x SSD’s and
48 x HDD’s
• Total capacity of 240TB for 4TB Disks
• Total capacity of 360 TB for 6TB
Disks
• No more than 5 SSD’s per draw to
distribute for cooling (support
requirement)
• Supported on 13G servers only
• Requires Dell/LSI 12GB SAS (9300)
• 2 x SAS controllers with 4 Ports
• Supports 12GB SAS SSD’’s
(200GB,400GB,800GB, 1.6TB) and
4TB 6GB SAS HDD’s
• Typical MD1400 configuration is
2 x SSD’s and 10 x 4TB HDD’s
• Typical MD1420 configuration is
4 x SSD’s and 20 x 1 TB HDD’s
• MD1400 Total capacity of 40TB
• MD1420 Total Capacity of 24TB
MD1200/1220 Deployment Guide
http://en.community.dell.com/cfsfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-0000-01-55/Deploying-Storage-Spaces-on-PowerVaultMD12XX_2D00_v1.docx
MD3060E Deployment Guide
http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/powervaultmd3060e_Deployment%20Guide_en-us.pdf
MD1400/1420 Deployment Guide
http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/storagemd1400_Deployment%20Guide_en-us.pdf
JBOD Connectivity
Windows Server Catalog
PowerEdge R620
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R630
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerEdge R720
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R730
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerEdge R720xd
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R730xd
By Dell Inc - 13G
Windows Server Catalog > Hardware > Storage > Storage Spaces > Dell
6GB SAS/12GB SAS – 12G & 13G
PowerEdge R520/R620
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R720
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerVault MD1200
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
PowerVault MD1220
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
LSI 9207-8e 6Gb/s SAS
Host Bus Adapter
PowerEdge R520/620
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R720
By Dell Inc - 12G
PowerEdge R630
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerEdge R730
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerVault MD3060E
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
Dell SAS 12Gb/s Host
Bus Adapter (LSI 3008)
PowerEdge R630
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerEdge R730
By Dell Inc - 13G
PowerVault MD1400
By Dell Inc - 12GB SAS
PowerVault MD1420
By Dell Inc - 1288GB
SAS
PowerVault MD3060E
By Dell Inc - 6GB SAS
Dell SAS 6Gb/s Host Bus
Adapter
6GB SAS/12GB SAS
Dell SAS 6Gb/s Host Bus
Adapter
Factory
Firmware
Minimum Win 2012 R2
Driver v72.2
Dell SAS 12Gb/s Host
Bus Adapter (LSI 3008)
Firmware
03.09.0.0.A00
MD1220 Firmware
V1.05
Out of the Box Win 2012
R2 Driver
LSI 9207-8e 6Gb/s SAS
Host Bus Adapter
Firmware
v19.00
MD1200 Firmware
V1.05
Out of the Box Win 2012
R2 Driver
MD3060E Firmware
V0.396
MD1400 Firmware
V1.01
MD1420 Firmware
V1.01
MD3060E Firmware
V0.396
200GB/400GB/800GB SSD
Firmware 3.26
Seagate
4TB Model ST4000NM0023
Firmware GS0F
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/osapplications/w/wiki/5278.scsi-persistent-reservation-scsipr-support-for-windows-server-2012-r2-storagespaces.aspx
for JBOB Connectivity
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R620 3 x PCIe bus
• 2 x Dual LSI 9207-8E
• 1 x Dual 10Gb RDMA
R630 3 x PCIe bus
• 2 x Dual LSI 9207-8E
• 1 x Dual 10Gb RDMA
R720 7 x PCIe bus
• 2 x Dual LSI 9207-8E
• 1 x Dual 10GB NVGRE
2 x Dual 10Gb RDMA
R730 7 x PCIe bus
• 2 x Dual LSI 9207-8E
• 1 x Dual 10GB NVGRE
2 x Dual 10Gb RDMA
Connect-X3 for NVGRE and ROCE
Firmware 2.31 Driver 4.8
Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)
T520 for iWARP
Driver 5.0.0.29
• InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions
Up to 54Gb/s InfiniBand or 40Gb/s Ethernet per port
Single or dual port cards, configured as InfiniBand or Ethernet
(RoCE)
Low latency, Low CPU overhead, RDMA
End-to-end solutions (adapters, switches, cables), including
InfiniBand to Ethernet Gateways for seamless operation
Inbox drivers for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server
2012 R2
For more information:
http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=file_server
http://www.chelsio.com/wpcontent/uploads/2011/07/ProductSelector-0312.pdf
S4810 10GB/40GB Switch
48 x 10GB Ports and 4 x 40GB Ports
S6000 10GB/40GB Switch
32 x Ports of 40GB or 96 x 10GB
Ports and 8 x 40GB Ports
Z9500 10GB 40GB Switch
132 x Ports of 40GB or 528 x
Ports of 1GB/10GB
12G PowerEdge C6220 II
4 x Servers in a 2U
12G M620/ 13G M630 Blade
16 Blades in a Chassis
13G Higher Density Rack to Come
8 x Servers in a 2U
13G Higher Density Blade to Come
32 Blades in a Chassis
Number of clients
Speed of client NICs
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Client
Client NIC
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VMs per host
Virtual processes per VM
RAM per VM
File
DHCP
Server
DC/DNS
Management
NIC
VM
VM
VM
Virtual
Machine
NIC
vNIC
Switch1
Switch3
Switch2
NIC Teaming
NIC
Client
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Host
Switch5
Hyper-V hosts
Cores per Hyper-V host
RAM per Hyper-V host
NIC
NIC
SMB 3.0
Client
R-NIC
File
Server
2
File
File
Share
Share
SAS HBA
SAS HBA
Space
Space
SMB 3.0
Server
Storage
Spaces
R-NIC
R-NIC
R-NIC
R-NICs per Hyper-V host
Speed of R-NICs
SAS ports per module
SAS
SAS Speed
Disk Disk
Module
SAS
Module
Disk
Disk
SAS JBOD 1
SAS
Module
SAS
Module
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
SAS JBOD 2
Switch6
Switch4
NICs per Hyper-V host
Speed of NICs
NIC
R-NIC
vDisk
vSwitch
NIC
Router
NIC
R-NIC
Client
Client
Client NIC
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R-NICs per file server,
Speed of R-NICs
Number of Spaces
Columns per space
CSV cache config
Tiering config
File
Server
1
SAS HBA
SAS HBA
SAS HBAs per File Server
SAS Speed
SAS
Module
SAS
Module
Disk
Disk
Disk
SAS JBOD 3
Disks per JBOD
Disk type and speed
SAS Speed
Disk
Example Storage Spaces Physical Architecture to outline Fault domains
Example 2 x 3 Design - 2 x Dell R720 - 3 x Dell MD3060E + MPIO
Options’s
2x2 Appliance for DPM
and System Centre
2x3 SOF’S
2x4 SOF’S
Custom SOF’S
Server
R630/R730
R630/R730
R630/R730
R630/R730
CPU
R630- 2 x E5-2630 v3
(2.4Ghz,20M,8C/16T,1866Mhz)
R630- 2 x E5-2630 v3
R630- 2 x E5-2630 v3
(2.4Ghz,20M,8C/16T,1866Mhz)
R630- 2 x E5-2630 v3
(2.4Ghz,20M,8C/16T,1866Mhz)
R730- 2 x E5-2650 v3
R730- 2 x E5-2650 v3
(2.3Ghz,25M,10C/20T,2133Mhz)
(2.3Ghz,25M,10C/20T,2133Mhz)
R730- 2 x E5-2650 v3
(2.3Ghz,25M,10C/20T,2133Mhz)
R730- 2 x E5-2650 v3
(2.3Ghz,25M,10C/20T,2133Mhz)
Memory
96GB
96GB
128GB
128GB
Internal Storage
2 x 300GB 15k SAS HDD
2 x 200GB SATA MLC SSD
2 x 200GB SATA MLC SSD
2 x 200GB SATA MLC SSD
Internal Storage
Controller
H730P
H730P
H730P
H730P
Network Daughter
Card
Intel X540 10GbE BT & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SFP+ & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SR & i350 1GbE
Intel X540 10GbE BT & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SFP+ & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SR & i350 1GbE
Intel X540 10GbE BT & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SFP+ & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SR & i350 1GbE
Intel X520 10GbE SFP+ & i350 1GbE or
Intel X520 10GbE SR & i350 1GbE
Storage Adapter
2 x Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA MD14xx
2 x Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA MD14xx
2 x Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA MD14xx
2 x dual LSI SAS 9207-8e (MD3060e)
RDMA Adapter
1 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520
(optional)
1 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R630)
2 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R730) *3X3
1 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R630)
2 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R730) *3x4
1 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R630)
2 x dual 10GB Chelsio T520 (R730)
JBOD
2 x MD1400 or
2 x MD1420 or
2 x MD3060e
3 x MD1400 or
3 x MD1420 or
3 x MD3060e
4 x MD1400 or
4 x MD1420 or
4 x MD3060e
4 x MD3060e
JBOD HDDs
3.5” 4TB,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
3.5” 6TB,4096n,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
2.5” 1.2TB,10k,SAS,HDD or
2.5” 600GB,15k,SAS,HDD
3.5” 4TB,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
3.5” 6TB,4096n,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
2.5” 1.2TB,10k,SAS,HDD or
2.5” 600GB,15k,SAS,HDD
3.5” 4TB,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
3.5” 6TB,4096n,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
2.5” 1.2TB,10k,SAS,HDD or
2.5” 600GB,15k,SAS,HDD
48 x 3.5” 4TB,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD or
48 x 3.5” 6TB,4096n,7.2k, NL-SAS HDD
JBOD SSDs
min per MD14x0 - 2
min per MD3060e – 6
200GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
400GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
800GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD
200GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
400GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
800GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD
200GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
400GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
800GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD
12 x 200GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
12 x 400GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD or
12 x 800GB SAS SLC Mixed Use SSD
Operating System
Windows 2012 R2 Data Centre Edition
Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition
Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition
Windows 2012 R2 standard Edition
min per MD14x0 - 4
min per MD3060e - 14
(12 x 8GB RDIMM,2133Mhz,x8)
2 x dual LSI SAS 9207-8e (MD3060e)
(2.4Ghz,20M,8C/16T,1866Mhz)
(12 x 8GB RDIMM,2133Mhz,x8)
2 x dual LSI SAS 9207-8e (MD3060e)
(8 x 16GB RDIMM,2133Mhz,x4)
2 x dual LSI SAS 9207-8e (MD3060e)
(8 x 16GB RDIMM,2133Mhz,x4)
Main Remits
Cost Effective
Feature Rich
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Commodity hardware
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Base for future products
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Scalable design
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Flexible to markets
Technical Excellence
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Resilience
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Performance
Cost Effective
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New storage solution
Cost effective compute with increased density
Flexibility to use existing network hardware
Flexibility to connect to in-house automation systems
Reduce administration overheads
Affordable solution based support
Question:
Which storage technology would fit our new cloud platform?
• Established Storage Vendor?
• Open Source?
• Home brew?
Answer:
Microsoft Storage Spaces
Problem:
Single vendor support for Storage Spaces for a viable operational platform
Answer:
• Cost effective Storage Hardware
• Hardware support and parts replacements on 4 hour fix
• Solution support for storage spaces and Hyper-V (backed up by Microsoft Premier
Support)
• Dedicated team trained on Storage Spaces and Hyper-V
• One stop shop for support
Customer Storage System
Mixture of SSD and HDD s
4 x Scale-out File Servers Cluster Nodes
3-way Mirror Spaces
Cisco Nexus Switches
Multiple C6220
Hyper-V Hosts
Backup Storage System
Mixture of SSD and HDD s
2 x Scale Out File Cluster Nodes
Dual Parity Spaces
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Dell C6220 Hyper-V Compute
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Dell R620 Storage Compute
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Dell MD3060e Storage Enclosures
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Cisco Nexus Switches
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Windows Server 2012 R2
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System Center 2012 R2
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3-Way Mirror Spaces, clustered
and enclosure aware
Feature Rich
Current Uses
Features
Future Uses
Latest technology & OS’s; Powerful, Flexible, scalable, affordable
Features
Basic firewall self service
Platform: Popular packaged applications (licensed)
Private Networks, Site2site VPN, remote access VPN, Private vLANs,
Disaster Recovery
Advanced Firewalls, Load Balancer
One-click Developer tools and applications (open source)
Image cloning & sleep mode
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