HDS and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol) - Not all VVols are created equal. VMworld 2015

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HDS and VMware vSphere Virtual
Volumes (VVol)
- Not all VVols are created equal
 Dinesh Singh, Solutions
Marketing Manager, Virtualization

2. Hitachi Data Systems Enables Access to Intelligent
Information With the Intelligent Data CenterFOUNDA-
TION
DATA
CENTER
DELIVERY
CLOUD
INTELLIGENT INFORMATION
ACCESS
FILE | OBJECT | CONTENT | SEARCH
INTELLIGENT CONVERGED
INFRASTRUCTURE
STORAGE | COMPUTE | NETWORK
BLOCK | FILE | FLASH
VIRTUAL STORAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE
MANAGEMENTSOFTWARE
PARTNERSIN
SUCCESS
|
|
END-USER
COMPUTING ACCESS
VDI | SYNC/SHARE | APPS
SOFTWARE-DEFINED
DATA CENTER
ABSTRACT | POOL | AUTOMATE
UCP
HCP + HNAS Horizon Suite
vCloud Suite
ACCESS
MOBILE
||
CORE
|
VIRTUAL SERVER
INFRASTRUCTURE
vSphere
VIRTUALIZE | ENCAPSULATE |
CONSOLIDATE
Enterprise storage

3.  Business – I need xyz VM service today; and it may change tomorrow
 vSphere Admins – What type of storage data services am I going to get ?
 Storage Admin – What type of Application workload are you deploying
Why VVol ?
vSphere Admin /
Tenant
Requests
Capabilities
Storage HW/SW
Advertise
Technology
Capabilities
VASA
Provider
- Hitachi
Need Policy Framework to do this efficiently….

4. VVol on HDS and Storage Policy Based
Management
 Deliver predictable automated matching of (HDS) storage services capabilities to specific VM needs
HDS Storage Container
A
HDS Storage Container
B
HDS Storage Container
C
Platinum
- T1 IOPS Performance
- Availability: Tier 1
- Cost: 900
- RPO: 0-5m Location: NY/NJ
- Single DC & Global Active DC
Storage Capabilities
Cloud Tenant ACME
- T1 and T2 IOPS Performance
- Snapshot Backup: 5m-daily
- Location: NY only
- Encryption
- Single DC;
Bronze- Tier 3
- T3 IOPS; T3 Latency
- Availability: Tier 2;Tier 3
- Cost: 250
- RPO: 12h
VVol VVol VVolVVol
VVol VVol VVolVVol
VVol VVol VVolVVol
VM/Application SLA
(VM Storage Policy)
- Latency: 2ms or below / Tier 1
- Tier 1 Performance
- Availability: 99.999%/Tier 1
- Snapshot Backup: Hourly
- DR: RPO 1s, RTO 10s
- Encryption
- Latency: 10ms or below
- IOPS: Tier 3 Performance
- Availability: 99.9%/Tier 3
- Snapshot Backup: Daily
- DR: RPO 60s, RTO 10min
- Cost < 200
Matching
OS
App1
OS
App2
OS
App3qa

5. Solving the challenges - Before and After
VVol for VM-Centric Storage Management
Today with VVol
LU
(VMFS Datastore)
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
VMDK
file
LU
(VMFS Datastore)
Storage Container
(Logical Grouping)
Storage Container
(Logical Grouping)
(VVol) (VVol) (VVol) (VVol) (VVol) (VVol) (VVol) (VVol)
Protocol Endpoint (PE) Layer *Many VMs multiplexed
to a single Datastore
1-n mapping of
VM to a VVol
1. Create fixed-size, uniform LUNs
2. Lack of granular data services
3. Complex/long administration cycles
4. LUN/Volume centric storage
configurations vs VM focused
1. Create VVols to match VM requirements
2. VM-centric finer management & offload within array
3. Simple assured policy provisioning & operations
4. VM consumption, configuration, visibility manageability
(VVol)

6. VVols – Architecture Overview
Virtual Center
(VC)
Storage Management
Service (SMS)
VASA Provider
(VP)
Storage Array
ESXi Hosts
 Storage Container Discovery
 Storage Policy Based Mgmt (SPBM)
VM lifecycle:
 Create VVol
 Delete VVol
 Bind
 Unbind
 Snapshot
 Clone, etc
Certificate
Authority
(CA)
FC, iSCSI or NFS SAN
VASA = vStorage APIs for
Storage Awareness
PE(s)
(VVol)
(VVol)

7. VMware VVol
Architecture with
Hitachi Data
Systems (HDS)
VP-f
VP-fVP-b
HCS with
Storage
Container &
Policy based
Mgmt +
(Unified)
Web UI
VP-f
VP-fVP-b

8. HDS – What we are delivering
 VVol Support with Block and File
 Native Support with HNAS Gateway
 Native Support with VSP family
 NFS, FC, FCoE and iSCSI Protocols
 Bring VVol to Existing and 3rd Storage Platforms
 Virtualize with Hitachi Enterprise NAS (HNAS)
 Virtualize with VSP G1000 and SVOS
 Virtualize 3rd party storage with VSP G1000 systems

9. HDS – What we are delivering
 Software
 Scalable Dedicated VASA Provider(VP) Virtual Appliances
 Unified VP Package: VP-f (HNAS) and VP-b (VSP G1000)
 WebUI VP Mgmt. with Entry SPBM
 Enterprise SPBM experience
 New HCS interface (Block + File SPBM)
 Rich framework for team collaboration
 VVol scalability = 64,000 - 10M Vvols

10. HDS – What we are delivering
 Rich Capability Matrix
 Auto-generated (RAID type)
 Managed-storage (Performance, Availability)
 Custom-tag (Data Center, Availability zone)
 Enhanced Data Services
 Automated backup & recovery
 Near-zero RPO data availability
 Automated data tiering

11. Intuitive Interface for Enterprise Deployment
Hitachi VASA Provider Virtual Appliance
(VP)

12. Storage Container Management

13. Assign Capabilities

14. Create VM Storage Policies in vSphere
1
=

15. VM Storage Policies in vSphere
1

16. Deployed
VVolVVol
VMware vRealize
Orchestrator
Hitachi Storage vRO
Connector
Cloud Service Portal
(VMware vRealize Automation)
Storage Policy Based Management

17. Hitachi Storage Data Services for VMs
 Provision a 1 TB VMDK-VVol in 2.5 seconds
 Deploy a VM from template in 5 seconds
 64,000 to 10M VVols
 Sub-second, Space efficient Clones and Snapshots
 1TB/sec primary deduplication, 2-10x VM space reduction
 Tiered Flash Filesystem & HDT for Flash efficiency
EFFICIENT
AVAILABLE
AGILE

18. Data Protection with VVol/VMDK Hardware
Snapshot
• Hardware offload VMDK
Snapshot to array
• More Efficient, More RPOs,
Less Worries
With Virtual Volumes

19. Use Hitachi Virtual Infrastructure Integrator ?
 Integrated VMware
UI experience
 Predefined and
flexible backup
policies
 API enabled for DP
extensibility
 VM integrated
storage snapshot
backup
 Zero backup
window and
efficient capacity
management
 Support Block and
File VMware
deployments
 More RPOs,
better RTO with
granular recovery
of virtual
machines
 App Consistent
 Search and
retrieve specific
VM data
Fast, Predictable
Recovery
Simplified
Operations
Efficient Data
Protection

20. VMs - Changing Requirements over time
OS
AppvSphere Admin/
Architect
SC: Tenant 3
…
Performance:
T1, T2 IOPS
Cost: 200-950
…
Storage Admin
- T2 IOPS;
- T2 Latency;
- Cost < 900
VM Storage Policy T2
- T3 IOPS;
- Cost < 300
VM Storage Policy T3

21. ESXi Node
 Transparent VVol
Migration to lower cost
VM Storage
 Transparent. No VC
Mgmt. Changes
VMs - Changing Requirements over time
Transparent Migration
within Storage
Container with
Universal Data
Migrator or HDT
Tiering
VVolP1 & VVolP2
ESXi Node
PE
VVolP1 & VVolP2
OS
App
DB
OS
App
Apply Policy T3
VASA
Provider
- Hitachi
- T3 IOPS;
- Cost < 300
Cost 850 Cost 200

22. Resources
 How to Order- Contact your Account Manager for Preconfigured Hitachi Storage
VMware Express Bundles
 HDS.com – https://www.hds.com/solutions/virtualization/vmware-vsphere
 HDS Server and Desktop Community site:
https://community.hds.com/community/products-and-solutions/server
 Direct Contact - @dineshsingh2004; @pmorrissey3000
or VMwareQuestions@hds.com

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