7. EMC IT 2004: Islands of Information High-end storage Mid-tier storage SAN fabric Data Center A Data Center B Data Center C Data Center D Data Center E
8. EMC IT in early 2004: 4 Backup Solutions 2 Storage Tiers 105 (included in above) DAS 70 Switches 90 (66 TB) Mid-tier Storage 115 (896 TB); many older, low-density Hi-end Storage 63 management points SAN Fabrics 5 Data Centers 962 TB Raw Capacity
9. A Close Look Mirror: ~257 TB 1 Data center storage. 2 Excludes 40 TB unassigned space. Remote Replica: ~25 TB ~63% Allocation 2 3% 27% 13% 12% ~50% Utilization Host Free Space: ~120TB Host Utilized: ~118 TB 8% Local Replica: ~80 TB Current Raw Capacity 1 962 TB
10. ...Plus Miscellaneous Unallocated, System Overhead, and Unused Legacy Storage: 362 TB Local Replica: ~80 TB Remote Replica: ~25 TB Mirror: ~257 TB ~50% Utilization Host Free Space: ~120TB Host Utilized: ~118 TB 8% 3% 27% 13% 12% 37% ~63% Allocation 5 1 Data center storage. 5 Excludes 40 TB unassigned space. Current Raw Capacity 1 962 TB
11. The ILM Optimization Plan Local Replica: ~70–90 TB Unallocated, System Overhead, and Unused Legacy Storage: ~175–220 TB 2004 Raw Capacity 962 TB Consolidated Raw Capacity @ 700 - 750 TB Host Free Space: ~120 TB Host Utilized: ~118 TB Mirror: ~257 TB Local Replica: ~80 TB Remote Replica: ~25 TB Mirror: ~230 - 271 TB Host Free Space: ~ 51 TB Host Utilized: ~118 TB Remote Replica: ~20–35 TB 75% Allocation 70% Utilization 50% Utilization Unassigned: ~40TB 63% Allocation Unallocated, System Overhead, and Unused Legacy Storage: ~362 TB
17. Data Growth Absorbed by Lowest TCO Tiers Tiered storage infrastructure and an application alignment process enable over 75% of data growth to reside on tiers 3 & 4.
18. Mitigating the “multiplier effect” – Email Archiving EDL 2 TB mirrored 2 TB Clone 2 TB Clone 2 TB Replicated Prod DR Tape 90 Days EDL EDL EDL EDL EDL EDL EDL EDL EDL 10 copies Prod DR 1.2 TB Mirrored 1.2TB Replicated 1TB Before Archive After Archive 1TB 8 TB Tier 1 10TB EDL 15 TB Tape 2.4 TB Tier 4 33 TB while in Exchange Mailbox Compressed De-duplicated 2.4 TB after Archive 2 TB mirrored