The Role of Storage in the Virtualized IT Environm

©2006HitachiDataSystemsTheRoleofStorageintheVirtualizedITEnvironmentKenWoodSr.DirectorofDataandStorageTechnologiesHitachiDataSystemsWednesdayJanuary31st,2007BankingTechnology20072©2006HitachiDataSystems•CommonITchallenges•BusinessdemandsdrivingIT–thelandscape•Whatisvirtualization?•Driversforvirtualization•Virtualizationhavebeeninuseforalongtime•Whyahottopictoday•Maskingawaycomplexity•StorageVirtualizationImplementations•Virtualizationexamples3©2006HitachiDataSystemsCommonITChallengesComplexityBusinessContinuityConsolidationSLA’sManagementTCODataGrowthProtectionApplicationsDisasterRecoverySecurityCompliance&RegulationPaceofTechnology4©2006HitachiDataSystemsBusinessDemandsDrives(changes?)ITManagementThinkingAgilityDynamicEfficiencySimplificationCostCompetitionInfrastructure5©2006HitachiDataSystemsOpportunitiesExposuresTheBusinessEnvironment•Mergers,acquisitions,consolidation•Globalexpansion–“Theworldisflat”•Newservicesandtechnologyenablers•Crosssellingandupselling•Operationalrisk–Fraud,Terrorism,disaster,overruns•RegulationsandCorporateGovernance–Tightercontrols,audits,transparency•Economicuncertainty–Risinginterestrates–RisingEnergyCosts-$75/BBLOil–Widescaledisasters,GlobalWarmingITBudgetsareunderclosescrutiny6©2006HitachiDataSystemsBecauseAccesstoInformationisPRICELESS•BusinessDowntimeAverageHourlyImpactCostofaveragedatabaseoutage:$87,000Averageannualcostofdowntime:$4,176,000Yourorganization’sinformation:PRICELESS•RetailBrokerage$6.5million•CreditCardSalesAuthorization$2.6million•HomeShoppingChannels$110,000•AirlineReservationCenters$90,000•PackageShippingService$28,250•ManufacturingIndustry$26,761•BankingIndustry$17,093•TransportationIndustry$9,4357©2006HitachiDataSystemsOperationalandHumanError•“ComputeroutagestallstransactionsstatewideatDMV”•“HumanerrorcauseswidespreadpoweroutageinLosAngeles”•“HumanerroratXYZcompanytoblameforU.K.outage”•“HumanerroristoblameforMoscowblackout”•Varioussurveysshowthatabout50-60%ofdowntime,networkoutages,applicationaccess,etc.comefromhumanerrors–Howmanyofthesearecausedduetochangingconfigurations–Softwareorfirmwareupdates–Migrationefforts–Actualhardwarefailures–…andsoon8©2006HitachiDataSystemsWhatisVirtualization?•VirtualizationDefinition–source:–Incomputing,virtualizationisabroadtermthatreferstotheabstractionofcomputerresources–Atechniqueforhidingthephysicalcharacteristicsofcomputingresourcesfromthewayinwhichothersystems,applications,orendusersinteractwiththoseresources–Thisincludesmakingasinglephysicalresourceappeartofunctionasmultiplelogicalresources–Oritcanincludemakingmultiplephysicalresourcesappearasasinglelogicalresource•Thisconceptalsoappliestodatastorageaswell9©2006HitachiDataSystemsDriversforToday’sVirtualization•Increaseutilizationandefficiency–Reduceidlecapacityininfrastructure(CPU,memory,network,storage)–Consolidateresources•ReduceCost–ReduceCapexinfrastructureacquisitioncosts(servers,network,storage)–ReduceOpexcosts(datacentrefloorspace,power,maintenance)•Providegreaterbusinessagility–Aligninfrastructurebasedonapplicationrequirementsondemand–ReacttochangingrequirementstoServiceLevelAgreements–Reduceriskbystandardisingandautomatingoperationaltaskssuchasprovisioning&migration10©2006HitachiDataSystemsDriversforToday’sVirtualization•OtherDrivers–Simplification–Space–Utilization–HideComplexity–Power–Cooling–Cabling–Otherphysicalenvironmentalconsiderations–Aggregation/Performance–Ubiquitous•Hasbeenaroundalongtimeinlesswellknownareas–knownassomethingelseServerandStorageVirtualizationMustWorkTogether11©2006HitachiDataSystemsWorkingwithVirtualizationforaLongTime•VirtualizationhasbeenaroundandinuseforaverylongtimeinDataStorageandComputing–StorageRAID–StorageDiskPartitioning–VolumeManagement–Multi-pathing–FileSystems–Programmingenvironments–Computing–LPAR–HardwareAbstractionLayers-HAL–SMP/MPP/HPCC&Grid–Memoryresources-Virtualmemory–Networking•VLAN,VSAN,•LinkAggregation/Trunking•Thebestvirtualizationtechnologiesandimplementationsaretheonesyoudon’tevenknowabout,butuseonadailybasis12©2006HitachiDataSystemsTypicallya“SametoSame”Concept•Differencebetweenemulation/simulationandabstraction/virtualization–Virtualizationisatypically“similartosimilar”translation•Computingtocomputing–x86tox86,PPCtoPPC,390to390•Storagetostorage–FCtoFC,scsitoscsi,disktodisk•Protocoltolike-protocol•Obviouslythereareexceptionstothisconcept–Tapetodisk•VirtualTapeLibraries–FCtoiSCSI•…butstillSCSI–Disktomemory13©2006HitachiDataSystemsWhyaHotTopicNow?•Virtualizationhasmoved“out”oftheboxandintotheinfrastructure–Virtualizationofapplications–Virtualizationofcomputers–Virtualizationofnetworks–Virtualizationofstorage•Selfcontainedvirtualizationsolutionsareavailableatmostoftheselayers•Additionalcapabilityandfunctionalitytoexistingresources•Prolongslifecycleofexistingassets•ThisnewwaveofvirtualizationisexcitingbecausethereisvaluetoabusinessandtoITmanagement14©2006HitachiDataSystemsVirtualizationTechnologyTrendinServers•Extendingserverconsolidation•Increasingadoptionofvirtualmachinetechnologiesforser