FlashSystems 2016 update

The Smarter Storage Approach
The FlashSystem 900 and V9000
Joe Krotz
IBM CTS – Cloud and Storage Systems
January 2016

IBMCloud Enabled Flash Solutions
Ibm.com/cloud-computing
Think it.
Strategize how to use IBM cloud
enabled storage solutions to drive
revenue growth and efficiencies.
Build it.
IBM storage is built from the ground
up to integrate and run your private
or hybrid cloud.
Tap into it.
Utilize IBM cloud services
delivered from IBM SmartCloud.
Software defined Hardware optimized Massively scalable

*Calculations by IBM based on Gartner Report: Market Share
Analysis: SSDs and Solid-State Arrays, Worldwide, 2013
**Source: IDC, 2014
Shipped more capacity in 2014 than
the two closest competitors
combined**
Global market acceptance
#1 with 25% market share
Clear leadership position
44% greater revenue than next
closest competitor*
IBM Ranked #1 for Flash Storage(SSA) Market Share, Worldwide based on revenue for
2013 and shipment data for 2014
What have we achieved?
http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/flash/

Introducing IBM FlashCore
IBM uses tools and technologies to drive a robust solution…
Industry Standard Interface Technology
Powered by
IBM FlashCore Technology
IBM MicroLatency Module
Hardware Accelerated I/O
Advanced Flash Management
Industry Standard Chip Technology
IBM Enhanced
Micron Technology

IBM MicroLatency Module SSD
IBM MicroLatency Module vs SSD
CUSTOM
Requires hardware
engineering
FAST
Designed for
low latency
RELIABLE
Innovative flash
management
COMMODITY
No hardware
skills needed
SLOW
Designed for
low cost
FALLIBLE
More single
points of failure
Better Performance Better Reliability Better Density Lower $/IOPS

FlashCore vs. the Competition
• Commodity SSDs
• Most likely using open source OS, open
source SCSI layer, and off-the-shelf
interfaces
• Many use software RAID which cripples
RAID 5 performance
• Hard to add storage services without
killing performance
• Most likely from marketing focused
vendors
• IBM MicroLatency Module
• Hardware accelerated I/O
(no software in the datapath)
• Two-dimensional flash RAID
• Advanced Flash Management
• Most likely from engineering focused
vendors
The CompetitionIBM FlashCore technology

Extreme Performance with
IBM MicroLatency
Enable business to unleash the power of
performance, scale, and insight with
microsecond response times for applications
to drive services and products to market fast
• Faster decision making
• Increase revenue
• Accelerate cost savings
• Eliminate wait time
• Scale performance with capacity
1 microsecond : 1 second
:: 1 second : 11.5 days
Cut IO Wait Time
80%+ Latency
Under
100
Microseconds
The value of performance
3X
Increase IOPS

• IBM MicroLatency with up to 1.1 million IOPS
• 40% greater capacity compared to previous generation
• IBM FlashCore technology, our secret sauce
Technical collaboration with Micron Technology – flash chips
• IBM enhanced flash technology
• MLC NAND flash offering and Flash Wear Guarantee
Improved integration with VMware
‘Neighborhood’ management in GUI
Performance at-a-glance
IBM’s Tier-0 All-Flash offering
IBM FlashSystem 900
The next generation in our lowest latency offering Announcement: February 19
General availability: March 20
Minimum latency
Write 90 µs
Read 155 µs
Maximum IOPS 4 KB
Read (100%, random) 1,100,000
Read/write (70%/30%, random) 800,000
Write (100%, random) 600,000
Maximum bandwidth 256 KB
Read (100%, sequential) 10 GB/s
Write (100%, sequential) 4.5 GB/s
Module type 1.2 TB 2.9 TB 5.7 TB
Modules 4 6 8 10 12 6 8 10 12 6 8 10 12
RAID 5 capacity 2.4 4.8 7.2 9.6 12 11.6 17.4 23.2 29.0 22.8 34.2 45.6 57.0
Raw Capacity 7.1 10.7 14.2 17.8 21.4 26.3 35.1 43.9 52.7 52.7 70.3 87.9 105.5

FlashSystem data protection schema
Improving Availability and Serviceability
• Two-dimensional Flash RAID
• IBM Variable Stripe RAIDTM
• Higher resilience
• Higher storage efficiency
• Higher rebuild performance
• Lower set uptime
• System-level RAID 5
• Non-disruptive (concurrent) code load
• Management features
• Call home
• Detailed logging
• Remote power on
• Fully redundant and hot-swappable
components
– Flash modules
– I/O interfaces
– RAID controllers
– Management controllers
– Power supplies
– Batteries
– Fan modules

Form Factor SSD
• Flash failure = Disk failure
• Requires top-level RAID
• Relatively frequent hot-swaps
Enterprise Flash Drive or Memory Module
• Flash failure = Degraded state within module
• Performance impact on RAID set
• Hot-swap to resolve
FlashSystem with Variable Stripe RAID
• Preserves Flash life
• Preserves performance
• Re-parity data in microseconds
Parity
Parity
No Parity
Less maintenance touches while
still preserving the life,
protection, and performance of
the Day-1 experience
Value of Variable
Stripe RAIDTM
IBM Variable
Stripe RAID
(VSR)

IBM Variable Stripe RAID (VSR)
• Patented Variable Stripe RAID allows RAID stripe
sizes to vary
• If one die fails in a ten-chip stripe, only the failed
die is bypassed, then data is restriped across the
remaining nine chips
• VSR reduces maintenance intervals caused by
flash failures
Flash
Controller
Gateway
Interface 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k 4k

Canister-1 Canister-2
FC-1
MC-2MC-1
FC-3 FC-4FC-2
XBAR 0 XBAR 1
Two-dimensional RAID
• IBM Variable Stripe RAID™ is 1st level
of protection (module-level)
• System-level RAID protects against
flash controller failure (abrupt module
failure)
• RAID 5 across modules, hot
swappable from front of chassis
• Two independent crossbar (XBAR)
controllers
• Interface controllers stripe across
XBARs
• Granular capacities configurable with
2, 4, 8 or 12 flash modules

IBM MicroLatency Modules (12)
RAID Controllers (2)
Battery Packs (2)
Power Supplies (2)
Fan Packs (4)
Interface Modules (4)
Management Modules (2)
Canisters (2)
IBM FlashSystem 900 components

• Fully redundant and has
no single point of failure
• Data path is entirely independent
of the control path
Maximize Business UptimeCanister-1 Canister-2
XBAR 0
FC-1
MC-2MC-1
FC-3 FC-4FC-2
IBM FlashSystem tier-0 availability
Concurrent Code Load (CCL) and Maintenance

Protecting business’s
most valuable asset
IBM FlashSystem tier-0 built-in encryption
• Industry standard AES-XTS 256 required by
most leading compliance regulations such
as HIPAA and FIPS
• Data-at-rest design
• Local key management

• Modern design
• Icon-based navigation, informative
graphics, and visualizations
• Industry award winning interface
• CLI output for administrative tasks
• Reduce complexity
• Improve efficiency and productivity
• Neighborhood Management
• 300 days of performance history
Easy to use GUI for management!

Easily integrated into any environment
• 2U Chassis
• Less power utilization than a hair dryer!
• 8Gb or 16Gb Fibre Channel
• 10Gb Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• 40Gb InfiniBand
• 10Gb iSCSI

IBM FlashSystem V9000
IBM introduces a fully integrated, flexible, feature rich all-flash storage system
Introducing IBM’s choice for open system Tier 1 storage
Announcement: February 19
General availability: April 24
• Scalable all-flash architecture accelerates applications and entire
infrastructures
• Performs at up to 2.5M IOPS with IBM MicroLatency
• Up to 57 TB usable (285 TB effective capacity) in only 6U and scales to 456
TB usable (2.28 PB effective capacity) in only 34U
• New licensing structure to simplify ordering and planning for External Data
Virtualization, Flash Copy, Metro Mirror, and Real-time Compression
• FlashSystem Tier 1 Guarantee
Scalable Performance Agile IntegrationEnduring Economics
Powered by IBM FlashCore™
Technology

• Scalable to 2.2 PB effective capacity
• Flash for less than the cost of disk with
IBM Real-time Compression
• Low power and cooling requirements
• Virtualize storage
• Flash wear warranty
• Infrastructure continuity with space
efficient snapshots, cloning and
replication
• Fully integrated system management
• Application-aware data services
• AES, data at rest encryption
• Tier or mirror to existing storage
• Mixed workload consolidation
• Non-disruptive data migrations
• Concurrent code load
• Scale-up or scale-out, independently
• Scalable to 2.5 million IOPS
• Scalable to 19.2 GB/s bandwidth
• Sustained IBM MicroLatency™
• Quality of Service
FlashSystem V9000: paradigm shift in enterprise storage
Dimensions of Value
Scalable
Performance
Agile
Integration
Enduring
Economics

FlashSystem V9000 makes applications faster
Scalable Performance
Scalable
Performance
CPU Utilization
& App. Efficiency
4%
Total Application
Processing Time
5,200μs (5.2ms)
5,000μs (5ms)
200μs (.2ms)
Application
Processing Time
Time Waiting for I/0
(Waiting for Array)
Time Processing Data
(Server CPU)
Disk/Hybrid
SW-Based SSD
HW-Based
Solutions
CPU Utilization
& App. Efficiency
50%
Total Application
Processing Time
400μs (.4ms)
200μs (.2ms)
200μs (.2ms)
What will you do with
the Extra Time?

Maximum Performance Scaled
Out
(100% Read, 4 Building Blocks) *
Latency (4K) 200µs
IOPS (4K) 2,520,000
Bandwidth (128K) 19.2 GB/s
Maximum Performance Scalable
Build Block
(100% Read, Cache Miss)
Latency (4K) 200µs
IOPS (4K) 630,000
Maximum Performance
Fixed Build Block
(100% Read, Cache Miss)
Latency (4K) 200µs
IOPS (4K) 526,000
Two-dimensional scaling
Scalable
Performance

FlashSystem V9000 options for deployment
• Great for multiple mixed
workloads that drive huge I/O
• Scale out for more all flash
capacity, IOPS and bandwidth
• Up to 2.5M IOPS, 200µs
• Up to 228 TB usable, 1.1 PB
Effective
Mixed Workload Accelerator
• Great for large data sets with
big I/O requirements and
needing storage services
• Scale up for more all flash
capacity
• Up to 630K IOPS, 200µs
• Up to 285 TB usable, 1.4 PB
Effective
Application Accelerator
• Great for Tier 1 disk
replacement
• Scale up and out for
more processing, more
capacity and more I/O
• Up to 456 TB usable, 2.2
PB Effective
Public or Private Cloud
• Great for data centers with
heterogeneous storage
• Extends core feature set to
other storage arrays
• Up to 3 Exabytes virtualized
Virtualized Data Center
• Great for database and VDI
workloads
• Accelerate, migrate, tier,
clone, snapshot, replicate,
compress existing storage
• Up to 630K IOPS, 200µs
• Up to 57 TB usable, 285 TB
effective
Small Data Center
Scalable
Performance

Quality of Service (QoS)
• Help alleviate performance
contention
• Give your application the
performance it needs
• Ability to cap IOPS performance
on a per volume basis
Scalable
Performance

• Improve workforce productivity
• Simplify management
• Single name space
Fully integrated system management
Agile Integration
Scalable
Performance

Flexible volumes
Agile Integration
• Generic – fully allocated
• Thin-Provision – space consumed on-demand
• Mirror – two copies of volume
• Migrate between pools or change
volume type
• Preferred read mirror between flash
and legacy storage (all reads from flash)
• Thin mirror – a mirror with copies being thin
• Compressed – volumes utilizing Real-time Compression
Agile
Integration

Non-disruptive data migrations
Agile Integration
Non-disruptive data migration
• Maintain concurrent I/O access
• Externally virtualize the existing storage
system
• Move data off older storage
onto flash storage
Agile
Integration

Mixed workload consolidation
Agile Integration
Performance Scaling
Strong Mixed
R/W Performance
Quality of Service
Automatic Tiering
Capacity Scaling
ERP / SCM Transaction Big Data Virtualization Cloud
Agile
Integration

FlashSystem + VMWare®
: an ideal fit
Agile Integration
• Redefine Tier 1 performance for
workloads with diverse I/O
patterns
• Optimize your data tier with
thin provisioning, snapshots, and
real-time compression
Area Integration Value
Management vCenter plug-in • Storage visibility
• Self-service provisioning with controlled delegation
Business
Continuity
SRA for Site
Recovery Manager
• Automated Storage and Host
•Failover
•Failover testing
•Failback
Performance VAAI • Hardware accelerated VM copy/migration
• Hardware accelerated VM initiation
• Accelerate VMFS (no SCSI reservation)
Driving efficiency, performance, flexibility
& scale in virtualized environments
Agile
Integration

Flash for less than the cost of Tier 1 disk
Enduring Economics
Database Office Files CAD/CAMGeoseismic
Virtual
Servers
JPEG/ZIP
80% 30% 5% 50% 72% 70%Compression
Rate
Traditional
Storage
Average of
65% Compression!
Real-time Compression Efficient
Half the Data Storage!
Real-time Compression, for active and inactive data
Enduring
Economics

Storage virtualization
Enduring Economics
Preserve your existing
investment in storage
Manage
Tier
Protect
Compress with Real-time Compression
Optimized performance at lower overall cost
IBM Easy Tier®
flash storage management
n Provisioning


Without thin provisioning, pre-allocated
space is reserved whether the
application uses it or not.
With thin provisioning, applications can
grow dynamically, but only consume space
they are actually using.
Dynamic
growth


Hot-spots due to poor data layout. Optimized performance and throughput.
Automatic
Relocation
SSDs HDDs SSDs HDDs
M Easy Tier SSD Management
Flash FlashHDDs HDDs
Enduring
Economics

Metro Mirror – Synchronous
–Updates are committed to both sites
before acknowledged to server
–Supported up to 300 km, adds
additional latency to hosts
Global Mirror – Asynchronous
–Server update acknowledged in
parallel to update to remote site
–Supported up to 80ms of round-trip
latency, distance dependent upon
network quality
FlashCopy Options
• Full or “thick”
• Thin nocopy
• Incremental
• Cascading
• Multi-target
• Consistency groups
• Reverse
Infrastructure continuity
Enduring Economics
• Snapshot – Instant space-efficient, thin
provisioned copy, capture state of
volume before a change
• Clone – Creates a complete one-time
replica of source, testing data or
attaching to other servers
• Backup – Complete point in time replica
that can be incrementally refreshed
Full set of disaster recovery tools:
Enduring
Economics

IBM FlashSystem tier 1 guarantee
Performance: IBM MicroLatency Flash Modules provide world class performance!
Endurance: Flash memory will be covered for read/write endurance as
long as you are under warranty or maintenance.
7 year 24 x 7 Support: Up to 7 years support available with optional price
protection and flash media retention offerings.
Peace of Mind: No Charge, Complimentary IBM services for all Tier 1
opportunities: 40 hours for 228+ TB solutions up to 556 TB, or 80 hours for
556+ TB solutions, Lab Services delivery in 2015.
IBM FlashSystem – GUARANTEED!!! http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/flash/
Data Reduction: The eligible machine, using compression, will achieve a system
level storage efficiency savings rate of at least 3:1, based on Comprestimator
performance modeling results, within the guarantee period.

Improve storage uptime and simplify support efforts with
personalized assistance
Complex storage issues can cause downtime. And that can
obstruct your business operations. How do you efficiently
resolve these costly and high-impact problems?
Of course, your storage device service agreements with IBM
enable you to access robust support to help resolve high-
severity storage challenges. But without a technical advisor,
your staff still needs to know how to access help and determine
the issue.
With a technical advisor for storage from IBM, you can gain
continued technical support for critical issues—as well as
proactive advice for problem prevention.
• Improve uptime
Continued assistance from one specialist can
resolve high-severity problems more quickly
• Enhance efficiency
Work with IBM to promote staff productivity
through support protocols and critical-
problem management techniques
• Avert problems
Your consultant can offer
time-tested methods to
help you prevent outages
and use IBM support more
effectively
Scalable
Performance
Agile
Integration
Enduring
Economics
IBM Technical Advisor for Storage
Now included with FlashSystems!

Websites:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/
http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/
Product Pages:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/flash/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/storwize/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/xiv/
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