Hitachi Virtual Storage

Platform
Installation, Configuration
and Maintenance
Overview

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Module Objectives

 Upon completion of this module, the learner should be able

to:
– List business and environmental factors that have affected the
design of Hitachi Data System’s next generation of enterprise
storage system, the Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)
– List the features in the VSP architecture, configuration, and
operation
– Describe how the design of the VSP responds to the business
and environmental driving factors
Virtual Storage Platform Enterprise Storage

Innovative Virtualization Unique 3D scaling Sustainable IT

Centralized, secured and simplified Technology Lower power consumption, improved
storage management with multi- cooling, more capacity per footprint
High performance grid scale-up and
vendor storage support
scale-out storage architecture with
advanced virtualization capabilities
and connectivity
Seamless migration Data resilience and
and 100% availability Dynamic Mobility Protection
Enables fluid storage architecture Proven replication and continuous
Reduced migration effort with no Simplify QoS and lower storage TCO
application outage data protection options to simplify
for block and file data backup and business continuity
needs

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

Business and IT Drivers
Market and Business Drivers: Reduce Costs
Virtual Storage Platform – VSP

Industry’s Most External

Highest 3D Virtualized
Performance Capacity
Only 3D scaling

40% Higher 15x Larger

Density Volume Size

Automated
Twice the
Dynamic
Connectivity
New Tiering
Septembe
r 2010
40% Less VMware VAAI
Power Integration
Improvements and Benefits of the Virtual Storage
Platform

 Top 10 New and Changed Features of the VSP

1. 3D Scaling – Scale Up, Scale Out, Scale Deep
2. Major controller internal architecture design
3. High performance SAS Backend
4. Extended HDD flexibility and choices in one system
5. Significantly better storage capacity and I/O performance per
power consumption unit and data center footprint
6. Improved thermal control and cooling airflow
7. Enhanced security in a number of dimensions
8. Ease of use
9. New Hitachi Command Suite management solutions
10. Hitachi Dynamic Tiering – automated performance-based data
placement on storage tiers
…..and more!
1. Enhanced 3D Scaling – Scale Up, Scale Out,
Scale Deep

Virtualized
External
Storage

OUT DEEP

UP UP
2. Internal Controller New Architecture: HiStar-E
Network
 One Control Chassis – Scale Up

Scale Up Connectivity, Capacity, Bandwidth

Front End Director X 4
Back End Director X 2

ctor
n d Dire
E
Back

r
D irecto
d
t En
Fron
Grid Switch X 4

Back End
• Interconnected directors deliver Director X 2
ch tailored scalability Front End
i d Swit Director X 4
Gr • Independently grow
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 The Virtual Storage Director Microprocessor
Board

VSD Board
CPU
(Xeon 2.33GHz
Quad Core)

FSB
DDR2 Channel-0 1333
DDR2-667 MT/s
LM00 5.2GB/s
DDR2 667
(2GB) MCH ICH
(Memory Controller (I/O Controller
LM10 Hub) Hub)
DDR2 667
(2GB) DDR2 Channel-1
DDR2-667
5.2GB/s
1000 Base-T LAN
1Gbps x 2 Control
Port
4 x PCI-Express 4-lane

GSW To SVP or Switch

4GB/s Send + 4GB/s Receive

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 Data Accelerator Processors – Distributed
Workload

 Operational control data is distributed to L2 memory

 Data accelerator processors
• Transfer data to and from cache
• Execute host command requests
 Dual core, special purpose processors built into unique data
accelerator ASIC
 Designed to accelerate I/O and operational performance
 Offload latency sensitive processing tasks directly onto the
BEDs and FEDs

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 3. SAS Backend

Rack - 00 Rack - 01 Rack - 02

DKC-0

BED-0 DKU-00 DKU-01 DKU-02 DKU-03 DKU-04 DKU-05 DKU-06 DKU-07

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

BED-1
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
BED-0

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

BED-1 SFF SFF SFF SFF SFF SFF SFF SFF

2 DKUs, 16 HDUs 3 DKUs, 24 HDUs 3 DKUs, 24 HDUs

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 4. Flexible HDD Choices

Worldwide performance – Optimized HDD for Enterprise Worldwide HDD Shipment for Enterprise Applications
Applications Average price per Gigabyte Form Factor, 2009 By Interface, 2009 - 2014
- 2014

 2.5” drive cost crosses over 3.5”

 SAS interface becomes dominant
 Fibre channel will decline on
performance drives
 Flash drives for performance
4 alternative
 6. VSP in the Data Center – Improved Heat
Management

Return Air Plenum

Hot Hot
Aisle Cold Aisle
Aisle

Raised Floor

 Increased overall airflow while requiring less powerful

fans
 Front to back flow results in more even and consistent
5 airflow
 Architecture Comparison VSP to USP V

VSP VSP VSP vs.

USP V
minimum maximum USP V
0 1280/ 2048 1152 +77%

Virtual Capacity Not Available 247PB 247PB =

FED Ports(8G) 16 (FC) 192 (FC) (2) FC4 224 / FC8 +70% (FC8)
FC, FICON, FCoE(1) 192 (FICON) (2) 112(2)
96 (FCoE) FICON4 112
BED Links(6G) 0 64 64 (FC-AL 4G) +50%

Cache Size 64 GB 1TB (1)

512GB 2x

Cache Protection Flash (+ Flash (+ battery) Batteries

battery)
Virtual Storage 2 8 Not Available
Director(3)
Chassis Internal Max. Internal 128/64 68/39 +79%
Bandwidth (Data Disks
and Control GB/s) (3.5”/2.5”)
Power Consumption Not Available 33.4 KVA (one 33.3 KVA (three -40%
6 (Fully Configured) phase) phase) (KVA/TB
600GB
 7. Security Enhancements – Encryption Support

Encryption of data at rest – enhancements

Back End Encryption Chips

 Encrypt all internal hard drives and/or
flash drives
 Encrypt all paths directed to back end
disks
 Internal key management
7  Encrypted disks may not need to be
scrubbed
 7. Security Enhancements – User Management

User accounts, User Groups, and Roles enhanced

functionality
New role based access control (RBAC) model
 Allows for granular separation of duties between:
• Storage administrators
• Security administrators
• Maintenance personnel
 Roles will align with Hitachi Command Suite v7 software

Roles

User Group
Resources

External
Authentication
Repository
(LDAP, AD)
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 8. Ease of Use – Storage Navigator 2 GUI plus
CLI

Faster, parallel operations, intuitive, task wizards

Unified command line interface

All storage management and provisioning

tasks supported in both interfaces
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 9. The Hitachi Command Suite v7 Family

SAN Assets and Business Views Migration Groups

Configuration And Reporting Tier Management

Storage Services Command Tiered Storage

Manager Director Manager

Heterogeneous Configuration Performance

Capacity And Capacity
Tuning
Storage Capacity Device Manager
Reporter Manager

Application Integration Multipath Links

Centralized Control Optional
Device Manager Dynamic Link
Replication Host Agent Manager
Manager
Advanced

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 Private (block) Cloud Enabling Storage
Management
Components for Delivering STaaS

 One Platform for All Data

– Block, file and object
– Controller-based storage virtualization for heterogeneous
mobility
– Industry-leading tiered storage management capability

 Private Cloud Consumer multi-tenant segregation support

– Virtual partitioning
– Host port segregation
– Business/consumer views for provisioning, migration,
replication, and reporting
– Content and file platform namespaces

 Service Level Management and Reporting

– Automated policy-based service level management. Based on
performance
– Business view based service level monitoring and reporting
– Hypervisor discovery and reporting
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– Chargeback – being looked at as a future
 Rapidly Expanding Support for Virtual Server
Environments

Simplify Administration. Reduce Risk. Improve Service

Levels.

vSphere 4.1 Default Multipathing Plug-in (Round

Availability Robin)
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager

Performance Hitachi Tuning Manager VMware Plug-in

and Capacity Hitachi Command Director VMware Plug-in
Reporting

Advanced Hitachi Device Manager VMware Plug-in

Configuration Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
and Hitachi Dynamic Tiering VAAI
Management

Base Software Hitachi Storage Navigator 2

Hitachi Basic Operating System V

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 Thin Provisioning Virtualization – Dynamic
Provisioning

 Virtualize devices into HDP Volume

(Virtual LUN)
pool
 Provision servers in
seconds
HDP Pool

 Eliminate waste allocating

pages only as used LDEVs LDEVLDEVLDEVLDEVLDEVLDEVLDEVLDEV

 Extend to external storage

 Convert fat volumes to 120

Response Time (ms)

thin 100

80

 Optimize storage 60

40
716% more transactions
performance 20

0
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000
Transactions (IOPS)

Single LDEV Windows LVM HDP Pool

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 10. HDT – Automated Storage Performance
Management

 Different tiers of storage are POOL A

now in one pool of pages EFD/Flash

TIER 0

 Data is written to the

highest performance tier Last Referenced
SAS
TIER 1
first

 As it becomes less active,

data migrates to lower level Last Referenced
TIER 2
SATA
tiers

 If activity increases, data

will be promoted back to a
higher tier

 Since 20% of data accounts

for 80% of the activity, only
the active part of a volume
will reside on the higher
performance tiers
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 Transforming the Data Center with 3D
Management

 Manages One Platform for All Data

– Block, File and Content
– Virtualization for heterogeneous
mobility
– Industry leading tiered storage
management capabilities
 Orchestration and management for
Unified Compute Platform
 Multi-Tenant segregation support
Hitachi 3D Management for cloud deployments
– Secure administrative domains
Integrated Hitachi
Unified Compute – Host port segregation
Content and File
Platform – Business views for provisioning,
Portfolio
migration, replication, and reporting
 Service Level Management and
VSP / USP V Reporting
– Policy based service level
management
Legacy Adaptable • Based on performance
Tier 3/4 or
Storage Modular • Business view based service
3rd party
Platform Storage level monitoring
– Hypervisor discovery and reporting
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– Enables chargeback
 Licensing Highlights

 Modified, simplified, and proven licensing model

– Leverages proven approach used for AMS2000 Family
 New capacity definitions and calculations
 Address customer needs for fairness and simplicity
 Support and protect Hitachi and HDS intellectual property
investments

 Licensing per Virtual Storage Directory pair with

associated maximum managed capacity
 Different product and functionality bundles licensed based
on appropriate capacity measure
 Licensing term options provide customer options
– Set the stage to acquire more customers with flexible license
terms
 Unlimited licensing available
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 VSD Pair and Capacity Based Software Pricing

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 Capacity Definition – Internal Usable Capacity

Internal Usable Capacity:

Total internal system capacity available after RAID groups have been
configured.

Customers no longer license software for capacity overhead associated

with RAID!

Internal Raw Capacity: 80TB

Internal Usable Capacity: 60TB

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 Capacity Definition – External Usable Capacity

External Usable Capacity:

Total capacity virtualized and accessed through the Virtual Storage Platform.

External Usable Capacity:

20TB

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 Capacity Definition – Total Used Capacity

Total Used (Replicated) Capacity:

Total capacity of all source and target volumes on a
S-VOL
S-VOL system. This will continue to be the capacity
measured and licensed by our replication software
offerings: ISR, DR, and HRpM.
P-VOL

Note: Total used capacity only counts consumed

capacity for thin-provisioned volumes.

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 Licensing Model Depends on Number of VSD and
Capacity

Base license prices and capacity ceilings for the Virtual Storage Platform are
set based on the number of VSD pairs installed in the system.

1 VSD Pair Capacity Ceiling: 220TB

2 VSD Pair Capacity Ceiling: 240TB

3 VSD Pair Capacity Ceiling: 260TB

4 VSD Pair Capacity Ceiling: 280TB

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 New Software Licensing Options

Fixed-Term and Subscription Software Licenses

License Type Definitions:

 Perpetual. Perpetual licenses and give the customer

the right to run the software as long as they
continue to comply with the terms of the license
agreement.

 Fixed-term. A term license specifies a limited time period

during which the customer is allowed to use the software. At the
end of the term, the customer must stop using the software
unless they purchase new licenses or extend the term of the
license through an agreement with the software vendor.

 Subscription. Subscription licenses are paid for with a recurring

(annual) fee to continue using the software. If the fee is not paid,
the customer must stop using the software.
From IDC’s Worldwide Software Pricing and Licensing Taxonomy and Report Guide, 2010

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 Meeting Customer Needs & Transforming the Data
Center

Responding to Business and Market drivers

100% Availability Seamless growth, high scalability in 3 dimensions
 Ease of Use and Automation

 Meeting security needs

 Flexible licensing options

Better Utilization of Physical Resources

Reducing The Storage “Footprint” versus USP V
 Floor Space Efficiency

 Power Efficiency

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 Reduced Cooling Requirement
 Summary

 In this module you have been introduced to Hitachi’s

newest offering in enterprise storage, the Virtual Storage
Platform (VSP).
 Important concepts and terms have been presented
including
– 3D Scaling
– One or two control chassis configuration option
– The new HiStar-E Network internal controller structure driven
by Virtual Storage Directors, the Grid Switch, BEDs, FEDs and
Cache
– The enhancement and integration of Storage Navigator 2, the
new command line interface (CLI) and the Hitachi Command
Suite v7 of management software solutions
– The powerful new integrated Hitachi Dynamic Tiering solution
that enables automated storage tiering to effectively and
efficiently manage performance by right placement of data on
the appropriate class of physical storage media
– The offering of proven licensing options for customer flexibility
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and growth