Density in the Datacenter

Glenn Whitford David Siroky

Density Defined den·si·ty [den-si-tee] noun, plural den·si·ties. 1.the state or quality of being dense; compactness; closely set or crowded condition. 2.stupidity; slow-wittedness; obtuseness.

Agenda

• The Challenge

• The Value of Density

• The Solution: Density Optimized Dell Platforms

• Where You Win With Density

• Resources

The Challenge: From your perspective

• I need to . . . - add compute, storage, network capacity and . . . - scale those resources simultaneously to meet the

demands of applications, and . . . - deploy those resources more rapidly than I can today

• BUT . . . - I cannot physically expand my datacenter footprint - I have to manage these resources more efficiently - I need to repurpose staff and/or space

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What is the Value of Density?

Using the common definition, density is packing more in the same space, but the value of density goes beyond space to include a host of other factors • Consolidation efficiencies and performance benefits • Generational improvements in hardware • Systems management efficiencies of scale • Power and cooling efficiency • Infrastructure savings • Physical space savings

Generational Improvements

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Power & Cooling Savings

Figure 4: Sample annual energy cost comparison for a consolidated solution vs. running multiple physical legacy servers.

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Power & Cooling Savings

• PowerEdge Energy Smart Containment Rack Enclosures

– 40U (based on 42U) and 46U (based on 48U) stand-alone cold-air cabinets for raised-floor data centers

– Integrated containment increases IT density and improves cooling efficiency

• Benefits

– Improve efficiency and reduce operating expenses with no over-provisioning or waste

– Easy to deploy and install, no assembly required

– Affordable and scalable containment – add one rack at a time anywhere in the data center

– Creates an opportunity to do something new

Physical Space Savings

• High-density and virtualized solutions decrease the number of physical servers or the space they occupy, increasing available floor space. This allows you to utilize physical space more efficiently and free up area for new investments

• In leased multi-tenant

environments, reduction in rented space may save you money.

• High-density consolidated solutions can reduce or avoid build-out costs, as less square footage and cabling are required for denser solutions that require fewer physical servers, or servers optimized for density.

Infrastructure Savings

Density, On Its Own, Only Gets Us So Far

• You are already heavily virtualized • You don’t upgrade systems every generation • You don’t have a space problem • You don’t have a power and cooling problem • You don’t require lots of scale

The Solution: A Comprehensive Approach to Datacenter Density and Modularity

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Dell Point of View: Comprehensive Modularity and Density

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Dell Point of View: Comprehensive Modularity and Density

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Comprehensiveness begins Inside the Box

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• Density advances enabled by CPU, memory and networking

• Efficiency & density advances in thermal & power management

• It matters how you put it together!

Density Optimized Storage

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Networking for Dense Environments

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Dell Networking Z9000

• 2.5Tbps in 2RU footprint

• High-density networking

– 32 line rate 40GbE or

– 128 line rate 10GbE

• Low power consumption

– 800 Watts Max (6.25W per 10GbE)

– 600 Watts Typical (4.68W per 10GbE)

Dell Networking S4810

• Ultra-low-latency 10/40 GbE

• 64x10GbE or 48x10GbE + 4x40GbE

• Layer 2 multipathing (VLT)

• Stacking (to 6 nodes)

• DCB support

• Built-in automation support and virtualization support

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Management in Dense Environments

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• Density drives a requirement for robust systems management processes • Dell recognized that dense environments often require simpler and highly flexible management • Dell technology improves manageability in dense environments

– M1000e CMC simplifies complete management for up to 9 chassis – iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller enables simple, robust, integrated remote configuration and management – OME for centralized element management of blades and racks

– vCenter Plugin, MS System Center, other 3rd party enablement

• Web 2.0 and HPCC customers incorporate this by necessity – Ex: OpenStack, Rocks (respectively)

• Smaller organizations struggle with this in both physical and virtual realms

Simple Management using Dell’s Chassis Management Controller • Like OpenManage Essentials, it’s agent free • Up to 9 chassis in one group

• Can clone and replicate • Can do 1 to many updates

Comprehensive Approach: The Density Spectrum

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Comprehensive Approach: The Density Spectrum

Meeting density needs optimally at the chassis and node level with a complete PowerEdge Portfolio • M1000e, PowerEdge Modular Servers • Converged Blade Datacenter • PowerEdge Dense Rack Servers • PowerEdge-C • VRTX

Flagship Modular, Dense, Converged Ecosystem M1000e

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Full Height-M820 50% more DIMMS & Drives ExpressFlash

Half Height-M620 50% more DIMMS ExpressFlash

Half Height-M520 Next Gen Performance in Legacy Chassis/Fabic

Quarter Height-M420 No Equivalent

SAN Blade – PS-M4110 No Equivalent

Density is About More Than Compactness

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• The Innovators Dilemma • Density creates room for something new

– M1000e is the vehicle for the Converged Blade Datacenter – MXL & IOA allow for 64 ports of 10GbE on Fabric A – 32 M420s takes full advantage of those ports – PS-M4110 allows for simple deployment of enterprise storage – CMC Enables simple management of this ecosystem

Industry Leading Dense PowerEdge Rackmount Servers

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Consistency across the portfolio

• Compute Density

• Memory Density

• Storage Density

• Networking Density

PowerEdge-C for Cloud Builders, Web 2.0 and HPC

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2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE

POWEREDGE C6220

3U PCIe EXPANSION CHASSIS

POWEREDGE C410X

3U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE

MICROSERVER POWEREDGE C5220

2U HIGH PERFORMANCE

POWEREDGE C6145

4U Shared Infrastructure

PowerEdge C8000

2U SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE

POWEREDGE C6105

Purpose-built for scale-out rack deployments, large homogenous cloud/cluster application environments where density is required and the software stack provides platform availability and resiliency

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• Delivering value with – Modularity

– Density

– Convergence

– Management

The Solution: VRTX – Next Generation

Resources

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Dell and the Value of Density

Resources

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Title Link

Dell PowerEdge M420 blade server solution with Dell EqualLogic storage delivered

database clustering performance

http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M420_database_0912.pdf

Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge M620 vs. Dell PowerEdge M610 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M620_vs_M610_0312.pdf

Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge M620 vs. Dell PowerEdge M710HD http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M620_vs_M710HD_0312.pdf

Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge M620 vs. HP ProLiant BL490 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M620_vs_HP_BL490_0312.pdf

Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R620 vs. Dell PowerEdge R610 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R620_vs_R610_0312.pdf

Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R620 vs. HP ProLiant DL360 G7 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R620_vs_HP_DL360G7_0312.pdf

Server consolidation with the Dell PowerEdge M620 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M620_Exchange_consolidation_0512.pdf

Dell PowerEdge M820 blade server solution: Software cost advantages with Oracle

Database 11g R2 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M820_Oracle_0912.pdf

Dell PowerEdge M820 blade server solution: Software cost advantages with Microsoft

SQL Server 2012 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/M820_SQLServer_0912.pdf

Microsoft Exchange consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720xd vs. HP ProLiant

DL380 G6 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720xd_Exchange_0312.pdf

Microsoft Exchange consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720xd vs. HP ProLiant

DL380 G7 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720xd_Exchange_G7_0312.pdf

Microsoft Lync Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720 vs. HP ProLiant

DL380 G7 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_Lync_0312.pdf

Microsoft SharePoint consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720 vs. HP ProLiant

DL380 G7 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_SharePoint_0312.pdf

Microsoft SQL Server consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720xd and Dell

PowerEdge 2950 III http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_SQL_0312.pdf

Server Consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720 vs. Dell PowerEdge R720 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_vs%20_R710_0312.pdf

Server Consolidation and TCO: Dell PowerEdge R720 vs. HP ProLiant DL380 G7 http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_vs_HP_DL380G7_0312.pdf

TCO Analysis of Upgrading to Dell PowerEdge R720 Servers http://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/R720_Consolidation_TCO_Server2012_SQL2012_1112.pdf

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