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INTRODUCING VNX SERIES

February 2011


Unisphere™

Next Generation Unified StorageOptimized for today’s virtualized IT

Affordable. Simple. Efficient. Powerful.

VNXe3100 VNX7500VNX5700VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5500VNX5300


Powerful, Flexible Modular ArchitectureMore processing power. Self-optimizing pools. Any network.

Multi-controller scale*• Add X-blades for the right amount of file sharing power• Add storage processors for more storage pool scale• Scales to 96 CPU cores and 4,000 drives

Self-optimizing storage pools• Active Data is automatically moved to FLASH for fastest performance• Inactive Data is automatically moved out of FLASH to large disks for

lowest capacity cost• Fully Automated. Always on. No management intervention needed.

Set-it-and-forget-it.• Lowest transaction cost and lowest capacity cost—simultaneously!

Unified multi-protocol• Full support for any network• Unified block, file and object support• Share volumes and files • Fully provisioned LUNs

SSD HDD

SAN

BLOCKiSCSI

FCFCoE

NAS

FILECIFSNFS

pNFSMPFS

CLOUD

OBJECTRESTSOAP

*2 SP’s requires Gateway with multi back end


Modular Architecture

• Proven architecture that extends existing Celerra and CLARiiON investment

• Scalable capacity and performance– Dedicated system elements– Flash, SAS and Near-Line for optimal

capacity/performance balance– Optimized standalone gateway option

• Native NAS and SAN Implementation

• Object delivered via integrated solution

• Simple, powerful, intuitive consolidated management

• Future proofed– Flexible IO options– Plug and play

Designed for optimal flexibility

Managem

ent (Single U

I, 3rd

party managem

ent integration)

File Protocol

Object Technology (Atmos VE)

Native File Services (NFS, CIFS, FTP, HA IP networking, IP V6 , AVM, deduplication and compression)

Block Protocol

Base Native Block Services(Storage pooling, automation, security,

RAID, SAN, etc.)

Disk Expansion(Flash, SAS, Near-Line SAS)


VNX: Modular Unified and GatewayImplementation models

• Easy to deploy, simple to manage

• Scale capacity

• Multi protocol– File: NFS (including pNFS), CIFS, MPFS– Block: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, FCoE– Object: REST, SOAP

• Leverage existing storage investment

• Scale performance and capacity

• Shared storage

• Add to existing block implementation– File: NFS (including pNFS), CIFS, MPFS– Object: REST, SOAP

UNIFIED STORAGE GATEWAY

VNX series

File

ObjectBlock

Servers

Gateway

FibreChannel SAN

VNX seriesSymmetrix CLARiiON

FileObject


VNX System Architecture

LCCLCC

Flash drivesSAS drives

SPSSPS

Power Supply

Power Supply

LAN

Near-Line SAS drives

VNX SP Failover

Clients Oracle serversExchange servers

VNX Unified Storage

Application servers

SAN

FailoverVNX X-Blade

VNX SP

VNX OE FILE

VNX OE BLOCK

Virtual servers

FC iS FC iSFCoE FCoE

VNX X-BladeVNX X-BladeVNX X-Blade VNX X-BladeVNX X-BladeVNX X-BladeVNX X-Blade

10GbEnet

10GbEnet

Object:Atmos VE


VNX Unified StorageMaximum CPU cores of unified data processing power

NL-SAS(Highest capacity)

SAS(Good

performance)

Flash (Highest

performance)

NAS

VNX supports all protocols—today and in the future

CLOUD

OBJECTBuild a single cloud

with “N” number of systems

FILE AND OBJECT48 cores dedicated to object, networked file system management

and data sharing

AUTOMATIC SERVER OPTIMIZATION

StorageProcessor

StorageProcessor

SAN

AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION

BLOCK12 cores dedicated to

storage pool management and high performance

block serving

MPFS/pNFS Host


VNX Unified Storage Components Architecture and packaging

File implementation: X-Blade enclosure– VNX operating Environment for File– From 2 to 8 blades supported with configurable

failover options– Flexible IO connectivity options:

Block implementation: storage or data processor enclosure*

– VNX operating environment for block– Dual active storage processors– Automatic failover– Flexible IO connectivity options:

Standby power supplies (battery backup)

Control stations (1 or 2)

Disk array enclosures

Upgradeable to add Fibre Channel ports and/or native 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI

Start with FC or iSCSI or NAS

Add other protocols seamlessly, as needed

* DPE contains disks, SPE does not contain disks

Flexible IO options:

4-port 8Gb FC, 4 port 6Gb SAS, 2 port 10GbE, 4 port Copper 1GbE, 2 Port 10Gb FCoE

SAN

DPE (Disk Processor Enclosure)

3U

Standby Power Supply

Control Station

Data Mover Enclosure(X-Blade enclosure)

25x 2.5”Disk Array Enclosure

25x 2.5” Disk Array Enclosure

15x 3.5” & 2.5” Disk Array Enclosure

Disk Array Enclosure

Disk Processor Enclosure/Storage Processor

Enclosure


VNX Storage Processor

• Block services– Flexible RAID options (10,3,5,6) provide optimal

performance AND protection– RAID Groups and Virtual Pools

• Administration/management– Through storage processor Ethernet ports– Aggregated to single file/block view in Unisphere

• Single point of management/control

• High availability Active/Active controller failover option

• Connects to Hosts via FC, FCoE, iSCSI for flexibility of connection

• Connects to storage via 4 lane 6Gbit SAS for up to 24Gb/SAS bus (6x prior generation)

Dedicated processing for block services

VNX

Storage Processors

PrivateNetwork

Administrator

FC/iSCSISAN

Unisphere


Flexible Storage Tiers

SAS back-end connect for performance and reliability

• Up to 24Gb (4x6 Gb) per SAS bus

• Point-to-point, robust interconnect

Flash (SSD) options

• Highest performing drives

• 3.5” – 100 GB, 200 GB– ~3,000 IOs per second

Optimize TCO with tiered service levels

AUTOMATIC DATA OPTIMIZATION

Highest capacity

Good performance

Highest performance

Near-line SAS(7.2K rpm)

SAS(10K /15K rpm)

Flash

SAS (HDD) options

• 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack)

– 300 GB and 600 GB– 10K and 15K RPM– ~ 140 (10K) to ~ 180 (15K) IOs

per second

• 2.5” Drives (500 drives/ rack)

– 300 GB and 600 GB – 10K RPM

Near-line SAS (HDD) options

• 3.5” drives (195 drives/ rack)

– 2 TB– 7.2K RPM– ˜ 90 IOs per second


VG2 and VG8 Gateway Components

File implementation: X-Blade enclosure

– VNX operating environment for file

– Configurable blade options 2 to 8 Primary/standby with automatic failover

Primary/primary with quick reboots for entry platforms

N+M advanced failover for four+ blade systems

– Flexible IO connectivity options: Four x 10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports

Two x Gigabit Ethernet optical plus two x 10/100/1000 copper ports

Two x 10 Gigabit Ethernet optical ports

Control stations (one or two)– Configuration and management– Reliability, availability, serviceability

Symmetrix, VNX, or CLARiiON storage

Architecture and packaging

CS (Control Station) 1 U

DME(Data Mover Enclosure)

2U

SAN

VNX seriesSymmetrix CLARiiON


VNX series

VNX X-Blades

• Up to eight independent file servers contained in a single system

– Scale by adding enclosures: 2 X-Blades per X-Blade enclosure

• Managed as one, high-performance, high-availability server

• Connects data to the network

• VNX operating environment for file– No performance impact after failover– Concurrent Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File

System (CIFS), File Transfer Protocol file access, MPFS/pNFS

• Hot-pluggable

• Flexible N-to-M failover options

• Continues to operate even if control station fails

• No internal disks in the Gateway

Run the world’s most mature NAS operating system

X-Blade

X-Blade

X-Blade

X-Blade

Control Station

Control Station

X-Blade Enclosure

VNX, Symmetrixor CLARiiON

Network


VNX Control Station

• Installation

• Administration/management– Through X-Blade and Storage Processor Ethernet ports

• Configuration changes

• Monitoring and diagnostics– Heartbeat pulse of X-Blade

• Monitors and manages X-Blade failover

• Enterprise Linux-based (RHEL 5)

• Initiates communications with X-Blades for greater security

• Single point of management/control

• Failover redundancy option

Secure management and control for VNX for file

Control Station

Control Station

VNX seriesControl Station

PrivateNetwork

Administrator

Unisphere


VNX Object SupportA SINGLE CLOUD BUILT WITH

VNX SYSTEMS

Automated location, protection, and efficiency services

Multi-tenancy securely isolates data

No limits on namespace or location

REST, SOAP, HTTP or Web access

New YorkTokyo London

Object Technology (Atmos/VE)

UNISPHERE GUIINTEGRATION

VMware vSphere

NFS/FC/iSCSI Storage

Atmos Virtual Edition

Flexibility

SOFTWARE ON VMWARE

Certified with EMC Unified Storage (NFS, FC, iSCSI);

VMware-supported servers and third-party storage

Starts at 10 TB Up to 960 TB per site

NEW


Atmos VE on VNX • Storage

– vSphere-supported FC/iSCSI/NFS – Storage can be from more than one array

• vSphere – vSphere HCL supported servers – Minimum 2 servers required

• Virtual machines– Atmos SW is installed on the VMs– Access methods are configured on VMs

• Atmos access/integration layer– Customer web application using

Atmos REST/SOAP API– Pre-integrated ISV application

(e.g. Documentum)

IP/FC

Atmos Virtual Edition

Custom Web Application

Atmos ISV Application

File System Access

Policies automate data services

Multi-tenancy securely segregates data

Global scale namespace spans locations

REST and SOAP access methods

ESX Server

Atmos

Node

Atmos

Node

ESX Server

Atmos

Node

Atmos

Node

ESX Server

Atmos

Node

Atmos

Node

ESX Server

Atmos

Node

Atmos

Node

VNX7500VNX5700VNX5100 VNX5500VNX5300

Scales large and fast

Self-optimizes for performance and capacity efficiency


Virtual Blended Storage Pool

VNX Modular Architecture—LUNs and File Systems

Near-Line SAS15K SASFLASH

• Thin or Thick LUNs are simply built from the Virtual Pool

• LUNs can be shared to block connected Hosts (FC, iSCSI, FCoE)

• File services added

• LUNs are configured for file and consumed by X-Blade

• File systems optimally built via Automated Volume Management and shared via NFS or CIFS

SAN

Block Storage Processor

X-Blade File Storage Pool

X-Blade File Services

ThinLUN

ThickLUN

ThinLUN

ThickLUN

CIFS or NFS


VNX Series Software ComponentsSoftware solutions made simple

Attractively Priced Packs and Suites

VNX5100 does not support FAST VP, VEE, FLR, Replicator, or SnapSure. It also does not support the Total Efficiency Pack, but a Total Value Pack instead.

VNX Suites VNX Packs

FAST Suite

VNX

Tota

l Eff

icie

ncy

Pack

Security and Compliance Suite

Local Protection Suite

Tota

l Pro

tect

ion

Pack

Remote Protection Suite

Application Protection Suite

Management software Unisphere

Base software (no additional charge)

File deduplication & compression, block compression, virtual provisioning, SAN Copy, and protocols

FAST VP, FAST Cache, Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere Quality of Service Manager

Event Enabler (anti-virus, quota management, auditing), File-level retention, host encryption

SnapView, SnapSure, RecoverPoint/SE CDP

Replicator, MirrorView A/S, RecoverPoint/SE CRR

Replication Manager, Data Protection Advisor for Replication


The FAST Suite

• FAST Cache continuously ensures that the hottest data is served from high performance FLASH SSDs

• FAST VP (Virtual Pools)* optimizes storage pools automatically, ensuring that active data is being served from SSDs, while cold data is moved to lower cost disk tiers

• Together they deliver a fully automated FLASH 1st storage strategy for optimal performance at the lowest cost attainable

• Monitor and Tune the whole system with the complementary Unisphere QoS Manager and Unisphere Analyzer

Highest performance and capacity efficiency—automatically!

* Not available for VNX5100.

FlashSSD

High-Performance

HDD

High-capacity

HDD

Real-time caching with FAST Cache

Scheduled optimizationwith FAST VP


FAST Cache Overview

• Support for file and block

• Extends mid-tier cache using Flash drives

– Adds up to 2 TB of cache

• Less than a third of the cost of DRAM

• Hot data automatically ends up in FAST Cache

• RAID 1 for Read/Write protection

• Transparent to SP failure, no need to warm up the cache

• Applicable to most workloads

FAST Cache

Disk Drives

DRAM30

8

1

Fastest

Performance

Capacity

Exchange SharePointOracle

DatabaseFileVMwareSAP

Run SQL and Oracle up to 3X faster


FAST Cache Approach Page requests satisfied from DRAM

if available

If not, FAST Cache driver checks map to determine where page is located

Page request satisfied from disk drive if not in FAST Cache

Policy Engine promotes a page to FAST Cache if it is being used frequently

Subsequent requests for this page satisfied from FAST Cache

Dirty pages are copied back to disk drives as background activity

MAPPolicyEngine

Driver

Exchange SharePointOracle

DatabaseFileVMwareSAP

DRAM

FAST Cache Disk Drives


FAST VP for Block and File Access

Automatesmovement of hot or cold blocks

Optimizesuse of high performance and high capacity drives

Improvescost and performance

Optimize VNX for minimum TCO

LUN 2

LUN 1

Tier 2

Tier 1

Pool

BEFORE AFTER

Tier 0

Most activity Neutral activity Least activity


SSD HDD

LUN

Highest Tier PreferredMaximize performancee.g. high-performance OLTP system

LUN LUNLowest Tier PreferredReduce TCOe.g., archived or infrequently accessed data

Auto-TierOptimize TCO and performancee.g. databases with varied levels of activity among tables, or file systems with varied levels of activity across files

FAST VP PoliciesPolicy ensures storage service levels are met

1

1

2

2

3

3


FAST VP Operational Process• Statistics collection—cumulative I/O history (reads and writes)

– Weights recent I/O history above longer-term I/O history– Maintains relative ranking of all data in pool, based on tier preference and I/O history:

• Highest tier preference and high activity level get highest priority

• Highest tier preference with less activity level get next highest priority

• No tier preference (Auto-Tier) with high activity level gets next highest priority

• When a pool is created, it is detected in the next poll cycle for inclusion in statistics collection

– LUNs created in pool are likewise detected in the next poll cycle for inclusion in statistics collection– Poll occurs every hour– Relocation estimate—“amount to move up/down”—updated every hour

• Tier utilization– Algorithm attempts to gain greatest utility from highest tiers

• Data is demoted as space is needed in top tiers

• Relocation granularity– Sub-LUN “slices” are 1 GB granularity


VNX Security and Compliance SuiteKeep data safe from changes, deletions, and malicious activity

EMC VNX Host Encryption• Maintains data

confidentiality for data at rest, provides compliance

• Encrypts data where it is created—providing protection anywhere outside the server

EMC VNX File-level Retention (FLR)• Provides the ability to lock

down (WORM) file systems to avoid malicious or accidental changes

• Supports file-level retention periods

• VNX File-level Retention Compliance Option (FLR-C) meets SEC Rule 17a-4(f) compliance requirements

EMC VNX Event Enabler (VEE)• Delivers alerts upon file

system actions

• Allows integration with third-party anti-virus checking, quota management, and auditing applications


SnapViewithSnapSureSnapshots/Clones: Recovery point every 3 hours

Traditional BackupDaily Backup: Recovery point every 24 hours

RecoverPoint/SE CDP and CRRContinuous Data Protection: DVR like recovery

Unlimited recovery points, application bookmarks

(T) TIME

Checkpoint Patch Post-Patch Cache Flush QuarterlyClose

HotBackup

CheckpointPre-Patch

MirrorViewithReplicatorDisk Mirroring: Recovery point latest image replicated

Options for Data Protection


VNX Local Protection Suite

SnapView and SnapSure• Production data copies for

instant recovery on file and block storage

• Streamline data protection and repurposing use cases

– Development/QA testing– Reporting/decision support tools– Backup acceleration

RecoverPoint/SE CDP• DVR-like roll-back of production

applications to any point-in-time

• Granular recovery to the I/O level for VNX for Block storage

• Self-service recovery with tighter RPO and flexibility

• Streamline data repurposing

Practice safe data protection and repurposing


VNX Remote Protection SuiteEnsure your data is physically protected all the time

RecoverPoint/SE Continuous Remote Replication (CRR)

• One solution to protect any host, any application

– Unified block and file replication

• Efficiently protect all your data– WAN deduplication for bandwidth reduction

up to 90%

• Customize RPOs from zero to hours for improved quality of service

• Immediate DVR-like recovery

Replicator*

• Scheduled asynchronous file system level replication including one to many and cascading replication

* Not available for VNX5100

MirrorView

• Synchronous or asynchronous one to many block replication solution

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