ms techdays 2011 - simplified converged infrastructure solutions

Thomas Chua Principal Consultant, Hitachi Data Systems

SINGAPORE

HITACHI DATA

SYSTEMS

SIMPLIFIED

INFRASTRUCTURE

SOLUTIONS

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CLOUD STRATEGY

HITACHI CLOUD STRATEGY

TECHNOLOGY

Integrated content and file portfolio

Enterprise and modular

Converged data center solutions

Management software

Technology packaging

Hitachi managed services

Delivery and collaboration with partners

Financial models

SOLUTION

Storage as a service

Infrastructure as a service

Platform as a service – scale up

Application as a service

DELIVERY

Simplified Converged Infrastructure Solutions PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT // THOMAS CHUA // HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

CONVERGED DATA CENTER SOLUTION STRATEGY • Solutions that combine storage, server and networking with

software management, automation and optimization

– Take a total solution approach

– Enable self provisioning and consumption of resources

– Deliver efficiencies with flexibility

– Optimize at the application, platform and hypervisor levels

– Maintain flexibility to consume technology as needed

• Delivering a wide range of technology, professional services, and customized

solutions


HITACHI CLOUD AND CONVERGED DATA CENTER VISION

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Data Center Evolution

Key Transformation

Processes Infrastructure Cloud

Virtualize

Automate

Self-serve

Pay-per-use

Quicker deployment, automation and scalability, to help

organizations adopt cloud at their own pace and see predictable

results with faster time to value

Enabled by Hitachi Converged

Data Center Solutions

Consolidate


HITACHI CONVERGED DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS CUSTOMER CHOICE

LEVEL 1 Reference Architectures

BOM Deployment guides LEVEL 1

Reference Architecture

BOM

Deployment guides



Hardware Integration

Orderable SKU

Validated Bundles

Solution specific support and services



Management Integration

Tight integration of systems management

Orchestration, template-based management



Services Integration

IT services blended into a unified framework

Customized services

Hitachi Solutions

for Hyper-V Cloud

FIRST AVAILABLE

Hitachi Unified

Compute Platform

Hitachi Converged

Platform for

Exchange

INVESTMENT PROTECTION

ADOPT AT YOUR OWN PACE


HITACHI CONVERGED PLATFORM FOR MICROSOFT

HYPER-V FAST TRACK

MICROSOFT HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK

• Program announced November 8, 2010

• Building blocks for private cloud deployments

• Partner reference architectures as a platform, combining: – Server, storage, and network

– Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V

– System Center Management and Integrations

PARTNER PROGRAM

SPEED TO DEPLOY REDUCED RISK


Microsoft System Center Integration

Snap-Ins

Networ

k

Hitachi

Compu

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Hitachi

Storag

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HITACHI PARTICIPATION

Microsoft provides

– Guidance, requirements

– Validation of solution

Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Data Systems provide

‒ Reference architectures

‒ Bill of materials

‒ Microsoft integrations

‒ Deployment guides

‒ Operations guides

‒ Software and services

PARTNERSHIP

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V

Hitachi Software and Services

Hitachi Consulting Services

Microsoft Consulting Services

Hitachi Partner Services


HITACHI SOLUTIONS BUILT ON MICROSOFT HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK

Predictability and performance

– Coordinated solution management leveraging Microsoft System Center

– High I/O performance and larger # of VMs

– Intelligent data location

Avenue for further automation – Path to use Hitachi UCP and it’s orchestration

First solution configuration

– Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 (8 blades)

– Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500

Quickly address current needs

‒ Single source and pre-validated configurations


Microsoft System Center Integration

Snap-Ins

Network

Hitachi Compute

Hitachi

Storage

Microsoft Windows

Server 2008 R2 with

Hyper-V


HITACHI SOLUTION COMPONENTS FOR HYPER-V CLOUD

HARDWARE 8 SERVERS 16 SERVERS

COMPUTE CHASSIS 1 Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 2 Hitachi Compute Blade 2000

BLADE SERVERS 8 blades (6 for guest virtual machine)

Xeon E5640, 8 cores per blade

72GB RAM per blade

Optional


144GB RAM per blade

16 blades


72GB RAM per blade

Optional


144GB RAM per blade

VIRTUAL MACHINES Approximately 200. Optional – over 500. Approximately 450. Optional – over 1300.

BOOT AND LOCAL DISK Paging and host OS – Local Optional – Boot from SAN

Paging and host OS – Local Optional – Boot from SAN

IP SWITCHING Internal switch (ALAXALA) Internal switch (Brocade)

STORAGE ARRAY Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2500 – 110TB. Optional – varies.

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform -- 117TB. Optional – varies.

STORAGE SWITCHING Internal switch (Brocade) Internal switch (Brocade)

STORAGE TRANSPORT Fibre Channel (iSCSI for VM clustering) Fibre Channel (iSCSI for VM clustering)

STORAGE INTERFACE 8 Gb/sec FC, 1 Gb Ethernet (GbE) iSCSI 8 Gb/sec FC, 10Gb Ethernet (GbE) iSCSI if required, use QLogic switch


HITACHI SOLUTION COMPONENTS FOR HYPER-V CLOUD

SOFTWARE 8 AND 16 SERVERS OPTIONS AND

UPGRADES

MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT

System Center Suite

Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Self Service Portal (SSP)

Operation Manager (SCOM)

Configuration Manager (SCCM)

Deployment Toolkit

System Center Opalis

Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

Data Protection Manager

WINDOWS OS HYPER-V SQL SERVER

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V

SQL Server 2008 R2

Windows Deployment Services 2008 R2

HITACHI MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATIONS

CB 2000 Server Conductor software

Hitachi Command Suite

Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning

Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2

SCOM server management pack

SCOM storage management pack (AMS only)

VMM SSP Powershell integration (AMS only)

VSS hardware provider

HITACHI CONVERGED PLATFORM FOR

MICROSOFT® EXCHANGE 2010

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TODAY’S MICROSOFT EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENTS DEMAND MORE

• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 has become mission

critical as the corporate communications platform

• Traditional IT solutions require complex integration,

multiple support contracts and may not scale as

requirements evolve

• The Hitachi Converged Platform for Exchange 2010 is an

integrated compute, network and storage solution

optimized for Exchange 2010

• This solution provides the resilience, performance, and

scalability required for Exchange 2010 performance in

pre-tested single SKU configurations


HITACHI CONVERGED PLATFORM FOR EXCHANGE

PRE-TESTED, EXCHANGE -SPECIFIC SOLUTION

Reduce complexity while increasing predictability

– Simplified infrastructure

– No additional licenses needed with 2 LPAR configuration

– Easily scalable by 8,000 mailbox increments

Maximize system reliability and high availability

‒ Blade Server N+M cold standby

‒ Mailbox Availability Group (DAG)

‒ Site resilience

‒ Full duplex storage with RAID protection

Complete Exchange 2010 infrastructure

‒ Hitachi Compute Blade (CB) 2000

‒ Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) options

CB 2000

AMS 2100, 2300, 2500


HITACHI EXCHANGE CONVERGED SOLUTION OVERVIEW

Optimized and integrated unit

Triple protected high-availability platform

Enterprise scale via building block approach (small medium large) up to 96K users

AMS2000 storage sizing tool for Exchange 2010

Leverages Microsoft’s Guidance and best practices for Exchange 2010

Hitachi Compute

Network

Hitachi Storage

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Exchange 2010


HITACHI CONVERGED DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS

• Predictable, repeatable, reliable – Enterprise class components in pre-validated solutions

– Guidance, templates and built-in automation

• Simplicity and fast time to value – Quicker, simpler deployment from a single source

– Services for planning and implementation

– Intelligent automation of complex tasks enables

• Cloud at your own pace – Implement now, build it over time, and combine different solutions

– Extend solutions to current IT infrastructure

– Optimized solutions for various levels of convergence and needs

UNIQUE VALUE TO BRING BUSINESS CRITICAL WORKLOADS TO CLOUD

Simplified Converged Infrastructure Solutions

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT // THOMAS CHUA // HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS

Thank You

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