webinar: unifying storage for emc & netapp
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Yes, there is a Santa Claus! Discover how to unify and automate your heterogeneous storage environment - including EMC and NetApp - using a single portal. Deliver storage services to end users while you retain control of your storage environment.TRANSCRIPT
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Yes, (your name here), there is a Santa Claus...
... Unified, Automated Storage Provisioning for EMC & NetApp
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Agenda
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Storage Automation Drivers & Benefits
Storage Responsibilities and Users
3 Keys to Automated, Unified Storage Provisioning
Rounding out the Process – Intelligence & ITSM
Best Practices for a Automated, Unified Process
Q&A
iWave Storage Automator Demo – Unified Provisioning of EMC, NetApp and Compellent Storage
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Growth in storage requests
Proliferation of heterogeneous storage environments
Change in end user expectation on request and delivery times
Deployment of private cloud and “IT-as-a-Service” initiatives
Introduction of public storage clouds
Why Change Storage Admin Status Quo?
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Benefits of Automated Storage Provisioning
Automate your mundane and routine storage administrator tasks, focus on the strategic (fun) stuff
Maintain control of the process through best practices and corporate policies; access by role-based service catalog
Empower your end users by providing storage services within your existing heterogeneous environment
Deliver high quality storage services within defined SLAs and at a cost at or below public storage clouds
YOU
CIO
STORAGE TEAM
Business
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Storage Responsibility Segregation
Storage Vendor
Storage Array
Storage/Host
File /Block
Virtual/Physical
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Organizational Users:Who Needs Storage
Storage Administrators
Infrastructure Owners (DBAs, Server Admins)
Cloud Team
Development/QAT Group
Business Application Owners
Storage End Users
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3 Keys To Unifying the Storage Process
Array Array Array Array Array
Policy Policy Policy
Service Service Service Service Service
Policy
Control
Abstraction
Access
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Storage User
Service Catalog
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Key#1: Role-based Service Access
Services Access Management
LDAP/MS AD
Local
Services Scope
End-to-End
Segmented (tic-tac-toe)
Service Approvals (IT & Finance)
Service Auditing
Example VMware Services
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Key #2: Services Define Control, Not Policies
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Service Comparison – Admin vs. User
Storage Admin Storage User
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Simplification- Configuration vs Workflow
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Key #3: Array Abstraction – Execution Plans
Use Case: VMware Administrator would like to create a Datastore for ESX Host
Note: Service used NetApp Block Profile
Note: Service used VNX Block Profile
Note: Service used Compellent Block Profile
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Execution Plans Mask Array Complexity
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Execution Plans Mask Array Complexity
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Admin Time Spent on Provisioning
Analyze Storage Request
Find Best Available Storage
Approve & Schedule
Provision Storage
Complete Request
Typical storage provisioning processes takes 3 – 25 business days in large organizations
15%20% 5%
10%50%
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Rules-Based Policies
Application & Host Storage Profiles
– Performance– Protection
Application Affinity
Service Levels
Cost
Infrastructure
• Tier
• Capacity
• Tenants
• Protection
• Accessibility
Storage Request Fulfilled
Request
Storage Automation Intelligence Rule-Based Policy Selection
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And... Don’t Forget About ITIL Processes
CMDB
IT & BusinessApprovals
Management & Monitoring
Change Management
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Unified, Automated Provisioning - Putting it all together
ControlsGoals
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Unified Storage Best Practices
Build your policies and services now – don’t wait on the cloud
SMEs are for service definition, not service operation
Scripts are tribal knowledge, product is configuration management
Keep number of services small, use profiles to customize
Storage placement intelligence is another level of abstraction
Don’t forget about change and approval processes
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Storage Automation Options/ Limitations
Storage Cloud
Limitations• Single vendor/product• Array only• No ITSM process integration • MC APIs, scripting & plug-ins• Cloud process understanding
Virtualization
Limitations• Workflow-driven (time & $)• Lack of storage expertise• Lack of support for policy-
based storage automation• Single vendor/product• Lack of formal storage
execution process• No end user support
Limitations• Ongoing dev/support costs• Delivery time/tribal
knowledge • HW/SW/process expertise
Custom Solutions
Limitations• API – offloads to storage
vendor• Lack of physical host support• Lack of formal storage
execution process• No end user support
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Q & A
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iWave Storage Automator
Demonstration
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Webinars:
• Link to recording will be emailed by end of week
• www.iwavesoftware.com/resources/webinars-register/
Other Webinars available:
• 5 Keys to Delivering Storage-as-a-Service without Losing Control
• Feeding Your Storage-Thirsty Cloud: 4 Critical Processes to Automate
Coming in Jan: Best Practices for Automating NetApp Storage
Other Resources:
• EMA Impact Brief – iWave Storage Automator: An Essential Puzzle Piece for the Software
Defined Datacenter
• Datasheets, tech specs, videos
• iWave Storage Automator 30-Day Trial#StorageSanta
Resources
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