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VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite 3.5 for HP-UX

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The VERITAS Vision

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VERITAS Adaptive Software Architecture

Service Level Delivery Global Operations Management

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Application Uptime

Disaster Recovery

Global Data Management

Capacity Planning

Business Critical Applications and Databases

Application Plug-ins

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Software Services

Storage Infrastructure

Data Protection

High Availability

Active SRM

Storage Plug-ins

DAS Powered by IP-Storage

NAS

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SAN

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IT Storage Challenges
Difficulty managing growth Tight staffing resources Data availability Performance Managing heterogeneous environments Shrinking backup windows
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Escalating IT Costs

Storage Management: Key to Success

It costs more to manage 10 GB of disk than it does to purchase it Less than 50% of UNIX/Windows disk is utilized Planned downtime and un-planned downtime affect application availability which equates to lost revenue

*ITcentrix Storage Networks Report 1999

Storage Virtualization
Consumer Consumer Consumer Application Aspects of Storage

Application requirements Growth potential

Throughput Responsiveness

Failure resistance Recovery time

Capacity
Disk size Number of disks/ path

Performance
Disk seek time Cache hit rate
Physical Aspects of Storage

Availability
MTBF Path redundancy

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Storage Resources

Worldwide Volume Management/Virtualization Revenue by Vendor, 2001

All OS Systems, Including Suites, Based on New License Revenue
Power Compaq Falcon Stor Quest 1.9% 1.3% DataCore 0.7% 3.1% Other 2.4%

H-P 10.7%

VERITAS 79.9% Total New License Revenue = $207.1 Million U.S.

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Source: Gartner Dataquest 2001 Storage Management Software Market Share (March 27, 2002)

Industry Leader
Foundation Suite technology is used by 1600 of the Global 2000 Corporations to ensure high availability of their data !!

Volume Manager is SunTone and Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server Certified

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VERITAS SANPoint Foundation /HA

Overview

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What is SANPoint Foundation Suite?

Enterprise-wide management SANPoint Foundation Suite /HA is a storage management solution that integrates VERITAS Cluster File System (VxCFS), VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager (VxCVM), & VERITAS Cluster Data Growth Server (HA version) Heterogeneous, shared, online storage management Quality Tools A cohesive solution, which imparts the highest possible levels of performance and availability in your data-sharing environments
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NEW in SANPoint Foundation Suite 3.5

Features in 3.5
Full-feature parity to VxFS Support for:
Very large File Systems: 32 TBs FlashSnap Clusterized Snap Shots & Clusterized Check Points Access Control Lists & Quotas Single CPU configurations

Performance Enhancements

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SANPoint Foundation Suite /HA Provides

Transparent access to shared files
Multiple servers can mount and access the same file system Allows for consolidation of storage resources and greater manageability

Faster file access (direct access)

Eliminates need to go through TCP/IP stack Enables realistic access times for databases using shared file systems (as compared to NFS)

Enhanced failover capabilities

No need for Volume / File System failover Quick and controlled application failover (automated in HAversion only) Enhanced workload management (HA-version)

The Result: Near 24x7 data availability

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SANPoint Foundation Suite Architecture

Extends Local File System Functionality Asymmetric topology
Any server accesses data directly The master performs all metadata updates The master is not static, and can failover at any time to another node
LAN

Central Metadata Server

SAN

Advantages
Less metadata locking traffic Lower complexity

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SANPoint Foundation Suite Architecture

Cluster Awareness
Determining cluster membership and internode communication
Global Atomic Broadcast protocol (GAB) Low Latency Transport protocol (LLT)
LAN

Central Metadata Server

GAB LLT GLM

SAN

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SANPoint Foundation Suite Architecture

Cluster Volume Management
Enables servers to view and share disk groups across a cluster Simultaneous access to volumes from multiple servers

EMC Symmetrix Family

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JBOD

HDS 99006

SUN T3

IBM Shark

HP

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Leveraging the VERITAS Cluster File System

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Benefits of a true Cluster File System

Concurrent file access Better scalability for file services
Provision of a data virtualization layer

Quick and non-disruptive migration Lower administration costs Improved manageability Flexible deployment of applications Very Fast-Failover

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Cluster File System Applications

Scalable File Servers eBusiness
Web applications for large files Content servers

Enterprise Applications
Billing systems Proprietary data processing Decision Support Systems

Databases - Single instance

Faster failover

Design (CAD/CAM) & Analysis (Geophysical) Applications with large files

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Typical Customer Scenarios

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Enterprise Applications: Traditional Problems

Application deployment and provisioning
Billing systems Proprietary data processing DSS

Capacity on demand business models

CNN Election Night

Administrative costs high

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Moving data Maintaining software images Updating stale data, content and binaries Application load balancing

Enterprise Applications: Cluster File System Alternative

Provide a data virtualization layer Simplified data access architecture for operational efficiency
Less everything (network, servers, storage, people) Less complex, therefore more manageable

Enhanced manageability
Easy volume growth Rolling SW upgrades Simple load balancing
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File Serving: Traditional Problems

The NFS Server Problem:
I loved my first NFS server, I hated my 20th
Appliance Appliance Appliance Server Appliance Appliance Server Appliance Server Server Appliance Server Server Server Appliance Appliance Server Appliance Appliance Appliance Server Appliance Server Server Server Server Appliance Appliance Appliance Server Appliance Server Server Server

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File Serving: Cluster File System Alternative

The Solution:
File system defined cluster-wide Shared files located on any available disk Automated failover in event of server shutdown [manual application failover is still faster than utilizing NAS boxes]
SANPoint Foundation SANPoint Foundation SANPoint Foundation SANPoint Foundation

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eBusiness Web Servers: Traditional Problems

Shared nothing environment

Web database is replicated on two disks - one for each web server Double the disk space; regular copy operations required Alternative - NFS server
Web Data Web Data

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Web Servers

eBusiness Web Servers: Cluster File System Alternative

Shared File System - simultaneous access
No web database replication required Save disk space; no synchronization problems No NFS server required
Web Data

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Web Servers

eBusiness Messaging Solutions: Traditional Problems

Partitioned operation
Flat files Manually partitioned data Load balancing difficult
A-F Data G-M Data N-S Data T-Z Data

Email Servers
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eBusiness Messaging Solutions: Cluster File System Alternative

Centralized data store
Single data repository Any-to-any connection External load balancing Optimized server usage
A-Z Data

CFS
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CFS

CFS

CFS

Email Servers

Databases (Oracle): Traditional Problems

Oracle Failover
Detect failure Import disk group Replay file system log Mount file system Initiate Oracle Oracle logs Fail over IP addresses

Seven steps!
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Databases (Oracle): Cluster File System Alternative

Single Instance Failover
Faster failover Eliminate DiskGroup import & File System mount Utilizes Oracle fast recovery mode

Payroll Sales

Sales

Accounts Inventory

Inventory

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Concurrent Data Sharing Oracle Parallel Server

CM VCS Core Oracle Parallel Server CVM CM VCS Core Oracle Parallel Server CVM

VCS GAB/LLT

VCS GAB/LLT

VERITAS Shared Volume

VERITAS Cluster Server provides Cluster Membership services to Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) Cluster Manager Configurations: 2,4-node, Mid-level Servers, Major Storage Vendors Solaris 2.6/7/8

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Concurrent Data Sharing Oracle RAC (Real Application Cluster)

CM VCS Core Oracle Parallel Server CFS CVM VCS GAB/LLT CM VCS Core Oracle Parallel Server CFS CVM VCS GAB/LLT

SAN

Cluster File System leverages investment in SAN

Provides all nodes with direct access to data

Eliminate I/O bottlenecks Eliminates single point of failure

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Technical Overview

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VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager

Host-based Storage Management

Makes the physical into logical Looks and acts like a disk Can grow, relayout and move while online
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LAN

Host Server
(Control Console)

data flow

Brand A Disk Array

Brand B Disk Array

JBOD

Virtualized Disks

data available to server

VERITAS Storage Foundations Centralized Management

Central management from a single console or command line interface (CLI) Online performance tuning

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* Windows GUI shown here

Achieve optimal performance without working for it Spend less time tuning Spend more time on other business critical applications Achieve more efficient I/O operations from the kernel

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VERITAS Cluster File System Extent-based Allocation

VxCFS Extent-Based Allocation:
Groups multiple blocks into large writes Faster than block-at-atime based operations. VERITAS File System Inode
Extent Addresses
Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block Disk Block

Metadata overhead is reduced Less overhead is necessary with sequential reads

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Direct Address 0 / Length Direct Address 1 / Length Direct Address 2 / Length Direct Address 3 / Length Direct Address 4 / Length Direct Address 5 / Length Direct Address 6 / Length Direct Address 7 / Length Direct Address 8 / Length Direct Address 9 / Length Single Indirect Block Double Indirect Block

VERITAS Cluster File System Discovered Direct I/O

High performance for applications with mixed I/O sizes
For large FS writes, it is much faster to write directly to the disk
Direct I/O skips the FS cache BUT, for smaller writes, direct I/O is slower!

We developed... Discovered direct i/o

DDI/O looks at the size of each write & gets the best performance from each I/O model

Example: If write is <=256KB, uses the FS cache If write is > 256KB, uses Direct I/O
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VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager Availability & Performance

Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) provides multiple paths from server to storage
Path load balancing improves I/O bandwidth, spreading I/O across connections Path failover increases application availability

Storage Network

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VERITAS Cluster File System

Reduce Recovery Time

Logs file system changes before they are made Reduces fsck times after a crash from hours to just a few minutes
Parallel fscks ability to run fscks in parallel at boot time increases availability whenever running multiple file systems on a single host

Maintains data integrity Critical for HA environments Enhance performance with Q-Log
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Causes of Downtime
30% of Downtime is planned! Planned Planned 30% 30%

Other 5%

Software 40%

People 15% Hardware 10%

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Source: Gartner, Oct. 2000

Online Everything
Reduces planned and unplanned downtime Optimizes I/O performance No interruption of user access to data Analysis of a longer transaction history

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VERITAS FlashSnap
Availability and PerformanceIncreasing Business Efficiencies

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VERITAS FlashSnap
Builds on VxVM and enables the use of point-in-time copies to perform critical operations Option to SANPoint Foundation Suite
Production Server Alternate Host SplitMirror Snapshot

Volume Snapshot
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Import Disk Group

FastResync

Mirror 1

Mirror 2

/fs/
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Mirrored Volume

FastResync
Data Change Map

Mirror 1

Snapshot

/fs/.
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Split Volume

/fs/.

FastResync
Data Change Map

Mirror 1

Mirror 2

/fs/
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FastResync Volume

Fast Mirror Resynchronization

Fast resynchronization of changed blocks

Volume Snapshot

Resync the Volume Snapshot to the original volume

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Storage Checkpoints
A point-in-time image of the primary cluster file system /vxfs.... Storage Checkpoint
A B C D E F G
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VERITAS Cluster File System Storage Checkpoints

Maintains changed data blocks as primary cluster file system is being updated
/vxfs Storage Checkpoint

A A B C D E F G G
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Copy-on-write mechanism first copies the beforeimage to the Storage Checkpoint and then updates the data block in the primary file system Mountable and writable Copy-on-write in place until the next Storage Checkpoint created or the Checkpoint is removed

Standard Recovery
Time 0:00 Full Backup 12:00 24:00

Transactions

15:00

Restore from backup Reapply transactions 00:00 - 15:00

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Back in service

FlashSnap Recovery
Time 0:00 Full Backup

Storage Checkpoints or Volume Snapshots: On-disk, storage efficient backup images

10:00

12:00

14:00

24:00

Transactions

15:00

Restore from FlashSnap copy Reapply transactions 14:00 - 15:00

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Back in service - fast

Summary
SANPoint Foundation Suite /HA provides:
Simplified Data Access Architecture Transparent access to shared data with no application modifications A solution that scales as your requirements grow File System accessibility from multiple servers providing high availability Simplified cluster-wide management of shared data
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Customer Implementations

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Customer Example: Major e-Retailer

VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite used to share data amongst multiple systems in the SAN:
One of the benefits were seeing with VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite is that it gives us the ability to share data to multiple systems without the overhead of network translation protocols.

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Quote from Paul Kilmartin, Director, Systems Administration, eBay

Case study: Major Transportation Service Provider

Business Challenges
Increase revenue controls and reduce costs Scaling for future capabilities Increase customer satisfaction

Environment
Databases - Sybase ASE 11.9.2 / 12.0 Applications - Tuxedo / Jolt / MQM / Netscape

Solution: VERITAS SANPoint Foundation Suite Benefits

Reduced Invoice Cycle Time by 10% Implemented On-Line backups (Snapshot) Reduced Application Architecture complexity Consolidated Disk Requirements Reduced Software Distribution Complexity

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Thank You

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