AIX Windows

SAN
Fabric

Storage A Storage B
Linux Windows AIX z/OS

Logical Volume 3

Unallocated volume
LV 1

Logical Volume 6
LV 2 LV 4 LV 5
 NAS

iSCSI

iSCSI

FC

FC
DCB/CEE FCIP
FC

Multiprotocol router

FC
FCoE
 LAN (Ethernet)
HBA SAN (Fibre Channel)
CNA
HBA SAN (Fibre Channel)
Migration SAN (FCoE)
steps
NIC LAN (Ethernet) CNA
NIC LAN (Ethernet)

HBA – FC Host Bus Adapter

CNA – Converged Network Adapter
NIC – Network Interface Card
 Ethernet
LAN/WAN

CEE
Top of Rack Switch
CNA
TCP/IP
FCoE

Host FC

FC SAN
FC

FC Director Storage

IP LAN/WAN
TCP/IP

CNA
FCoE CEE Core

Host
FC

FC SAN
FC

FC Director Storage
 Standby Server
Primary Server

SAN Bridge
SAN SAN
primary site (FC, FCIP, FCoE) disaster site

Primary Primary Tape Library Storage

Storage Tape Library Copypool Replication
Data center IT Resources Utilization
Resource
IT Load Processor
usage rate

55% 45% 70% 30% 80% 20%

Power and Cooling Power supply, Idle

memory, fans, planar,
drives . . .
Fast/High
Accessibility – Speed/Frequency

Information stored Just In Case

(usually aged between 2 – 18 months)

Slow/Low
20 Years

50 Years

100+ Years
1 Hour
1 Day

3 Years
2 Months

5 Years

Time – Record Life Cycle

>80% is inactive
Archived information
This information/data is mostly static
and/or rarely accessed by users – Policy based retention
– Tiered storage & mgmt
Information to be archived
Automation managed

Information to be purged Production information

– Storage capacity
– Server capacity
<20% is active
– Network capacity
This information/data is mostly dynamic
and/or regularly accessed by users
Fully managed
Regular backups