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Technology Solution: Enhanced Business Continuity with Live Application Mobility with VMware Metro VMotion
Executive
Summary
Challenges
Live
Application
Mobility
for
a
Business
Continuity
implementation
requires
the
following:
An
IP
network
with
a
minimum
bandwidth
of
250
Mbps
per
migration.
Maximum
latency
between
the
two
VMware
vSphere
servers
cannot
exceed
10
milliseconds
(ms).
The
IP
subnet
on
which
the
v irtual
machine
resides
must
be
accessible
from
both
the
source
and
destination
ESX
servers
because
a
virtual
machine
retains
its
IP
address
when
it
moves
to
the
destination
ESX.
The
data
storage
location
including
the
boot
device
used
by
the
virtual
machine
must
be
active
and
accessible
by
both
the
source
and
destination
ESX
servers
at
all
times.
Access
from
vCenter
server
and
vSphere
client
to
both
ESX
servers
must
be
available
to
accomplish
the
migration.
Todays businesses heavily rely on the digital infrastructure to perform day-to- day activities. The 24X7 availability of the infrastructure is paramount to ensure successful functioning of the business. Brocade, EMC and VMware collaborated to demonstrate a solution that offers the capability to dynamically migrate applications live across data centers separated by a latency of 10 ms RTT (~550 miles) on a 250mbps/migration network without business interruption and enhance the availability of the business applications within the data center. The demonstration of live application mobility relies on the industry proven VMware Metro vMotion, with the EMC VPLEX application mobility solution running on high performance Brocade IP and storage networking solutions.
Solution Architecture
1 2
Technology Solution
- VMware vSphere with Metro vMotion - EMC VPLEX Metro with GeoSynchrony for data mirroring - Brocade VDX for Edge Network Top of Rack (ToR) with VCS Ethernet Fabric - Brocade MLX and/or CES for IP Network Aggregation and Core and L2 data center extension with MPLS/ VPLS - Brocade DCX Directors for Storage extension with FCIP and FastWrite technology - Brocade ADX for Application High Availability with Global Server Load Balancing enabling seamless client access to VMs - Brocade Application Resource Broker for transparent management of client connections across data centers - Brocade Converged N etwork Adaptors and Host Bus Adaptors for ESX Servers for Ethernet and FC connectivity to the IP and storage networks respectively - Brocade Network Advisor for unified end-to-end solution management, including IP and storage networks.
Solution Components
Solution
Description
The
solution
comprises
four
distinct
areas
of
technology
integrations.
The
solution
is
architected
as;
3.
1. Use
of
EMC
VPLEX
Directors
to
provide
Active/Active
storage
for
data
availability
for
vMotion
to
be
successful.
The
Brocade
DCX
Director
class
switch
with
the
extension
blades
4. (FX8-24)
is
used
to
extend
the
SAN
over
FCIP.
The
vSphere
servers
with
the
Brocade
1020
Converged
Network
Adapters
(CNA)
are
used
to
provide
access
to
the
VMware
VMFS
data
stores.
2. The
vSphere
migration
network
or
the
network
on
which
the
Virtual
Machine
(VM)
is
migrated
is
connected
to
the
Wide
Area
Network
(WAN)
using
the
Brocade
Virtual
Cluster
Switching
(VCS)
technology.
The
layer
2
extension
providing
the
IP
address
compatibility
for
the
VMs
is
enabled
by
the
Brocade
Ethernet
Fabric
provided
by
the
Brocade
VDX
coupled
with
the
standards-based
MPLS/VPLS
(Virtual
Private
LAN
Switching)
technology
of
the
Brocade
MLX
switches
in
the
two
data
centers.
The
client
traffic
management,
which
is
paramount
to
ensure
that
the
end
user
perceives
no
disruption
in
service,
is
provided
by
the
use
of
Brocade
Application
Resource
Broker
(ARB)
in
conjunction
with
Brocade
ADX.
This
ensures
the
transparent
redirection
of
client
connections
across
data
centers.
The demonstrated solution allows seamless mobility for applications between data centers using V Mware vMotion, with continuous access to data provided by EMC V PLEX Metro. The Brocade IP and storage networking infrastructure offers a reliable and high performance end- to-end solution with network adapters, edge, aggregation and core switching, high-performance application delivery, and seamless automation of the application layer.