Windows Server 2008 R2/Hyper-V

Rapid, Reliable, Manageable HA solution

Site A

Site B

Nodes are located at a physically separate site

Network

Storage

Compute Quorum

Cluster Traditional Storage

Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV)

SAN
Disks

SAN
Disk

Shared-Nothing Storage Model Unit of Failover at LUN/Disk level Ideal for Hyper-V Quick Migration scenarios

Multiple nodes to concurrently access Unit of Failover is at VM level Ideal for Hyper-V Quick and Live Migration

Site A A

Site

Site BSite
B

SAN

Replica

Changes are made on Site A and replicated to Site B

Replication Method: Synchronous

Host receives write complete response from the storage

after the data is successfully written on both storage devices

1. Write Request

2. Replication

4. Write Complete

Primary Storage 3. Acknowledgement

Second ary Storage

Replication Method: Asynchronous Host receives write complete response from the storage
after the data is successfully written to just the primary storage device, then replication

3. Replication
1. Write Request

2. Write Complete

Primary Storage

Secondary Storage

Synchronous
Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) Application I/O Performance Distance between sites Bandwidth cost High Business Impact, critical application (RPO = 0) For applications not sensitive to high IO latency <100 Miles High

Asynchronous
Medium-Low Business Impact, critical applications ( RPO > 0 ) Applications sensitive to high IO latency >100 Miles Mid-Low

Hardware storage
Modes Type Synch & Async LUN or Volume Block

Software/ Host
Async File System

Appliance
Synch & Async LUN or Volume Block level Storage Array and Platform agnostic

Environme Typically between Storage Array nt Support similar arrays Agnostic

Replicatio n Impact

Inside storage array

Utilizes the Host Inside storage CPU, memory, Appliance I/O resources

Storage Hypervisor Definition: A portable, centrally-managed software package used to enhance the combined value of multiple disk storage systems, including dissimilar and incompatible models, by supplementing their individual capabilities with extended provisioning, replication, and performance acceleration services. Its comprehensive set of storage control and monitoring functions operate as a transparent virtual layer across consolidated disk pools to improve their availability, speed and utilization.

Canvassing multiple storage systems including dissimilar & incompatible models

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New Ease of Use

Intuitive, configurable, contemporary GUI Workflow integration & automation Self-guided wizards Task-oriented design

Proven Capabilities

New Functionality
Auto-tiering

Integrated CDP
5x faster asynchronous replication protocol w/ offline initialization 2-click reverse replication Pass-through drives

Consolidated stats / events across nodes

Automated support bundle Simpler licensing structure
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Built-in task scheduler & PowerShell scripting

Audit trail of changes & e-mail notifications Auto port selection

DataCore VSA Loads as a Hyper-V VM DataCore groups storage across nodes Uses internal, external and SAN attached disks Allows for Live Migration & High Availability Includes Storage Live Migration Uses Industry Standard Servers Expand, grow, upgrade, scale with ease

Hyper-V
VM VM VM SQL Exch File

Hyper-V
VSA
VM VM VM SQL Exch File

VSA

2 Node HA Cluster

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IBM, EMC, HDS, etc.

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Users
Desktop Hypervisor

Apps

Server Hypervisor

Disks

Storage Hypervisor

Desktop Virtualization

Server Virtualization

Cluster Live Migration

Hyper-V

Hyper-V

iSCSI, Fiber Channel and/or FCoE

Room 1

Room 2

Caching

Storage Virtualization
Hyper-V

Active

(CSV)

Active

Synchronous Mirroring between buildings

Hyper-V

Several Kilometers Heterogeneous Storage (SAS, SATA, iSCSI, FC, SSD, etc.) Heterogeneous Storage (SAS, SATA, iSCSI, FC, SSD, etc.)

Business Need: 100% Availability

Roosevelt Hospital (Uptown NY)

Beth Israel Hospital (Midtown NY)

Users: 14,000 Capacity: 250TB mirrored Servers: 150 Clusters: MSCS Storage: IBM

Stretch Clusters (CSVs)

Synchronous Mirroring between campuses

Several Kilometers

Multi-site Failover Clusters have many benefits You can achieve HA and DR in a single solution DataCore Features operate across similar as well as mutually incompatible storage devices

Simple, direct-attached disk drives Just a bunch of disks (JBODs) RAID storage Intelligent SAN storage systems

Supports all the popular disk manufacturers Supports all the popular disk interfaces

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