Storage Explosion and the Challenges for a Public Research University Saira Hasnain Director Enterprise Infrastructure Services University at Buffalo Agenda • Introduction to University at Buffalo – Our Universe – The Technology Stack • Storage and Backup History – How did we start? – Where are we now? – Challenges and Opportunities • Summary UB at a Glance UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. UB North Campus, Amherst NY UB – Facts & Figures I Name University at Buffalo The State University of New York Affiliation A flagship institution in the State University of New York system, UB is the largest and most comprehensive campus in the 64 campus SUNY system. It is a member of the Association of American Universities. Founded 1846 Annual Budget Operating revenues: $614 million (FY 2010) Financial statement revenues: $1,012 million (FY 2010) UB and affiliated entities revenue: $1.2 billion (FY 2010) Endowment $494.7 million (June 2011) Research $349 million (FY 2009) Economic $1.7 billion per year Impact UB – Facts & Figures II Name University at Buffalo The State University of New York Student Body 28, 601 (preliminary for Fall 2011) 19, 058 undergraduate 9,543 graduate and professional Degrees 7,515 (2010-11) Employment 7,106 full-time equivalent employees (Nov 2010) Faculty 1,576 full-time (Nov 2010) 683part-time Alumni 218,000 in 130 countries (August 2011) More than 121,000 in New York state Athletics Division I, Mid-American Conference UB – Technology Stack • Data Center – Computing Center (Needs Rehab) – Norton Hall (Adequate capacity at present) – Hayes D (Some power issues) – Library Annex (Some cooling issues) • Network – 10 GB backbone – Wireless – VOIP – Outdated data center flat network UB – Technology Stack • Servers and Application – Mix of physical and virtual servers – Running on various platforms – Providing Enterprise Applications (108 application) – Providing Research Computing (1.6m research jobs a year) – Support for Technology Classrooms (150+) • Storage – From 4 TB to 2 Peta Bytes – From 1 Robot to 2 and a VTL – SSD for VDI – Virtualized storage for virtualized servers UB – Storage and Backup I • History of Backup Setup – Capacity – Architecture – Challenges • Storage Area Network – Capacity – Architecture – Challenges Back Up Architecture Courtesy: Jordan Kruse Backup Growth Courtesy: Jordan Kruse & Bill Sefranek Impact of Backups on Other Services Courtesy: Larry Schnitzer SAN Architecture Courtesy: Jordan Kruse UB – Storage and Backup II • Key Issues & Opportunities – Service Levels – Retention Policies – RPO’s and RTO’s – Distributed vs. Centralized IT environment – Cost per TB – Budget Cycles – NSF / NIH archival requirements – E-Discoveries UB – Storage and Backup III • Hypes – Public / Private Clouds – De-Duplication • Trends – Growth Rate – Market consolidation – Architecture changes – Virtualization UB – Storage and Backup IV • Pundit Predictions – SSD’s – Costs – Performance – Green Initiatives Summary • UB is no different • Same issues: – Pressure to reduce Cost – Provide more performance – Be Green – Be Secure – Be able to meet RTO’s and RPO – Be able to backup fast – Meet the needs of mobile computing Questions? .