“V” TO THE MAX John Bowling Storage Architect First National Technology Solutions [email protected] Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 BUSINESS CHALLENGES ........................................................................................................ 1 THE VISION .............................................................................................................................. 1 Cost Competitiveness ............................................................................................................. 2 Highest Levels of Reliability .................................................................................................... 2 Ease of Management ............................................................................................................. 2 High Performance ................................................................................................................... 3 Data Mobility and Flexibility .................................................................................................... 3 Maintenance and Support ....................................................................................................... 3 Compatibility ........................................................................................................................... 3 THE SOLUTION ........................................................................................................................ 3 Where We Were ..................................................................................................................... 4 Why This Couldn‘t Continue ................................................................................................... 4 Where We Went ..................................................................................................................... 4 EMC VPLEX .............................................................................................................................. 6 VPLEX Decision Points .......................................................................................................... 7 VPLEX Architecture Design .................................................................................................... 7 Host Zoning ............................................................................................................................ 8 VPLEX Back-End Connectivity and Zoning ............................................................................10 VPLEX Encapsulation ...........................................................................................................13 EMC VMAX\VMAXe ..................................................................................................................13 VMAX Key Decision Points ....................................................................................................14 VMAXe Architecture Design ..................................................................................................14 VMAXe SAN Connectivity ......................................................................................................15 VMAXe Zone Configuration ...................................................................................................16 VMAXe Storage Pool Design .................................................................................................17 VMAXe Virtual Provisioning ...................................................................................................21 FAST VP ...............................................................................................................................23 EMC VNX .................................................................................................................................25 2012 EMC Proven Professional Knowledge Sharing i VNX Decision Points .............................................................................................................25 VNX Architecture ...................................................................................................................25 VNX Fabric Connectivity ........................................................................................................26 VNX Zone Connections .........................................................................................................26 VNX Storage Pools ................................................................................................................28 VNX FAST VP .......................................................................................................................30 EMC RecoverPoint ...................................................................................................................31 RecoverPoint Key Decision Points ........................................................................................31 RecoverPoint Architecture .....................................................................................................31 RecoverPoint Overview .........................................................................................................31 RecoverPoint Consistency Groups ........................................................................................33 RecoverPoint SAN Connectivity ............................................................................................33 RecoverPoint Zoning Configurations .....................................................................................35 RecoverPoint Masking Configurations ...................................................................................35 SAN fabric powered by a pair of Brocade DCX directors ...........................................................36 Key Decision Points ...............................................................................................................36 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................37 Appendix A – VMAX Engine FA Layout .................................................................................38 Appendix B – VNX Layout .....................................................................................................39 Appendix C – FAST VP .........................................................................................................40 Appendix D – References and Further Reading ....................................................................44 Disclaimer: The views, processes, or methodologies published in this article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect EMC Corporation‘s views, processes, or methodologies. 2012 EMC Proven Professional Knowledge Sharing ii Table of Figures Figure 1 High-Level Storage Architecture Diagram .................................................................... 6 Figure 2 VPLEX Host Fiber Connections ................................................................................... 8 Figure 3 VPLEX Zoning for Performance ................................................................................... 9 Figure 4 VPLEX Zoning for HA .................................................................................................10 Figure 5 VPLEX-VNX Zoning ....................................................................................................11 Figure 6 VPLEX -VMAXe Zoning ..............................................................................................12 Figure 7 VMAXe SAN Connectivity ...........................................................................................15 Figure 8 VMAXe Host Zoning ....................................................................................................16 Figure 9 VMAXe Storage Pool Design ......................................................................................17 Figure 10 VMAXe Storage Pool Data Devices ..........................................................................18 Figure 11. VMAXe LUN (TDev) Example ..................................................................................19 Figure 12 VMAXe LUN MetaVolume Example ..........................................................................20 Figure 13 VMAXe MetaVolumes ...............................................................................................21 Figure 14 VMAXe Port Group Layout Example .........................................................................22 Figure 15 VMAX FAST VP Volume Example ............................................................................24 Figure 16 VNX SAN Connectivity Example ...............................................................................26 Figure 17 VNX Host Zoning Example ........................................................................................27 Figure 18 VNX Port Groupings ..................................................................................................28 Figure 19 VNX Tiered Storage Pools ........................................................................................29 Figure 20 VNX FASTVP ............................................................................................................30 Figure 21 CRR Normal Dataflow ...............................................................................................32 Figure 22 CRR WAN Failure or Congestion Dataflow