3PAR Fundamentals

By Srinivas Acharya J

Sep 24, 2012

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Agenda
Day - 1

3PAR Product Overview

3PAR Hardware Architecture

3PAR Concepts Overview

3PAR Software Overview

3PAR Service Architecture

Lab Managing 3PAR

Day 2

System reporter & Demonstration

3PAR troubleshooting & Demonstration

3PAR compared to other arrays

3PAR Best Practices

Lab System Reporter & Troubleshooting

Case studies

Q& A

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3PAR Product Overview

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HP 3PAR Hardware Portfolio

F200

F400

T400

T800

V400

V800

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24

2, 4, 6, 8

24

2, 4, 6, 8

0 12

0 24

0 64

0 128

0 - 96

0 - 192

08

0 16

0 16

0 32

0 16

0 32

Built-in Remote
Copy Ports

GBs Control Cache

8-16

8-16

8-32

3264

64256

12

12-24

24-48

24-96

64128

12 512

16 - 192

16 - 384

16 640

16 1,280

16 - 960

16 1,920

50GB SSD,

50GB SSD,

50GB SSD,

50GB SSD,

100/200GB
SSD

100/200GB
SSD

300/600GB FC

300/600GB FC

300/600GB FC

300/600GB FC

300/600GB FC

300/600GB FC

and/or 1TB/ 2TB and/or 1TB/ 2TB and/or 1TB/ 2TB and/or 1TB/ 2TB
NL
NL
NL
NL

and/or 2TB NL

and/or 2TB NL

800TB

1.6PB

Controller Nodes
Fibre Channel Host
Ports
Optional iSCSI
Host Ports

GBs Data Cache

Disk Drives

Drive Types

Max Capacity

128TB

384TB

400TB

800TB

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3PAR Hardware Architecture

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3PAR Inspire Architecture

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HP P10000 3PAR Architecture Basics

Same underlying
architecture as T-Class

Cache coherent & massively

load balanced
Mixed workload
Thin Built-In

Architectural
enhancements

Autonomic
Management

3PAR
Gen-4 ASIC

Full 64-bit HW and SW

Gen4 ASIC
PCIe Bus (node motherboards)
1GB Chunklets
T10 DIF

Common OS and same

advanced HP 3PAR
software

Fine Grained
Virtualization

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3PAR Concepts Overview

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Key Concepts and Terms*

PD (Physical Disk)

Virtual LUN

Chunklet

Wide Striping

CPG (Common Provisioning

Group)

Virtual Volume

Region

Set Size

Host

Step Size

VV Set, Host Set, (Autonomic

Group)

Allocation Unit Size

Inform Management Console

(IMC)

*There will be a quiz.

Physical Disk Chunklets (256 MB)

C

SC

= 256 MB Data Chunklet

= 256 MB Spare Chunklet

Each InServ Physical

disk is initialized with
data chunklets and
spare chunklets

Physical Disk
SC

SC

SC

Why are Chunklets so Important?

Same drive spindle can service many different LUNS, and many
different RAID types at the same time

Enables array to be managed by policy, not by administrative

planning

Drives up utilization rate of the disks (no leftover space)

Improved High Availability and Sparing

Enables easy mobility between physical disks, RAID types,

service levels

SW architecture: rapid, tailored

provisioning...
Chunklets

Common Provisioning Groups

Virtual Volumes

Physical drives broken

into fine-grained uniform
256 MB chunklets

Automatically grows by creating Logical

Disks (LDs) as needed (parameters set
by the CPG policies)

Created and exported in two

commands 15 seconds with
no pre-planning

Drive Chassis

Highest performance
High resiliency
Higher cost
Limit
Warning

LD
LD
LD
LD
Autonomic

Medium performance
Highest resiliency
Lower cost
Limit

LD
LD

Warning

50GB SSD, 300 &

600GB FC, 2TB NL

256 MB to 16 TB
RAID 0, RAID 10, RAID 50
(1:2-8), RAID 60 (2:6, 2:14)

Group

Common Provisioning Groups (CPG)

CPGs are FUNDAMENTAL to administering 3PAR.

CPGs automatically provision Logical Disk capacity on demand
CPGs are the combination of a RAID type and a drive type which
equals SERVICE LEVEL and AVAILABILITY LEVEL.
CPGs have many functions:

They are the policies by which free chunklets are assembled into logical disks.
They are a container for existing volumes and used for reporting
They are the basis for service levels and our optimization products.

3PAR Software Overview

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Adaptive Optimization

Collects sub-volume region level access data from array

Allows creation of policies for schedules, tier definitions

Analyses data and initiates region movement

Generates reports for Adaptive Optimization

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Adaptive Optimization: Autonomic tiering and savings

Dynamic
Optimization

Adaptive
Optimization (AO)

NL4ON* with
AO & SSD

Tier 0
SSD
Tier 1
Fibre
Channel
Tier 2
Nearline
(Enterprise SATA)
Autonomic
Data
Movement
- Region
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Autonomic
Tiering and
Data Movement

Save ~30% on
$/IOPS and $/GB
vs. Fibre Channel

Recovery Manager

Traditional tape backup solutions find it

almost impossible to complete backup
and recovery within required time
frames

Competing Snapshot technologies

cannot meet the granular recovery
points due to limited number of
snapshots supported

Complex and Expensive

Often

requires professional services

Increased

Capacity requirements

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Recover Manager
Overview

Provide efficient local and disaster recovery

solution

Application Supported

MS Exchange, MS SQL, Oracle, VMware

Virtual Environments
Value of RM products

Rapid, affordable recovery of mission critical

applications

Hundreds of recovery points enabling tighter

SLAs

Minimize administrative tasks by tight

integration with applications

Build-in scheduler for taking non-disruptive

Virtual Copy

Integration with 3rd party backup tools

Symantec NetBackup

Oracle RMAN backup

3PAR Service Architecture

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SPOCC

Performance log and Insplore log Collection

3PAR vs Other Arrays

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References
3PAR Focus Group: 3PAR_focus_group@external.groups.hp.com

HP 3PAR docs: www.hp.com/go/3PAR

3PAR Sales site: http://intranet.hp.com/tsg/ww3/StorageSalesPortal/Pages/3PARstorage.aspx
3PAR CLI Reference Guide

3PAR Best Practices

3PAR Courses at Grow@HP

3PAR SOP Document

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