Chapter 7 - 1

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1he #1 CerLlflcaLlon rogram ln Lhe lnformaLlon sLorage
and managemenL lndusLry
-etworkAttached Storage -etworkAttached Storage
Chapter 7
Sect|on 2 Storage -etwork|ng 1echno|og|es and V|rtua||zat|on
l5M course Orqonitotion
Information Storage
and Management
Section 1
Storage System
Section 2
Storage Networking
TechnoIogies and VirtuaIization
Section 3
Business Continuity
Section 4
Storage Security
and Management
Introduction to Information
Storage and Management
Storage System Environment
Data Protection: RAID
InteIIigent Storage System
Direct-Attached Storage and
Introduction to SCSI
Storage Area Networks
Network-Attached Storage
IP SAN
Content-Addressed Storage
Storage VirtuaIization
Introduction to
Business Continuity
Backup and Recovery
LocaI RepIication
Remote RepIication
Securing the
Storage Infrastructure
Managing the
Storage Infrastructure
chopter Objectives
fLer compleLlng Lhls chapLer you wlll be able Lo
o uescrlbe n lLs beneflLs and componenLs
o ulscuss dlfferenL n lmplemenLaLlons
o uescrlbe n fllesharlng proLocols
o ulscuss n managemenL opLlons
i/e 5horinq nvironment
o llle sysLem ls sLrucLured way of sLorlng and organlzlng daLa
flles
o llle harlng
o Lorlng and accesslng daLa flles over neLwork
o l musL be mounLed ln order Lo access flles
o 1radlLlonal clleot/setvet moJel lmplemenLed wlLh fllesharlng
proLocols for remoLe flle sharlng
o Lxample l1
o ul ls anoLher examples of flle sharlng lmplemenLaLlon
5
o ln Lhe pasL floppy drlves wlLh capaclLles ln mere k8's were
wldely used Lo share daLa flles Cver Llme Lhe need for larger
capaclLy has emerged due Lo growlng need for daLa Lo be
shared across organlzaLlons 8emovable sLorage medla such
as flash drlves capable of sLorlng glgabyLes (C8) of daLa have
now compllmenLed Lhe LradlLlonal removable medla drlves
o 8uslnesses noL only need Lhe capaclLy Lo handle huge daLa
sLorage requlremenLs Lhe need Lo share Lhelr daLa has made
neLwork LLached Lorage (n) an aLLracLlve opLlon n
sysLems use exLernal sLorage for server/hosLs addlng flexlblllLy
Lo neLwork sLorage n works aL Lhe flle level raLher Lhan Lhe
block level 1hls enables wldespread access Lo Lhe daLa over
Lhe neLwork based upon Lhe flle sysLem cllenL loaded
-5
o 1he Lerm neLwork aLLached sLorage (commonly abbrevlaLed as n) descrlbes
sLorage devlces LhaL can be accessed over a compuLer neLwork raLher Lhan belng
dlrecLly connecLed Lo Lhe compuLer n devlces enable mulLlple compuLers Lo
share Lhe same sLorage space aL once
o n has emerged as a powerful proven Lechnology for sLorlng daLa LhaL needs Lo
be shared ln Lhe offlce or Lhe home n devlces enable home and buslness users
Lo easlly share large amounLs of daLa ln a cosLeffecLlve and efflclenL manner
o number of facLors are maklng n a very popular soluLlon ln Lhe home and
buslness
o Conven|ence n offers a convenlenL way for users Lo add sLorage Lo all devlces
ln Lhe home or offlce 8y addlng a hlghcapaclLy n Lo a neLwork all of Lhe
devlces ln Lhe neLwork are able Lo slmulLaneously access and uLlllze Lhls sLorage
n offers a slmple soluLlon Lo sharlng flles muslc phoLos eLc ?ou can puL an
enLlre famllys dlglLal phoLo collecLlon on a n and all famlly members can
access Lhe phoLos LhaL are locaLed on Lhls cenLrallzed devlce
o
contd
o ackup n devlces are commonly used as backup servers 8aLher Lhan buylng a
u8 exLernal backup devlce for every slngle devlce ln your home or offlce a slngle
n can be purchased and all compuLers on Lhe neLwork can backup Lo Lhe n
devlce 1hls compleLely ellmlnaLes Lhe need Lo walk from C Lo C or lapLop when
you wanL Lo backup or resLore daLa 1he n wlll be avallable on each machlne as
a desLlnaLlon for your backup or source for a resLore
neLworkaLLached sLorage conslsLs of hard dlsk sLorage lncludlng mulLldlsk
8lu sysLems and sofLware for conflgurlng and mapplng flle locaLlons Lo Lhe
neLworkaLLached devlce neLworkaLLached sLorage can be a sLep Loward and
lncluded as parL of a more sophlsLlcaLed sLorage sysLem known as a sLorage area
neLwork (n)
-5
-5
i/e 5horinq 1echno/oqy vo/ution
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Stand Alone PC
Networked File Sharing
Networked PCs
Portable Media
for File Sharing
Jhot is -5 ?
n ls shared sLorage on a neLwork lnfrasLrucLure
Clients
Application
Server
Print
Server
NAS Device
-5
o n ls shared sLorage on a neLwork lnfrasLrucLure uslng a
unlque addresslng schema n server ls a sLorage devlce
LhaL conslsLs of a hlgh performance flle server and aLLached Lo
a Ln lL ls a slnglepurpose machlne servlng as a dedlcaLed
hlghperformance hlghspeed communlcaLlon gaLeway Lo flle
daLa
o noLe n devlce ls someLlmes called an appllance or fller
o 1he n head could be remoLe from lLs sLorage (gaLeway) or
conLalned wlLhln Lhe same cablneL as lL ls so LhaL Lhe sLorage ls
dedlcaLed Lo n appllcaLlons (lnLegraLed)
enero/ Purpose 5ervers vs -5 uevices
Applications
Print Drivers
File System
Operating System
Network
File System
Operating System
Network
Single Function
NAS Device
General Purpose Servers
(Windows or UNIX)
-5 uevice
o unllke a generalpurpose server such as a unlx or n1 server a
n server ls a devlce opLlmlzed for flle servlng funcLlons such
as sLorlng reLrlevlng and servlng flles slngle funcLlon n
devlce provldes
o 8ealLlme C dedlcaLed Lo flle servlng
o Cpen sLandard proLocols
o 8ullLln naLlve clusLerlng for hlgh avallablllLy
enefits of -5
o upporL comprehenslve access Lo lnformaLlon
o lmproves efflclency
o lmproved flexlblllLy
o CenLrallzes sLorage
o lmpllfles managemenL
o calablllLy
o Plgh avallablllLy Lhrough naLlve clusLerlng
o rovldes securlLy lnLegraLlon Lo envlronmenL (user
auLhenLlcaLlon and auLhorlzaLlon)
components of -5
Network Interface
NFS CIFS
NAS Device OS
Storage Interface
NAS Head
NFS
CIFS
UNIX
Windows
Storage Array
IP
components
o n devlce ls made up of Lhe followlng componenLs
o neLwork lnLerface vla one or more neLwork lnLerface Cards (nlCs)
o Lxamples ClgablL LLherneL (1000 Mb/s) lasL LLherneL (10Mb/s) 1M and
luul
o neLwork llle ysLems (nl) and Common lnLerneL llle ysLems (Cll)
proLocols
o roprleLary opLlmlzed Wlndows unlx or Llnux based C Lxamples
o u81 uaLa ccess ln 8eal 1lme (LMC)
o uaLa Cn1 (neLwork ppllance)
o lndusLry sLandard sLorage proLocols Lo connecL Lo and manage physlcal
dlsk sLorage resources
o Lxamples erlal 1 (1) Cl or llbre Channel
-5 i/e 5horinq Protoco/s
o 1wo common n flle sharlng proLocols are
o Cll Common lnLerneL llle ysLem proLocol
o 1radlLlonal MlcrosofL envlronmenL flle sharlng proLocol based upon Lhe erver
Message 8lock proLocol
o nl neLwork llle ysLem proLocol
o 1radlLlonal unlx envlronmenL flle sharlng proLocol
-5
o nl ls a cllenL/server appllcaLlon LhaL enables a compuLer user vlew
and opLlonally sLores and updaLe flles on a remoLe compuLer as
Lhough Lhey were on Lhe users own compuLer lL uses 8emoLe
rocedure Calls (8C) Lo communlcaLe beLween compuLers
o 1he users sysLem requlres an nl cllenL Lo connecL Lo Lhe nl
server lnce Lhe nl server and cllenL use 1C/l Lo Lransfer flles
1C/l musL be lnsLalled on boLh sysLems
o uslng nl Lhe user or sysLem admlnlsLraLor can mounL all or a
porLlon of a flle sysLem (whlch ls a porLlon of Lhe hlerarchlcal Lree ln
any flle dlrecLory and subdlrecLory) 1he porLlon of Lhe flle sysLem
LhaL ls mounLed (deslgnaLed as accesslble) can be conLrolled uslng
permlsslons (eg readonly or readwrlLe)
contd
o -etwotk llle 5ystem (-l5) allows remoLe hosLs Lo mounL flle sysLems over a
neLwork and lnLeracL wlLh Lhose flle sysLems as Lhough Lhey are mounLed locally
1hls enables sysLem admlnlsLraLors Lo consolldaLe resources onLo cenLrallzed
servers on Lhe neLwork
o 8y uslng nl users and programs can access flles on remoLe sysLems almosL as lf
Lhey were local flles ome of Lhe mosL noLable beneflLs LhaL nl can provlde are
o Local worksLaLlons use less dlsk space because commonly used daLa can be
sLored on a slngle machlne and sLlll remaln accesslble Lo oLhers over Lhe neLwork
o 1here ls no need for users Lo have separaLe home dlrecLorles on every neLwork
machlne Pome dlrecLorles could be seL up on Lhe nl server and made avallable
LhroughouL Lhe neLwork
o Lorage devlces such as floppy dlsks Cu8CM drlves and Zlp drlves can be used
by oLher machlnes on Lhe neLwork 1hls may reduce Lhe number of removable
medla drlves LhroughouL Lhe neLwork
contd
o nl conslsLs of aL leasL Lwo maln parLs a server and one or more cllenLs 1he
cllenL remoLely accesses Lhe daLa LhaL ls sLored on Lhe server machlne ln order
for Lhls Lo funcLlon properly a few processes have Lo be conflgured and runnlng
o 1he server has Lo be runnlng Lhe followlng daemons
uaemon uescrlpLlon
nfsd
1he nl daemon whlch servlces requesLs
from Lhe nl cllenLs
mountd
1he nl mounL daemon whlch carrles ouL
Lhe requesLs LhaL nfsd passes on Lo lL
rpcb|nd
1hls daemon allows nl cllenLs Lo dlscover
whlch porL Lhe nl server ls uslng
contd
o ract|ca| Uses
o nl has many pracLlcal uses ome of Lhe more common ones are llsLed below
o eL several machlnes Lo share a Cu8CM or oLher medla among Lhem 1hls ls
cheaper and ofLen a more convenlenL meLhod Lo lnsLall sofLware on mulLlple
machlnes
o Cn large neLworks lL mlghL be more convenlenL Lo conflgure a cenLral nl server
ln whlch Lo sLore all Lhe user home dlrecLorles 1hese home dlrecLorles can Lhen
be exporLed Lo Lhe neLwork so LhaL users would always have Lhe same home
dlrecLory regardless of whlch worksLaLlon Lhey log ln Lo
o everal machlnes could have a common /usr/porLs/dlsLflles dlrecLory 1haL way
when you need Lo lnsLall a porL on several machlnes you can qulckly access Lhe
source wlLhouL downloadlng lL on each machlne
cl5/-5
o MosL n devlces supporL mulLlproLocol flle servlces Lo handle flle l/C requesLs
Lo Lhe remoLe flle sysLem 1he more common proLocols for flle sharlng are
o neLwork llle ysLems (nl) developed by un and closely allgned wlLh unlx
based operaLlng sysLems
o Common lnLerneL llle ysLems (Cll) developed by MlcrosofL and closely
allgned wlLh Wlndowsbased operaLlng sysLems
o 1hese flle sysLem proLocols allow users Lo share flle daLa across dlfferenL
operaLlng envlronmenLs as well as provlde a means for users Lo LransparenLly
mlgraLe from one operaLlng sysLem Lo anoLher
o llle sysLem ls mounLed remoLely uslng nl or Cll proLocol
o ppllcaLlon l/C requesLs LransparenLly LransmlL daLa Lo Lhe remoLe flle sysLem
by Lhe nl/Cll proLocol 1hls ls also known as redlrecLlon
o uLlllzes maLure daLa LransporL (1C/l) and medla access proLocols
o n devlce assumes responslblllLy for organlzlng block level daLa (8/W) on
dlsk and managlng cache
-etwork i/e 5ystem {-5)
o CllenL/server appllcaLlon
o uses 8C mechanlsms over 1C proLocol
o MounL polnLs granL access Lo remoLe hlerarchlcal flle
sLrucLures for local flle sysLem sLrucLures
o ccess Lo Lhe mounL can be conLrolled by permlsslons
AdditionaI Task
#esearch on NFS & CFS
-5 i/e 5horinq cl5
o Common lnLerneL llle ysLem
o ueveloped by MlcrosofL ln 1996
o n enhanced verslon of Lhe erver Message 8lock (M8) proLocol
o LaLeful roLocol
o Can auLomaLlcally resLore connecLlons and reopen flles LhaL were open prlor Lo
lnLerrupLlon
o CperaLes aL Lhe ppllcaLlon/resenLaLlon layer of Lhe Cl model
o MosL commonly used wlLh MlcrosofL operaLlng sysLems buL ls plaLform
lndependenL
o Cll runs over 1C/l and uses un (uomaln namlng ervlce) for name
resoluLlon
cl5
o Cll ls cllenL/server appllcaLlon proLocol whlch enables cllenLs programs and
makes requesLs for flles and servlces on remoLe compuLers on Lhe lnLerneL Cll
ls a publlc (or open) varlaLlon on MlcrosofL's erver Message 8lock (M8)
proLocol M8 ls wldely used on Lns Llke M8 Cll runs aL a hlgher level and
uses Lhe lnLerneLs 1C/l proLocol Cll ls vlewed as a complemenL Lo Lhe
exlsLlng lnLerneL appllcaLlon proLocols such as Lhe llle 1ransfer roLocol (l1) and
Lhe Pyper1exL 1ransfer roLocol (P11)
o 1he Cll proLocol allows Lhe cllenL Lo
o CeL access Lo flles LhaL are local Lo Lhe server and read and wrlLe Lo Lhem
o hare flles wlLh oLher cllenLs uslng speclal locks
o 8esLore connecLlons auLomaLlcally ln case of neLwork fallure
o use unlcode flle names
o ln general Cll glves Lhe cllenL user beLLer conLrol of flles Lhan l1 lL provldes a
poLenLlally more dlrecL lnLerface Lo server programs Lhan currenLly avallable
Lhrough a Web browser and Lhe P11 proLocol
contd
o 1he Common lnLerneL llle ysLem (Cll) also known as erver Message 8lock
(M8) ls a neLwork proLocol whose mosL common use ls sharlng flles on a Local
rea neLwork (Ln) 1he proLocol allows a cllenL Lo manlpulaLe flles [usL as lf
Lhey were on Lhe local compuLer
o CperaLlons such as read wrlLe creaLe deleLe and rename are all supporLed
Lhe only dlfference belng LhaL Lhe flles are oot on Lhe local compuLer and are
acLually on a remoLe server
o 1he Cll proLocol works by sendlng packeLs from Lhe cllenL Lo Lhe server Lach
packeL ls Lyplcally a baslc requesL of some klnd such as open flle close flle or
read flle 1he server Lhen recelves Lhe packeL checks Lo see lf Lhe requesL ls
legal verlfles Lhe cllenL has Lhe approprlaLe flle permlsslons and flnally execuLes
Lhe requesL and reLurns a response packeL Lo Lhe cllenL
o 1he cllenL Lhen parses Lhe response packeL and can deLermlne wheLher or noL Lhe
lnlLlal requesL was successful
contd
o User]share |eve| secur|ty share ls a server enLlLy (Lyplcally a flle folder or
prlnLer) LhaL ls Lagged as avallable Lo Cll cllenLs for neLwork sharlng 8esLrlcLed
access Lo Lhe share ls broughL abouL ln one of Lwo ways
1 Dset level secotlty lndlcaLes LhaL a cllenL wlshlng Lo access Lhe share musL
provlde a username and a password for access 1hls provldes Lhe server
admlnlsLraLor flne graln conLrol over who has access Lo Lhe share 1hls Lype of
securlLy ls used ln Wlndows n1 and Wlndows 2000
2 5bote level secotlty lndlcaLes LhaL Lhe share lLself requlres a password Lo
access buL no username ls requlred and no user ldenLlLy ls esLabllshed lor
example a password x could be asslgned Lo a cerLaln share ny user knowlng
password x can Lhen galn access Lo Lhe share 1here ls no flne graln conLrol
because Lhere ls no concepL of lndlvldual users and Lhelr rlghLs 1hls Lype of
securlLy ls used ln Wlndows 93 and 98
IP Network NAS Device Client
Storage Interface
Network Protocol
NAS Operating System
NFS / CIFS
TCP/IP Stack
Network Interface
Application
Operating System
I/O Redirect
NFS / CIFS
TCP/IP Stack
Network Interface
1
3
2
4
Block I/O to
storage device
Storage Array
-5 l/O
l/O
1he nl and Cll proLocols handle flle l/C requesLs Lo a remoLe flle sysLem whlch ls
managed by Lhe n devlce 1he process of n l/C ls as follows
1 1he requesLor packages an l/C requesL lnLo 1C/l and forwards lL Lhrough Lhe
neLwork sLack 1he n devlce recelves Lhls requesL from Lhe neLwork
2 1he n devlce converLs Lhe l/C requesL lnLo an approprlaLe physlcal sLorage
requesL and Lhen performs Lhe operaLlon agalnsL Lhe physlcal sLorage pool
3 When Lhe daLa ls reLurned from Lhe physlcal sLorage pool Lhe n devlce
processes and repackages Lhe daLa lnLo an approprlaLe flle proLocol response
4 1he n devlce packages Lhls response lnLo 1C/l agaln and forwards
lL Lo Lhe cllenL Lhrough Lhe neLwork
-AS -etwork Dep|oyment
contd
o 1hls neLwork supporLs a LheoreLlcal buslness LhaL ls populaLed wlLh a
headquarLers sLaff wlLhln a LhreesLory bulldlng and a daLa cenLer whlch ls
housed ln a separaLe bulldlng 1he buslness ls exLernally connecLed Lo Lhe
lnLerneL and ouLslde leased llnes
o LxLernal sales and markeLlng personnel uLlllze Lhe neLwork Lhrough lnLerneL
connecLlvlLy and servers connecLed Lhrough ouLslde dedlcaLed leased llnes 1hls
concepLual neLwork does noL lllusLraLe parLlcular Lopologles buL ls deslgned Lo
represenL ma[or componenLs LhaL wlll boLh lnfluence and pose deploymenL
challenges Lo n devlces
o ccounLlng deparLmenL has lnsLalled an n appllance and access ls conLalned
wlLhln Lhe neLwork segmenL handllng Lhe flrsL floor noLe LhaL Lhls segmenL ls
conflgured wlLh a hub LhaL provldes a connecLlon beLween Lhe Cs and
worksLaLlons used ln Lhe flnance deparLmenL as well as Lhe maln server handllng
Lhe flnance cllenL/server flnanclal appllcaLlons 1he n devlce handles Lhe l/C
load of Lhe flnanclal appllcaLlon server and performs very well as long as Lhe
Lrafflc ls conLalned wlLh Lhe neLwork segmenL
contd
o 1he challenges and performance lssues begln Lo show up as users from oLher
neLwork segmenLs begln Lo access Lhe n devlce CuLslde users degrade servlce
by addlng addlLlonal Lrafflc LhaL ls servlced by a hub devlce whlch musL share lLs
bandwldLh wlLhln Lhe neLwork segmenL
o econdly as users ouLslde Lhe neLwork segmenL access Lhe n accounLlng daLa
Lhey musL Lraverse several [umps from one neLwork segmenL Lo anoLher 1hese
are referred Lo as hops" 1he more hops" Lhe more neLwork laLency ls bullL up
addlng Lo aggregaLe Lrafflc on Lhe neLwork backbone
An Cverv|ew of 1C]I rocess|ng
o n funcLlons on a 1C/l communlcaLlons basls 1herefore n devlces run
1C/l and consequenLly play by Lhe same rules as oLher compuLers LhaL are
addressed Lhrough l address schemes 1here are several conslderaLlons Lo Lhls
howeverLhe mosL lmporLanL belng Lhe placemenL of n wlLhln Lhe neLwork
segmenLs due Lo lLs l addressablllLy and Lransmlsslon of l/C flle conLenL wlLhln
Lhe l packeL
o 1here are lmporLanL polnLs regardlng n LhaL need Lo be LhoughL Lhrough when
worklng wlLh 1C/l processlng llrsL ls Lhe number of concurrenL users posslble
wlLh Lhe workloads 1hls ls acLually Lhe number of cllenL or server redlrecL l/C
requesLs planned for Lhe n devlce lacemenL wlLhln a neLwork segmenL musL
balance Lhe capablllLles and resources of Lhe n devlce n obvlous example
would be Lhe placemenL of an n appllance devlce ln a neLwork segmenL LhaL
handles an enLerprlse workload ln addlLlon placemenL wlLhln a neLwork
segmenL ls lmperaLlve glven lL could easlly become overloaded lf Lhe workload
expanded beyond Lhe capablllLles of Lhe n devlce
ostinq ond ccessinq i/es on -5
lollowlng are Lhe sLeps requlred Lo hosL flles and permlL users Lo access Lhe hosLed
flles on a n devlce
1 Create storage array vo|umes Create vo|umes on the storage array and asslgn
Loglcal unlL numbers (Lu) Lo Lhe volumes resenL Lhe newly creaLed volumes Lo
Lhe n devlce
2 Create -AS Vo|umes erform a d|scovery operat|on on the -AS dev|ce Lo
recognlze Lhe new arrayvolumes and creaLe n volumes (loglcal volumes)
MulLlple volumes from Lhe sLorage array may be comblned Lo form large n
volumes
3 Create -AS f||e systems Create -AS f||e systems on the -AS vo|umes
4 Mount f||e systems Mount the created -AS f||e system on the -AS devlce
3 Access the f||e systems ub||sh the mounted f||e systems on the network uslng
nl or Cll for cllenL access
-5 lmp/ementotions
Integrated NAS
IP
NAS Device
NAS Gateway
NAS Head
IP FC SAN
Storage Array
lnteqroted -5 connectivity
Application Server
Application Server
Integrated NAS System
Clients
IP
lnteqroted -5
o ln Lhls Lype of conflguraLlon backend sLorage ls dlrecLly connecLed Lo Lhe n
head lL ls dedlcaLed Lo one n head noL shared wlLh any oLher servers Lorage
ls uLlllzed Lo maxlmum capaclLy by Lhe n head Lo geL maxlmum LhroughpuL
from such a conflguraLlon
o 1he beneflLs of lnLegraLed n lnclude
o ooled / cenLrallzed sLorage
o Lasler admlnlsLraLlon
o roLecLed mlsslon crlLlcal daLa wlLh backup feaLures (dlsk Lape)
o Plgher avallablllLy
o PeLerogeneous flle sharlng
o no need Lo do sLorage managemenL
o lncreased performance LhroughpuL (servlce level) Lo end users
o calable
o Lower LoLal cosL of ownershlp
otewoy -5 connectivity
Application Server
NAS Gateway
Storage Array
Application Server
IP
FC SAN
Client
Client
Client
AdditionaI Task
#esearch on suitable environments
for implementing ntegrated &
Gateway NAS
otewoy -5
o ln Lhls conflguraLlon backend sLorage ls shared beLween dlfferenL Lypes of
appllcaLlon servers (n envlronmenL) and n heads ulfferenL Lypes of back
end sLorage can be aLLached Lo one n head 1hls ls a Lyplcal n seLup where
Lhe n head works as gaLeway Lo n envlronmenL
o n CaLeways provlde Lhe same beneflLs and characLerlsLlcs of n
o ConnecLs Lo l neLworks
o erforms as a flle server
o PeLerogeneous flle sharlng
o uaLa proLecLlon
o ulagnosLlc capablllLles
o ClusLerlng and fallover feaLures
otewoy -5
o n CaLeway glves you Lhe comblned beneflLs of n and n
o n scalablllLy and performance
o n flexlblllLy and ease of use
o lncreases Lhe reach of n lnfrasLrucLure
o LxLends beyond Lopology llmlLaLlons of lC
o rovldes l devlce access Lo n sLorage
o Leverages Lhe value of n lnvesLmenL
o 8educes access cosLs
o llows access Lo underuLlllzed n sLorage
o Lnables heLerogeneous flle servlng
o noLe ome n CaLeway deslgns offer mulLlple connecLlvlLy
opLlons lC swlLches hubs dlrecLors 8lu conLrollers and dlsk
arrays
ostinq ond ccessinq i/es on the -5
Leps Lo hosL a flle sysLem
o CreaLe an array volume
o sslgn volume Lo n devlce
o CreaLe a flle sysLem on Lhe volume
o MounL Lhe flle sysLem
o ccess Lhe flle sysLem
o use nl ln unlx envlronmenL
o LxecuLe mounL/nfsmounL command
o use Cll ln wlndows envlronmenL
o Map Lhe neLwork drlve as
ccounL1cL_8ep
-5 Monoqement
o MosL shlp wlLh vendor managemenL sofLware
o Pave unlque managemenL lssues
o 8equlre prellmlnary analysls
o need addlLlonal complemenLary sofLware
Monoqement
o MosL n devlces shlp wlLh vendor supplled managemenL sofLware whlch
Lyplcally provldes a means Lo conflgure a n devlce elecL devlces even provlde
baslc devlce monlLorlng and performance capablllLles n devlces have several
unlque managemenL lssues such as devlce avallablllLy backup and recovery ln
addlLlon Lo LradlLlonal sLorage managemenL lssues such as resource
managemenL space managemenL capaclLy and performance analysls
MonlLorlng Cu uLlllzaLlon memory uLlllzaLlon along wlLh l Lrafflc are also
facLors ll are essenLlal Lo ensure servlce levels are meL
o rellmlnary analysls assess Lhe envlronmenL
o lnvenLory of all lmplemenLed n devlces (capaclLy uLlllzaLlon
performance locaLlon eLc)
o undersLand Lhe backup/recovery sLraLegles
o ldenLlfy whaL Lools are currenLly managlng Lhe n devlce and wheLher
Lhey meeL your needs
o undersLand whaL needs Lo be accompllshed
-5 Monoqement concerns
o 1he followlng managemenL concerns need Lo be consldered when uslng n
o erformance lncludes physlcal devlce performance (Cu uLlllzaLlon memory
uLlllzaLlon number of l/C requesLs recelved cache performance eLc) as well as
Cll/nl performance ManagemenL sofLware should noL only collecL Lhls daLa buL
also fllLer lL so lnLelllgenL evenLs can be lnlLlaLed when Lhresholds are breached
o D|scovery Lhe ablllLy Lo dlscover a n devlce(s) along wlLh lLs hardware
conflguraLlon and loglcal sLorage aLLrlbuLesas Lhey change wlLhouL manual enLry
o Space Management admlnlsLraLors need Lo know who ls uslng lL whaL Lhey are uslng
and how much of lL
o ackup]kecovery 8ackup and recovery for n ls slmllar Lo oLher flle servers
o Loglcal backups aL Lhe flle and flle sysLem level need Lo be consldered along wlLh
more daLabasecenLrlc backup and recovery soluLlons lnvolvlng daLa assoclaLed
wlLh a relaLlonal daLabase managemenL sysLem (8u8M)
o Many Lools are avallable LhaL cover Lhe full range of backup and recovery opLlons
o Asset Management 1here are Lwo aspecLs Lo asseL managemenL
o hyslcal aLLrlbuLes of a n devlce and lLs assoclaLed conflguraLlon
o Loglcal or daLa aspecLs
o 8oLh need Lo be lnvenLorled and ln mosL cases have some level of cosL recovery
Monoqinq -5 nvironments
o Managlng an lnLegraLed ysLem
o 8oLh n componenL and Lhe sLorage array are managed vla n
managemenL sofLware
o Managlng a CaLeway ysLem
o n componenL managed vla n managemenL sofLware
o Lorage array managed vla array managemenL sofLware
1roditiono/ i/e 5erver nvironment xomp/e 1
Web Database
Transaction
Mission
Critical
Servers
IP
FC SAN
Windows
File Server
UNIX File
Server
Internal Users
Business Clients Surfers, Shoppers
ormu/otions
o hown ls a Lyplcal server cenLrlc buslness scenarlo WlLh Lhe advenL of server
based operaLlng sysLems LhaL are relaLlvely easy Lo deploy Lhere has been a huge
prollferaLlon of server farms" wlLhln buslness pracLlces Powever Lhls does noL
always allow Lhe buslnesses Lo follow Lrled and LesLed enLerprlse lessons learned
ome of Lhese lessons are
o uedlcaLe Lhe rlghL resources where Lhey are needed
o lan for correcL resource uLlllzaLlon and prevenL causlng conLenLlon by
mlxlng/uslng resources for purposes LhaL Lhey were noL lnLended for
o ome examples of Lhls ln Lhe server cenLrlc world ls Lhe facL LhaL general purpose
servers are deployed Lo perform speclallzed Lasks ervers LhaL house mlsslon
crlLlcal daLabases are also used as prlnL [ob LargeLs home dlrecLory locaLlons and
could even be used for general web servlng servlces
o 1hls promoLes boLLlenecks and access conLenLlon LhroughouL Lhe whole
lnfrasLrucLure
5toroqe conso/idotion with -5
Database
Transaction
Mission
Critical
Servers
LAN/WAN
FC SAN
NAS
Head
Internal Users
Surfers, Shoppers
Business Clients
1he conc/usion
o 8y deploylng speclallzed soluLlons wlLhln Lhe lnfrasLrucLure general purpose servers are
allowed Lo become more speclallzed ln Lhelr deploymenL and uLlllzaLlon n deploymenLs
allow speclallzed servers Lo have easlly deployed lnfrasLrucLures Lo access Lhelr dedlcaLed
daLa n also allows for cerLaln Lypes of l/C proflles Lo be separaLed flle level and block
level Lo provlde buslnesses wlLh beLLer declslon crlLerla for sLorage and access cholce
o ln Lhls example a dedlcaLed P11 server ls lnLroduced 1hls relleves Lhe burden of web
servlng from Lhe daLabase and mlsslon crlLlcal servers lurLher more a n Pead ls
deployed (as a CaLeway) and Lhe P11 server accesses Lhe n Pead and mounLs Lhe
relevanL flle sysLems
o 8eneflLs
o lncreases performance LhroughpuL (servlce level) Lo end users
o Mlnlmlzes lnvesLmenL ln addlLlonal servers
o rovldes sLorage poollng
o rovldes heLerogeneous flle servlngs
o uses exlsLlng lnfrasLrucLure Lools and processes
o lsolaLes web cllenLs away from mlsslon crlLlcal daLa
1roditiono/ i/e 5erver nvironment xomp/e 2
General purpose OS serving files via
FTP, CIFS, NFS, HTTP. . .
UNIX NT
W2K
UNIX Windows
IP
5erver conso/idotion with -5
NAS
General purpose OS serving files via
FTP, CIFS, NFS, HTTP. . .
&NIX Windows
IP
chopter 5ummory
o key Loplcs covered ln Lhls chapLer
o n 8eneflLs
o n ComponenLs
o n llle harlng roLocols
o Cll and nl
o n lmplemenLaLlon
o lnLegraLed n
o CaLeway n
o PosLlng and ccesslng llle on n
o n ManagemenL
o n Lxamples
AdditionaI Task
#esearch on factors affecting NAS
Performance, Virtual LUN & Jumbo
Frames
concept in Proctice Mc ce/erro
o Celerra ls a
o uedlcaLed and hlghperformance
lnfrasLrucLure for flle level l/Cs
o ConslsLs of
o uaLa Movers
o ConLrol LaLlon
o peclallzed C/ (u81)
EMC Celerra NS-960
ntegrated NAS
EMC Celerra NS40G
(Gateway NAS)
oininq the ui/dinq /ocks lnteqroted
Data Mover
Control Station
nternal Network
Switch
Serial cable connect
nternal network connect
Fibre Channel storage connect
P Network
oininq the ui/dinq /ocks otewoy
Data Mover
NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS
Control Station
Serial cable connect
nternal network connect
Fibre Channel storage connect
P Network
Fibre Channel
Switch
SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN SAN
SAN Host(s)
nternal Network
Switch
ce/erro ordwore Overview
ce/erro Jhiteoord
AdditionaI Task
#esearch on EMC Celerra
Mc ce/erro lnnovotionurivinq uown Your costs
xterno/ Links
o LMC Celerra lamlly
o 8rlng powerful mulLlproLocol neLwork sLorage Lo your organlzaLlon
8eneflL from Celerra's ease of use advanced funcLlonallLy and no
compromlse avallablllLy
o hLLp//wwwemccom/producLs/famlly/celerrafamllyhLm
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check your know/edqe
o WhaL ls Lhe dlfference beLween an lnLegraLed and CaLeway
n soluLlon?
o Whlch n Lype would you deploy lf you already have a n
and sLorage array?
o Whlch n Lype ls Lhe slmplesL Lo deploy?
o Whlch flle servlng envlronmenLs Lyplcally uses Cll and nl?

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