Software-Defined Flash Storage
and Server-Based Infrastructure Rule the Day
Shaun Walsh
Vice President of Corporate Marketing
QLogic Corporation
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2015 Flash Memory Summit
8/11/2015
The Heirs to the Storage Kingdom
Architecture
Hardware Defined Storage
Software Defined Storage
System
Server SAS/SATA SSD
Server PCIe SSD
Server NVMe
Server DIMM
Flash Array SSD / DSSD
NV Memory
SLC
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MLC
TLC
2015 Flash Memory Summit
3D NAND
3D XPoint
8/11/2015
Who Will Rule the Day
Hardware Defined Storage
Software Defined Storage
All system and memory technologies will serve these families
Eventually one will rule
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2015 Flash Memory Summit
8/11/2015
Hardware Defined Storage
Storage Array Controller (proprietary, firmware-resident, media management + object, file and/or
block logical storage management software)
Network Interfaces
Disk Media
Flash Media
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2015 Flash Memory Summit
8/11/2015
Software Defined Storage
Flash Media
x86 Server (Apps for media
management + object, file
and/or block logical storage
management)
Disk Media
Server Cluster
(storage nodes)
Server Cluster
Network Interfaces
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(management nodes)
2015 Flash Memory Summit
The Catalyst for Change was Bulk Storage
180,000
Problem
Solution
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
Exponential
Growth
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
-
Linear
Growth
2012
All Flash SSD
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Traditional Structured
Traditional Unstructured
Public Cloud - Enterprise Hosting
Public Cloud - Content Depots
2016
Hybrid HDD/SSD
Capacity HDD
Enterprise Storage and Network Infrastructure
Transforming into Apps
Hardware Defined Data Centers Today
Servers
Networking
Storage
Any Hypervisor
Vendor-Specific SW
Vendor-Specific SW
Software Defined Data Centers in 10 Years
Storage & Networking Apps
Server Hypervisors
Any Server
Vendor-Specific HW
Vendor-Specific HW
Servers
Software Defined Data Center
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Servers Host Business and Infrastructure Apps
App Server Clusters
VDI
DB
NFV App Clusters
Cloud Operating System Clusters
Traditional Enterprise Networking
Email
Traditional Enterprise Storage
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Software Defined Storage Clusters
Open Source SW and HW Driving Down Costs
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Innovation Accelerates
Software-Centric
Innovation Cycle
Software
Provider
Storage
Hardware-Centric
Innovation Cycle
Develop, Deploy, Publish
Demand
Sell
Drive
Equipment
Vendors
Deploy
Implement
Develop
Standards
Organizations
Year 1
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Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Open Interfaces Unchain the Software Defined Kingdom
AWS
RESTful
Horizon
Nova
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Neutron
Cinder
Swift
Let’s Build a Software Defined Storage System & Compare
Block, File and Object Storage
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x86 Server with High Storage Capacity
250TB of Bulk Storage Growing 25% Per Year
S3
2-node Monitor Cluster
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Gateway to S3
Hypervisor
Business Apps
Hypervisor
Custom Clients
Hypervisor
4-node OSD Cluster: 105 HDDs and 630TB
Flash Inside Servers Allows SDS Apps to Address I/O
Intensive Applications
Tier 0
(Hot Data)
DIMM
Tier 1
PCIe Adapter
(Active Data)
SAS/SATA Modules
Tier 2
(Less Active Data)
Tier 3
(Cold Data)
Performance Optimized Disk
Capacity Optimized Disk
Massive Arrays of Idle Disk
Key Server Networking Enhancements for SDS
Software Defined Storage Cluster
Network partitioning (NPAR) to create virtual networks to VMs
iSCSI over RDMA for low-latency NVMe fabrics
SRIOV to bypass vSwitch and accelerate I/O
HW offload of iSCSI, iSER, Geneve, and VXLAN protocol processing
25G, 50G and 10G Ethernet for high bandwidth
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Software Define Storage Ascends over 10 Years
SDS Apps
Storage-as-a-Service
White Box Servers
Commercial versions
of Enterprise SDS
Hyperscale SDS
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Enterprise SDS
Traditional Enterprise Storage
On Premise
Source: Wikibon and IT Brand Pulse
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