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Scott Gready Business Development Mgr. Enterprise Storage Software Compaq Computer Corporation

Compaq's ENSA vision for enterprise network storage, focusing on open solutions, simplified management, data replication, SAN efficiencies, and scalability, with a lower total cost of ownership.

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Scott Gready Business Development Mgr. Enterprise Storage Software Compaq Computer Corporation

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  1. Building the Enterprise Storage Utility Scott Gready Business Development Mgr. Enterprise Storage Software Compaq Computer Corporation November 3, 1999

  2. Enterprise Network Storage Vision Storage is a utility service to the enterprise

  3. Compaq ENSA:Strategic approach • Drive and leverage industry standards • Integrate our enterprise computing capabilities with the benefits of centralized storage management • Deliver an open solution, with heterogeneous support at each level • Achieve the highest degree of performance, availability, scalability and flexibility... • at the lowest total cost

  4. Storage Virtualization

  5. Dynamic Scalability • Storage allocated from a single common pool • Scales online from gigabytes to petabytes and beyond • Capacity easily acquired and added to the pool as needed

  6. Simplified Management • Centralized management of distributed resources • Unified management of primary and secondary storage • Policy-based management • dynamic allocation • automatic redeployment • intelligent data replication and protection • performance balancing

  7. Data Replication • Instant, continuous replication of data • Rapid user-initiated restores • Enables quick and easy backup

  8. SAN Efficiencies • SANs are driving new Storage efficiencies through “networking” • Storage Consolidation • Improved Manageability • Improved capacity utilization • Rapid resource redeployment ... to provide a lower Total Cost of Ownership • SANs also introduce “network” complexities that must be addressed • Interoperability • Security • Availability/Fault Tolerance

  9. The ideal SAN • Provides the inherent value of network storage with almost unlimited scalability • … while maintaining the performance levels of today’s SCSI products • … while leveraging existing storage investments • … while addressing key enterprise issues required for any viable network • Security • Data Integrity

  10. SAN Scaling Into the Future Utility Pool Fabric Cluster Very Large SANs 10,000+ nodes Integrated Large SANs ~1,000 nodes SAN ~100 nodes External Arrays ~10 nodes Today Host embedded Storage

  11. RA8000 SCSI or FC ESA12000 FC-AL or FC Fabric Compaq ENSA:StorageWorks into the Future Future Shipping Today Open SANs Data Replication Manager Virtual Replicator Heterogeneous SANs Homogeneous SANs RA 3000/ RA 4000 Smart Array 4200 Investment Protection

  12. OpenSAN Standards • Compaq driving for the OpenSAN • Heterogeneous Host/OS • Heterogeneous Storage • Driving SNIA to be the storage standards body, focusing on: • Management • Security • Interoperability

  13. SAN Appliances • The rationale for SAN Appliances can be found in today’s networks (Routers, Domain Servers, etc) • As SANs grow, it becomes too complex for each node to have all “context” • SAN Appliances provide a scalable way to distribute SAN infrastructure and value-add functionality • Management • Fault / Configuration Management • Performance Management • Capacity Planning / Accounting • Asset Management • License Management • Security • Storage applications, such as NAS

  14. SAN Appliance ExampleSecurity for the Storage Utility Authentication Nodes • Policy enforcement • Password protection • Provide the “access map” “Authentication Server”SAN Appliances

  15. Adding an element to the Utility • New Elements “zoned” to talk to authentication servers only • Authentication servers: • Review new element’s features • Check for compatibility • Availability verification • Apply user defined policies • Provide “maps” to effected storage/servers • Provide keys (if required) • Introduce element into SAN (management tools) New Element

  16. StorageCluster Virtualizes Data Location and Placement • Based on Compaq’s Open SAN approach • Can Virtualize, Manage, and allocate all SAN Storage • Is OS and File System independent but can support any level of clustering and data sharing desired • Can coexist with Non-virtual storage on same SAN • Is Storage System AND host independent • Does not effect use of existing value-added storage features Compaq Confidential

  17. Storage ClusterSAN Virtual Storage VirtualDisk 3 VirtualDisk 1 VirtualDisk 1 VirtualDisk 2 Host Host Host • Virtual Volumes can span arrays • Data can be moved without interruption • Data can be “placed” based on characteristics required (policy) SAN Appliance FC-SW Fabric Array Array Array Array Compaq Confidential

  18. What Makes Compaq ENSA Different? • Compaq vision is consistent with industry and market direction • Compaq implementation and value proposition are more comprehensive than other initiatives • industry standards and a leveraged partner model form the foundation • architecture is open and inclusive • architecture is DISTRIBUTED not MONOLITHIC • approach is practical and pragmatic • all types and styles of storage solutions are encompassed

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