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Windows Storage Server

Windows Storage Server. Microsoft Storage Vision. Make Windows the best platform for Storage  Universal Distributed Storage Provide a broad range of storage solutions to meet customer cost, complexity and data requirement needs

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Windows Storage Server

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  1. Windows Storage Server

  2. Microsoft Storage Vision • Make Windows the best platform for Storage  Universal Distributed Storage • Provide a broad range of storage solutions to meet customer cost, complexity and data requirement needs • Take a leadership role in new storage technologies including iSCSI • Make it easy to implement • Provide robust security

  3. Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 • Dedicated file, block and print server • Supports multi-terabyte disk subsystems:DAS (ATA, SATA, SCSI), SAS, iSCSI, FC • Highly Available Configurations • Headless, Easy to deploy • Pre-configured and only available from Microsoft’s OEM channel partners • Leverages Windows technologies and the Windows ISV ecosystem

  4. Key Features Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 is built on Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Windows File SharingHigh-performance SMB/CIFS for Windows iSCSI Software TargetRobust block level storage serving and MPIO support Network File System (NFS) Performance Gains, NFS/SMB interoperability and RFC 2307 support Storage Manager for SANs Basic SAN management without proprietary tools File Server Resource Manager Directory quota, file screening, and reporting DFS-Replication Efficient file replication over WANs Index-based Full Text Search Fast and effective search on network shares

  5. Key Features Single-Instance Storage Reduce disk space consumption by eliminating duplicate files File Server Optimization Optimized for File Server role out of the box Comprehensive Setup Out of the box experience to guide user through initial setup Share and Storage ManagementUnified view of file server resources, streamlined storage provisioning Windows SharePoint ServicesBuilt-in Web-based collaboration Cluster ImprovementsGreater than 2 terabyte failover cluster support Remote administrationTerminal Services using http://server/admin ActiveX or Java RDP in a browser MMC Administration ModelSingle user experience across Windows-based products

  6. What is iSCSI? internet Small Computer System Interface? It is just… • A TCP/IP based protocol for establishing and managing connections between IP-based storage devices, hosts and clients using SCSI commands that are intercepted and directed to the iSCSI layer then sent as TCP packets. • A great use of standard Ethernet wiring. • A way to make remote disk space appear as locally-attached SCSI drives.

  7. iSCSI SAN iSCSI Software Initiator runs on the clients Dedicated Gigabit Ethernet Network iSCSI Target + iSCSI Software Target

  8. SAN Storage Market Trends

  9. iSCSI SAN Storage Market Trends 211%CAGR

  10. IT Best Practice Trend: Consolidation Application Servers File Servers Backup Servers spare spare spare Logs Logs spare spare Shares Domain AD Stores Stores • Consolidation = Improved operations • More efficient resource utilization • Device sharing • Physical space reduction • Reduction in hardware costs • Less points of management • Better service levels

  11. iSCSI is a Familiar Network for IT Pros • Familiar IP Networking Expertise and Tools • IP Interoperability • Storage over Distance – Replication • Multiple Layers of Security – Built-in to Protocol • Good Performance at 1Gig

  12. iSCSI Momentum and Market • 40% of large U.S. enterprise respondents have already deployed or intend to deploy iSCSI SANs by the end of 2006 – Lehman Brothers Sept. CIO Survey • Vast Majority of iSCSI Initiator hosts run Windows • Blade Server is the fastest growing server segment

  13. Customers are moving to iSCSI SAN storage solutions! • In the next 12 months… • 21% of small businesses • 27% of medium businesses • 39% of large businesses • ..plan to purchase iSCSI storage

  14. iSCSI Windows Architecture Applications Hardware Management Drivers iSCSICLI InitiatorService WMI SoftwareInitiator NIC Network DeviceManager MiniportDriver iSCSI HBA Perf. Monitor Bus Driver+Miniports MultifunctionCard Security Microsoft iSCSI MgmtApps iSNSClient Microsoft Windows Vendor

  15. Scenario – SQL, Exchange + Files ALL-IN-ONE! Ease Backup Problems Easy Expansion High Availability Reduce TCO!

  16. Unified Storage = SMB, iSCSI and NFS Windows Vista Windows XP UNIX Apple • WUDSS supports remote file sharing (SMB/NFS) and remote block access (iSCSI) to storage resources • Consolidate file sharing and application serverdata storage • Create storage tier to serve clients and applications • Supports multiple server operating systems with a supported iSCSI initiator • Fibre Channel SANs are not required for block-level data Public LAN File Shares WUDSS Linux +Apache Windows +Exchange UNIX +Oracle iSCSI LUNs Private LAN (iSCSI block access)

  17. Benefits of Unified Storage • Storage consolidation • Fabric consolidation and simplification • Simplified non-disruptive storage management and backup • No more: • Adding hard drives to application servers • Excess capacity that can’t be used

  18. Unified Administration • Unified share and storage administration • Unified share provisioning (SMB and NFS) • Unified overview of volumes and shares • MMC based administration model • Remote administration from both Windows and non-Windows clients • Point browser to: http://servername/admin • Server detects client OS and provides ActiveX RDP client if Windows OR Java RDP client if non-Windows • Full TS client is still an option

  19. Remote Administration • Java RDP Applet Tested with: • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4 WS • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10 • Java 2 Runtime Environment 1.4.2 • Firefox v1.0.6 or later • Mozilla v1.7.11 or later

  20. Out-of-Box Experience

  21. Updated Management Console

  22. Share and Storage Management

  23. Share and Storage Management

  24. Provision Storage • Integrated storage provisioning experience • Create new LUN and specify LUN type • Unmasking • Create and format volume • Requires VDS 1.1 hardware provider • Supports FC, iSCSI or SAS

  25. Provision Storage Wizard (1 Of 3) • Simplified, end-to-end storage provisioning experience • Used by both Share and Storage Management and Storage Manager for SANs

  26. Provision Storage Wizard (2 Of 3)

  27. Provision Storage Wizard (3 Of 3)

  28. Provision Share • Integrated share provisioning experience • Select storage • Set NTFS permissions • Select sharing protocols: SMB and NFS • Set SMB settings: user limit, access based enumeration, offline settings and share permissions • Set NFS settings: anonymous access, client groups and host permissions • Specify quota or screening template • Publish to DFS namespace • Support creating shares on a cluster • Only requires the underlying disk to be online on the node being managed

  29. Cluster Support for > 2 Terabyte • Added GPT disk support in QFE 919117 • Enables > 2 terabyte volume support on failover clusters • Requires SP2 • Supports: • Windows Server 2003 R2 • Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 • Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003

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