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EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange

EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange. Top Challenges in Managing Storage within Microsoft Exchange Environments. Control Storage Management Costs and Complexity Email databases are growing fast; mailbox quotas are not working

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EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange

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  1. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange

  2. Top Challenges in Managing Storage within Microsoft Exchange Environments • Control Storage Management Costs and Complexity • Email databases are growing fast; mailbox quotas are not working • The cost of management increases as more servers are added • Maximize Application Performance • DAS environments have many servers, which leads to additional staffing requirements and underutilized storage capacity • A 3rd party is required for optimization of Exchange • Ensure Comprehensive Data Protection • Backups and recoveries are taking too long • Tape restores are unverified and difficult to manage • Disaster recovery plans are not in place • Service Level Flexibility • Internal/external requirements dictate your email policy • Comply with Company and Government requirements • Some archive solutions put load on the Exchange server

  3. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  4. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  5. Challenges of Microsoft Exchange DAS Environments Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 Exchange Cluster B Exchange Cluster A Exchange Server C Islands of Storage • Data growth and server proliferation • More servers = more management • Multiple points of management • Over-provisioning of storage • Challenges of too much or too little • Matching Exchange with storage • Exchange requires manual storage performance consideration and tuning Management Costs are High More servers = More dedicated IT staff

  6. SwitchedGb Ethernet Solution: Consolidate Exchange Servers on to PS Series Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 • Balanced performance • Higher utilization rates • Lower management costs Exchange Cluster B Exchange Cluster A Exchange Server C Boot Images Backups Exchange Databases Exchange Logs

  7. Solution: Consolidate all applications on to a PS Series SAN Extend the benefits of consolidated storage …as well as bring advanced storage features to the entire IT infrastructure Backup Servers File Servers Mission and Business Critical Application Servers Windows Windows Windows Mission Critical Application Servers only Exchange Exchange SQL SQL SwitchedGb Ethernet Fibre Channel

  8. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  9. Easy Set-Up Application Servers Backup Servers File Servers • 20-Minute Installation • Automatic RAID configuration • Automatic sparing • Multi-level security access control • No Server Software or Licensing Fees - EVER • Comprehensive OS Support Switched Gb Ethernet PS Series Array Free Space Shares E-mail SQL Shares AD / Dom Backups Shares Backups

  10. SwitchedGb Ethernet EqualLogic Simple SAN for Windows • Host Integration Tools for Windows • Single CD to provision any Windows Server on a SAN in less than 5 minutes • Provides Microsoft “Simple SAN Solution” on Windows Server 2003 R2 • Includes both SAN setup, and server provision on to the SAN • No reboots! • No charge for software, no license keys, no per server charges HA Volume HA Volume HA Volume

  11. Single-View Management:Single SAN Manager – Any Size, Any Form Group Manager — Simple Intuitive GUI SAN Virtualizer Storage Configuration Assistant -- best practice hints and clues System Load Balancer Multiple Storage Pool Creation -- online volume movement between pools Volume Manager Enclosure Monitoring System -- In-depthSAN reporting Data Replication Control

  12. Rapid Provisioning:Reducing Time To Storage Deployment • Instant Volume Creation • Name • Size • Snapshot size • Security • Online Volume Modification • Clones • Snapshot • Replication • Volume expansion

  13. SAN Configuration Choice:On Demand Storage Growth With Any Array Type Application Servers Backup Servers File Servers • Add New Array Online • Choose Any Configuration • Mix SAS and SATA arrays • Complete Modularity • Add disks • Add and/or remove arrays • Auto Load Balancing Across Entire SAN • No Manual Tuning Required Switched Gb Ethernet Free Space E-mail Shares SQL Shares Backups AD / Dom Shares Backups

  14. Usability Comparison:EqualLogic PS3800XV, NetApp FAS3020, EMC CX500 • Faster, Easier, and More Intuitive Setup • Install and configure a PS Series array in a fraction of the time • Everyday tasks take less time with EqualLogic • Less time means lower project costs and fewer headaches Everyday Tasks Installation and Configuration 7 90 70 80 6 5 70 5 60 FAS3020 4 FAS3020 50 Time Shown in minutes(unless otherwise noted) CX500 Time Shown in minutes 3 CX500 3 PS Series 40 PS Series 2 2 2 30 0.5 0.5 20 1 20 sec 15 Sec 10 0 Expand the database volume Restore Snapshots Delete Database Files 0 Installation and Create: RAID Groups, Volumes and LUNs Configuration Data from: VeriTest report - “Network Appliance FAS3020 and EMC CX500: Comparison of Usability and Performance.” May 2005 VeriTest report: “EqualLogic PS Series Usability and Performance,” July 2006

  15. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  16. MMB3 Microsoft Exchange Testing Results:EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays • Test Configuration: • All EqualLogic configurations use RAID 10 with spare drives configured; No spare configurations are available for environments with 7x24 staff. • EqualLogic results produced with one or more: • Server: Dell 2650 • 2x 3.73 GHz Pentium D (Hyperthreaded) 4GB RAM • iSCSI connections via Microsoft iSCSI driver and 2x Intel PRO/1000 PT NIC • MS Exchange connections via BroadCom NetXtreme GigE NIC (Hosted 4,000 user mailboxes per server) • Switch: Cisco 3750 Stack • Jumbo frame, flow control enabled

  17. Performance Comparison:EqualLogic PS3800XV, Network Appliance FAS3020, EMC CX500 IOPs: • PS Series arrays can handle more operations(Input/output per second) • EqualLogic outperformed Fiber Channel and iSCSI SANs from both EMC and Network Appliance withless than halfof the drives Latency: • PS Series arrays have a faster response time Prices of configurations*: • EMC = $711,099 • NetApp = $556,427 • EqualLogic = $270,488 IOPs Latency 14000 1400 1300 12035 12000 1200 IOPS 1100 Latency (ms) 10000 1000 9229 900 8000 800 6565 700 6000 600 500 4000 400 2686 300 1728 2000 200 100 39 28 120 21 115 0 0 EqualLogic PS3800XV FAS3020 w/ FAS3020 w/ FAS3020 w/ CX500 FCP FCP iSCSI FCP & SATA 48 Drives (15K RPM) 112 Drives (15K RPM) Data from: VeriTest report - “Network Appliance FAS3020 and EMC CX500: Comparison of Usability and Performance.” May 2005 VeriTest report: “EqualLogic PS Series Usability and Performance,” July 2006 *Prices represent estimated current list prices

  18. PS Series vs. Other iSCSI SANs, EMC CX300i Independent Analysis by Network Computing In a product review conducted by Network Computing, EqualLogic’s PS Seriesscored highest overall and was the only iSCSI SAN to receive an “A” grade. Source: NETWORK COMPUTING's Interactive Report Card, v2.

  19. PS200E PS200E PS200E PS200E PS Series vs. Other iSCSI SANsIndependent Analysis by InfoWorld Performance In a product review conducted by InfoWorld,EqualLogic’s PS Seriesranked highest among iSCSI SAN offerings. Overall Rating Source: InfoWorld – Test Center Special Report “iSCSI SAN Unleashed”

  20. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  21. Reduce Backup and Recovery Windows with Snapshots Step 1: Create a snapshot of the application volume Step 2: Backup server mounts the snapshot Step 3: Backup server copies the snapshot to tape LAN Backup Server Server Server Server Server 3 SAN 1 2 iSCSITape Library EqualLogic PS Series Arrays Remote Location Snapshot

  22. SwitchedGb Ethernet Exchange Protection Using Auto-Snapshot Manager BackupServer VSS (Volume Shadow-Copy Service) How it works: • Backup software begins process based on policy schedules. • Backup software talks to MS VSS service. • VSS tells Exchange 2003 to “quiesce” mail stores. • VSS tells NTFS to flush buffer cache. • VSS tells PS Series array to take a snapshot. • Backup software backs up snapshot. • Backup software tells VSS backup complete. Exchange 2003Mail Stores Exchange Server 2 7 3 1 Server 2003 VSS 5 NTFS 4 6 EqualLogicPS Series Array Stores Stores Logs Logs Stores snapshots Stores Offload hours of Exchange server processing! Logs Logs

  23. EqualLogic Recovery Scenarios for Microsoft Exchange Database or Storage Group Site Disaster Single Mailbox and Archiving Server Site B Site A 12AM 12AM EXCH System State C:/ EXCH Storage Group 1 EXCH Storage Group 1 2AM 6AM 4AM EqualLogic Replication Technology EqualLogic Technology Partners EqualLogic Snapshot Technology EqualLogic Technology Partners • Embedded technology • No agents or licenses • Adjustable RTO / RPO • Based on snapshots • Up to 512 Snapshots! • Full VSS integration • Simple scheduling • Tunable recovery • No impact on hosts • SAN boot technology • Boot from HBA or NIC • Servers for CPU only • Replace servers easily • Complements blades • One click recovery • User self service • Eliminate PST files • No agents required!

  24. Shares Shares Shares eMail eMail eMail SQL SQL SQL Shares Shares Shares AD/Dom AD/Dom AD/Dom Backups Backups Backups Shares Shares Shares Backups Backups Backups Auto-Replication Delivers Adjustable Disaster Recovery Replication Performed on a Volume Level Replication Schedule “Every 6 Hours” Site A Volumes Site B Volumes 12AM 6AM Site C Volumes 12PM 6PM • Adjustable Schedule to Meet Your Data Recovery Expectations • Very Easy to Get Operations Up and Running Again • Replicate What You Want; When You Want

  25. Flexible Replication Configurations Data Replication or Remote Backup One Way Disaster Protection Bi-Directional Multi-Site Disaster Protection Many to One

  26. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Storage and Server Consolidation • Consolidate onto affordable iSCSI SAN • Ease of Use • Setup, Management and Growth • Performance • Highest rated Performance • Data Protection • Enhance backups with snapshots, Add disaster recovery with Auto-replication • Backup and Recovery cleanly with AutoSnap Manager for Windows • Tiering and Pooling • Customize Service levels • Archive/Compliance

  27. Advanced Storage Functionality:Manage Multiple SANs within a SAN through Single-View Manager • EqualLogic Delivers Automation with Fine-Grain Control • Results in easy online operations STEP 1:Categorize data needs and business applications into logical groups that require similar service levels • Departmental • Application • Physical STEP 2:Segment and assign storage arrays to defined pools • Tier storage pools by disk type and by RAID type

  28. Single Array Pool 1 15K RPM Pool 2 7.2K RPM Pool 2 7.2K RPM Creating Storage Pools Available in Version 3.0 Software Single SAN View SQL Exchange Back Up Single Array Exchange Files SAN Virtualization Logical Add a second array… Divide space into 2 pools Add a third array to pool 2 Physical

  29. Pool 1 Pool 2 Tiering Storage Pools Performance 15K array Pool 1 is an array of 15K SAS drives RAID 10 Best IOPS/$ Pool 2 is an array of 7.2K SATA drives RAID 5 Best $/TB 7.2K arrays Capacity

  30. Single Array Pool 1 15K RPM Pool 2 7.2K RPM Pool 2 7.2K RPM Assigning Volumes to Tiered Pools • Available in Version 3.0 Software • Now assign volumes to the pool that will deliver the service level to that application Single SAN View High performance apps (SQL and Exchange) are assigned to pool 1 SQL Files Exchange Back Up Exchange SAN Virtualization Exchange apps can be spread across multiple pools Logical Other apps can be put in high capacity pools Files Add volumes when you need them… SAN Virtualization Physical

  31. SQL Exchange Exchange CAD Files Back Up Back Up Files Example Sales Pool Engineering Pool Pools by Departmental Single SAN View • Virtual Segmentation • Shared Physical Space

  32. Single SAN View E-mail E-mail Exchange Production 2 Exchange segmented into a mixed RAID set and disk speed pool 7.2K and 10K RPM Archive Backup Volume Backup volumes on RAID 5 arrays WORM Volume 7.2K RPM Pools by Application Example • Tiered by Disk Speed • Committed service level by app • Mix disk speed • Mix RAID types • All load balanced for optimal performance • Online volume movement Production 1 CADFiles SQL CADFiles Random I/O intensive apps into a RAID 10 pool 15K RPM Engineering Sub-Pools

  33. EqualLogic Storage Solutions for Microsoft Exchange • Simplify Storage Management • “Islands” consolidated onto simple virtualized storage array • Centralized management saves cost • Ease of Setup, Management and Scale • Maximize Exchange Performance • Data layout and network handling is optimized by default • No consultant required for optimization • Enable Comprehensive Data Protection • Snapshots enable instant, incremental backups and restores • Built-in disaster recovery capabilities at no additional cost • Enable Service Level Flexibility • Tier mailstores and other data according to performance and cost needs • Backup and Archive data online, cost efficiently • Migrate data to optimize storage resources

  34. File Server Resource Manager Storage Manager for SANs Snapshots Snapshots Snapshots VSS Support MPIO Support VDS Support Why EqualLogic + Microsoft Create and Manage Volumes from Windows MPIO Support Provides Path Failover and Load Balancing Create Consistent Snapshots of Your Data for Backups Windows 2003 Server Physical SAN Connections Storage Area Network SQL 2000 Exchange 2003 File Server GbE NIC GbE NIC GbE NIC GbE NIC GbE NIC GbE NIC Ethernet Switch SQL Data Exchange Data File Server Data

  35. CASE STUDIES

  36. Customer Case Study: Johnson Health Network Datacenter • Applications Backup Server Citrix Exchange Server SQL Databases SwitchedGb Ethernet • Pain Points • Ability to manage SAN in-house • More affordable SAN • Exchange Email Growth • Solution • iSCSI SAN consolidation • Storage capacity 3.5 TB • Benefits • Easy to use & grow • VSS Snapshot backup / restore • Future plans for Exchange DR EqualLogic PS100E “We can manage it and support it ourselves … I didn’t have to buy more arrays than I needed up front… What my end users see is performance…” – Mark Rivard Network Systems Johnson Health Network

  37. SwitchedGb Ethernet SwitchedGb Ethernet Customer Case Study: Cypress Corporation Datacenter Disaster Recovery Site • Applications • Exchange 2003 • SQL 2000 Exchange 2003 SQL 2000 SQL 2000 Exchange 2003 • Pain Points • DAS difficult to scale and manage • Backups weren’t completing in window • No DR solution • Solution • iSCSI SAN with snapshots • EqualLogic “Auto-Replication” • Benefits • VSS-based Snapshot backup / restore • VSS-based Disaster Replication “This is an improvement over our previous tape backup, because we can move data between two arrays much more quickly and easily than we ever could between two separate, noncompliant direct attached storage and tape backup systems…" Rick Straus IT Director Cypress Corporation

  38. SwitchedGb Ethernet SwitchedGb Ethernet SwitchedGb Ethernet Customer Case Study: Mesirow Financial • Applications • Exchange 2003 Chicago Branch Office Branch Office Exchange 2003 Exchange 2003 Exchange 2003 • Pain Points • Exchange email growth • DAS and NAS limitations • Backup/restore service levels • Solution • iSCSI SAN consolidation • Storage capacity 2.5 TB • Benefits • Easy to use SAN for Exchange • Easy to scale storage growth • Snapshot backup / restore “One-tenth the cost of the Fibre Channel offerings we looked at …” – Jay Walusek VP Server Administration Mesirow Finiancial

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