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Storage System Environment

Section 1 : Storage System. Storage System Environment. Chapter 2. Chapter Objectives. Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: List components of storage system environment Host, connectivity and storage List physical and logical components of hosts

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Storage System Environment

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  1. Section 1 : Storage System Storage System Environment Chapter 2

  2. Chapter Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: • List components of storage system environment • Host, connectivity and storage • List physical and logical components of hosts • Describe key connectivity options • Describe the physical disk structure • Discuss factors affecting disk drive performance

  3. Lesson: Components of Storage System Environment Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: • Describe the three components of storage system environment • Host, Connectivity and Storage • Detail Host physical and logical components • Describe interface protocol • PCI, IDE/ATA and SCSI • Describe storage options • Tape, optical and disk drives

  4. Group of Servers LAN Host • Applications runs on hosts • Hosts can range from simple laptops to complex server clusters • Physical components of host • CPU • Storage • Disk device and internal memory • I/O device • Host to host communications • Network Interface Card (NIC) • Host to storage device communications • Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Server Laptop Mainframe

  5. Host Applications Operating System File System DBMS Volume Manager Device Drivers HBA HBA HBA Host: Logical Components

  6. Logical Components of the Host • Application • Interface between user and the host • Three-tiered architecture • Application UI, computing logic and underlying databases • Application data access can be classifies as: • Block-level access: Data stored and retrieved in blocks, specifying the LBA • File-level access: Data stored and retrieved by specifying the name and path of files • Operating system • Resides between the applications and the hardware • Controls the environment

  7. Logical Storage LVM Physical Storage Logical Components of the Host: LVM • Responsible for creating and controlling host level logical storage • Physical view of storage is converted to a logical view by mapping • Logical data blocks are mapped to physical data blocks • Usually offered as part of the operating system or as third party host software • LVM Components: • Physical Volumes • Volume Groups • Logical Volumes

  8. Volume Groups • One or more Physical Volumes form a Volume Group • LVM manages Volume Groups as a single entity • Physical Volumes can be added and removed from a Volume Group as necessary • Physical Volumes are typically divided into contiguous equal-sized disk blocks • A host will always have at least one disk group for the Operating System • Application and Operating System data maintained in separate volume groups Logical Volume Logical Disk Block Logical Volume Physical Volume 1 Physical Volume 3 Physical Volume 2 Physical Disk Block Volume Group

  9. LVM Example: Partitioning and Concatenation Servers Logical Volume Physical Volume Partitioning Concatenation

  10. Logical Components of the Host (Cont) • Device Drivers • Enables operating system to recognize the device • Provides APIto access and control devices • Hardware dependent and operating system specific • File System • File is a collection of related records or data stored as a unit • File system is hierarchical structure of files • Examples: FAT 32, NTFS, UNIX FS and EXT2/3 Additional Task Research on Blade Server Technology & File Systems

  11. File System Blocks Teacher (User) Course File(s) File System Files 1 2 3 Configures/ Reside in Mapped by a file Manages system to Disk Physical Extents Disk Sectors LVM Logical Extents 5 4 6 Managed by Consisting of Mapped by Residing in disk storage LVM to subsystem How Files are Moved to and from Storage

  12. CPU HBA Cable BUS Disk Port Connectivity • Interconnection between hosts or between a host and any storage devices • Physical Components of Connectivity are: • Bus, port and cable

  13. DirectlyAttachedEntities Network ConnectedEntities Tightly ConnectedEntities Connectivity Protocol • Protocol = a defined format for communication between sending and receiving devices • Tightly connected entities such as central processor to RAM, or storage buffers to controllers (example PCI) • Directly attached entities connected at moderate distances such as host to storage (example IDE/ATA) • Network connected entities such as networked hosts, NAS or SAN (example SCSI or FC)

  14. Popular Connectivity Options: PCI • PCI is used for local bus system within a computer • It is an interconnection between microprocessor and attached devices • Has Plug and Play functionality • PCI is 32/64 bit • Throughput is 133 MB/sec • PCI Express • Enhanced version of PCI bus with higher throughput and clock speed

  15. Popular Connectivity Options: IDE/ATA • Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) / Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) • Most popular interface used with modern hard disks • Good performance at low cost • Inexpensive storage interconnect • Used for internal connectivity • Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) • Serial version of the IDE /ATA specification • Hot-pluggable • Enhanced version of bus provides upto 6Gb/s (revision 3.0)

  16. Popular Connectivity Options: SCSI • Parallel SCSI (Small computer system interface) • Most popular hard disk interface for servers • Higher cost than IDE/ATA • Supports multiple simultaneous data access • Used primarily in “higher end” environments • SCSI Ultra provides data transfer speeds of 320 MB/s • Serial SCSI • Supports data transfer rate of 3 Gb/s (SAS 300)

  17. Storage: Medias and Options • Magnetic Tape • Low cost solution for long term data storage • Limitations • Sequential data access, Single application access at a time, Physical wear and tear and Storage/retrieval overheads • Optical Disks • Popularly used as distribution medium in small, single-user computing environments • Write once and read many (WORM): CD-ROM, DVD-ROM • Limited in capacity and speed • Disk Drive • Most popular storage medium with large storage capacity • Random read/write access • Ideal for performance intensive online application

  18. Lesson Summary Key points covered in this lesson: • Host components • Physical and Logical • Connectivity options • PCI, IDE/ATA, SCSI • Storage options • Tape, optical and disk drive Additional Task Research on various media technologies & their performance

  19. Lesson: Disk Drive Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: • List and discuss various disk drive components • Platter, spindle, read/write head and actuator arm assembly • Discuss disk drive geometry • Describe CHS and LBA addressing scheme • Disk drive performance • Seek time, rotational latency and transfer rate • Law’s governing disk drive performance • Enterprise flash drive

  20. Controller HDA Interface Power Connector Disk Drive Components

  21. Physical Disk Structure Spindle Sector Track Sector Cylinder Track Platter

  22. Block 0 (Upper Surface) Block 8 (Lower Surface) Block 16 Block 48 Block 32 Logical Block Address= Block# Logical Block Addressing Sector 10 Head 0 Cylinder 2 Physical Address= CHS

  23. Disk Drive Performance • Electromechanical device • Impacts the overall performance of the storage system • Disk Service Time • Time taken by a disk to complete an I/O request • Seek Time • Rotational Latency • Data Transfer Rate Disk service time = Seek time + (rotational delay/speed in RPM)+ (block size/transfer rate)

  24. Disk Drive Performance: Seek Time • Time taken to position the read/write head • Lower the seek time, the faster the I/O operation • Seek time specifications include: • Full stroke • Average • Track-to-track

  25. Disk Drive Performance: Rotational Speed/Latency • The time taken by platter to rotate and position the data under the R/W head • Depends on the rotation speed of the spindle • Average rotational latency • One-half of the time taken for a full rotation • Appx. 5.5 ms for 5400-rpm drive • Appx. 2.0 ms for 15000-rpm drive

  26. Buffer Interface HBA Disk Drive Performance: Data Transfer Rate • Average amount of data per unit time • Internal Transfer Rate • Speed at which data moves from a track to disk internal buffer • External Transfer Rate • The advertised speed of the interface External transfer rate measured here Internal transfer rate measured here Head Disk Assembly Disk Drive

  27. 6 5 4 3 1 2 I/O Queue Arrival I/O Processed I/O Request Controller Fundamental Laws Governing Disk Performance • Little’s Law • Describes the relationship between the number of requests in a queue and the response time. • N = a × R • “N” is the total number of requests in the system • “a” is the arrival rate • “R” is the average response time • Utilization law • Defines the I/O controller utilization • U = a × Rs • “U” is the I/O controller utilization • “RS“ is the service time

  28. Utilization vs. Response time • Consider a disk I/O system in which an I/O request arrives at a rate of 100 I/Os per second. The service time, RS, is 4 ms. • Utilization of I/O controller (U= a × Rs) • Total response time (R=Rs /1-U) • Calculate the same with service time is doubled Knee of curve: disks at about 70% utilization Low Queue Size 0% Utilization 70% 100% Additional Task Research on Disc Drive Technology

  29. Conventional disk drive Mechanical Delay associated with conventional drive Seek time Rotational latency More power consumption due to mechanical operations Low Mean Time Between Failure Enterprise flash drive Highest possible throughput per drive No Spinning magnetic media No Mechanical movement which causes seek and latency Solid State enables consistent I/O performance Very low latency per I/O Energy efficient storage design Lower power requirement per GB of storage Lower power requirement per IOPS Enterprise Flash Drives: A New Generation Drives

  30. Enterprise Flash Drives – Overview • Drive is based on Flash Solid State memory technology • High performance and low latency • Non volatile memory • Uses single layer cell (SLC) or Multi Level cell (MLC) to store data • Enterprise Flash Drives use a 4Gb FC interface

  31. 10@15K Fibre Channeldrives 30@15K Fibre Channel drives 1@15K FibreChannel drive Response Time 1 Flash drive IO per second Enterprise Flash Drives – Benefits • Faster performance • Up to 30 times greater IOPS (benchmarked) • Typical applications: 8 – 12X • Less than 1 millisecond service time • More energy efficient • 38 percent less per terabyte • 98 percent less per IO • Better reliability • No moving parts • Faster RAID rebuilds

  32. Enterprise Flash Drives – “Tier-0” Application • Position Enterprise Flash Drives as the high-performance option in demanding environments • Low latency applications, also known as “Tier-0” applications • Standard form-factor and capacity design allows for easier integration • High performance, low power for a “Green” initiative • Target Customer/Market Segments: • High performance solutions coupled with low power • Specifically target Oracle database customers initially • Financial trading • OLTP databases Additional Task Research on Flash Drive Technology

  33. Lesson Summary Key points covered in this lesson: • Disk drive components and geometry • Disk drive addressing scheme • Disk drive performance • Convention drive Vs Enterprise Flash Drives • Enterprise Flash Drives for high performance and low power storage solution

  34. Application Requirements and Disk Performance Exercise: • Consider an application that requires 1TB of storage capacity and performs 4900 IOPS • Application I/O size is 4KB • As it is business critical application, response time must be within acceptable range • Specification of available disk drive: • Drive capacity = 73 GB • 15000 RPM • 5 ms average seek time • 40 MB/sec transfer rate Calculate the number of disks required?

  35. Solution • Calculate time required to perform one I/O =Seek time + (rotational delay/speed in RPM)+ (block size/transfer rate) Therefore, 5 ms + 0.5 /15000 + 4K/40MB = 7.1 msec • Calculate max. number of IOPS a disk can perform • 1 / 7.1 ms = 140 IOPS • For acceptable response time disk controller utilization must be less than 70% • Therefore, 140 X 0.7 = 98 IOPS • To meet application • Performance requirement we need 4900/98 i.e. 50 disk • Capacity requirement we need 1TB/ 73 GB i.e. 14 disk Disk required = max (capacity, performance)

  36. Chapter Summary Key points covered in this chapter: • Storage system environment components: • Host, connectivity and storage • Physical disk structure and addressing • Factors affecting disk performance • Flash drives benefits

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