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EMC Symmetrix V-Max for SAP Landscapes

EMC Symmetrix V-Max for SAP Landscapes. SAP Customer Balancing Act. Meet ever-higher performance and scalability demands… Database growth Non-production copies—number and size Time required for non-production staging Sustained performance Slow and costly operational recovery

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EMC Symmetrix V-Max for SAP Landscapes

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  1. EMC Symmetrix V-Max for SAP Landscapes

  2. SAP Customer Balancing Act Meet ever-higher performance and scalability demands… • Database growth • Non-production copies—number and size • Time required for non-production staging • Sustained performance • Slow and costly operational recovery • Applying SAP patches/enhancement packages …while driving costs out • Management complexities of the SAP landscape • Drive to virtualization—Virtual Data Center for SAP • Need to consolidate SAP Landscapes • Energy consumption and costs

  3. EMC and SAP EMC and SAP have a strong partnership • 8,500 joint customers • 12 years successful partnering • EMC is a SAP global technology partner, and a Software partner • EMC relationship includes: • Charter memberships: SAP Titans of Technology; SAP’s Green IT Community • Memberships: SAP Enterprise Services Community; SAP Virtual Community; SAP Adaptive Council Jointly driving customer value • Proven effectiveness through product testing and validation • Quicker deployment by leveraging best practices and proven solutions • Reduced risk through joint support services

  4. EMC|SAP Investments and Value Shorter time to value Global citizen, efficiency Innovation Leverage best-in-class Customer-driven Customer result: SAP/EMC Co-Innovation Common Initiatives, e.g., Green IT, Virtualization INVESTMENT Centers of Excellence SAP/ EMC product usage Shared Customers MATURITY OF THE ALLIANCE

  5. SAP and EMC Symmetrix Partnership “SAP and EMC share a vision for making business processes seamless and flexible. Our companies have worked closely for more than a decade to address some of the most pressing data center challenges facing our enterprise customers.” “The new Symmetrix systems, as part of our Center of Excellence environment, will enable us to work together to demonstrate customer proof of concepts, facilitate joint engineering work, and allow our mutual partners to run scalable SAP benchmarks in some of the areas of most interest to customers, including enterprise flash drives.” • Ralf Lindenlaub, senior director, SAP NetWeaver Platform Services, SAP AG, April 2009

  6. EMC Symmetrix V-Max IN THE ARRAY TIERING: FLASH DRIVES, FIBRE CHANNEL, SATA SIMPLE, EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT: VIRTUAL PROVISIONING, QOS DATA MOBILITY: VIRTUAL LUN, HETEROGENEOUS COPY OVER SAN REPLICATION: LOCAL AND REMOTE REPLICATION OPTIONS FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVITY: DEDICATED PROTOCOLS OR UNIFIED CAPACITY SCALABILITY: ~1,000’S OF DISKS IN A SINGLE SYSTEM

  7. Virtual Matrix Architecture: Dynamically deliver performance on demand • Next-generation Tiering: Control costs and manage performance • Flash Drives: Sustain highest performance levels during peak times Maximize performance in SAP landscapes • Maintain service levels in dynamic environments • Maximize performance and growth while minimizing cost SAP infrastructure optimization and scaling on demand • Introduce new storage tiers without affecting host operations • Transparently change cost/performance layout to SAP landscapes • Ease of management • Enhanced Virtual LUN Technology: Places data on the storage tier that best meets performance and cost requirements • Auto-provisioning Groups: Automated SAP mapping • SAP Adaptive Computing: Virtualization • SRDF: Heterogeneous, federated data architectures within a single consistency group; extended distance protection—zero data loss • SAP liveCache Integration: Replication for high availability • TDMS Integration: Simplifies and automates data replication to use as source to ‘subset’ the SAP client Replication and disaster recovery for production and non-production environments • Efficiently create copies of SAP production data for operations like patching, test/training, sandbox • Reduce data loss and downtime when replicating over long distance • Manage dependent-write consistency for multiple databases Symmetrix V-Max Addresses SAP Challenges

  8. VMware VMware VMware VMware SERVER RESOURCES V-Max Engine V-Max Engine V-Max Engine GLOBAL MEMORY CPU RESOURCES SYSTEM BANDWIDTH With Symmetrix V-Max You Can… Provide predictable, consistent performance • Aggregate all CPU, memory, bandwidth resources as a shared resource • Lower costs through tiering: Enterprise Flash; Fibre Channel; and SATA • EFDs for superior performance and increased efficiency • Requires less power and cooling

  9. 15K FC Drives Response Time Millisecond 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Workload – IOPs Flash Drives Shatter Performance Barriers OLTP Workload • Tenfold IOPS improvement • 10x faster response time • 38% less power per drive • 98% less power per IO • 58% less weight per TB • No moving parts for high reliability

  10. Storage Tiering Allows Lower Costs and Optimized Service Levels 17 percent lower storage costs And reduced maintenance and software costs 17% 38 percent more drive IOPs And more aligned with workloads 8 200 GB Flash drives 32 percent less power and cooling And more efficient use of space 104 400 GB 10K Fibre Channel drives 528 146 GB15K Fibre Channel drives Acquisition $ 384 fewer drives 144 Flash drives plus Fibre Channel drives plus SATA drives versus 528 Fibre Channel drives 32 1 TB SATA drives 65 TB 65 TB

  11. 220 210 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 11BA 14D0 BAD 1345 D8C DEF 7CB 44C 4C6 96F 356 627 144D 12C1 1136 46D 5A3 D73 2EE F0D C92 8E3 9FF 73F 10B2 13C9 123E D8A BF2 6B3 A5E D22 4A6 F99 270 857 102F 0A6 01A Identifying Flash and SATA Targets Flash drivetargets SATA Disktargets Devices Total IOPS (Maximum) Device activity reports identify target devices for flash and SATA

  12. Automated Storage Provisioning 96% Fewer Clicks 1,000 131 244 Number of Clicks 495 7 10 0 Hitachi USP V Symmetrix V-Max 15 With Symmetrix V-Max You Can… • Start small and scale out to hundreds of engines federated across the data center • Dynamically balance workloads across all resources • Auto-provisioning tools reduce admin time by 90%+ versus current processes • Virtual Provisioning automatically allocates, adds, reclaims and rebalances storage capacity Scale on demand and optimize the storage environment to meet SAP business requirements

  13. Fabric Initiator Group Auto-provisioning GroupsAutomates both mapping and masking operations • Create pools • Host Initiators • Array ports • Storage devices • Define a view • Link storage devices to array ports with host initiators Storage Group Port Group

  14. Initiator Groups Port Group Storage Group Fabric Auto-provisioning for SAP Device added, updates all initiator groups in the view! SAP application servers and database server

  15. Flash Tier 0 FC Tier 1 SATA Tier 2 Virtual LUN Technology • Enables transparent, nondisruptive data mobility between storage tiers for standard Symmetrix volumes • Migration within array • Between storage tiers and/or RAID protection type • Advantages • Introduce new storage tiers without host side changes • Change application performance without affecting filesystem mount points; business continuity, disaster recovery, backup scripts • LUN movement using storage resources • Keep replication intact

  16. Virtual LUN TechnologyMigrate within a Symmetrix System • Leverage lower tiers of storage – lower performance • Provides the best performance without paying the highest cost • Allows you to start with lower tier and if performance is not sufficient, use Virtual LUN to transparently migrate devices to preconfigured storage on higher tier • Increase usable storage within an array • Enables migration of an array from RAID 1 to RAID 5 to increase efficiency • Allows you to add additional storage to the array to a new physical disk group • Migrate all or part of existing devices to unconfigured storage as RAID 5 • Space freed up in original disk group can be reconfigured as RAID 5 storage Tier 1 Virtual LUNs Tier 2 Nondisruptive mobility of applications and data

  17. SAP Adaptive Computing • Computing: Servers and SAP Systems/Instances • Easily add and remove computing resources • Network • Builds connections between computing and storage building blocks • Provides transport layer for virtualization • Storage: Data • SAP instances can be managed and assigned to any computing resource • Requires no local disk space • Control: Adaptive Computing Controller • Operate, observe, and manage an adaptive business solution Components Adaptive Computing Computing Network Control Storage any service – any time – on any server Founding member of the SAP Adaptive Council— first SAP Adaptive SAN implementations on EMC storage

  18. With Symmetrix V-Max You Can… • Deliver “Five-9’s +” availability (average less than 5 minutes of downtime per year) • Support fully non-disruptive operations including code and configuration changes • Provide multi-site recovery and restart to prevent site and/or regional outages Achieve “always on” availability that eliminates outages and improves service delivery to SAP users Near Site Source Far Site • SRDF family—industry leading remote replication solution • Exclusive three-site data replication with continuous protection • New cost-effective zero data loss extended distance solution

  19. Backup EMC Consistency Groups Recovery Testing Training Replication and Disaster Recovery for SAP Disaster restart • Transforms tedious disaster recovery procedures into a simple disaster restart solution Backup and recovery • Simplifies and speeds up backup and recovery operations without affecting application availability Cloning • Enables fast cloning operations while maintaining high availability • Intelligent Cloning Solution for Mainframe Implementations • Intelligent Cloning Solution Using RM for ABAP • Intelligent Cloning Solution Using RM for Java and dual stack SAP Systems share information…and need a consistent view

  20. TimeFinder Family TimeFinder/Clone Emulation Enables use of existing TimeFinder/Mirrorscripts TimeFinder/Clone Ultra-functional, high-performance copies TimeFinder/CG ConsistencyGroup TimeFinder/EIM Exchange Integration Module option TimeFinder/Snap Economical,space-saving copies TimeFinder/SIM SQL Integration Module option EMC TimeFinder Family Industry-leading local replication • Highly integrated with all industry-leading applications, including SAP • Highly recommended with the SRDF family to enhance application availability for disaster restart requirements • Best functionality when compared to other major array-based local replication products • Supports tiered storage strategy • Tens of thousands of licenses shipped Most breadth and depth for array-based local replication

  21. CRM Order Entry DB DB DB SCM Understanding Data Consistency • The logical dependency between write I/Os • embedded by the logic of an application, operating system, or database management system • Applications and data are interrelated (Federated) • All data movement must be stopped/ started at the same point in time • To restart applications you must have all the data—not parts of it • Restart requires dependent-write consistency across all volumes and systems

  22. SAP ERP SAP BI SAP MDM SAP PI SAP EP SAP CRM SAP SRM SAP APO SAP liveCache EMC Consistency Technology Enables Federated Disaster Restart for SAP! Dependent- Write Consistent RESTART Business point of consistency across operating platforms for SAP!

  23. EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) Family World’s most widely deployed remote replication • Protect against local and regional disruptions • Increase application availability • Minimize/eliminate impact on application • Reduce downtime • Improve recovery-time objectives and recovery-point objectives • Provide near-instant recovery • Enable parallel processing • Support tiered storage strategy SRDF Family SRDF/Star Multi-site replication option SRDF/S Synchronous for zero data exposure SRDF/CE Cluster Enabler option SRDF/AR Automated Replicationoption SRDF/A Asynchronous for extended distances SRDF/CG Consistency Groups Cascaded SRDF and SRDF/EDP Extended Distance Protection SRDF/DM Efficient Symmetrix-to-Symmetrix data mobility ConcurrentSRDF Concurrent Choice and flexibility to meet any service-level requirement

  24. SAP liveCache • SAP has combined relational and object-oriented database technologies to create a new “species”—SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) liveCache • Hybrid database system can process enormous volumes of information, such as planning data for supply chain management • All data that must be accessible to the database system is located in the main memory • EMC provides an integration to enable SAP liveCache • Normal processing of Hot Standby for APO liveCache • Cluster failover for Hot Standby for APO liveCache • Reverse direction for Hot Standby for APO liveCache • Hot Standby data re-instantiation for APO liveCache • Can be leveraged with standard MaxDB hot standby configurations

  25. SAP Test SAP Test SAP Test SAP Dev SAP Dev SAP Dev SAP SB SAP SB SAP SB SAP Admin Start from TDMS Optional SAP PRD DB SAP Replica SAP Extr. TDMS Integration with Replication ManagerSolution Using Intelligent Cloning EMC Replication Manager with SAP Post-Cloning Cleanup SAP TDMS EMC RM/ADM with SAP post cloning EMC RM/ADM with SAP post cloning Input for TDMS Optional Clones of Extract Clone or Snap, depends on customer requirement EMC Replication Manager with post-cloning cleanup processing automates the process and makes SAP system copies easy for SAP customers. “Save time—increase productivity”

  26. Symmetrix V-Max’s Differentiation Highlights • Integrated support for SAP lifecycle • Seamless management and support for production and test environments utilizing common toolset • Industry leading replication and failover • TimeFinder efficiently creates independent copies of SAP production data for patching, test/training, and sandbox operations; no risk of losing snaps in case of file system corruption • With PowerPath, V-Max failover times only a few seconds versus 30 seconds to several minutes • Industry gold standard for disaster recovery • SRDF delivers the most stringent RPO, RTO and geographical service levels in the industry. • True non-disruptive data migration—reallocates data to different tiers without disruption, while maintaining disaster recovery • Industry’s only high-end architecture purpose built for fully virtualized IT

  27. Building a Virtualized IT Environment:Start with a Single Symmetrix V-Max Engine V-Max Engine VMware Virtual Servers

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  32. EMC Technologies—Efficiency Thin Provisioning B2D Compression Spin Down Active Archive Tiering iSCSI Deduplication Virtualization SAN Copy Policy-based Mobility FCoE SATA Disks Multi-Protocol Flash Drives QoS Tools

  33. EMC—Creating a Green Standard All users EMC users 3 2.44% 1.92% 2 1.56% 1 0.6% 0.37% 0 -0.08% -0.17% -1 -0.87% Data centerstorage powerconsumption Data centerfloor space Coolingrequiredfor storage Data centerutility cost Percent Energy Change for Every 10% in Storage Capacity “...users of EMC report increasing storage capacity without increasing operational cost...resulting in measurable benefits” Growth in: http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/aberdeen-group-emc-storage-benefits-green.pdf Source: Aberdeen Group, March 2008

  34. Summary: Symmetrix V-Max for SAP Landscapes • Optimized performance • Virtual Matrix Architecture dynamically delivers performance • Maximizes storage tiering: Enterprise Flash Drive, FC, SATA • SAP infrastructure optimization and scaling on demand • Simpler management with Auto-provisioning Groups • Enhanced Virtual LUN Technology • SAP Adaptive Computing • Replication and disaster recovery for production and non-production environments • Foundation technology—EMC consistency technology • Completes SAP liveCache in-memory database • TDMS Integration • Symmetrix V-Max differentiation • V-Max for fully virtualized IT • V-Max technologies for efficiency

  35. Large SAP Customer Landscape

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