1© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VMWARE CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS EMC Symmetrix VMAX 40K, EMC Symmetrix FAST VP, EMC SRDF, and VMware vSphere 5 EMC Solutions Group

2© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Agenda Solution Overview Key Technology components Solution Architecture and Design Validation and Testing Summary and Solution Benefits Q & A

3© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Solution Overview Deploy multiple critical database applications on a VMware private cloud enabled by a VMAX 40K array running Enginuity 5876 Code and optimized by FAST VP with site protection enabled by EMC SRDF replication Simulate a highly active customer database environment, serving multiple Tier-1 Applications Oracle Database 11g R2 SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 4 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Online Transactional Databases Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data Warehouse

4© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Solution Overview, continued Managed, monitored, and optimized through EMC Unisphere for VMAX –Simplified array management of FAST VP using Allocation by Policy feature of FAST VP –Assured performance in DR scenarios enabled by SRDF- aware FAST VP (Enginuity 5876) with constant, automated tuning of application storage at both production and disaster recovery sites Virtualized with VMware vSphere 5 update 1

5© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Symmetrix VMAX 40K Array with Enginuity 5876 Operating Environment High-end enterprise storage array with simple, intelligent, modular design that allows system to grow seamlessly and cost-effectively from entry- level configuration to worlds largest storage array New dense configuration options with 2.5 Flash, FC, SAS drives –Up to 33% more drives in the same footprint –More performance per Watt Virtual provisioning provides non-disruptive, on-demand thin provisioning FAST VP provides automatic storage tiering at the sub-LUN level FAST VP SRDF coordination ensures performance at Recovery Site FAST VP allocate by Policy Cascaded storage groups Simplified configuration and management with Unisphere for VMAX Capacity efficient snapshot capabilities with TimeFinder VP SNAP Federated Tiered storage FLASH FC SATA

6© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Virtual Provisioning Overview Improves storage utilization Reduces storage provisioning complexity and overhead Automates processes to easily grow storage Overprovision storage to last lifetime of application, without providing all the physical storage up front Add capacity non-disruptively and on demand Automatically rebalance thin pools to maintain performance Simplifies storage management with Unisphere for VMAX ESXi 3 10 TB ESXi 2 10 TB ESXi 1 10 TB 3 TB 4 TB Physical allocation 3 TB Common Storage Pool

7© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Symmetrix FAST VP – Overview Automatic storage tiering for Virtual Provisioning thin pools Analysis and data movement at sub-LUN level: –Spreads data from a single thin device across multiple pools –Places very active parts of a LUN on high- performing Flash Drives –Places less active parts of a LUN on higher- capacity, more cost-effective FC or SATA drives Moves data at the extent group level (7,680 KB) Moves data based on user-defined policies and application performance needs Data movement is automatic and nondisruptive SATA FC Flash Radically simplifies storage management Optimizes performance Increases storage efficiency Symmetrix VMAX with FAST VP – Getting the right data, to the right place, at the right time

8© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. FAST VP SRDF Coordination FAST VP continually monitors and adjusts data placement at production site Performance stats captured at both sites and exchanged every hour Decisions on data placement made on both sites using data from the active site Symmetrix VMAX with FAST VP and SRDF Co-Ordination– Getting the right data, to the right place, at the right time at both Production and DR Sites

9© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Cascaded Storage Groups New feature with 5876 providing the ability to nest multiple storage groups in a single masking view Simplifies FAST VP configurations in virtual environments Multiple application within a single masking view managed with its own storage group and FAST policy Simplified monitoring and management at application level made easier

10© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Solution Architecture Two ESXi servers configured at each site Oracle, SAP, and SQL Server deployed on VMs EMC VMAX 40K storage arrays optimized by FAST VP protected by SRDF/S 8 GBs FC SAN running between hosts and sites 1 GB Ethernet network connection between hosts

11© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Solution Hardware ComponentQuantityConfiguration Storage array2EMC Symmetrix VMAX 40K, with: 3 Engines 384 GB Cache 32 x 200 GB Flash drives 126 x 600 GB 10K FC drives 64 x 450 GB 15K FC drives 72 x 2TB 7.2 K SATA drives VMware ESXi servers (Production virtual environment) 2ESXi Server with: 8 x Ten-core Intel Xeon E7 GHz 1 TB RAM 2 x dual Port Brocade GB FC HBA VMware ESXi servers (Disaster recovery virtual environment) 2ESXi Server with: 4 x Ten-core CPU Intel Xeon 128 GB RAM Dual 1 Gb NICs Dual 10 Gb CNAs FC switches2Brocade DCX 4S 8GB FC Director Class switch Ethernet switches21 Gb/s Ethernet switches

12© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Key Technology Components EMC components: –Symmetrix VMAX 40K with Enginuity 5876 –Unisphere for VMAX –Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) –Symmetrix FAST VP with SRDF coordination –PowerPath/VE –VMware vSphere 5 –VMware Storage Integrator(VSI) Applications –Oracle Database 11g R2 Enterprise Edition –Microsoft SQL Server 2012 –SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 4

13© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Configuration Details

14© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Storage Configuration-Virtual Pools Thin Pool Name Drive Size/ Technology /RPM RAID Protection Number of Drives TDAT Size Number of DATA Device (TDAT) Pool Capacity FLASH_3RAID5200GB FlashRAID5 (3+1) GB644.2TB FC10K_RAID1600GB FC 10KRAID GB50432TB FC15K_RAID1450GB FC 15KRAID GB TB SATA_6RAID62TB SATA 7.2KRAID6 (6+2)72240GB25660TB

15© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Virtual Pool Use by Application SAP, Oracle, and MS SQL OLTP share common Flash, FC, and SATA pools MS SQL DSS application shares a common SATA pool with all applications but is bound to a separate FC pool

16© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Configuring FAST VP FAST VP is either enabled or disabled Data Movement should be set to automatic Relocation Rate controls aggressiveness of FAST New Feature Allocate- by-Policy simplifies capacity management of thin Provisioned environments Time windows Create time windows to specify when data can be collected for performance analysis and when data movements can be executed. Recommend to have windows always open so FAST VP can use most recent analysis to optimize data placement.

17© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Enable FAST VP Coordination on Storage Groups With this feature enabled, FAST VP sends device usage statistics from R1 to R2 to ensure that the FAST engine at the standby/failover site has up-to-date metrics on which to base decisions. Enabled under storage group management in Unisphere: –Check Box: Enable FAST VP RDF Coordination Coordination should be enabled on storage groups at both source and target VMAX

18© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware Configuration

19© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. VMware Configuration vCenter screenshots Reduce HBA queuing for vSphere ESXi servers by changing the queue depth –esxcli system module parameters set -p bfa_lun_queue_depth=64 -m bfa Virtual Machine boot LUNs configured to use LSI SAS adapter VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters are used to configure DATA LUNs for high performance

20© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Virtual Storage Integrator and VMAX 40K

21© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Application Configuration Oracle OLTP 1 Oracle DB instance, 12 vCPUs with 53 GB RAM 1 DB per VM, 2 TB capacity SwingBench entry workload on 400 users, 60:40 R/W ratio MSSQL OLTP (TPC-E Like) 2 SQL instances, 16 vCPUs with 32 GB RAM 1 DB per VM, 1 TB capacity Mixed workloads to simulate hot, warm applications, 85:15 R/W ratio MSSQL OLAP (DSS, TPC-H Like) 1 SQL instance, 32 vCPUs with 128 GB RAM 1 DB per VM, 2 TB capacity 2 concurrent loads, 100% Read SAP OLTP 3 SAP ERP 6 IDES EHP 4 instances, 16 vCPUs with 32 GB RAM 1 Oracle DB instance at 845 GB capacity 1000 LoadRunner Update users + local client copy simulation, 80:20 R/W ratio

22© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. FAST VP Policies The table below details the FAST VP Policies set for our baseline configuration: Both MSSQL1 and MSSQL2 applications share the same FAST policy Policies restrict Flash tier to prevent any single application from dominating Flash resources Storage groupFAST policy nameFlashFCSATA MSSQL1_OLTPMSSQL_OLTP5%40%100% MSSQL2_OLTPMSSQL_OLTP5%40%100% MSSQL_DSS 0%100% Oracle 15%35%50% SAP 10%80%10%

23© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Validation and Testing Application Performance Validation Online Policy Tuning SRDF Coordination Application Failover with Rapid Ramp-Up

24© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Application Performance Validation

25© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. OLTP Application Server Transactions Per Minute Average Read Response Time Oracle97, ms MSSQL137,92010 ms MSSQL 2139,02011 ms DSS/OLAP ApplicationAverage Throughput MSSQL DSS808 MB/s Application Server Transactions Per Minute Average Dialogue Response time SAP ms Build ValidationAll Applications Running

26© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. FAST VP Responsiveness and Flexibility At 7:40am SQL OLTP policy adjusted to add additional Flash capability After 30 minutes performance improvements were seen SQL txn/sec increased and latency dropped After 2 hours the SQL performance stabilized Zero impact observed by other running applications

27© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Validating FAST VP SRDF Coordination SRDF coordination –Balance at Source and target –Similar tier usage at both sites Solid lines are source devices Dotted lines are target devices

28© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. SRDF Coordination, continued Device has been balanced across all tiers in a similar distribution on both R1 and R2 ~]# symcfg list -tdev -range 426:426 -bound -detail -v -sid 541 Symmetrix ID: Enabled Capacity (Tracks) : Bound Capacity (Tracks) : S Y M M E T R I X T H I N D E V I C E S Pool Pool Total Bound Flags Total Subs Allocated Written Sym Pool Name ESPT Tracks (%) Tracks (%) Tracks (%) FC10K_RAID1 F..B FLASH_3RAID SATA_6RAID Total Tracks Source Array Disaster Recovery Array

29© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Failover Test Oracle & SAP Running at R1 Oracle & SAP Failed over and running at R2 Application loads were run for extended periods at R1 site and FAST VP balanced storage groups on both arrays RDF links split to simulate failover SAP and Oracle were brought up on remote ESXi Server Performance was monitored before and after failover

30© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Failover Test, continued Following failover performance at application levels were on par with production Transactions per minute and response times observed were equal

31© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Summary and Solution Benefits VMAX 40K provides an ideal platform for virtualized critical database applications, running varied workloads. Cascaded storage groups enable simplified management of ESX environments with FAST VP. FAST VP is tunable and responsive. By adjusting FAST policies, performance can be tuned to meet changing business performance needs. Increased performance within 30 minutes with no negative impact to other running workloads. End-to-end visibility with VMware Storage Integrator from EMC enables simplified management and identification of VMAX devices direct from vCenter SRDF coordination with FAST VP ensures production level performance at the R2 site in FAST VP environment in the event of a failover when configurations are similar. This delivers the performance and cost benefits of FAST VP at both production and disaster recovery sites.

32© Copyright 2012 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Questions?