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

Take a leadership role in new storage technologies including iSCSI

Make it easy to implement Provide robust security

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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

Key Features

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

Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 is built on Windows Storage Server 2003 R2

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 Management

Unified view of file server resources, streamlined storage provisioning Windows SharePoint Services

Built-in Web-based collaboration Cluster Improvements

Greater than 2 terabyte failover cluster support Remote administration

Terminal Services using http://server/admin ActiveX or Java RDP in a browser MMC Administration Model

Single user experience across Windows-based products

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.

iSCSI SAN

Dedicated Gigabit Ethernet

Network

iSCSI Target

+ iSCSI Software Target

iSCSI Software Initiator runs on the clients

SAN Storage Market TrendsExternal Disk Storage Systems Capacity by Operating System

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iSCSI SAN Storage Market Trends

Fibre Channel and iSCSI Storage Capacity Forecast, IDC 2005

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iSCSI

Fibre Channel

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211%CAGR

IT Best Practice Trend: Consolidation

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Stores DomainAD

spare

File Servers Backup Servers

Shares

Application Servers

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Logs

Stores

Consolidation = Improved operations– More efficient resource utilization

• Device sharing• Physical space reduction• Reduction in hardware costs

– Less points of management– Better service levels

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

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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 WindowsBlade Server is the fastest growing server segment

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

iSCSI Windows Architecture

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NIC

MultifunctionCard

iSCSI HBA

SoftwareInitiator

Bus Driver+Miniports

MiniportDriver

InitiatorService

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Security

DeviceManager

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Microsoft iSCSI

Microsoft Windows

Vendor

Scenario – SQL, Exchange + Files

ALL-IN-ONE!Ease Backup

ProblemsEasy ExpansionHigh Availability

Reduce TCO!

Unified Storage = SMB, iSCSI and NFS

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

Windows +Exchange

Linux +Apache

iSCSILUNs

WUDSS

Private LAN (iSCSI block access)

Public LANFile

Shares

UNIX +Oracle

Windows Vista

Windows XP UNIX Apple

Benefits of Unified Storage

Storage consolidationFabric consolidation and simplificationSimplified non-disruptive storage

management and backupNo more:

Adding hard drives to application serversExcess capacity that can’t be used

Unified AdministrationUnified share and storage administrationUnified share provisioning (SMB and NFS)Unified overview of volumes and sharesMMC based administration modelRemote administration from both Windows

and non-Windows clientsPoint browser to: http://servername/adminServer detects client OS and provides ActiveX RDP client if Windows OR

Java RDP client if non-WindowsFull TS client is still an option

Java RDP Applet Tested with:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4 WSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10Java 2 Runtime Environment 1.4.2Firefox v1.0.6 or laterMozilla v1.7.11 or later

Remote Administration

Out-of-Box Experience

Updated Management Console

Share and Storage Management

Share and Storage Management

Provision Storage

Integrated storage provisioning experienceCreate new LUN and specify LUN typeUnmaskingCreate and format volume

Requires VDS 1.1 hardware providerSupports FC, iSCSI or SAS

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

Provision Storage Wizard (2 Of 3)

Provision Storage Wizard (3 Of 3)

Provision ShareIntegrated share provisioning experience

Select storageSet NTFS permissionsSelect sharing protocols: SMB and NFSSet SMB settings: user limit, access based

enumeration, offline settings and share permissionsSet NFS settings: anonymous access, client groups

and host permissionsSpecify quota or screening templatePublish to DFS namespace

Support creating shares on a clusterOnly requires the underlying disk to be online on the node

being managed

Cluster Support for > 2 Terabyte

Added GPT disk support in QFE 919117Enables > 2 terabyte volume support on

failover clustersRequires SP2 Supports:

Windows Server 2003 R2Windows Storage Server 2003 R2Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003