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0 Copyright 2017 FUJITSU
Hyper-Converged – The Only Way to the Software-Defined Data Center?
Fujitsu World Tour 2017
#FujitsuWT
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Hyper-Convergence – The Only Way to SDDC? A Reality Check of Hyper-Converged Infrastructures
Gernot Fels
Head of Integrated Systems International Product Marketing, Fujitsu
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Impact of digitalization on DC infrastructures
Digital world
More data
Collect
Transport
Process
Store
Needs: Fast and flexible scalability, resilience, simplicity, efficiency.
Digital world More data More challenges to IT
Network Storage Servers
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Traditional DC infrastructure
Network
Storage
Server Server Server
App App App
Compute Compute Compute
HW defined
Rigid
Manual ops
Silos
Slow
Complex, inflexible, expensive and skills demanding.
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Hyper-converged infrastructure
Characteristics
Interconnected standard servers
Local DAS, no external storage
Virtual instead of physical SAN
Data services (e.g. replication, deduplication)
HA built-in
Unified central management
Scale-out (performance, capacity)
Auto-discovery
SW-defined
Network
Software-Defined Compute
Software-Defined Storage
Server Server Server
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
Virt
ual
SA
N
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Hyper-converged infrastructure
Characteristics
Interconnected standard servers
Local DAS, no external storage
Virtual instead of physical SAN
Data services (e.g. replication, deduplication)
HA built-in
Unified central management
Scale-out (performance, capacity)
Auto-discovery
SW-defined
Benefits
Less components, less space
Less energy and cooling
Simplicity (less admin efforts)
Lower skills (lower-paid staff)
Start small and grow as you go
Flexible alignment to business
Great responsiveness
Business continuity
Lower TCO
Network
Software-Defined Compute
Software-Defined Storage
Server Server Server
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
Virt
ual
SA
N
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Hyper-converged infrastructure
Characteristics
Interconnected standard servers
Local DAS, no external storage
Virtual instead of physical SAN
Data services (e.g. replication, deduplication)
HA built-in
Unified central management
Scale-out (performance, capacity)
Auto-discovery
SW-defined
Benefits
Less components, less space
Less energy and cooling
Simplicity (less admin efforts)
Lower skills (lower-paid staff)
Start small and grow as you go
Flexible alignment to business
Great responsiveness
Business continuity
Lower TCO
Network
Software-Defined Compute
Software-Defined Storage
Server Server Server
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
App
Compute
Disks
Virt
ual
SA
N
Hyper-converged – Silver bullet of IT?
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Architectures in comparison
Classical Servers, LAN, storage, SAN
LCM for multiple components (different LC)
2 separate networks to maintain
HW-defined
Scalability by adding multiple components, primarily separately
Storage activities are separated from servers
Established for many years
Hyper-converged Servers (storage included), LAN
LCM for less components
More powerful LAN required
SW-defined
Scalability by adding servers, primarily linearly (compute & storage)
Servers are involved in storage activities
To be considered when sizing compute resources
Entered the market some 3 years ago
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What do these differences mean for you?
Classical To be used for general purposes
Physical, virtual, multi-hypervisor
HW dependence, primarily related to storage
Well-known SW licensing (e.g. DB)
Higher operational complexity
Possibly higher HW cost, but lower SW cost
Mainly well established vendors
Hyper-converged Less usable for general purposes
Virtualization is quasi a must
SW dependence (related to virtualization SW)
Commercial restrictions (e.g. DB licensing)
Lower operational complexity
Possibly higher SW cost, but lower HW cost
Established vendors and newcomers
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What do these differences mean for you?
Classical To be used for general purposes
Physical, virtual, multi-hypervisor
HW dependence, primarily related to storage
Well-known SW licensing (e.g. DB)
Higher operational complexity
Possibly higher HW cost, but lower SW cost
Primarily well established vendors
Hyper-converged Less usable for general purposes
Virtualization is quasi a must
SW dependence (related to virtualization SW)
Commercial restrictions (e.g. DB licensing)
Lower operational complexity
Possibly higher SW cost, but lower HW cost
Established vendors and newcomers
Both approaches provide unique advantages. Good reasons for coexistence.
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Classical or hyper-converged? – Aspects to be considered Workloads need scale-out / scale-up?
Compute & storage needs scale in tandem?
Granular expansion on component level?
Expected growth
ROBO
Mixed operation
Multi-hypervisor, bare-metal
Workloads benefit from data services?
Benefit from unified management?
Existing skills, staff roles
Utilize or replace existing storage
Storage capacity
SW licensing
CAPEX and OPEX
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Classical or hyper-converged? – Aspects to be considered Workloads need scale-out / scale-up?
Compute & storage needs scale in tandem?
Granular expansion on component level?
Expected growth
ROBO
Mixed operation
Multi-hypervisor, bare-metal
Workloads benefit from data services?
Benefit from unified management?
Existing skills, staff roles
Utilize or replace existing storage
Storage capacity
SW licensing
CAPEX and OPEX
Use cases matter. Business requirements determine the optimum approach.
Recommendation: Decide per each use case; Go for hyper-converged, if benefits outweigh drawbacks.
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The next step: Software-Defined DC
Characteristics
Virtualized everything (compute, storage, NW)
Deployable on any HW (components interchangeable)
Unified management
Automation (provisioning, configuration, operation)
Policy-driven (adaptive) resource orchestration
Hyper-converged or converged
Scalable
Optional
Self-service portal
Metering and charging
Simple, fast, flexible, efficient: The right answer to digitalization.
Any IP network
Any storage
Any x86 server
SDDC Platform
Any app
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DIY is error-prone, time-consuming, risky and expensive
DESIGN - Select from myriad of SW and HW products
INTEGRATE - Assemble involving multiple admin domains
TEST - Work off complex test matrix
DEPLOY Integrate into production environment
Do-it-yourself approach Time to production
Pro
ject
sta
rt
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Integrated Systems reduce complexity, time, risk and cost
DESIGN - Select from myriad of SW and HW products
INTEGRATE - Assemble involving multiple admin domains
TEST - Work off complex test matrix
DEPLOY Integrate into production environment
Do-it-yourself approach Time to production
DEPLOY Integrate into production environment
Integrated Systems approach
DESIGN - Based on best practices
INTEGRATE - Pre-integrated single order delivery
TEST End-to-end quality assurance
Pro
ject
sta
rt
Solution Development in factory At customer's site
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FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX
Pre-configured
Pre-integrated
Pre-tested
Reduce complexity, time, risk and cost. Increase operational efficiency. Focus on business.
Ready-to-run and Reference Architectures
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FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX – Your fast track to DC infrastructures
Characteristics Addressing business-critical use cases
Converged and hyper-converged
Standard sizes ready-to-run and customizable reference architectures
Best practices and experience
Own and partner technologies
Pay as you grow through scaling up and out
Flexible services options
Reduce complexity, time, risk and cost. Increase operational efficiency. Focus on business.
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FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX: Line-up Focused on what our customers demand for
Your fast track to data center infrastructures.
Virtualization Big Data & Analytics
SAP
Private Cloud HPC
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FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX: Line-up Focused on what our customers demand for
Your fast track to data center infrastructures.
Virtualization Big Data & Analytics
SAP
Private Cloud HPC
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PRIMEFLEX and virtualization
Storage Spaces Direct
Storage Spaces Direct
VMware Cloud
Foundation
Hyper-converged
Classic converged
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PRIMEFLEX and virtualization
Storage Spaces Direct
Storage Spaces Direct
VMware Cloud
Foundation
Hyper-converged
Classic converged 2-(3x)64 2-16
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Key take-aways
Hyper-converged is a rising star
Many benefits
Springboard to SDDC
But use cases matter
Integrated Systems
Reduce complexity, time, risk, costs
Increase operational efficiency
FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX
Converged and hyper-converged
Ideal solution for your use case
Wondering if hyper-converged is your way to go? Have a word with Fujitsu.
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Abstract
Hyper-converged infrastructures are the rising stars in data centers.
What is behind this hype?
What are its key benefits and what does it mean in practice?
Is hyper-convergence always preferable a classic IT architecture?
For which use cases is hyper-converged strongly recommended or even a must?
And in which way is hyper-convergence fitting in software-defined data centers?
This session provides appropriate answers.