Hawaii Tech Day- Hyperflex 2.0 Overview

Cisco HyperFlex 2.0 Overview

• Scott Harris• Consulting Systems Engineer, Cisco

[email protected]

Software-Defined Data Center Trends

Software-defined Storage and Hyper-convergence Overview

Cisco HyperFlex 2.0 Introduction

Cisco HyperFlex Examples

Cisco HyperFlex Live Walk-thru

Agenda

Data Center Trends

Management and

Operation Simplicity

Intuitive UI

Simple Elasticity

Modular scale

Cost Efficiency

Predictable step growth

Integrated Infrastructure

Minimise Risk

Validated designs

Any Workload

Mission critical apps

Flexibility

Virtualised and bare metal

Scale in Any Dimension

Building blocks

HyperConverged

Fast Deployment

Minutes not days

SIMPLICITY

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Market Trends – Convergence and Automation

SPEED

SCALE

(Increasing Overlap)

Scale Up vs Scale Out


Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures

Converged InfrastructureCisco UCS

Hardware Abstracted

Policy Driven

Open and Programmable

UCS Mini

Mainstream Computing

Fourth Gen UCS

UCS S3000 Series

Scale Out Computing

Hyperconverged Systems

Software-Defined Storage (SdS)&

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure(HCI)


• Storage controller decoupled from physical hardware

• Typically consists of the Storage Tier Only

• Emphasizes storage services insteadof storage hardware

A shared pool that runs on commodityhardware

Referred to as Storage Virtualization and is part of a bigger industry trend of Software Defined Data center

What is Software Defined Storage (SdS)?

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Software Defined Storage

Hosts

Local Physical Storage

Storage Software can run on bare

metal or as a VM on a hypervisor host

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Software Defined Storage Architectures

Storage

Controller

VM

VM VM VM

Hypervisor


VM

BlockStorage Pool

• Software Defined Storage 2 ways for

deployment

• VM controller on hypervisor host

• Controller bare metal installation

• Pool local storage for distributedcapacity

• Storage is presented via iSCSI LUN or

NFS

• ScaleIO, Datacore, Stormagic,Atlantis

Storage Controller Software

Operating System


VM VM

Hypervisor

Storage

Controller

VM


What is Hyperconvergence?

• Converged Infrastructure offering utilizingSoftware Defined Storage

• Tight integration of x86 servers for computeand storage, networking and virtualization inall-in-one appliance

• Integration of hypervisors and physical infrastructure

• Simple Scale one unit/appliance at a time

• Simple deployment measured in hours

• Centralized management, intuitive UI

• Storage presentation via a distributed filesystem or object store

Controller

VMVM VM VM

Hypervisor


Controller

VMVM VM VM

Hypervisor


Controller

VMVM VM VM

Hypervisor


HCI Architecture

Hypervisor

VM

Hypervisor Datastore

Storage Software

• Min of 2-3 nodes to start a cluster

• Hardware to be similar with equivalent drive

technology

• Typical cluster scale 8 to 64 nodes

• Disks: Locally attached disks

o Hybrid: spinning disks and flash devices

o All-Flash: Flash devices only

• Network

o 1GB Ethernet

o 10GB Ethernet (preferred)

o 40GB Ethernet (near-future)

StorageNetwork

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Hyperconverged Architecture Example

Storage

Controller

VM

VM VM VM


Hypervisor

Storage

Controller

VM

VM VM VM


Storage

Controller

VM

VM VM VM


Filesystem Storage Pool

• Storage VM installed on Hypervisor Host

• Storage Controller Virtual Machineshave

direct access to all physical storage


• Hypervisor host presented with an NFS

Datastore

• Examples: HyperFlex, Simplivity, Nutanix

Hypervisor

Hypervisor

Hyperconverged Architectures – Kernel Based

VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


Filesystem Storage Pool

• Storage SW integrated into Hypervisor

Kernel


• Reduced resource overhead

• Hypervisor host presented with an NFS

Datastore

• VMware VSAN; Gridstore

VM VM

Storage

Controller HypervisorSW

Hypervisor

HypervisorStorage

Controller

SW

Storage

Controller

SW

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Hyperconverged Considerations• Emerging market space, still maturing

• Hype vs real benefits

• Fixed bundles of compute, memory, storage vs. independent scaling

• Mixed workloads with larger active VMs results in dramatic drops in

performance levels –results in requiring more HW nodes

• No Mix and Match – single-vendor integrated solution

• Traditional SAN arrays offer much higher performance levels and are

adopting HCI-like features

• Total cost of ownership, HCI vs traditional converged infrastructure: HCI

sweet spot is currently for small/mid-sized deployments

Packaged as a Single Unit Possible through SI Offered by default

Pre-Sized and Pre-configured Possible through SI Offered by default

Time to Deployment Days and weeks Hours

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Converged vs. Hyper-Converged SummaryCustomer Criteria Converged HyperConverged

Compute, Storage, Network, Server Virtualization in one Flexible, allows choosing from

Multiple Vendors

Fixed, single vendor offers or

limited choices

Scalability Flexible, can scale up and out

as needed

Has Limitations

Common Management Software Increasingly offered asan

option

Built in by default

Pricing Perceived as high Perceived as low

Performance, Quality, and Uptime High – Designed and validated

for high quality and availability

at various scales and speeds

Low – Tests fail at higher

scales and speeds

Cisco HyperFlex SystemsHX-Series

Primary HyperFlex Use Cases

• Agile provisioning

• Frequentiterations

• Instant cloning and snapshots

Test and Development

• Low upfront costs

• Consistentperformance

• Predictable scaling

Virtual DesktopInfrastructure

• Reduce operational complexity

• Adaptive scaling

• Always-on resiliency

ServerVirtualization

• Simple deployment

• Centralizedmanagement

• No “fly-and-fix” missions

Large Remote Branch Office

HX Platform Overview

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure Wide Array of Rack and Blade Form Factors

Integrated, High Performance

Network Fabric

Programmable Automation of all

Hardware

Engineered on Cisco UCS The Ideal System for Hyperconvergence

UCS: Embedded AutomationRapid Deployment of HyperFlex with Service Profiles

Uplink port configuration,

VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and

EtherChannels

Server port configuration

including LAN and SAN

settings

Network interface card (NIC)

configuration: MAC address,

VLAN, and QoS settings;

host bus adapter HBA configuration:

worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,

and bandwidth constraints;

and firmware revisions

Unique user ID (UUID),

firmware revisions,

and RAID controller settings

Service profile assigned to server,

chassis slot, or pool

configuration: MAC

address,


host bus adapter HBA

configuration:

worldwide names (WWNs),

VSANs,

configuration: MAC

address,



configuration:


VSANs,

configuration: MAC

address



configuration:


VSANs,

Application Profiles

Virtualization Policy

Network Policy

Storage Policy

Server Policy

Storage SMENetwork SMEServer SME

1Subject Matter Expert

Define Policies 2Policies Used to Create

Service Profile Templates 3Service Profile Templates

Create Service Profiles 4Associating Service Profiles

with Hardware Configures

Servers Automatically

Service Profile

Templates

Pre-Defined at the

Factory

Quick

DeploymentHX Ready

UCS Fabric Architecture with HyperFlexFully Automated Network, Node deployments

HyperFlex Nodes

UCS Fabric Interconnects

HX FI Domain

ESXi

vSwitch - vMotion

vSwitch – VM Network

vSwitch - Management vmk0

HX

Controller

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Simplified Capacity

Expansion

Service profiles and templates

Traffic segmentation via dedicated

vNICs

Storage and management traffic

localized to fabric for optimal

performance

QoS policies for well defined and

predictable service

QoS policies including ”no drop” and

jumbo frames for optimal performance

Multicast policy for HX cluster needs


1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network InfrastructureCisco HyperFlex

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage


1

3

Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure

Part of a Complete Data Center StrategyElastic and Secure at Enterprise Scale

Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage

UCS Director

ACI/ CloudCenter

SecurityHyperFlex

UCS

Tetration

HCI with Converged Fabric Networking

HXAF220High Performance in Small Footprint

(Database, VDI, VSI)

HXAF240High Density with Performance

(Database, VDI, VSI, Test/Dev)

All Flash

Cluster

HX240cCapacity-Heavy

(VDI, VSI, Test/Dev)

HX220cSmallest Footprint

(VDI, VSI, ROBO)

Hybrid

Cluster +

+

40 Gbps** / 10 GbpsUCS Fabric Networking

90+ Nodes, Single Fabric, Single

Management Domain

End-to-end

HCI

Automation

Policy

Based

Mgmt

Network

Integrated

HCI

**Post 2.0FCS

HX Data Platform Overview

Future Ready

Designed for Containers

and Next Gen

Applications

Distributed

object-based file system

architected for scale-out,

distributed storage

Advanced Data Services

Built into file system

architecture

The Cisco HX Data Platform

HX Log Structured File System Designed Specifically for Hyperconvergence

Hyperconverged Scale Out and Distributed File System

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM

Start with As Few As

Three Nodes

Hyperconverged Data Platform

Installs in Minutes

Add Servers, One or More

at a Time

Network Fabric Policy Configures

QoS Settings

Distribute and Rebalance Data Across Servers Automatically

Retire Older Servers

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

Dynamic Data Distribution

• HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously, leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes

• Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration

Systems built on conventional file

systems write locally, then replicate,

creating performance hotspots

CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data Platform

VM VMVM

CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLER

Capacity and Network Utilization

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

VM

Conventional file systems use their local filesystem…

leading to unbalanced utilization

VMVM VM

HYPERVISOR

Capacity and Network Utilization

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

VM VM

1 2 3

VM

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

Balanced Space UtilizationNo Data Migration on VM Migration

Less Stress on Network

• HX balances space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration

Continuous Data Optimization

BEFORE

Inline Deduplication

20–30% space savings

Inline Compression

30–50% space savings

No Special Hardware

No Performance Impact

No Config lock-in

No Additional License

Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization

Lower Cost

Next Generation Data Platform Benefits

Adaptive Infrastructure

Predictable, Pay-as-You-Grow Efficiency

Integrates with existing CI

Enables On-Premise, Cloud and Hybrid


Highly Available/Self-Healing

Balanced Space Utilization

Greater Performance

Integrated Management

Integrated into vCenter

Robust Reporting and Analytics

UCS Director Orchestration/Automation

Enterprise Storage Features

Pointer-Based Snapshot/Clones

Inline dedupe and compression

Call Home and Onsite 24x7 Support Available

Single Button Non-Disruptive Rolling Upgrades

Cisco HyperFlex 2.0 with All Flash Support

HX File System Built for Flash

Blazing Fast

Cluster-wide SSD pooling

maximizing IOPS and

throughput

Low Latency

Consistent low latency for

data intensive applications

and databases

Engineered for Flash

Sequential SSD writing for

increased component

longevity

Cluster-wide:

High Performance,

High IOPS, Low Latency

Industry’s Highest

Flash Density

Paired with Cisco UCS

40Gbps Fabric Technology**

Built for Data Intensive Workloads

Maximizing Performance and I/OHCI with All Flash and 40Gbps Fabric Network

**Post 2.0FCS

All Flash HX

Hybrid

No read cache

Larger write log

TLC V-NAND for data

Dedupe aware read cache

Leverage cache across all nodes

All FlashHX

Personalities

Log Structured Filesystem

Write optimized data path to help reduce write amplification


Maximizes and balances the performance of all SSDs, spreads wear

Inline Space Efficiency

Dedupe, compression, snapshots and clones minimize wear and reduce flash cost

Flash Friendly Data Access

Large seq writes reduce flash wear, allowing for use of less expensive NAND

Future Ready

FoundationArchitecture that is

well suited for Flash

HX All Flash Improvements vs. Hybrid

6X IOPS

1/5th

Latency

6XBetter Perf

Consistency

3.2XCapacity / Density

Comparison between HX Hybrid and HX All Flash for 70/30 8K Random Read Write Workload

with 4.8TB Working Set Size, vmdks were initialized with writes

Performance Summary

HX All Flash performance significantly better than both HX Hybrid and other HCI Competitor’s all flash

All Flash performance is more consistent in comparison to HX Hybrid and competition

HX All Flash, unlike competition, shows highly consistent performance across VMs

All realistic workloads should see significantly better performance with all flash than hybrid

HX Adaptive Infrastructure

Adaptive Infrastructure for Simplified Operations

Flexible Infrastructure

shift resources for

operational demands

Intelligent Automation

flexible deployment

tailored to your specific

needs

Independent Scaling

of nodes, compute or

capacity

Hyperconverged

Common Management Framework and Network Fabric

Industry’s Only Adaptive InfrastructureFlexible

Infrastructure

Unified UCSM Management for both HyperFlex and Existing SAN

VM VM VM VM

Scale Storage only

HDD/SSD

Scale Compute-Only Blades

VM VM VM VM

Compute Nodes can be Shared Across HCI and CI Applications

Common Compute Nodes

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisorScale HX ClusterNodes

HX Data Platform

ScaleCI

Racks

VM VM VM VM

IOVisor

IOVisor

Storage ArraysSAN/NAS

UCS Director and Cloud Center for Orchestration and Hybrid Cloud

Traditional Storage

Flexible

Infrastructure

Add in new HCI workloads easily to your existing UCS domain or

include new FI’s in the bundle

Existing UCS domain with traditional

storage

Easily add HCI

Converged nodes

Add additional compute Scale into the cloud on-demand

Scale securely with ACI and Cloudcenter

Added sections for FC / iSCSI storage

• Automates creation of vNICs, vHBA and necessary profiles in UCSM

• Installer automatically fixes VMDirectpath PCI ordering

• Ready for storage configuration inside of ESXi

Automate integration with the External Storage Installer

Mainstream Computing

Scale Out

Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures

HyperconvergedInfrastructure

Converged Infrastructure

Unified ManagementSingle Control Plane

Single API

Edge Cloud

ROBO

UCS S3000

Series

Fourth Generation

UCSHyperFlex Systems

UCS Mini

E-Series

C-Series

Rack Servers

UCS Integrated

Infrastructure Solutions

Single Operational Model

UCS Manager UCS Director Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco HyperFlex Configurations

HX240c Cluster

Capacity-heavy 3–8 Node Cluster

(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)

Per-Node1x1.6TB Cache SSD

up to 23x1.2TB HDDs

SD Card/120GB Back SSD

(Boot/Housekeeping)

GPU support

HX220c Cluster

Smallest Footprint 3–8

Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO)

Per-Node1x480 GB Cache SSD

6x1.2TB HDDs

SD Card/120GB SSD

(Boot/Housekeeping)

Hybrid Clusters

Compute-heavy Hybrid

(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)

Up to 8 Compute Nodes

Blade or RackB200 M4, C220 M4 or C240 M4 (Supported)

Local Disk, SD Card or SAN Boot

3-8 Node HX220 or HX240 Cluster

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C240 M4

B200 M46TB – 16TB 6TB – 61TB

Cisco HyperFlex All Flash Configurations HXAF240c Cluster

Capacity-heavy 3–8 Node Cluster

(VSI/VDI, Database, Test/Dev)

Per-Node1x800 GB WL Cache SSD

up to 6-10x960/3.8TB SSDs

SD Card/120GB Back SSD

(Boot/Housekeeping)

GPU support

HXAF220c Cluster

Smallest Footprint 3–8

Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO)

Per-Node1x800 GB WL Cache SSD

6x960/3.8TB SSDs

SD Card/120GB SSD

(Boot/Housekeeping)

Hybrid Clusters

Compute-heavy Hybrid

(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)

Up to 8 Compute Nodes

Blade or RackB200 M4, C220 M4 or C240 M4 (Supported)

Local Disk, SD Card or SAN Boot

3-8 Node HXAF220 or HXAF240 Cluster

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C240 M4

B200 M4

4TB – 51TB 4TB – 85TB

Capacity Options

3 NodeHX220c

HX240c

4 Node 5 Node 6 Node 7 Node 8 Node

For max capacity, assume Full HDD population (10 on HXAF240). RF3.

Note: The above calculations are before deduplication & compression. Effective capacity will be higher.

Consult with your Cisco CSE for the latest sizing & design guidance.

6.02 TiB 8.03 TiB 10.04 TiB 12.04 TiB 14.05 TiB 16.06 TiB


Usable Cluster Capacity

HXAF220

HXAF240


19.27 TiB 25.70 TiB 32.13 TiB38.55 TiB 44.98 TiB 51.40 TiB 3.8T

960G


32.13 TiB 42.84 TiB 53.55 TiB 64.26 TiB 74.97 TiB 85.68 TiB 3.8T

960G

Data Protection

High Resiliency, Fast Recovery

Platform can sustain simultaneous 2 node failure without data loss; replication factor is tunable

If a node fails, the evacuated VMs re-attach with no data movement required

Replacement node automatically configured via UCS Service Profile

HX Data Platform automatically re-distributes data to node

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data PlatformHX Data Platform

DATASTORE DATASTORE

• Stripe blocks of a file across servers

• Replicate one or two additional copies

to other servers

• Handle entire server or disk failures

• Restore back to original number of copies

• Rebalance VMs and data post

replacement

• Rolling software upgrades

Non-Disruptive Operations


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

File.vmdk

D1 E1A1 B1 C1B2 A2 A3C2 C3 D2D3 E2E3 D1E1 B3 B3

EDCBA

• Pointer-based snapshots

• Space-efficient with no performance penalty vs. Vmware Redo Log Snaps

• Fast creations and deletions

• Fine-grained or coarse-grained

• VM-level or VM folder-level

• VAAI-integrated

• Quiesced and crash-consistent

• Use vCenter Snapshot Manager

• Policy-based schedules and retention

Fast and Flexible Native Snapshots

All This Functionality Enabled with the HX Data Platform Filesystem

• Pointer-Based Writeable Snapshots (Instantaneous Clones)

• VAAI integrated

• VM-level granularity

Native VM Clones for Rapid Provisioning

• Batch creation GUI

• Apply unique names

• Use customization spec to apply IP

• Powerful tool to rapidly setup a large set of VMs using just VC (without scripting or View composer); Up to 256 clones in parallel per job

• Golden/Base VM can be a template, powered on or powered off

Protect your Entire Infrastructure

HyperFlex

UCS S3260

Up to 560TB in 4U

ORUCS

B-series

C-series

SAN

Vmware Replication

Vmware Data Protection

HyperFlex Key Differentiators

Faster Installation, Integrated SDN,high speed, low latency network switching included and configured

Integrated Networking

Inline deduplication and inline compression with no performance caveats or additional cost

Data Reduction without Caveats

Fast, space efficient snapshots and clones, integrated into VMWare

Efficient DataServices

Architecturally built on foundation of Cisco DC Product Portfolio

Part of Complete DC

Strategy

Scale Compute independently from Storage

Independent Scaling

Integration

• Extends virtualization

management seamlessly

• No switching between

management consoles

• View storage alerts/alarms alongside

with ESX alerts/alarms

• Command line interface for automation

Integrated Management Built for Server Admin100% vCenter-Based Management

HXCONTROLLER

HYPERVISOR/CONTAINER

Web App DB AppWeb

HXCONTROLLER


Web App DB AppApp

HXCONTROLLER


App App DB WebWeb

EPG EPG EPG EPGEPG EPG

EPG EPG EPG

EPG EPG EPGEPGEPG EPG EPGEPG EPG

Web Web Web AppWeb

EPG EPG EPG EPGEPG

Pervasive visibility into Data Center and Cloud environments

HX DATA PLATFORM

Cisco ACI with HyperFlex

HXCONTROLLER


EPG

HX DATA PLATFORM

Web App App DBDB

EPGEPG EPGEPGEPG

EPG

HXCONTROLLER


HX DATA PLATFORM

Automated,

Application Centric

Policy Model

Deep Packet Inspection

Forensics

Application Insights

Policy Compliance

Cisco HyperFlex Systems Deployment Overview

Fast and Easy Installation

STEP 0

STEP 1

Step 3

VMware and HX Data

Performance Software

Installed on Servers at

Factory/Reseller Before

Shipping to Customer

Rack Up Servers, Power

on, and Add to vCenter

Drag and Drop

Configuration (JSON) File

Create, Cluster,

and Datastore

Start Provisioning VMs

HyperFlex Deployment WorkflowCustomer Onsite

Download HX Data Platform/UCSM bundle from Cisco.com

HyperFlex Installer: UCS Configuration• Auto-configuration of UCSM policies and core

templates• Instantiate and assign Service Profiles

HyperFlex Installer: ESX Host Settings• Set static IP Address for ESXi hosts• Add hosts/datacenter/cluster to vCenter

HyperFlex Installer: HX Cluster SetupHX Data Platform Cluster Creation

Deploy stage will install all software components of the HX Data Platform

Post Install run the provided “post_install” script to verify and finalize configuration settings:

Installation Process and Post Install

UCS Integrated HyperFlex Networking

Shipped From Factory With Integrated Networking

High Performance, Flat and Predictably Latent Fabric

Simplified Network Deployments• No specialized protocol

requirements such as IPv6, Multicast

Plug and Play Networking with UCS Unified Fabric

Reduced Complexity, Simplified Decision Making and Deployment

CVM Data Port GroupData vSwitch

CVM Mgmt Port GroupManagement vSwitch

Predefined DC Network Policies

CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM

HyperFlex Deployment Factory Automation

HX Servers Will Be Pre-Installed at Manufacturing With the Following Firmware and Software:

UCS 3.1(2f)

ESXi 6.0 U2

HX Data Platform 2.0

HX Server CIMC will be Configured in UCSM Mode

UCS 3.1(2f) is the Minimum Required Version to Support HyperFlex 2.0 and onward

Newer UCS and HX Data Software Versions Will be Installed When they Are Qualified

HX Demo

• Common Tasks

• create datastore

• expand cluster

• rapid clones

• monitoring/management dashboard

HX Demo

Thank you.

Backup and Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication

• Backups and restores via a Veeam proxy VM

• CBT aware, compressed and deduped backups

• Cluster to Cluster replication for disaster recovery

• Full VM, file and item level recovery

• WAN acceleration, replica traffic encryption and throttling

Recover Time & Point

Objectives< 15 for apps and data

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Cisco UCS C240 or

C3260 Backup

Repository

Backup &

Replication

HX Data Platform

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Commvault Software

• Backups and restores with no agents

• End to end deduplication to reduce network traffic and space requirement

• LiveSync and DASH Copy for replication and disaster recovery

• Full VM, file and item level recovery

• Self service vWeb console for creating VMs, snapshots and backups

Recover Time & Point

Objectives< 15 for apps and data

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Cisco UCS C240 or

C3260 Media

Agents

Backup &

Replication

HX Data Platform

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Cisco UCS C220

CommServe

vSphere Replication: Built-in Protection

• VM by VM Protection and Recovery

• Network compression

• Included with the vSphere Platform

vSphere 6.0 VMware vSphere Data Protection

• Data protection and disaster recovery for VMs integrated with vSphere

• Simple to deploy, easy to manage with the vSphere Web Client

• Based on EMC Avamar and utilizes changed block tracking (CBT)

7

0

VDP VDP

Backup Data Replication