1、HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000CompetitiveStrategyGuide:NetAppNetApp Confidential Information. Distribution limited to NetApp partners under NDA obligations. No redistribution rights are hereby granted.All rights reservedOverviewofHP3PARStoreServ7000The3PARStoreServ7000modelswerelaunchedonDecember3,2012.Ther
2、earethreedifferentmodels: StoreServ7200with2controllersandupto144drives StoreServ7400with2controllersandupto240drivesor4controllersandupto480drives StoreServ7450(SSDonly)with2or4controllersandupto240SSDdrivesHPStoreSerV7200/7400QIliCkSPeCSHPStOreSerV7450QIliCkSDeCSHP3PARStoreSerVSoftWareQUiCkSDeCSSt
3、oreServ7450SPeCifiCatIOns:5nM11rJPMStereServ74SONumbtrOfControilefModel2or4HPJPMGeMASCs2cr4Pmtuon2eight-core2.3GKxCacM-12868MwmixnHostPom24POm11brt0wmno42.62.82.1W,142Dr*CepacltinUpproxtmMtGB1)(RAIoI.parityrafioenddrw(acHKitmk*blwithinthtor19eSyttwnJ1S5O4.2MSSO.40OSSO480SSD,920SSDNumberofAdd-onDr.fn
4、dourtILMhCMvtEnclotureHoMsito24drin2UforswUfonfMtordrivesnt4JfrUr蒙formftordrV)O-BendosurM1 Theminimumdrivequantityispermittedaslongasthetotalrawcapacityisatleast0.8TB.2 Maximumrawcapacitycurrentlysupportedwithsolidstatedrives.3 Forstoragecapacity.1GB=1,000,000,000bytesand1TB三1,000GB.4 SSDsareSolidSt
5、ateDrives.CompetitiveMapping3PARStoreServNetApp72008020740080407450(SSD)8040(SSD)orEF550StoreServ7200&7400Specifications:SummaryBioCkSrt,NotAppUWeIOGtMi(SCSHMtPocu04pcrts0BpocUNotAcpUcabl*IGbEZlOGbENMworkPortsNo480drtv*V-243ZNcoeRawCavity;aHX(.)2U-100TBWU-I100TbM2x45068forOZSsirrordW3SVAItStoicServ7
6、2M)RMSlOftSefv7M3FAStvdtcsoilmldlewitftfemtcStorageSyten)oossD,ansso4.4K)SSO.4MSSD.92OSSD9C10KSAS.900IOKSAS.10007.2KNL20007.2KM)072KM40e72KSDt.*nSSD1.IOSS4.92eSS4HJOoISKsA5.4:OlaCSAS.MirOKy6.9(Xn(KMS.IoO0KNL20007.2KNIA300072KMA40T?|TNLSNotApplcdMeNuntetofAdmDivCndosues(frhhdgM*h(故gto24drr2Ufor114lfc
7、rfcUrMeond4UrIarqerornlfrordrives)0-919ekbues018enclas*esFHtppkJM?1 Theminimumdrivequantityispermittedaslongasthetotalrawcapacityisatleast1.2TB.2 Maximumrawcapacitycurrentlysupportedwithanyandalldrivetypes.3 Forstoragecapacity,IGB=1,000,000,000bytesandITB=lz000GB.4 SSDsareSolidStateDrives.5 NLdrives
8、are7200RPMEnterpriseSASdrives.7 Appliestothearraystorageassignedto3PARStoreServFileControllerforfileservices8 Fordetails/pleaserefertothe3PARStoreServFileControllersectioninthisdocument.9 The400TBand1100TBmaximumrawcapacitylimitsfortheHP3PARStoreServ7200and7400Storagesystemsrespectivelyareapplicable
9、tosystemsrunningHP3PAROSversion3.1.3orlater.ForHP3PARStoreServ7200and7400systemsrunningHP3PAROSversionspriorto3.1.3ftheapplicablelimitsare250TBand864TBrespectively10 Te240drivemaximumIimitforthenumberofdrives(and9add-onenclosures)forthe3PARStoreServ7200StorageSystemisapplicabletosystemsrunningHP3PAR
10、OSversion3.1.3orlater.ForHP3PARStoreServ7200systemsrunningHP3PAROSversionspriorto3.1.3,theapplicablelimitsis144drives(and5add-ondriveenclosures)NOTE:Specificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.HP3PARStoreServ7000FeaturesPerformance:OnMay23,2013,HPsubmittedanewSPC-1benchmarkfortheStoreServ7400confi
11、guredwithallSSDdisks: 4-controller,all-SSD(32x1OOGBSSDdrives) 2581078IOPSat0.86mslatency $148,737ata45%discount(highestfielddiscount) Noadvancedsoftwarefeaturesincluded3PARStOreSerV7400SPC-IBenehmarkReSUltSOnJune11,2013,HPannouncedanewall-flasharray-theStoreServ7450.The7450usesthelatestIntelSandyBri
12、dge8-coreprocessorsanddoubledthecachefromthe7400modelto64GB(2controllers)to128GB(4controllers).OnDecember10,2013HPannouncedanupdatedversionofthe3PARInFormOS(version3.1.3)claimingthe74504-controllermodelcanachieve900,0004KreadIOPSat0.7msoflatencyusingIometer,thoughthereisnoindependentpublishedbenchma
13、rktovalidatethisclaim.All-flasharraysaregettingmoreattentionbuttheoverwhelmingmajorityofcustomerworkloadswillusetraditionalspinningdiskorhybriddiskandflash.Dontcompeteagainstabenchmark.Sizeforwhatsneededandscaleasnecessary.3PARrequiresbolt-ongatewaysforNASthatcannotmatchourSPECsfs2008benchmarkresult
14、sormanagementsimplicity.WehaveaveryimpressiveEF550all-flasharraythatshouldbeconsideredifall-flashisarequirement.WiththepowerfulFAS8000series,wealsocompeteverywellinall-flashenvironmentswhenthefeaturesofClusteredDataONTAParearequirement.HPsalesteamswillalsopush3PARChunkletsassuperiortoNetAppaggregate
15、sforperformanceinspinningdiskenvironments.Therealityisour6controller6240SPC-1benchmarkranatalowerlatencywithonly432disksandFIashCachethanthe8controller3PARP10000,V800(rebrandedtheStoreServ10800)SPC-1benchmarkwith1920disks.Whiletheypushedtheirbenchmarkbeyond250,000IOPS,thelatencyquicklytrackedupwardt
16、o13.67msatamuchhigherlistpriceofnearly$6millionUSD.Powerconsumptionwassignificantlyhigheraswell.Notethatwenowsupport8-nodeSANclustersandwiththemorepowerfulFAS8000systems,theperformanceshouldeasilycompeteagainstthe3PARStoreServoffering.NetAPDFAS6240SPC-IBenChrnarkReSUltSHP3PARPloOc)OV800SPC-IBenChmar
17、kReSlJltSProvisioning:HPlikestotalkaboutdiskChunkletsandhowsimpletheirprovisioningis.Theywillalsopromotetheirdiskvirtualizationasthoughitsbrandnewandneverbeendonebefore.ThetruthisHPhasbeenusingdiskvirtualizationasfarbackas1996withtheirVA7100AutoRAIDVirtualArrays,thentheEnterpriseVirtualArrayEVA(Comp
18、aqacquisition),andnow3PAR.3PARdevelopedtheirownimplementation,butitisnotnewtechnology.3PARprovisioningissimpleaslongasitstayswithinasinglearrayandthereisnoNASrequired.ExpansionbeyondasinglearrayisnotmanagedasasingleclusterlikewithClusteredDataONTAP.3PARStoreServ7000controllersdivideeachphysicaldiskd
19、riveintomultipleChunkletsof1GBinsize.MostChunkletsareusedtocreatelogicaldiskRAIDsets,whileothersaredesignatedasspares.EachRAIDsetismadeupofChunkletsfromdifferentphysicaldisks.LogicaldisksarepooledtogetherinCommonProvisioningGroups(CPG)thatallocatesspacetovirtualvolumes.CPGsaretemplatescreatedbythead
20、ministratortodefinethediskdrivetouse(900GBSAS,3TBNL-SAS,400GBSSD,etc.),theRAIDconfiguration(RAID5,3+1,RAID1,etc.),orapoolofuptothreedifferenttierstobeusedforauto-tiering.IfthereareenoughdiskshelvesandtheRAIDsetdefinitioncanspanshelves,theOSwillstripeRAIDsetsacrossdiskshelvesautomatically.BecauseChun
21、kletsareusedtocreatevirtualRAIDsets,physicaldiskswilllikelycontainChunkletsfrommultipledifferentRAIDsets.WhenWindowsNASgatewaysareadded,VirtualVolumesmustbecreatedandpresentedasLUNstothegatewaysbeforetheycanbesharedtohosts.Toprotectagainstafailure,atleasttwogatewaysshouldbeconfiguredasaWindowscluste
22、r.Anti-virusprotectionneedstobeaddedtothegatewaysaswell.TraditionalbackupmethodologiesareevenfurthercomplicatedwithseparateNASgatewaysforfileaccessandarrayportsforblockdata.RestoringindividualfilesaswellasfullvolumesrequiresmuchmoreplanningandadministrationthanwithSnapVauItintegratedsolutions.HostAc
23、cess:All3PARStoreServ7000arraysareblock-onlySANarraysandincludefourbuilt-in8GbFCportspercontrollerpair(twoportspercontroller)plustwoPCIeadapterslotspercontrollerpair(oneslotpercontroller).ThePCIeadapterslotscanaccommodatethefollowingoptionaladaptercards. 4-port8GbFCcardAs of the issue date of this d
24、oment, to the best of our kov*1dge, the information ntaied herein is an accurate result of our research adzor effort to obtain information. This information is provided *AS-IS* with no warranties of any kind. NetApp offers no warranty that this information has cx changed since this document was issu
25、ed, oc do We undertake to update IhtS document. 2011 NetApp. Inc. Al rights reserved. All specifications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo. NetApp brands are registered trademarks o NetApp. Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks
26、or registered trademarks o their respective hoWers and should be treated as such.Author: Matt GormleyNetApp Confidential Information. Distribution limited to NetApp partners under NDA obligations. No redistribution rights are hereby granted. All rights reservedLaSt Updated: December 20. 2013 2-port1
27、0GbiSCSI/FCoEcardTheoptionaladaptercardsmustbepurchasedinpairstoensureeachcontrollerpairprovidesequivalenthostconnectivity.iSCSI/FCoEadaptersonlyallowoneprotocolperadaptercard-eitheriSCSiorFCoE.HPoffersadirect-attachoptionto3PARarrayswiththeirC-ClassBIadeSystemenclosuresusingVirtualConnectSANmodules
28、Thisallows3PARarraystoconnectdirectlytotheVirtualConnectmoduleswithoutanexternalSANswitch.WhatsnotmentionedisthatexternalSANswitchesarerequiredtoconnectvirtualtapeortapelibrariestotheVirtualConnectSANmodules.Seepages5&6ofHPsImDIementinQHPVirtUalCOnneCtDirect-AHaChFibreChannelWithHP3PARStoreSerVSVSt
29、ernSthatincludesagrapicshowingthisaswellasastatementthatreads,wDirect-attacharchitecturedoesnotallowattachingeitherdiskortapebackupsystemsdirectlytoHPVCFIexFabricmodules.ilNAScapabilitiesareonlyavailablewithadd-onNASgatewaysforfileaccess.HPusestheirStoreEasy3830NASgatewaysrunningWindowsStorageServer
30、2012.TheseNASgatewaysaretheFileControllerslistedintheStoreServ7000QuickSpecsandinthematrixabove.3PARarraysalsosupportHPsLinux-basedIBRIXStoreAII9300gatewaysbutHPrarelyrecommendsthemduetotheircomplexityandhighcost.Efficiency:3PARmakesheadyclaimsabouttheirASIC-drivenThinProvisioningclaimingyoullgetall
31、thespacesavingsyouneedwiththintechnologyandzero(dedupe)reclaim.TheirprimarydifferentiatoristheabilitytocreatethinlyprovisionedLUNsduringthemigrationprocessfromotherarraysthatarenotthinlyprovisioned.Thezero(dedupe)reclaimIltheytalkaboutisspacereclamation,notdeduplication.HPhasevencreateda3PARdeduplic
32、ationandCaDaCitVefficiencywhitepaperthattriestomaketheclaimthattheirzerodetectfeatureisanalogoustodeduplication;it,snot!HPofferstwoseparate50%savingsguaranteesbasedsoleyonthinprovisioning: 3PARGetThinGUaranteeduringdatamigration 3PARGetVirtUalGUarameeforVMenvironmentsHPclaimscustomerswillrealizea50%
33、capacitysavingsduringmigrationoradoublingofVMdensitywhenmovingto3PAR.Ifnot,HPwillprovideadditionalfreedisks,S/Wlicenses,andsupporttomakeupthedifference.ThecaveatisthatHPrequiresafreestorageassessmenttodeterminewhetherthecustomerwillactuallyrealizethesesavingsbeforetheycantakeadvantageoftheprograms.N
34、otallapplicationsandworkloadsofferasignificantadvantageforthinprovisioningandnotallmigrationswillrealizea50%savingsregardlessofthestoragedevice.Whenfile-basedmigrationtoolsareused,thereisnothinprovisioningadvantagefor3PARsinceonlytheactualfilesinthesourcevolumesarecopied.WhenSAN-basedmigrationtoolsa
35、reused,3PARrecommendsthatallconnectedhostswritezeroestothesourceLUNsusingzerofiletoolssuchasSCSIUNMAPorWRITE_SAMEcommandspriortothemigration.ThesetoolswritezerostotheunderlyingblockstorageforfilesmarkedasdeletedinthehostOSdirectories.Theycanhaveaperformanceimpactandshouldbeexecutedduringoffhours.Onc
36、edeletedfileshavebeenzeroedoutatthesourcearray,thedatamigrationcanbegin.The3PARtargetarraywillusethecustomASICtoeliminateincomingzeroes(deletedfiles)tocreateathinlyprovisionedLUNduringmigration.Thisprocesswouldbeaprerequisitetoachievethe50%savingsguarantee. 3PARStoreServarraysdonotprovidededuplicati
37、on,howevertheWindowsGatewaysdoprovidealimited32Kto128Kvariable-chunkfilebaseddeduDicationforCIFS/SMBShareSOnlV. 3PARdoesnotoffercompression. RAID-MP(RAID6)isonlyrecommendedforNL-SASdisksduetoa15%performanceoverhead. SnapshotsuseCopy-On-First-Writetechnology.Performanceoverheadvariessincethemostlaten
38、cyoccurswhentheinitialsnaphotistaken.Inmoderatewriteworkloadstheperformanceimpactmaybeminimal,howeverinheavywriteenvironments,latencycanincrease.ThisisparticularlytruewhenNL-SASdisksareusedasthesnapspacetarget.HPsinternalsizingtoolfactorsina20%performanceoverheadforsnapshots.Subsequentsnapshotsdonot
39、significantlyimpactperformance.Availability:Asidefromtheusualdataprotectionmechanisms,3PARpromotestwoitemsaskeyavailabilityfeatures.ContrOllerCaCheCoherenCVallowscontrollerstocontinuetowritedatatocacheintheeventofacontrollerfailure.Thisfeatureisonlyavailablewhen4controllersareconfiguredwhichiswhy3PA
40、Rsalesteamsemphasize4controllerconfigurationswheneverpossible.As of the issue date of this document, to the best of our kovdedge. the information contained herein is an accurate result of our research and/or effort to obtain information. This information is provided hAS-IS* with no warranties of any
41、 kind. NetApp offers* no Warranty that this information has cx changed since this document was issued, o do We undertake to update IhtS document. 2011 NetApp. Inc. Al rights reserved. All specifications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo, NetApp brands are registered trade
42、marks of NetApp. Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks o their respective hoWers and should be treated as such.Author: Matt GormleyNetApp Confidential Information. Distribution limited to NetApp partners under NDA obligations. No r
43、edistribution rights are hereby granted. All rights reservedLaSt Updated: December 20. 2013Whenacontrollerfailsina2controllerconfigurationthearraygoesintowrite-throughmodetodisks,bypassingthecache.Thisimpactswriteperformanceduringafailover.3PARarraysdoprovidebatterybackedcache,howevertheydonotprovid
44、ecachedwriteswhenacontrollerfailsina2controllerconfiguration.ThisistheprimaryreasonwhyHPwillstronglyrecommenda4controller7400wheneverpossible.Whenonecontrollerfailsina4nodeconfiguration,theremaining3controllerswillre-formintoa3nodeclusterallowingwritestocontinueintocachewhilethecacheismirroredbetwee
45、ntheremainingthreenodes.HPwillsellthisasenhancedavailabilityandclaimsthisallowsasecondcontrollertofailwhilemaintainingcachecoherency.Thecaveatisthatsecondcontrollerfailuremustbeacontrollerinthesecondcontrollerpair.Ifthesurvivingcontrollerinthefirstcontrollerpairweretofail,allaccesstothebackenddiskshelvesforthatcontrollerpairwouldbelost.
