1、IBMV7000Unifiedvs.NetAppNetApp,SpecificationComparisonProductNetAppIBMSpecificationFASV3200SeriesV7000V7000UnifiedStorageYesFC,iSCSI,FCoE,NFS,CIFS)No,FC,iSCSIonlyYes(FC,iSCSI,FCoE1NFS.CIFS)Scale-OutClusterYesYesSANonlyMaxNodesNASOnly:24nodes(12HApairs)SANwithorwithoutNAS:6nodes(3HApairs)8SANnodes2NA
2、Snodes(1HApaO8SANnodes(4HApairs)Memorypersystem8-32GB8-16GB8-16GBFlashCache512GB-2TBNoNoDrivespersystem240960240240HostInterfaces824x8GbFC8-2410GbE8x8GbFC4x10GbE88GbFC410GbE210GbE(NAS)SupportedDrivesSSD,FC,SAS,SATASSD.SAS.NL-SASBaseSoftwareStack(includedfree)Anyoneprotocol(NFS,CIFS,iSCSI.FC),ASUP,De
3、dupe,Compression.ThinProvisioning,DataONTAPEssentials(FIexVoI,MultipathI/O,SyncMirror1MultiStore.RAID-DP,Snapshot,OpenSystemsSnapVauIt,FIexShare)SystemManager,OperationsManagerProtectionManager.ProvisioningManager,MetroCIusterNo,CharaedOnDermodulebasis:SAN:FC,iSCSI,GUI.EasyTier,FIashCopy,ReverseFIas
4、hCopy,ThinProvisioning.DataMigration.MetroMirror,GlobalMirrorrys：CIFS,NFS,Snapshot,FileClone,Asyncreplication,GPFSreplicationofGPFSmetadata.Antivirus.GPFSILMtNDMPreplicationCompetitiveMappingNetAppIBMFAS3210StorwizeV7000(2NodeSAN)FASV3240(7-modeorc-mode)StorwizeV7000Unified(4NodeSAN)FASV3270(7-modeo
5、rc-mode)StorwizeV7000Unified(8NodeSAN)CompetitiveAnalysisOverview FirstIBMdevelopedmidrangeunifiedstorageofferingo6Uconfigurationconsistingof2UV7000and4USONAScontrollers StorwizeV7000LaunchedinOct2010,gainedNAScapabilityinOct2011oApproximately4,500V7000unitshipmentsin2011StrengthsFASc-modeCATOne-Pag
6、er Modular,scalablearchitectureoCanstartasatraditionalSANarrayandlaterexpandtosupportNASorvirtualizeexternal3rdpartySANarrays Performanceclaimsbackedbybenchmarks;SPC-1andSPC-2 Easy-to-usestoragemanagementinterface/GUIoWeb-based,wizarddrivenandsingleconsoleforblockandfile Non-disruptiveDataMigrationa
7、crossinternalandexternalstorageo45-dayfreevirtualizationlicensefordatamigration OptionalActiveCloudEngineforfilemigrationtoappropriatestoragetiersWeaknesses CompletelyseparatearchitectureswithaboltedtogetherdesignoSeparatedataservicesforFileandBlock,dontexpectV7000functionalityforfileoExternalstorag
8、evirtualizationislimitedtoblockstorage Poorscale-outsolutionoSONASinV7000Unifiedisnotascale-outimplementationoNoInfiniteVolumefeature,volumecannotstretchacrossclusters NASlimitationsoGPFSusesalarge256KblocksizeoNFSv4,SecureNFSandSMB2.1isnotsupportedoAntivirusprotectionislimitedtoCIFSandrequiressepar
9、atecomputenodesandassociatedAVsoftwareoSONAScodewithinV7000UnifiedisstillverybuggyoOnlyahandfulSONASdeploymentstilldate,askforNASroadmap。Filevolumescannotbethinprovisioned,resized,orusevolumemirroring SONASpoorchoiceforVMware;NoVAAI1VASA,SRMandvCenterplug-in Copyonwrite(C-O-W)snapshotswithperformanc
10、eimpactoV7000FIashCopyforcloningrequiresfullcopyofvolume PoorStorageEfficiencyoNoDeduplicationandThinReplicationoCompressionislimitedtoSANandislicensedperenclosureoThinProvisioningisavailableforblockonlyandisnotrecommendedforhighperformanceworkloadsduetoadditionalI/O FIashCopyManagerdoesnothaveautom
11、atedfailovercapability,evenbackupandrestoresarenotasadvancedasSM(noconceptofFrequentRecoveryPointsthathelpsautomatetheProCeSSofselectingandapplyingincrementalbackups),itdoesnotsupportvirtualinfrastructureandMSSharePoint,usesanexpensiveTB/Processorbasedlicensingmodel. HighTCO.Allsoftwarelicensesandma
12、intenancearechargedonperenclosurebasisandeachenclosureholdsonly12SATAor24SASdrives NoRAIDprotected,aggregate-level,readandwritecachelikeFlashPoolsNetApps two filers are not dual ntro Ilers. You are buying two filers regardless of what they say. Not a good foundation for blockNetApp uses a post-proce
13、ss compression and has a high performance overhead IBMEasyTierisonlyforblockworkloads,useslarge256MBextentsizeandisnotdynamiclikeFIashCache(24hrand48hrwindowtomovehotdatainandoutofSSD)andresultsincontrolleroverhead.SSDcosts$26K/drive PoorQoS;nomechanismforthrottlingasynchronousreplicationonSONAS Poo
14、rchoiceforcloudenvironment;Nosecuremultitenancyfeature 1.acksEnterprise-ClassDataProtectionfeaturesoOnlyexpensiveFCbasedmirroring(Sync,Async)forblockoOnlyIPbasedAsyncmirroringforfileandlimitedto1:1relationshipoMaxthreereplicationrelationshipsaresupportedbetweenclustersoNoclusteredsynchronousmirrorin
15、gofferinglikeMetroCIuster(SVCSplit-ClusterisnotsupportedonV7000Unified) Highriskofdataoutageascontra-rotatingcablingisnotsupportedPositioning Designedforscalability;Scale-up,Scale-out,Scale-Virtually Provideshighstorageefficiency(compression,ThinProvisioning) Breakthrougheaseofuseincreasingadministr
16、atorefficiency Non-disrptivemigrationfrom,orvirtualizationof,existingdiskStrategyandTactics HighlightthatV7000isbuiltonprovenIBMTechnologies PrimarilytargetedatDS5KandSVCupgradecustomers SwitchandpositionNseriesifabouttolosetoNetAppWhyNetApp? Industrysmostflexiblearchitecture-onlytrulyunifiedscale-u
17、pandscale-outdesignwithDataONTAP8 IndustrysmostefficientstoragesystemsoBlock-leveldedupeacrossalldatastored;norehydrationrequiredfordataservices:dedupepreservedinvirtualtierandonSSDoIn-linecompressiononselectedvolume,nativeWANcompressionoSpace-efficientclones,RAID-DP,virtualpoolsandthinprovisioningo
18、Bestprice/performancewithvirtualtiering(FIashCache+FlashPools) Best-of-breeddataprotection-abilitytoprotectmoredatawithperformance-neutralcopyoperations;abilitytorecoverdatafasterandmoreeffectively;deeperapplicationaffinity Uniquevalue-addforvirtualizedenvironmentsoGreatercapacityefficiencythroughde
19、dupeandspace-efficientclonesoMoreeffectivedataprotectionthroughNetApppremieredatacopytechnologyanddeepapplicationintegrationoMoreeffectivemanagementthroughNetAppRapidCloningUtilityandvirtualconsoleQuestionsToAsktheCustomerStorageefficiency-Howisdatagrowthimpactingyourbudget?Howhasvirtualizationimpac
20、tedyouroverallcapacitygrowth? Note:IBMhaslimitedtechnologytoreducedatafootprint.Virtualizedenvironments-Howisvirtualizationimpactingyourstorageenvironment? Note:IBMhaspoorintegrationforVMwaredeployments.Dataprotection&recovery-Whatnewdataprotectionchallengesareyoufacingwithvirtualization/cloud?Howar
21、etheseimpactingyourbusiness? Note:IBMdoesnothaveenterprise-classdataprotectionfeaturesHowToAttack? Boltedtogetherarchitecture,reliesonNetAppforunifiedstoragecapability NASisreallyanafterthoughtontheV7000Unified.SONAShasbeenamarketfailure;askforadetailedNASroadmap. CannotcompetewithNetAppsindustrylea
22、dingapplicationintegrationespeciallywithvirtualinfrastructureincludingVMware,CITRIXandHyper-V IBMclaimsEasyTiersignificantlyimprovesperformancebuthasneveruseditinanyperformancebenchmark.HighlightVirtualTieringincludingFIashPooI.CompetitorLandminesandFUDCompetitorLandmineszFUDU-TURNorFactFacts:Isther
23、eanindependentvalidationofthesame?ThereisNetAppisemulatingSANoverWAFL.BlockoverfileisabadapproachforblockworkloadsnosuchthingasanemulatedLUN.IfseitheraLUNoritisnt.SPCREresultshaveproventhatNetAppunifiedstoragesystemperformsbetterthanmostcomparable,dedicatedSANstoragesystemunderaworkloadthatisreprese
24、ntativeofbusinessapplicationsNetApphasmorethan30,000SANdeplomentsandgrowing.U-Turn:WhatobjectivesareyoutryingtomeetwithSAN?Whatareyourperformancerelatedpainpoints? Facts:False.WeUSeactive/activecontrollers.Eachcontrollernormallyservesitsowndata.Ifonentrollerfails,thepartnerntrollertakesoverandserves
25、bothitsdataandthedataforthepartner.Physically,thetwocontrollersareconnectedtoeachother.Eachcontrolleralsohasoneormoreconnectionstoitsdisksandtoitspartnersdisks. NetAppispositionedintheLEADERSquadrantinGartnersMagicQuadrantforMidranqeandHiqh-EndModularDiskArray,leadingEMCandallothervendorsinmpleteess
26、ofvisionU-Turn:Whatjocontinuousoperationsmeantoyou? Facts:IBMRealTimeCompressionisavailableforblockonly.RtCisprocessheavyandrequires3outof4V7000CPUcoresand2GBofRAM.Ifyouaremorethan20%CPUbusyonyourcurrentV7000systems,youwillneedtoaddanotherI/OgrouptodeployRtC. RtCislicensedbyperenclosure.NetAppdataco
27、mpressionisfreeandcustomerscantrythisontheirtestworkloadsanddecidetodeployforproductionenvironment. U-Turn:Whatareyourmpressionrelatedobjectives?Asoftheissuedateolthisdocument,tothebesofourknowledge,theinformationcontainedhereinisanaccurateresultolourreinformationhasnotchangedsinthisdumentwasissued,
28、nordowundedaketoupdatethisdument.Allspecificationsarecountries.AJIothertxadsorproductsaretractemartosorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveholdersandshouldbetreatedaISwithnowarrantiesolanykind.NetAppoffersnowarrantythatthisareregisteredtrademarksoNetApp.Inc.intheU.S.andother.2012NetApp.Inc.Allrightsreserved.Author:BharatBagmane1.astUpdated:4May2014
