Thegenerationofdemand
Thewaveofinformatizationissurging,andtheamountofenterprisedatahassurgedfromMBleveltoTBorevenPBlevel.ThediversificationofenterpriseproductsandserviceshasledtothebusinesslogicofITsystemsTheincreasinglycomplex.EnterpriseITsystemsarebecominglargerandlarger,andtherequirementsforthespeedresponseofITsystemsaregettinghigherandhigher.Traditionaldiskstoragesystemsseemtobeincapableofhandlinghigh-IOPSservices.
HiperSANseriesofhigh-performancestorageproductsarehigh-performancesolid-statestoragesystemslaunchedbyUDSAFEtomeettheincreasingIOPSdemandofenterpriseusers.Theproductintegratesindustry-leadingdiskandchanneltechnologiessuchasDRAMSSDand4GBFC,whichcanprovideextremelyhighI/OperformanceandmeetthedemandingIOPSrequirementsoffrequenttransactiondatabaseenvironments(suchasonlinetransactionsystems).Itcanbeusedasanindependenthigh-performancestoragesystemforenterpriseapplicationenvironmentswithfrequentI/OaccesstobuildaUDSAFEHiperSANsolution,anditcanalsobeusedasanimportantpartofatieredstoragesolutiontoseamlesslyintegrateintotheenterprise'soriginalSANenvironment.
Advantages
Excellentstorageperformance
AdoptDRAM-basedhigh-performancesolid-stateharddrives,singlediskIOPSupto20000;
TherandomaccesstimeofDRAM-basedhigh-performancesolid-stateharddrivesisonly20us,whichismuchlowerthanthems-levelaccesstimeofmechanicalharddrives;
Thestoragecontrolleradoptsprofessional64-bitPowerPC750GLCPU,themainfrequencyisupto800MHZ,andwith1024KBL2Cache,whichimprovestheefficiencyofinstructionexecution;
Thecontrollercacheadopts2GBDDRmemorymodule,withECCfunction,andthesystemcacheisupto4GB;
>DualcontrollerscanoperateindependentlyfordifferentRAIDgroups;
ASIC400hardwareverificationchipprovideshigh-speedRAIDcomputingperformance;
4GbhostchannelanddiskThechannelensureshigh-speeddatatransmission;
Dedicated18GbpsRCCcachesynchronizationchannel;
Dynamicmulti-pathloadbalancingfunctioncanobtain30%performanceimprovement.
Reliablestoragearchitecture
TheMTBFofDRAM-basedsolid-statedisksisashighas1000000Hours,whichismuchhigherthanthatofmechanicaldisks;
Solid-statedisksTheharddiskhasanenhancedBIT-levelmemoryerrorcorrectioncircuitandabuilt-inprotectionharddisktoprovidemultipledataprotection;
HighlyredundantredundantRAIDcontrollerandfault-toleranthardware;
RedundantdiskchannelsensurethateachdiskisconnectedtotwoFC-ALLOOPs;
ThecontrollermoduleandtheI/Ochannelmoduleareseparated,whichismoreconducivetosystemhardwaremaintenance;
Cablelessstructureisadoptedinsidethesystem;
Fullyredundantmodulardesign,onlinehotswappable;
Lithiumbatteryprotectionmodulecanensurethatthecontrollercachesdata72Hoursarenotlost;
Intelligentstressandprotectionmechanism;
Intelligentmulti-pathredundancyfunction.
Flexiblemanagementmethods
SupportWebBrowser,RS232,LCDmanagementpanel,JAVAGUI,Telnetandothermanagementmethods;
Supportin-bandmanagementandcentralizedmanagementfunctions;
SupportSNMP,EMAIL,SMS,FAXandotheralarmmethods.
RichFirmwarefunctions
SupportSMARTtechnology;
Supportlogicaldiskonlinecapacityexpansion;
SupportsautomaticRAIDreconstruction;
Supportsdynamicadjustmentofwritestrategy;
SupportsadjustableI/Oqueuedepth;
SupportslogicalvolumeStripedepthcanbesetseparately;
Supportlogicalvolumewritestrategytobesetseparately;
Supportwritestrategyadaptive;
SupportLUN-MAPPINGAndLUNreadandwritepermissionssetting;
SupportsRaidreconstructionprioritycustomization.
Problem
Atthebeginningofthebirthoftieredstoragetechnology,thereweremany"halos"aroundit,suchasthewidespreaduseofrelativelyinexpensivediskstoformarrays,whichpromoteddatalifecyclemanagementProcess,etc.Butwhatistheactualsituation?Inarecentresearchevent,analystsatTheInfoProfoundthatstoragevendorsareonlyissuing"badchecks."
TheindependentsurveyagencyTheInfoProconductedasurveyof153Fortune1000companiesinNorthAmerica.Theresultsshowthatusersareverydissatisfiedwiththemanagementperformanceofthetieredstoragesystem.
Dataoneachstoragelayercannotbefreelymigrated.Thisisthebiggest"bottleneck"...Themorelayersofthesystem,themoretroublesomeitistomanage.Infact,mostofthedataonthemarketStoragemanagementproductsstillhavecertaindifficultiesinmanagingheterogeneousstoragelayers.Inotherwords,inthepracticalapplicationoftieredstoragesystems,therearestillmanyobstaclestobeovercome.
Application
HiperSANhigh-performancestorageproducts,asanimportantpartoftheUDSAFEHiperSANarchitecture,areparticularlysuitableforITapplicationenvironmentswithdemandingIOPSrequirements,suchas:
Telecomcentralizedbillingsystem,callcenter
Financialsecuritiescentralizedtradingsystem,futuresreal-timetradingsystem,riskcontrolsystem
Powernetworksalessystem
Tobaccoandtobaccovisitingandmarketingsystem
Taxationandtaxationsystem
E-commerceonlinetransactionsystem
ManufacturingERP,CRM
…….
Aslongasthe“hotfile”ofhotdataisstoredinHiperSANhigh-performancestorage,I/Operformancecanbeimprovedseveraltimes.Itisrecommendedtodeploythe“hotfile”inHiperSANhigh-performancestorage.file"has:
DB2:logfile,index,temporarytablespace
Informix:RootDBStable,PHYSDBS,LOGDBS,andTMPDBS1
Oracle:Redologs,RollbackSegments,andTemporarytables
Progress:AI,BI,andTemporarytables
Sendmail:mqueue
Sybase:TransactionLogs,Tempdb,heavilyhittables
SQL:Heavilyhittables,Transactionlogs,andTemporarytables
SAP:PSAPBTABtables,PSAPCLUtables,PSAPSTABtables,Mtables
……
Typicalapplications
UsingHiperSANhigh-performancestoragestoragesystemtobuildUDSAFEHiperSANarchitecturetorealizehierarchicaldeploymentoforacledatabase.