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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de
InIe|' Xecn' Prccesscrbased Servers
Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
InIe|' Xecn' Prccesscr 5500 Ser|es
InIe|' Xecn' Prccesscr 5600 Ser|es
lnIel' Clcud Builders Cuide. Clcud 0esign
and 0eplcymenI cn lnIel' PlaI!crms
Tab|e 0f CcnIenIs
ExecuI|ve Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
InIrcducI|cn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ScalecuI SIcrage Usage Ncdels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Backup/Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Large 0bjecI SIcre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Large Scale 0aIa warehcusing and AnalyIics SIcre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Usage Ncdel 0verview in Ihis Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EHC AImcs Sca|ecuI SIcrage C|cud Arch|IecIure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ENC AImcs 0verview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
TesI ed Arch|IecIure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ENC AImcs Rack CcnguraIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ENC AImcs lnsIallaIicn and ValidaIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ENC AImcs CcnguraIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EHC ATH0S Sca|ecuI SIcrage TesIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Linux RSync TesI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ENC File NanagemenI Appliance (FNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
CcnguraIicn c! VirIual Celerra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
CcnguraIicn c! AImcs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CcnguraIicn c! FNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Running Archive |cb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SymanIec NeIbackup TesI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SymanIec NeIBackup 0verview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NeIBackup lnsIallaIicn NcIes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
NeIBackup TesI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Nicrcsc!I* S0L Server* Backup TesI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ENC AImcs ClFS SubIenanI CcnguraIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NS S0L Server CcnguraIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Veri!y NS S0L Server Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1B
Th|ngs Ic Ccns|der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
NeIwcrking ArchiIecIure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
Per!crmance c! Ihe NeIadaIa Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
ApplicaIicn Prccessing cn Ihe 0aIa Ncdes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
Caching c! 0aIa aI Ihe CcmpuIe Server Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
Pcwer 0pIimizaIicn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
NexI SIes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
Ccnc|us|cns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z0
|cssary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Z1
Add|I|cna| InfcrmaI|cn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZZ
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
search indexes and Ic preview ccnIenI,
sccial neIwcrking in!crmaIicn, videcs,
phcIcs, Ihumbnails, and sIandard c!ce
dccumenIs (!cr example, pd!, wcrd*,
PcwerPcinI*). 0pIimizaIicn c! sIcrage Ic
achieve Ihe besI e!ciency is especially
signicanI !cr pcrIal applicaIicns like
YcuTube*, Flickr*, and Facebcck* IhaI
c!!er !ree sIcrage c! ccnsumer videc
and phcIc ccnIenI. EnIerprises sIrive Ic
achieve a similar e!ciency as Ihey deplcy
scalecuI sIcrage as repcsiIcries !cr daIa
and dccumenIs sIcred in applicaIicns
like Nicrcsc!I SharePcinI* and ENC*
0ccumenIum*.
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This paper denes a scalecuI sIcrage
clcud re!erence archiIecIure based cn
ENC AImcs. The re!erence archiIecIure
highlighIs ENC AImcs
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deplcyed as a
single privaIe clcud sIcrage acrcss Ihe
lnIel' Fclscm and PcrIland clcud labs. ln
addiIicn, a number c! realwcrld use cases
are validaIed Ic highlighI Ihe !eaIures c!
Ihe ENC AImcs implemenIaIicn.
Sca|ecuI SIcrage Usage Hcde|s
ackulArch|ve
As ccnsumer and enIerprise daIa sIcrage
needs have risen, a lcwccsI and high
IhrcughpuI means Ic back up and reIrieve
ccmpuIer les has beccme criIical. Nany
clcud sIcrage Sc!Iware as a Service
(SaaS) scluIicns exisI Ic suppcrI ccnsumer
PC, smarI phcne, and IableI backup. These
SaaS scluIicns alsc suppcrI PC and server
backup !cr small and medium business.
EnIerprises Iypically deplcy backups as a
privaIely managed service which direcIly
ccnnecIs Ic privaIe sIcrage based SAN
cr NAS, cr direcIly Ic Iape. Tc achieve
beIIer e!ciency, enIerprises ncw mcve
Ic replace Ihese scluIicns wiIh scalecuI
sIcrage clcud archiIecIure.
lT Iypically builds backup sysIems arcund
a clienI sc!Iware prcgram IhaI runs cn a
schedule, Iypically cnce a day. Fcr higher
reliabiliIy, ycu can alsc implemenI backups
as ccnIinucus daIa prcIecIicn. The backup
prcgram ccllecIs, ccmpresses, encrypIs,
ExecuI|ve Summary
This paper describes Ihe archiIecIure and
implemenIaIicn deIails c! a small scale
cuI sIcrage (S0S) clcud scluIicn builI
jcinIly by lnIel and ENC Ic demcnsIraIe
a privaIe clcud sIcrage deplcymenI
acrcss Iwc gecgraphically separaIe daIa
cenIers. we builI Ihe scalecuI sIcrage
clcud scluIicn wiIh Ihe ENC AImcs clcud
cpIimized sIcrage scluIicn wiIh 0ell*
servers based cn lnIel' Xecn' Iechnclcgy.
ln addiIicn Ic Ihe sIandard !uncIicnaliIy
expecIed !rcm a clcud sIcrage scluIicn
such as lccal and remcIe sIcrage access
inIer!aces, Ihe dynamic prcvisicning
c! sIcrage and sIcrage users, and lcw
pcwer / high capaciIy sIcrage scaling Ic
peIabyIes (PBs) and beycnd, Ihe scluIicn
c!!ers a ccmpleIe seI c! Iccls Ic auIcmaIe
managemenI c! Ihe clcud sIcrage. These
Iccls include a high availabiliIy meIadaIa
service IhaI suppcrIs userdened
pclicies and sel!managemenI c! sIcrage
placemenI, reliabiliIy, ccmpressicn, and
deduplicaIicn. This paper illusIraIes Ihe
clcud sIcrage !uncIicnaliIy builI and
IesIed cver a IwcmcnIh pericd wiIh
several realwcrld use cases, such as
server backup and auIcmaIed le archive.
InIrcducI|cn
The emergence c! clcud ccmpuIing and
Ihe explcsicn c! digiIal ccnIenI has driven
Ihe develcpmenI c! capaciIybased, scale
cuI sIcrage clcud archiIecIure. Figure
1 shcws cne esIimaIe c! Ihe prcjecIed
grcwIh c! digiIal ccnIenI IhaI all devices
will generaIe cver Ihe nexI 10 years. The
expecIaIicn is IhaI digiIal ccnIenI grcwIh
will apprcximaIely dcuble every year. 0ne
elemenI IhaI enables Ihis rapid grcwIh is
a reducIicn in Ihe invesImenI per gigabyIe
Ic sIcre Ihe daIa. As much as 15% c!
Ihe in!crmaIicn in Ihe 0igiIal Universe in
Z0Z0 cculd be parI c! a clcud service.
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a resulI, clcud sIcrage invesImenI needs
Ic decrease aI Ihe same raIe Ic make Ihe
sIcrage e!cienIly suppcrI Ihe massive
prcjecIed grcwIh raIe.
Tc achieve Ihe besI e!ciency, inIerneI
pcrIals IhaI cpIimize !cr bcIh clcud
ccmpuIing and digiIal ccnIenI have
creaIed clcud sIcrage archiIecIures
based cn indusIry sIandard xB6 servers
wiIh direcIly aIIached disks. This
implemenIaIicn c! sIcrage is ccmmcnly
re!erred Ic as scalecuI sIcrage. PcrIal
applicaIicns uIilize scalecuI sIcrage
!cr a number c! purpcses such as !cr
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
F|gure 1: D|g|Ia| CcnIenI CreaI|cn EsI|maIes
and Irans!ers Ihe daIa Ic Ihe clcud
sIcrage-a privaIe clcud, a SaaS clcud
sIcrage, cr rsI Ic a privaIe clcud and
Ihen Ic Ihe SaaS clcud.
Large 0bjecI SIcre
The biggesI grcwIh c! daIa in Ihe lasI
Ien years has been semisIrucIured
large cbjecIs. PhcIc, videc, Ihumbnails,
and dccumenIs (!cr example, pd!, wcrd,
PcwerPcinI) are Ihe mcsI prevalenI
examples. The challenge is especially
signicanI !cr pcrIal applicaIicns like
YcuTube, Flickr, and Facebcck IhaI sIcre
ccnsumer videc and phcIc ccnIenI.
EnIerprises have a similar requiremenI
Ic sIcre dccumenIs wiIh applicaIicns
like Nicrcsc!I SharePcinI and ENC
0ccumenIum.
LargeSca|e DaIa warehcus|ng and
Ana|yI|cs SIcre
EnIerprises can analyze daIa ccllecIed
as parI c! Iheir business cperaIicns
Ihrcugh cnline daIabases (business Ic
business and business Ic clcud), lcg
les, senscrs, and general dccumenIs.
we Iypically re!er Ic Ihis ccllecIicn c!
daIa as a daIa warehcuse. ScalecuI
sIcrage is an cpIimal archiIecIure Ic
bcIh ccsI e!!ecIively sIcre Ihe daIa, and
aI Ihe same Iime make iI available !cr
daIa analyIics. The Apache* Hadccp
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applicaIicn !ramewcrk is ccmmcnly used
cn a scalecuI sIcrage clcud Ic per!crm
Ihe daIa Irans!crmaIicn necessary Ic
creaIe Ihe analyIics daIabase.
Usage Hcde| 0verv|ew |n Ih|s Paer
This paper cnly !ccuses cn ccnguraIicn
and IesIing c! backup and archive usage
mcdels. Fcur applicaIicns were selecIed
based cn discussicns wiIh lnIel lT cn use
c! a scalecuI sIcrage clcud !cr backup
and archiving. The !cur applicaIicns IesIed
are described in Ihe ENC AImcs scalecuI
sIcrage IesIs secIicn.
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File Share ENC*
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ApplicaIicn ApplicaIicn
ENC*
AImcs*
0ell* R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA
ENC*
AImcs*
0ell* R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
0ell R610, Z4 CB
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA
15 x Z TB SATA ReplicaIicn
CbE CbE
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lFS
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REST HTTP
lFS
NFS, ClFS
lnIel' Fclscm
Clcud Lab
lnIel' 0regcn
Clcud Lab
Ciscc* Z9Z1 Ciscc Z9Z1
Ciscc* Nexus*
50Z0
ExIender
Ciscc Nexus
50Z0
ExIender
ScalecuI
SIcrage Clcud
lnIel' wAN
(L3 PZP
lPSec VPN)
EHC AImcs Sca|ecuI SIcrage C|cud
Arch|IecIure
EHC AImcs 0verv|ew
ENC designed ENC AImcs wiIh !eaIures
IhaI suppcrI massive scalabiliIy (See
Figure Z). ENC AImcs prcvides a plaI!crm
IhaI is designed Ic suppcrI mulIiple
IenanIs, and inIegraIes an exIremely
pcwer!ul pclicy engine and a varieIy c!
sc!Iware !eaIures Ic deliver a mulIi
use sIcrage plaI!crm IhaI can meeI Ihe
demands c! e!cienI, wide scale sIcrage
scughI in clcudbased archiIecIures.
AImcs !eaIures include CecPrcIecI,
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which is an inIelligenI cbjecI level
prcIecIicn scheme IhaI uIilizes cbjecI
replicaIicn and Erasure ccding. wiIh bcIh
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
F|gure Z: EHC AImcs Sca|ecuI SIcrage C|cud
F|gure 3: EHC AImcs De|cymenI |n InIe| C|cud Labs
eighI servers and hard disk enclcsures
in a wSZ1Z0 ccn!iguraIicn).
Each c! Ihe !cur servers has cne CbE
exIernal NlC which is ccnnecIed Ic a
Ciscc Nexus* 50Z0 SwiIch. Server NlCs
can be dcubled cr upgraded Ic 10 CbE
i! needed.
Each c! Ihe !cur servers has an inIernal
privaIe CbE* NlC ccnnecIed Ic a Icpc!
rack swiIch IhaI is used !cr PXE bccI
during Ihe iniIial AImcs ccn!iguraIicn.
Each server has a x4 SAS 6 CB/s ccn
necIicn Ic cne ENC disk enclcsure.
Each ENC disk enclcsure ccnIains 15
ENC* SATA ll 5.4K, Z TB hard disk drives
!cr a IcIal c! 30 TBs c! raw sIcrage per
hard disk enclcsure.
Each server is a 0ell* PcwerEdge*
R610 Rack Server wiIh Ihe !cllcwing
ccnguraIicn.
0ual scckeI lnIel' 5Z00 ChipseI
plaI!crm
Twc lnIel' Xecn' Prccesscr E5504
Z4 CB 1066 00R3 Nemcry
XB664 Red HaI* Linux (Kernel.
Z.6.Z9.64.Z.smp.gcc4.1.xB6_64)
ENC* AImcs* Appliance 1.3.Z.5Z930
EHC AImcs InsIa||aI|cn and Va||daI|cn
EHC AImcs ScfIware InsIa||aI|cn
we rsI insIalled Ihe ENC AImcs sc!Iware
cn Ihe masIer server in Ihe rack wiIh
Ihe ENC AImcs Appliance C0 Ihrcugh
Ihe keybcard, visualdisplay uniI, mcuse
(KVN) inIer!ace. we Ihen pcwered cn
each c! Ihe cIher Ihree servers cne aI a
Iime. Each server PXE bccIed !rcm Ihe
masIer server cver Ihe privaIe neIwcrk
and Ihen ccpied Ihe masIer server AImcs
insIallaIicn Ic Iheir lccal bccI disk.
and deduplicaIicn. wiIh Ihis seI c! rcbusI
!uncIicnaliIy, ENC packages Ihe e!ciency
achieved by large lnIerneI ccmpanies inIc
a suppcrIed and validaIed prcducI.
AImcs achieves scaling e!ciency because
iI separaIes sIcrage meIadaIa !rcm
sIcrage cbjecIs/daIa. A scalecuI sIcrage
archiIecIure has Ihree majcr ccmpcnenIs.
sIcrage clienI, sIcrage daIa ncde, and
meIadaIa sIcre. This archiIecIure enables
cpIimal deplcymenI c! AImcs cn sIandard
server and sIcrage hardware ccmpcnenIs
(e.g. xB6 prccesscrs, gigabiI EIherneI
(CbE) and 10 CbE neIwcrk inIer!ace cards
(NlCs), hard disk drives, sclid sIaIe drives,
hcsI bus adapIers, eIc.) IhaI use Ihe
sIandard Linux* cperaIing sysIem. Use c!
sIandard server and sc!Iware ccmpcnenIs
are key IeneIs Ic meeIing Ihe sIaIed clcud
sIcrage requiremenIs.
TesI ed Arch|IecIure
Fcr Ihe purpcse c! Ihis re!erence
archiIecIure, ENC and lnIel deplcyed
AImcs as Iwc !curncde racks. cne in Ihe
lnIel Fclscm, Cali!crnia clcud lab and cne
in Ihe lnIel Hillsbcrc, 0regcn clcud lab
as shcwn in Figure 3. we ccngured Ihe
AImcs sysIems Ic be a single scalecuI
sIcrage clcud ccnnecIed by Ihe lnIel'
wAN. we ccngured Ihe AImcs sysIem
wiIh a pclicy IhaI auIcmaIically replicaIed
daIa sIcred aI eiIher lccaIicn Ic Ihe cIher
AImcs rack cver Ihe lnIel wAN.
EHC AImcs Pack Ccnf|guraI|cn
we based Ihe racks cn Ihe ENC AImcs
wSZ1Z0 ccn!iguraIicn (see Figure 4). Fcr
each deplcyed rack.
Each rack has !cur servers and !cur
hard disk enclcsures (hal! Ihe ncrmal
prcIecIicn schemes available, Ihe user
can inIegraIe Ihe ccrrecI ENC AImcs
CecPrcIecI scheme Ihrcugh Ihe pclicy
engine, which enables a businesslevel
pclicy apprcach Ic run cn any sIandard
xB6 server plaI!crm. ENC has inIegraIed
AImcs inIc racks using 0ell* R610,
6
lnIel'
Xecn' servers and ENC's lcwccsI, high
densiIy disk enclcsures and SATA hard
disk drives. AImcs addresses managemenI
ccmplexiIy issues presenIed Ic a
massively scalable, gecgraphic !ccIprinI,
wiIh iIs glcbally disIribuIed archiIecIure
and unied namespace. AImcs is Iypically
deplcyed as a mulIipeIabyIe, mulIisiIe,
scalecuI sIcrage clcud plaI!crm !cr
in!crmaIicn sIcrage and disIribuIicn
acrcss mulIiple physical sIcrage ncdes. As
a scalecuI sIcrage clcud AImcs alleviaIes
limiIaIicns c! IradiIicnal neIwcrk aIIached
sIcrage (NAS) cr sIcrage area neIwcrk
(SAN) sIcrage plaI!crms by managing
ccnIenI as cbjecIs in a virIually unlimiIed
namespace IhaI can span gecgraphies.
AImcs sc!Iware allcws Ihis disIribuIed
sysIem Ic be managed as a single enIiIy.
ln addiIicn, managemenI is simplied and
auIcmaIed wiIh inIegraIed pclicybased
daIa services IhaI handle daIa prcIecIicn,
placemenI, drive spindcwn, ccmpressicn
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
F|gure 4: EHC wSZ1Z0 F|gure 5: HeIadaIa Ic DaIa SIcrage Ccng
EHC AImcs Hardware and ScfIware
Va||daI|cn
we execuIed a IesI plan Ic validaIe
hardware and sc!Iware. The IesI plan
includes validaIicn c!.
meIadaIa daIabase
services as running and healIhy
insIallaIicn lcgs
AImcs clcud Ihrcugh read and wriIe
sample cbjecIs
pclicies as we viewed Ihe lccaIicn c!
cbjecI creaIicn
EHC AImcs Ccnf|guraI|cn
ENC AImcs ccnguraIicn cccurs primarily
Ihrcugh a Nicrcsc!I* lnIerneI Explcrer*
versicn 7 brcwser. we ccngured bcIh
AImcs racks (i.e. Ihe AImcs scalecuI
sIcrage clcud) Ihrcugh a single ccnnecIicn
and sessicn.
Pescurce HanagemenI rcu
Ccnf|guraI|cn
The ENC AImcs rescurce managemenI
grcup (RNC) denes Ihe racks in a
single daIa cenIer lccaIicn. we dened
a rescurce managemenI grcup !cr Ihe
ENC AImcs racks in Ihe lnIel Fclscm and
Hillsbcrc labs.
1. Launched Nicrcsc!I lE wiIh Ihe URL.
hIIps.//19Z.16B.155.Z01/mgmI_lcgin.
The NasIerServerlP address in cur
clcud lab was 19Z.16B.155.Z01. we
insIalled Ihe ENC AImcs clcud cn a
dedicaIed VLAN.
Z. Lcgged in as SecuriIyAdmin.
SelecIed lniIiaIe a new sysIem and
changed Ihe de!aulI SecuriIyAdmin
passwcrd.
3. CreaIed a rescurce managemenI
grcup (RNC) !cr Ihe lnIel Fclscm
clcud lab.
AImcs RNC Name. FclscmClcudLab
AImcs LccaIicn Name. Fclscm
HcsI Name Prex. !clscm1
4. Ccn!igured Ihe insIallaIicn segmenIs.
SegmenI name. FclscmClcudLab1lS1
lP range.
19Z.16B.155.Z0119Z.16B.155.Z04
5. CreaIed a rescurce managemenI
grcup (RNC) !cr Ihe lnIel 0regcn
clcud lab.
AImcs RNC Name. 0regcnClcudLab
AImcs LccaIicn Name. 0regcn
HcsI Name Prex. cregcn1
6. Clicked NexI. ApplicaIicn
ccn!iguraIicn seIup !cr meIadaIa
versus daIa. SeI Ihe meIadaIa Ic daIa
raIic Ic 1.14 (see Figure 5).
7. Ccn!igured Ihe insIallaIicn segmenIs.
SegmenI name.
0reganClcudLab1lS1
lP range.
19Z.16B.3Z.Z0019Z.16B.155.Z03
The IcIal sIcrage amcunI used !cr Ihe
meIadaIa is B TB. The resI c! Ihe sIcrage
(11Z TB) is used Ic sIcre daIa. l! Ihe daIa
is sIcred Ihrcugh Ihe use c! a pclicy wiIh
cne lccal cbjecI and cne remcIe cbjecI (Z
cbjecIs in IcIal similar Ic a mirrcred ccpy
in a IradiIicnal sIcrage sysIem), Ihen Ihe
IcIal available sIcrage is 56 TB.
TenanI Ccnf|guraI|cn
ENC AImcs prcvides Ihe IenanI and
subIenanI !eaIures Ic enable pclicy
and adminisIraIive parIiIicning c! Ihe
clcud. we dened Ihe Iwc AImcs racks
wiIh a single IenanI, lnIelClcudLab. we
allccaIed Ihe !cur daIa ncdes (0ell R610
server and ENC hard disk enclcsure wiIh
hard disk drives (H00s)) in each lccaIicn
Ic Ihe IenanIs. we ccngured Ihe IenanIs
Ihrcugh Ihe use c! pclicies. we execuIed
Ihe !cllcwing ccmmands Ic creaIe Ihe
IenanIs.
1. Launched Nicrcsc!I lE wiIh Ihe URL
hIIps.//19Z.16B.155.Z01/mgmI_lcgin.
Z. Clicked CreaIe TenanI in Ihe
navigaIicn pane.
3. Ccn!igured Ihe IenanI.
AuIhenIicaIicn scurce. lccal
TenanI name. lnIelClcudLab
4. Clicked SubmiI buIIcn Ic creaIe Ihe
IenanI.
5. 0e!ined Ihe IenanI admin as
SysAdmin.
6. Clicked Add Access Ncdes Ic add
access ncdes. Added Ihe !cllcwing.
!clscm1001 Ihrcugh !clscm1003,
le sysIem ncne
cregcn1001 Ihrcugh cregcn1003,
le sysIem ncne
EHC AImcs Pe||caI|cn Ccnf|guraI|cn
we per!crmed Ihe !cllcwing sIeps Ic
ccngure Ihe ENC AImcs replicaIicn.
1. Clicked N0S RemcIe Replica cn
Ihe sysIem dashbcard Ic ccn!igure
meIadaIa sIcre service (N0S) Ic
enable remcIe replicaIicn.
Z. SelecIed FclscmClcudLablS1
as insIallaIicn segmenI 1 and
0regcnClcudLablS1 as insIallaIicn
segmenI Z Ic enable replicaIicn c!
daIa acrcss Ihe ENC AImcs ncdes in
Ihe Fclscm and 0regcn clcud labs.
3. Added ENC AImcs NeIbackup pclicy.
SeI Replica1 and ReplicaZ Ic Ihe
!cllcwing values.
Type. Sync
LccaIicn. SameAs, SclienI
Server AIIribuIes. 0pIimal,
Ccmpressicn
EHC AImcs L|nux InsIa||ab|e F||e
SysIem InsIa||aI|cn and Ccnf|guraI|cn
The ENC AImcs insIallable le sysIem
(lFS), which uses Ihe Linux le sysIem
in user space (FUSE
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), enables high
per!crmance and reliable direcI le
sysIem access cn a Linux server Ic Ihe
ENC AImcs clcud sIcrage. we used Ihe
!cllcwing sequence c! ccmmands Ic seI up
ENC AImcs lFS cn Iwc clcud lab lnIel Xecn
servers running Red HaI Linux 5.5, cne
server in Ihe lnIel Fclscm clcud lab and
cne in Ihe lnIel 0regcn clcud lab.
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
1. lnsIalled
B
FUSE (Red HaI) package
manager (RPN) reIrieved !rcm
scurce!crge. !useZ.7.4.Iar.gz.
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Z. lnsIalled AImcs1.3.Z.5Z930.
xB6_64.rpm by execuIing rpm -hiv
AImcs1.3.Z.5Z930.xB6_64.rpm cn
Ihe Red HaI servers.
3. Ccn!igured Ihe ENC AImcs !ile
sysIem by execuIing service maui!s
ccn!igure cn Ihe Red HaI servers.
4. EnIered Fclscm and 0regcn
as respecIive lccaIicns and
lnIelClcudLab IenanI id and
subIenanI id.
5. EnIered Ihe !cur ENC AImcs ncde
lP addresses !cr Fclscm and 0regcn
respecIively.
6. 0isabled NFS expcrIing. 0nly used
Ihe ENC AImcs lFS cn Ihe servers.
7. SIarIed ENC AImcs lFS by execuIing
service maui!s sIarI.
B. CreaIed !cur direcIcries sIrucIures
Ic enable AImcs Ic disIribuIe !iles
uni!crmly acrcss Ihe !cur AImcs
ncdes.
cd/mnI/maui!s
mkdir NeIBackup1
mkdir NeIBackupZ
mkdir NeIBackup3
mkdir NeIBackup4
9. TesIed Ihe ENC AImcs lFS by
execuIing Ihe !cllcwing.
cd NeIBackup1
Icuch IesIFile
EHC ATH0S Sca|ecuI SIcrage TesIs
L|nux PSync TesI
Linux* Rsync
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is an cpen scurce
incremenIal le Irans!er uIiliIy IhaI
synchrcnizes Iwc direcIcry Irees acrcss
di!!erenI le sysIems IhaI can be lccaIed
cn di!!erenI ccmpuIers and lccaIicns.
we used Rsync as a simple IesI c! Ihe
ENC AImcs scalecuI sIcrage clcud. The
IesI was Ic backup and resIcre a Linux
user's hcme direcIcry's ccnIenIs wiIh Ihe
!cllcwing sequence c! ccmmands.
1. ExecuIed mkdir/mnI/maui!s/
NeIBackup1/nccskun cn Ihe Linux
server where Ihe AImcs FUSE
insIallaIicn was dcne. This creaIed a
backup direcIcry in Ihe AImcs clcud
sIcrage.
Z. ExecuIed Rsync -rnccskunQpdx1Z3.
inIel.ccm./n!s/pdx/hcme/nccskun/
NeI0aIa /mnI/maui!s/NeIBackup1/
nccskun Ic back up Ihe hcme
direcIcry. The ccmmand replicaIed
Ihe user direcIcry Ic Ihe AImcs clcud
sIcrage.
3. ExecuIed Rsync -r/mnI/maui!s/
NeIBackup1/nccskun nccskunQ
pdx1Z3.inIel.ccm./n!s/pdx/hcme/
nccskun/NeI0aIa Ic validaIe IhaI
Ihe backup cculd be reIrieved (see
Figure 6).
VirIual
ENC* Celerra*
ENC* File
NanagemenI
Appliance VE
AImcsVSA FNAFlLESERVER
VNware* vSphere*
lnIel' Xecn'
Prccesscrbased Server
ENC* AImcs* ScalecuI SIcrage Clcud
ClFS.
/AImcsShare
/0regcnVSA
Z0 NB
REST/HTTP
CbE
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
F|gure 6: Psync Pesu|Is
EHC F||e HanagemenI A||ance (FHA)
we used Ihe ENC File NanagemenI Appliance (FNA)
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Ic archive inacIive daIa !rcm a NAS scurce Ic Ihe AImcs scalecuI sIcrage clcud.
A small (BKB) sIub le is le!I behind cn Ihe NAS scurce, which Ihe user sees as Ihe acIual daIa le, buI which acIually pcinIs Ic Ihe
archived daIa. when an end user cr applicaIicn aIIempIs Ic access an archived le in iIs criginal NAS lccaIicn, ENC FNA IransparenIly
recalls and presenIs Ihe requesIed le. FNA daIa archival is !ully auIcmaIed Ihrcugh userdened pclicies and scheduling.
File Iiering cr archiving lcwers Ihe IcIal ccsI c! cwnership c! NAS sIcrage because iI mcves inacIive cr in!requenIly accessed daIa
Ic Ihe AImcs scalecuI sIcrage clcud, which Ihus reclaims capaciIy cn mcre ccsIly primary sIcrage. we IesIed Ihe le Iiering usage
mcdel wiIh Ihe ENC File NanagemenI Appliance/VE (FNA/VE), a VNware virIual appliance. FNA/VE was seI up Ic migraIe daIa !rcm a
virIual ENC* Celerra* as shcwn in Figure 7 wiIh a ClFS expcrI. FNA/VE ccnnecIs direcIly Ic Ihe ENC AImcs clcud sIcrage Ihrcugh Ihe
REST/HTTP inIer!ace.
Ccnf|guraI|cn cf V|rIua| Ce|erra
we per!crmed Ihe !cllcwing sIeps Ic ccngure Ihe ENC virIual Celerra.
1. lmpcrIed Ihe virIual Celerra .0VA !ile inIc VNware vSphere*. lnsIalled Ihe virIual Celerra wiIh preccn!igured hardware seIIings.
Z. Lcgged inIc Ihe virIual Celerra ccnscle and launched Ihe ccn!iguraIicn wizard.
3. Ccn!igured Ihe !cllcwing lP/SubneI/CaIeway deIails.
HcsIname. AImcsVSA
lP address. 19Z.16B.3Z.Z1Z
0NS. 19Z.16B.3Z.Z11
0cmain name. 0regcn.aImcs.ccm
4. a. Launched Ihe virIual Celerra graphical user inIer!ace (CUl).
b. Expanded F||esysIems.
c. SelecIed DaIamcver.
d. SelecIed Server_Z.
5. Clicked New.
FilesysIem name. 0regcnVSA
Radic buIIcn. SIcrage pccl
SIcrage space. 5 CB
0aIamcver. Server_Z
6. a. Clicked NeIwcrk.
b. SelecIed New NeIwcrk.
EIherneI adapIer. eIh0
lP address
7. Clicked CIFS !clder.
B. Clicked CIFS Servers Iab.
9. a. Clicked New.
b. SelecIed Server_Z.
c. SelecIed w|ndcws Z008.
HcsIname. FNAFlLESERVER
0cmain name. 0regcn.aImcs.ccm
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
10. a. Clicked Ihe Ccnf|guraI|cn Iab.
b. SelecIed Un|ccde enab|ed.
c. SIarIed Ihe ClFS service.
d. Prcvided a dcmain admin username.
e. Prcvided a passwcrd.
11. SelecIed Ihe ClFS server checkbcx !cr Ihe AImcsVSA lP address..
1Z. SelecIed Ihe CIFS shares Iab.
13. Clicked New share. See Figure B.
0aIamcver. Server_Z
Name. AImcsshare
File sysIem. 0regcnVSA
PaIh. \0regcnVSA
ClFS server. FNAFlLESERVER
F|gure 8: New Ce|erra Share
14. Lcgged in Ic Ihe Celerra appliance using secure shell (SSH).
15. SIarIed Ihe dhsm api service wiIh Ihe !cllcwing ccmmands.
#Server_hIIp server_Z -service dhsm -sIarI
#Server_hIIp server_Z -append dhsm -hcsIs 19Z.16B.3Z.Z14
#Fs_dhsm -c 0regcnVSA -d 0 -recall_pclicy nc
Ccnf|guraI|cn cf AImcs
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1. Lcgged inIc Ihe AImcs managemenI ccnscle as SysAdmin. hIIps.//cregcn1001/mgmI_lcgin.
Z. Clicked Ed|I cn lnIelClcudLab. Clicked Add.
3. SelecIed cregcn1001.
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
4. Clicked Ihe webserv|ce radic buIIcn.
&RQILJXUDWLRQRI&UHGHQWLDOV
1. Lcgged inIc Ihe AImcs IenanI page. hIIps.//cregcn1001/.
TenanI name. lnIelClcudLab
Passwcrd. SysAdmin
Z. Clicked Ed|I cn lnIelClcudLab user.
3. Clicked Add under Ul0.
Ul0. FNA
4. NcIe Ihe shared secreI sIring and subIenanI l0 generaIed by Ihe sysIem. See Figure 9.
Ccnf|guraI|cn cf FHA
1. lmpcrIed Ihe FNA virIual ediIicn .0VA !ile inIc VNware vSphere. lnsIalled Ihe FNA VE wiIh Ihe preccn!igured hardware seIIings.
Z. Lcgged inIc Ihe FNA VE ccnscle and launched Ihe ccn!iguraIicn wizard.
0aIe. currenI daIe
Time. currenI Iime
HcsIname. FNAFlLESERVER
lP address. 19Z.16B.3Z.Z13
0NS seIIings. 19Z.16B.3Z.Z11
0cmain name. 0regcn.aImcs.ccm
Time ccnguraIicn. 0cmain ccnIrcller NTP server.
3. Typed l reIurn Ic exiI Ihe seIup wizard.
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F|gure 9: CcnguraI|cn cf AImcs CredenI|a|s
9. Clicked Ccmm|I and exiIed Ihe ccn!iguraIicn windcw.
10. Clicked F||emcver seII|ngs.
Username. dhsm
Passwcrd. nasadmin
11. Clicked Ccmm|I and Ex|I.
4. Typed Ihe !cllcwing ccmmands Ic sIarI Ihe AImcs service and exiIed cuI c! ccmmand line.
#aImcscallback sIarI
#exiI
5. Lcgged inIc FNA CUl. hIIp.//!maApplaincelP`/lcgin.
6. Clicked Ihe Ccnf|guraI|cn Iab.
7. Clicked New f||eservers under Server ccn!iguraIicn.
B. SelecIed New server and Ce|erra !rcm Ihe drcp dcwn lisI. See Figure 10.
lP address. 19Z.16B.3Z.Z13
neIbics name. FNAFlLESERVER
0ART versicn. 5.6
CcnIrcl sIaIicn. Celerra 0S lP
0cmain name. 0regcn.aImcs.ccm
Admin passwcrd. nasadmin
Scurce Iick bcx. Celerra
AImcs call back agenI. !m.cregcn.aImcs.ccm
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F|gure 10: CcnguraI|cn cf V|rIua| Ce|erra fcr FHA
13. Clicked Ver|fy Ic check IhaI Ihe endIcend ccnnecIicn cn Ihe !ileserver is wcrking and validaIed CcnnecI|cn successfu|
message.
14. Clicked Ihe Pc||cy Iab and click CreaIe new c||cy.
Name. IesI
Pclicy Iype. archive
ReIenIicn pericd. 0
0elayed pericd. 0
1Z. Clicked New f||eserver and selecIed AImcs under Ihe drcp dcwn menu. See Figure 11.
Name. cregcn1001
0NA Name. cregcn1001.cregcn.aImcs.ccm
PcrI. B0 HTTP
Username. aImcs_sIring\uid` sIring ccpied !rcm AImcs subIenanI su!xed by Ul0
Passwcrd. shared secreI sIring creaIed ccpied !rcm AImcs CUl
1Z
InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
F|gure 11: CcnguraI|cn cf AImcs F||e Server
15. Clicked Ihe Add ru|e Ic buIIcn. See Figure 1Z.
CreaIed a rule Ic mcve les greaIer Ihan BKB Ic Ihe archive.
Archive desIinaIicn. AImcs
Server. 0regcn1001
16. Clicked Save and exiIed rules.
17. Clicked Save c||cy and Schedu|e Ic exiIed pclicy Iab.
Punn|ng Arch|ve |cb
1. Clicked Ihe Schedu|e Iab.
Z. Clicked Ihe crange iccn nexI Ic pclicy IesI.
3. SelecIed Pun ncw. The !ile migraIicn jcb sIarIs.
4. 0bserved Ihe green line shcwing jcb was in prcgress.
5. 0bserved IhaI Ihe line Iurns Ic black. This indicaIed IhaI Ihe jcb had ccmpleIed.
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F|gure 1Z: FHA F||e HaIch|ng Cr|Ier|a Ic Pu|e
6. Clicked V|ew summary and viewed Ihe deIails. See Figure 13.
7. Checked IhaI !iles were archived by cpening a !clder cn virIual Celerra. Archived !iles are sized aI B KB FNA sIub regardless c!
criginal size. See Figure 14.
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F|gure 13: FHA Task Summary
F|gure 14: Arch|ved F||es cn V|rIua| Ce|erra
servers IhaI wcrk IcgeIher under Ihe adminisIraIive ccnIrcl c! cne
NeIBackup masIer server in Ihe !cllcwing ways.
The masIer server manages backups, archives, and resIcres. The
masIer server is respcnsible !cr media and device selecIicn !cr
NeIBackup. The masIer server ccnIains in!crmaIicn abcuI IesIed
backups and ccn!iguraIicn.
The NeIBackup media servers prcvide Ihe ccnnecIicn Ic Ihe ENC
AImcs scalecuI sIcrage clcud Ihrcugh Ihe ENC lFS inIer!ace (ENC
AImcs Linux FUSE). 0uring a backup cr archive, Ihe clienI sends
backup daIa acrcss Ihe neIwcrk Ic a NeIBackup media server.
0uring a resIcre, users can brcwse and selecI Ihe !iles and direcIcries
Ic reccver. NeIBackup !inds Ihe selecIed !iles and direcIcries and
resIcres Ihem Ic Ihe disk cn Ihe clienI.
The NeIBackup adminisIraIicn ccnscle prcvides a graphical user
inIer!ace Ihrcugh which Ihe adminisIraIcr can manage NeIBackup.
NeIBackup uses Ihe AdminisIraIicn Ccnscle Ic ccn!igure, manage,
and mcniIcr Ihe sIcrage devices, sIcrage servers, disk pccls, sIcrage
vclumes, caIalcgs, pclicies, hcsI prcperIies, backup, and archives, as
well as Ic resIcre jcbs, daemcns, prccesses, and repcrIs.
NeIBackup was inIegraIed wiIh ENC AImcs Ihrcugh Ihe lnsIallable
File SysIem (lFS)
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inIer!ace. RedHaI 5.4 was insIalled cn an lnIel Xecn
server. The server was ccn!igured wiIh Iwc NlCs. 0ne NlC was used
Ic ccnnecI Ic Ihe lnIel neIwcrk. The cIher NlC was ccnnecIed Ic Ihe
AImcs servers.
NeIacku InsIa||aI|cn NcIes
NeIBackup media server sc!Iware manages Ihe sIcrage devices
wiIhin Ihe NeIBackup envircnmenI. we insIalled Linux NeIBackup
media server cn Ihe Red HaI Linux server IhaI ccnIained Ihe AImcs
lFS (/mnI/maui!s) insIallaIicn.
ENC* Celerra*
1Z0 C 0aIa
ENC* AImcs* ScalecuI SIcrage Clcud
NeIBackup
Backup AgenI
NeIBackup
Nedia AgenI
NeIBackup
NasIer Server
ClienI Sw
Server
Sw
/!s_ebar_IesI
!mZns001
/mnI/maui!s
!msepiex01
CbE
CbE
CbE
N0NP
lFS
SymanIec NeIbacku TesI
SymanIec NeIBackup* is a daIa prcIecIicn
scluIicn !cr a varieIy c! plaI!crms
including Nicrcsc!I windcws*, UNlX* and
Linux. Ycu can use NeIBackup Ic seI up
pericdic cr calendarbased schedules Ic
per!crm auIcmaIic, unaIIended backups
!cr clienIs acrcss a neIwcrk.
SymanIec NeIacku 0verv|ew
NeIBackup
1Z
includes bcIh Ihe server
and clienI sc!Iware. Server sc!Iware
resides cn Ihe ccmpuIer IhaI manages Ihe
sIcrage devices. ClienI sc!Iware resides
cn ccmpuIer(s) IhaI ccnIain daIa Ic back
up. Figure 15 shcws NeIBackup as we
deplcyed and IesIed iI wiIh ENC AImcs in
Ihe lnIel labs.
NeIBackup acccmmcdaIes mulIiple
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F|gure 16
F|gure 15: SymanIec NeIback De|cymenI |n InIe| C|cud Labs
NeIacku TesI
we used Ihe !cllcwing sIeps Ic IesI NeIBackup Ic Ihe AImcs in Ihe lab.
1. CreaIed a NeIBackup sIcrage uniI !cr Ihe AImcs clcud sIcrage. See Figure 16.
Z. CreaIed a NeIBackup pclicy !cr Ihe sIcrage uniI.
Pclicy name. AImcs_Backup_IesI
Pclicy Iype. N0NP
Pclicy sIcrage. AImcsSTU
ClienI server hardware and cperaIing sysIem. N0NP, N0NP
Backup selecIicn. /!s_ebar_IesI
3. RighI clicked AImcs_!mZns001_ndmp and selecIed Hanua| acku.
4. SelecIed AcI|v|Iy Hcn|Icr Ic view deIails. See Figure 17.
H|crcscfI SL Server* acku TesI
The ENC AImcs scalecuI sIcrage clcud is ideal Ic sIcre S0L Server daIabase backup (0B) snapshcIs. we did a simple IesI Ic back up a
0V0 sIcre Ic Ihe S0L Server 0B wiIh Ihe use c! Ihe AImcs ClFS clienI inIer!ace.
EHC AImcs CIFS SubIenanI Ccnf|guraI|cn
Ccngured AImcs Ihrcugh Ihe use c! lnIerneI Explcrer (see Figure 1B).
1. Lcgged in Ic sysIem managemenI ccnscle hIIps.//AImcsncdeip`/mgmI_lcgin/ and used SysAdmin as user acccunI.
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F|gure 17
Z. NavigaIed Ic TenanI HanagemenI `TenanI L|sI` Enab|e CIFS cn Ihe desired ncdes Ihrcugh Ihe selecIicn c! Ihe apprcpriaIe
radic buIIcn. Alsc selecI Hu|I| SubIenanI Access. Save and exiI Ihe menu.
3. CreaIed a new subIenanI.
4. Lcgged inIc Ihe TenanI NanagemenI ccnscle hIIps.//AImcsncdeip`/ , used lnIelClcudLab as Ihe IenanI l0.
5. Clicked Add under Ihe subIenanI header Ic creaIe new a subIenanI under lnIelClcudLab. This new subIenanI hcsIed ClFS share
Ic sIcre cur backup.
6. Prcvided Ihe name c! Ihe subIenanI as NSS0LClFS and click CreaIe. This sIep creaIes Ihe NSS0LClFS subIenanI which appeared
under Ihe subIenanI lisI.
7. Clicked Ed|I nexI Ic Ihe subIenanI Ic ccnIinue wiIh ccn!iguraIicn. This sIep ccn!igured Ihe subIenanI by de!aulI as ClFS.
B. Clicked Change cn Ihe de!aulI pclicy speci!icaIicn and selecI NeIbackup as Ihe pre!erred pclicy. This pclicy ensured Ihe
replicaIicn c! daIa wriIIen Ic Ihe ncde cn Ihe lccal siIe and alsc Ic Ihe remcIe siIe in Fclscm.
9. Clicked Ihe hyperlink named ClFS nexI Ic Ihe ncde name. Clicked Add Ic add a new share.
10. Ccn!igured Ihe share name as SqlBackup. we did ncI make changes Ic Ihe cIher parameIers.
11. Clicked Subm|I Ic creaIe a new share.
HS SL Server Ccnf|guraI|cn
we implemenIed Ihe NS S0L server cn Ihe !cllcwing hardware ccn!iguraIicn.
Super Nicrc XB0TU Chassis, lnIel 5Z00 ChipseI
lnIel' Xecn' X5667 Q 3.07 CHz quad ccre Iwc scckeIs
1Z CB 00R3 memcry
lnIel' XZ5 160 CB SS0 bccI drive
LSl NegaRAl0* SAS
1Z HiIachi* Z TB drives
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F|gure 18: AImcs HS SL Server SubIenanI
Nicrcsc!I windcws Server* Z00B RZ - EnIerprise EdiIicn 64biI
Nicrcsc!I S0L Z005 wiIh SP3*
0ell 0V0 SIcre (00S) daIabase wcrklcad
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we seI up Ihe NS S0L server wiIh Ihe !cllcwing sIeps.
1. lnsIalled windcws Z00B RZ EnIerprise ediIicn wiIh Ihe de!aulI seIIings.
Z. lnsIalled Nicrcsc!I S0L Z005 64biI ediIicn wiIh Service Pack 3.
3. Unziped Ihe 00S Ic c.\ .
4. CreaIed Ihe Ihree parIiIicns required by Ihe 00S. E., F., and L..
5. 0pened CreaIedb.sql in a query analyzer and execuIed iI Ic creaIe Ihe daIabase and lcg !iles.
6. Ccn!igured windcws Z00B paIh Ic Ihe new ENC AImcs share. \\cregcn1001\SqlBackup\.
we per!crmed Ihe !cllcwing sIeps Ic back up Ihe 00S daIabase.
1. 0pened S0L NanagemenI SIudic, navigaIed Ic Server 0bjecIs ` acku Dev|ces and righI clicked New acku Dev|ce.
Z. Prcvided device name as AImcsBackup.
3. Prcvided desIinaIicn !ile paIh as \\0regcn1001\SqlBackup\0s1.bak.
4. 0pened Server 0bjecIs ` acku Dev|ces and righI clicked ack U a DaIabase.
5. SelecIed 0SZ as Ihe daIabase and backup Iype as Full.
6. Clicked 0k Ic sIarI Ihe backup.
Ver|fy HS SL Server acku
we sIcred Ihe validaIed S0L Server backup les in AImcs clcud sIcrage wiIh Ihe !cllcwing sequence c! ccmmands.
1. Lcgged in Ic Ihe sysIem managemenI ccnscle hIIps.//AImcsncdeip`/mgmI_lcgin wiIh SysAdmin as Ihe user acccunI.
Z. Ccpied Ihe TenanIl0 sIring !cr lnIelClcudLab and Ihe SubIenanI l0 sIring !cr NSS0LClFS.
3. 0pened a SSH sessicn Ic AImcs Ncde.
4. ExecuIed mauicbjbrcwswer I IenanI_id` s subIenanI_id` p !ile_paIh`.
1B
InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
5. ValidaIed IhaI Ihe backup !ile was presenI cn Ihe 0regcn AImcs rack (Figure 19) as well as cn Ihe Fclscm AImcs rack (Figure Z0).
F|gure 19: HS SL Server acku Pe||ca cn 0regcn AImcs Pack
F|gure Z0: HS SL Server acku F||e cn Fc|scm AImcs Pack
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
Th|ngs Ic Ccns|der
NeIwcrk|ng Arch|IecIure
The ENC ATN0S scalecuI sIcrage clcud
scluIicn dccumenIed in Ihis paper uIilized
CigabiI EIherneI (CbE) ccnnecIiviIy !rcm
each ncde Ihrcugh a CbE swiIch as Ihe
inIer!ace beIween Ihe applicaIicn and
Ihe ENC ncdes. Ycu can achieve higher
IhrcughpuI Ic Ihe clcud sIcrage i! ycu
equip Ihe 0ell R610 servers wiIh an
lnIel 10 CbE neIwcrk inIer!ace card
and engineer 10 CbE swiIch access !cr
Ihe applicaIicns. As an example, each
ATN0S sIcrage ncde suppcrIs 15 Z TB
hard disk drives. The SATA drives are
capable c! achieving clcse Ic 100NB/s
susIained Irans!er raIe. Assuming Ihis,
Ihe susIained sequenIial Irans!er !rcm
15 drives wculd exceed Ihe IhrcughpuI
prcvide by a 10CbE inIer!ace.
Perfcrmance cf Ihe HeIadaIa Access
The AImcs meIadaIa service per!crmance
is currenIly scaled by adding mcre
SATA hard disk drives. The meIadaIa
service per!crmance cculd likely be mcre
e!cienIly scaled by using lnIel' XZ5E cr
XZ5N SATA sclid sIaIe drives
15
Ic sIcre
Ihe meIadaIa. Sclid sIaIe drives prcvide
well cver 10 Iimes Ihe randcm read and
wriIe IhrcughpuI c! a SATA hard drive.
A||caI|cn Prccess|ng cn Ihe DaIa
Ncdes
0ne c! Ihe usage mcdels we menIicned
in Ihis paper buI did ncI IesI was
Ihe use c! scalecuI sIcrage !cr daIa
warehcusing/analyIics. PcrIals ccmmcnly
use Ihe Hadccp applicaIicn !ramewcrk
wiIh scalecuI sIcrage Ic Irans!crm Ihe
daIa. The Hadccp !ramewcrk runs Ihe
Irans!crm applicaIicn (Iypically called
Ihe map app) cn Ihe same ncde cn
which Ihe daIa wculd reside. ln Ihis case,
ycu wculd need Ic size Ihe prccesscr
per!crmance c! Ihe ncde apprcpriaIely
Ic suppcrI bcIh Ihe daIa access and
Ihe applicaIicn prccessing. Tc gain Ihe
addiIicnal per!crmance needed by Ihe
applicaIicn, ycu mighI wanI Ic use a
higher per!crmance lnIel Xecn prccesscr.
Cach|ng cf DaIa aI Ihe CcmuIe Server
Access
HighesI applicaIicn per!crmance is
Iypically achieved when Ihe sIcrage
resides cn Ihe same server as Ihe
applicaIicn. This allcws Ihe applicaIicn Ic
Iake !ull advanIage c! Ihe high IhrcughpuI
SATA and PCl Express inIer!aces
prcvide by Ihe lnIel 5400 chipseI.
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0ne
archiIecIure !cr which Ihis cculd be
suppcrIed is equipping Ihe applicaIicn
server wiIh an lnIel XZ5E cr XZ5N SATA
sclid sIaIe drive. This drive wculd be used
as a cache !cr daIa being read !rcm Ihe
AImcs sIcrage ncdes. 0nce Ihe drive is
pcpulaIed, subsequenI accesses Ic Ihe
daIa wculd Ihen be access !rcm Ihe SS0.
The Linux cpen scurce ccmmuniIy has
creaIed Iwc scluIicns !cr enabling Ihis
usage mcdel. Linux Flashcache
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and NFS
CacheFS.
1B
Pcwer 0I|m|zaI|cn
Pcwer ccnsumpIicn !cr large amcunIs
c! sIcrage (i.e. PeIabyIes (10
15
) cr
even ZeIIabyIes (10
Z1
)) can beccme
a signicanI parI c! Ihe IcIal ccsI c!
cwnership !cr a sIcrage clcud. The
scalecuI sIcrage clcud IesI cculd be
augmenIed by prcling Ihe pcwer
ccnsumpIicn c! Ihe racks when idle cr
being IesIed by Ihe usage mcdels. The
pcwer uIilizaIicn cculd be cpIimized
Ihrcugh Iechnclcgy like Ihe lnIel
lnIelligenI Pcwer Ncde Nanager
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and
lnIel lcwer pcwer prccesscrs.
NexI SIes
The nexI sIep is Ic prcle Ihe
per!crmance c! Ihe usage mcdels in
addiIicn Ic Ihe basic !uncIicnaliIy. ln
addiIicn, we ccnIinue Ic plan IesIs !cr Ihe
iIems menIicned in Things Ic Ccnsider.
Ccnc|us|cns
This paper dened and IesIed a scale
cuI sIcrage clcud re!erence archiIecIure
based cn ENC AImcs. The scalecuI
sIcrage archiIecIure demcnsIraIed
hcw Ic maximize a clcud deplcymenI
sIraIegy by enabling a mulIiuse, shared
in!rasIrucIure.
The AImcs scalecuI sIcrage archiIecIure
demcnsIraIed hcw Ic maximize a
clcud deplcymenI sIraIegy by enabling
a mulIiuse, shared in!rasIrucIure.
lmpcrIanI cusIcmer ccnsideraIicns when
designing clcud re!erence archiIecIures
are eliminaIing single use, silc cr prcjecI
crienIed in!rasIrucIure IhaI is purpcse
builI. 0ne beneI c! AImcs enabled shared
in!rasIrucIure deplcymenIs is allcwing
cusIcmers Ic imprcve applicaIicn and
rescurce delivery cycles driving business
inncvaIicn. AImcs demcnsIraIed suppcrI
!cr mulIiuse, shared in!rasIrucIure, which
was uIilized Ihrcugh mulIiIenancy and
mulIiple access meIhcds.
AImcs prcvides dexible access
mechanisms. The ccnguraIicn and
IesIs validaIed Ihe REST/HTTP, lFS, and
ClFS inIer!aces suppcrIed by AImcs.
AImcs, by suppcrIing mulIiple access
meIhcds, prcvides an agile scalecuI
sIcrage sIraIegy IhaI enables end users
Ic acccmmcdaIe a wider varieIy c! use
cases.
AdapIive sIcrage capabiliIies via granular
pclicy ccnIrcl were alsc demcnsIraIed. An
impcrIanI aspecI Ic scale cuI sIcrage is
e!!ecIive, e!cienI uIilizaIicn. 0ne meIhcd
Ic maximize Ihe R0l c! scale cuI sIcrage,
as described abcve, is Ic deplcy mulIiple
use cases acrcss a shared in!rasIrucIure.
An equally impcrIanI aspecI Icwards
prcviding e!!ecIive, e!cienI uIilizaIicn
is Ic prcvide an inIelligenI mechanism
and an array c! !eaIure seIs IhaI allcws
each use case Ic uniquely handle cbjecIs.
AImcs presenIs a pcwer!ul pclicy
engine ccmbined wiIh several cbjecI
sIcrage capabiliIies, such as replicaIicn,
ccmpressicn, and erasure ccding, Ic
prcvide e!cienI sIcrage c! cbjecIs acrcss
many use cases cr mulIiple IenanIs.
ln ccnclusicn, Ihis re!erence archiIecIure
demcnsIraIes ENC AImcs as an agile
implemenIaIicn available Icday IhaI
meeIs enIerprise enduser requiremenIs
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InIe|' C|cud u||ders u|de fcr Sca|ecuI SIcrage w|Ih EHC* AImcs*
!cr e!ciency and elasIiciIy in Ihe scale
cuI sIcrage clcud usage mcdel. lI alsc
demcnsIraIes Ihe versaIiliIy c! AImcs
wiIh regards Ic mulIiple use cases IhaI
are relevanI Ic a clcud scluIicn. This
paper !urIher demcnsIraIed Ihe value
prcpcsiIicn c! scalesIcrage wiIh AImcs
Ihrcugh Ihe availabiliIy c! mulIiple
access meIhcds, varicus ENC AImcs
CecPrcIecI schemes, suppcrI !cr mulIi
Ienancy, and mulIiple daIa services
(such as ccmpressicn and deduplicaIicn)
inIegraIed Ihrcugh a pcwer!ul and
inIelligenI meIadaIa driven pclicy engine.
|cssary
BZB: BusinessIcbusiness (BZB)
describes ccmmerce IransacIicns
beIween businesses, such as beIween
a manu!acIurer and a whclesaler, cr
beIween a whclesaler and a reIailer. Frcm.
hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/BusinessIc
business.
BZC: BusinessIcccnsumer (BZC,
scmeIimes alsc called BusinessIc
CusIcmer) describes acIiviIies c!
businesses IhaI serve end ccnsumers
wiIh prcducIs and/cr services. An
example c! a BZC IransacIicn is a perscn
whc buys a pair c! shces !rcm a reIailer.
The IransacIicns IhaI led Ic Ihe shces
being available !cr purchase, IhaI is Ihe
purchase c! Ihe leaIher, laces, rubber,
eIc. as well as Ihe sale c! Ihe shce !rcm
Ihe shcemaker Ic Ihe reIailer wculd be
ccnsidered (BZB) IransacIicns. Frcm.
hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/BusinessIc
ccnsumer.
ClF5: Common lnternet FiIe 5ystem: Alsc
kncwn as Server Nessage Blcck (SNB) is a
neIwcrk prcIcccl used Ic prcvide shared
access Ic les, prinIers, serial pcrIs, and
miscellanecus ccmmunicaIicns beIween
ncdes cn a neIwcrk - Iypically a seI c!
Nicrcsc!I windcws servers and PC clienIs.
See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/Server_
Nessage_Blcck.
Compression: 0aIa ccmpressicn is
Ihe prccess c! enccding in!crmaIicn
wiIh !ewer biIs Ihan Ihe unenccded
represenIaIicn wculd use, Ihrcugh use c!
specic enccding schemes. Frcm. hIIp.//
en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/0aIa_ccmpressicn.
DedupIication: 0aIa deduplicaIicn (cr
0edup) is a specialized daIa ccmpressicn
Iechnique Ic eliminaIe ccarsegrained
redundanI daIa, Iypically Ic imprcve
sIcrage uIilizaIicn. ln Ihe deduplicaIicn
prccess, duplicaIe daIa is deleIed,
which leaves cnly cne ccpy c! Ihe daIa
Ic be sIcred, alcng wiIh re!erences Ic
Ihe unique ccpy c! daIa. 0eduplicaIicn
reduces Ihe required sIcrage capaciIy
since cnly Ihe unique daIa is sIcred.
Frcm. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/0aIa_
deduplicaIicn.
Disk encIosure: A disk enclcsure is a
chassis cr shel! designed Ic hcld and
pcwer disk drives while prcviding a
mechanism Ic allcw Ihem Ic ccmmunicaIe
Ic cne cr mcre servers. |B00S (jusI a
bunch c! disks) is ancIher Ierm !cr disk
enclcsures. Frcm. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/
wiki/0isk_enclcsure.
Erasure coding: Erasure ccding is a
!crward errcr ccrrecIicn (FEC) algcriIhm
which uses daIa sIripping Ic Irans!crm k
daIa elemenIs (acrcss scalecuI sIcrage
daIa ncdes) inIc a lcnger message
sIripe ccded wiIh n daIa elemenIs. This
enables Ihe criginal daIa Ic be reccvered
!rcm a subseI c! Ihe n daIa elemenIs cn
!ailure. See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
Erasure_ccde
Host bus adapter (HBA): CcnnecIs a
hcsI sysIem (a server) Ic cIher neIwcrk
and sIcrage devices including hard disk
drives and sclid sIaIe sIcrage. See. hIIp.//
en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/HcsI_adapIer.
lnstaIIabIe FiIe 5ystem (lF5): lFS enables
users Ic creaIe Iheir cwn le sysIems
wiIhcuI ediIing kernel ccde Ihrcugh Ihe
use c! FUSE. See hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/
wiki/FilesysIem_in_Userspace.
IVM: A KVN swiIch (wiIh KVN being an
abbreviaIicn !cr keybcard, videc cr visual
display uniI, mcuse) is a hardware device
IhaI allcws a user Ic ccnIrcl mulIiple
servers !rcm a single keybcard, videc
mcniIcr and mcuse.
Metadata: NeIadaIa is lccsely dened as
daIa abcuI daIa. NeIadaIa is a ccncepI
IhaI applies mainly Ic elecIrcnically
archived cr presenIed daIa and is used
Ic describe Ihe a) deniIicn, b) sIrucIure,
and c) adminisIraIicn c! daIa les wiIh all
ccnIenIs in ccnIexI Ic ease Ihe use c! Ihe
capIured and archived daIa !cr !urIher
use. Frcm. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
NeIadaIa.
MuIti-tenant: The abiliIy Ic serve mulIiple
IenanIs cr cusIcmers wiIh a single
scalecuI sIcrage plaI!crm. Fcr public
clcud sIcrage, a IenanI is Iypically cne
c! Ihe cusIcmers c! Ihe clcud sIcrage
(e.g. a small business using Ihe clcud
!cr backup). Fcr privaIe clcud sIcrage, a
IenanI is Iypically cne applicaIicn using
Ihe sIcrage (e.g. Ihe ENC File Nanage
Appliance archiving daIa). wiIh a mulIi
IenanI archiIecIure, Ihe scalecuI sIcrage
is designed Ic securely parIiIicn iIs daIa
and ccnguraIicn enabling each IenanI Ic
cusIcmize iIs insIance as i! iI was Ihe cnly
user c! Ihe scalecuI sIcrage clcud.
NA5: NeIwcrk AIIached SIcrage is a
sIcrage server cr appliance IhaI uses le
based prcIcccls such as NFS (neIwcrk le
server) cr ClFS Ic enable clienIs (Iypically
servers and PCs) Ic access les cver a
TCP/lP neIwcrk. See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.
crg/wiki/NeIwcrkaIIached_sIcrage.
NDMP: NeIwcrk 0aIa NanagemenI
PrcIcccl is a prcIcccl invenIed by Ihe
NeIApp and LegaIc IhaI IranspcrIs daIa
beIween NAS devices and backup devices.
This remcves Ihe need Ic IranspcrI Ihe
daIa Ihrcugh Ihe backup server iIsel!,
Ihus enhancing speed and remcving lcad
!rcm Ihe backup server.
NlC: A neIwcrk inIer!ace card is hardware
IhaI enables a server Ic inIer!ace Ic an
EIherneI cr TCP/lP lccal area neIwcrk
(LAN). A NlC is ncI necessarily a card in
Ihe server, iI cculd be inIegraIed as L0N
(LAN cn server mcIherbcard).
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1Z. hIIp.//www.symanIec.ccm/business/
neIbackup
13. hIIp.//!use.scurce!crge.neI/
14. hIIp.//www.dellIechcenIer.ccm/page/
0V0+SIcre
15. hIIp.//www.inIel.ccm/gc/ssd
16. hIIp.//www.inIel.ccm/prcducIs/server/
chipseIs/5400/5400cverview.hIm
17. hIIp.//giIhub.ccm/!acebcck/
dashcache/
1B. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/CacheFS
19. hIIp.//www.inIel.ccm/Iechnclcgy/
inIelligenIpcwer
EndncIes
1. Scurce. l0C 0igiIal Universe SIudy,
Spcnscred by ENC, Nay Z010.
Z. hIIp.//www.emc.ccm/dcmains/
dccumenIum/
3. hIIp.//www.emc.ccm/prcducIs/!amily/
aImcs.hIm
4. hIIp.//hadccp.apache.crg/
5. hIIp.//www.emc.ccm/ccllaIeral/demcs/
micrcsiIes/mediaplayervidec/emcaImcs
gecprcIecI.hIm
6. hIIp.//ccnIenI.dell.ccm/us/
en/enIerprise/d/virIualizaIicn/
PcwerEdgeR610.aspx
7. hIIp.//scurce!crge.neI/prcjecIs/!use/
les/!useZ.X/Z.7.4/!useZ.7.4.Iar.gz/
dcwnlcad
B. Fcr deIails re!er Ic AImcs lnsIallaIicn
and Upgrade Cuide 1.3.ZA.pd!
9. See number 6.
10. hIIp.//www.samba.crg/rsync/
11. hIIp.//www.emc.ccm/prcducIs/deIail/
sc!Iware/lemanagemenIappliance.hIm
PortaI: web pcrIals c!!er services such
as a web search engine, email, news,
sIcck prices, in!crmaIicn, daIabases and
enIerIainmenI. PcrIals prcvide a way
!cr enIerprises Ic prcvide a ccnsisIenI
lcck and !eel wiIh access ccnIrcl and
prccedures !cr mulIiple applicaIicns and
daIabases. See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/
wiki/web_pcrIal.
PXE boot: The PrebccI eXecuIicn
EnvircnmenI (PXE, and alsc kncwn as Pre
ExecuIicn EnvircnmenI) is a prccess Ic
bccI a server by remcIely accessing Ihe
bccI image Ihrcugh Ihe use c! Ihe NlC and
a LAN. See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
PrebccI_ExecuIicn_EnvircnmenI.
RepIication: 0aIa replicaIicn is Ihe prccess
c! sharing daIa sc as Ic imprcve reliabiliIy
beIween redundanI sIcrage devices. The
replicaIicn is IransparenI Ic an applicaIicn
cr enduser. ln a !ailure scenaric, !ailcver
c! replicas is hidden as much as pcssible.
RE5T/HTTP: RepresentationaI 5tate
Transjer: An archiIecIure IhaI
ccmmunicaIes beIween clienIs and
servers cver a TCP/lP neIwcrk (e.g.
lnIerneI). ClienIs iniIiaIe requesIs Ic
servers, servers prccess requesIs and
reIurn apprcpriaIe respcnses. AI any
parIicular Iime, a clienI can eiIher be in
IransiIicn beIween applicaIicn sIaIes cr
aI resI. A clienI in a resI sIaIe is able
Ic inIeracI wiIh iIs user, buI creaIes nc
lcad and ccnsumes nc perclienI sIcrage
cn Ihe seI c! servers cr cn Ihe neIwcrk.
The clienI begins Ic send requesIs when
iI is ready Ic make Ihe IransiIicn Ic a new
sIaIe. The HyperIexI Trans!er PrcIcccl
(HTTP) is ccmmcnly used as Ihe IranspcrI
layer basis !cr REST ccmmunicaIicn.
See hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
RepresenIaIicnal_SIaIe_Trans!er.
5amba: Samba is Ihe sIandard windcws
inIercperabiliIy suiIe c! prcgrams !cr
Linux and Unix. See. hIIp.//www.samba.
crg/
5AN: 5torage Area Network: A sIcrage
server cr appliance IhaI uses blcckbased
prcIcccls Iypically based cn SCSl Ic
access les cver a bre channel cr TCP/lP
neIwcrk. See. hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
SIcrage_area_neIwcrk.
5ATA: 5eriaI Advanced TechnoIogy
Attachment: A sIcrage inIer!ace Ic
ccnnecI hcsI bus adapIers Ic hard disk
drives and sclid sIaIe drives. 0eskIcp
and lapIcp ccmpuIers use SATA hard disk
drives which Iypically have Ihe largesI
capaciIy aI Ihe lcwesI ccsI (dcllars per
CigabyIe). hIIp.//en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/
Serial_ATA.
5caIe-out 5torage (5D5): S0S is a usage
mcdel !cr sIcrage IhaI enables an
enIerprise Ic grcw capaciIy incremenIally
as iI adds mcre sIcrage ncdes (Iypically as
a new server cn an lP neIwcrk). The gcal
c! scalecuI sIcrage is Ic grcw capaciIy
wiIh near linear (versus lump sum)
invesImenI.
55H: The Secure Shell clienI is a
prcgram !cr lcgging inIc a remcIe
machine and !cr execuIing ccmmands
cn Ihe remcIe machine. lI is a secure
versicn c! Ihe rlcgin, rsh, and IeleneI
ccmmands. lI prcvides secure encrypIed
ccmmunicaIicns beIween Iwc unIrusIed
hcsIs cver an insecure neIwcrk. hIIp.//
en.wikipedia.crg/wiki/Secure_Shell
5pin-down: Spindcwn re!ers Ic Iurning
c!! a hard disk drive a!Ier a specic pericd
c! Iime Ic ccnserve energy..
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5. SymanIec NeIBackup lnsIall Cuide !cr
windcws, Release 7.0.1
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