Information Storage and

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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT..........................................................................................................2
DOCUMENTREVISIONHISTORY...........................................................................3
LAB1:STORAGESOLUTIONFORANAPPLICATION................................................7
LAB2:RAID.......................................................................................................11
LAB3:RAID.......................................................................................................15
LAB4:FCSANTOPOLOGIES................................................................................19
LAB5:MTBFANDMTTR.....................................................................................23
LAB6:INFORMATIONAVAILABILITY..................................................................27
LAB7:BACKUP..................................................................................................31
LAB8:LOCALREPLICATION................................................................................35

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Lab 1: Storage Solution for an Application

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:DataCenterEnvironment

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:DataCenterEnvironment

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Scenario

Anorganizationplanstodeployanewbusinessapplicationintheirenvironment.
Thenewapplicationrequires1TBofstoragespaceforbusinessandapplication
data.Duringpeakworkload,applicationisexpectedtogenerate4900IOPS(I/Oper
second)withtypicalI/Osizeof4KB.
Theavailablediskdriveoptionisa15,000rpmdrivewith100GBcapacity.Other
specificationsofthedriveare:
Averageseektime=5ms
Datatransferrate=40MB/s

Requirements

Asitisabusinesscriticalapplication,responsetimemustbewithinacceptable
range.

Deliverable

Calculatethenumberofdiskdrivesneededtomeettheapplicationscapacity
andperformancerequirements

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Solution

1. CalculatethetimerequiredtoperformoneI/O(dependsondiskservicetime)
Diskservicetime=Averageseektime+Rotationallatency+Datatransfer
time
Averageseektime=5ms(given)
Rotationallatency=halfofthetimetakenforfullrotation
=0.5/(15000/60)=2ms
Datatransfertime=4KB/40MB/s=0.1ms
TimerequiredtoperformoneI/O=5ms+2ms+0.1ms=7.1ms
2. MaximumnumberofIOPSadiskcanperform=1/7.1=140IOPS
3. Foracceptableresponsetime,thediskcontrollerutilizationmustbelessthan
70%
MaximumnumberofIOPSadiskcanperformat70%utilization=140X
0.7=98IOPS
4. Numberofdisksrequiredtomeet:
Applicationsperformancerequirement=4900/98=50disks
Applicationscapacityrequirement=1TB/100GB=10disks
5. Numberofdisksrequired=Maximum(Capacity,Performance)
=Maximum(10,50)=50disks

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Lab 2: RAID

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:DataProtectionRAID

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:DataProtectionRAID

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Business Profile:

Atelecomcompany,involvedinmobilewirelessservicesacrossthecountry,hasabout
5000employeesworldwide.Thiscompanyhas7regionalofficesacrossthecountry.
Althoughthecompanyisfinanciallydoingwell,theycontinuetofeelthecompetitive
pressure.Asaresult,thecompanyneedstoensurethattheITinfrastructuretakes
advantageoffaulttolerantfeatures.
Current Configuration and Challenges:

Thecompanyusesdifferentapplicationsforcommunication,accounting,and
management.Alltheapplicationsarehostedonindividualserverswithdisks
configuredasRAID0.Allfinancialactivityismanagedandtrackedbyasingle
accountingapplication.Itisveryimportantfortheaccountingdatatobehighly
available.Theapplicationperformsaround15%randomwriteoperationsandthe
remaining85%arerandomreads.Theaccountingdataiscurrentlystoredona5disk
RAID0set.Eachdiskhasanadvertisedformattedcapacityof200GBandthetotalsize
oftheirfilesis730GB.Thecompanyperformsnightlybackupsandremovesold
informationsotheamountofdataisunlikelytochangemuchoverthenext6
months.ThecompanyisapproachingtheendofthefinancialyearandtheITbudgetis
depleted.Itwontbepossibletobuyevenonenewdiskdrive.

Deliverables:

RecommendaRAIDlevelthatthecompanycanusetorestructuretheirenvironment
fulfillingtheirneeds.
Justifyyourchoicebasedoncost,performance,andavailabilityofthenewsolution.

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Solution

First,lookattheformattedcapacityofthedisks.A200GBdiskholdsonly186.3GBof
userdata.Thetotalsizeofcustomerdatais730GB,whichwillfiton4disks.
Therefore,wecanconsiderasolutionwhichusesparitybasedRAIDRAID3orRAID
5.RAID3isusefulonlyinenvironmentswheredataaccesswillbeinlarge,sequential
blocks;soweexcludeithere.RAID5istheonlysolutionthatwillnotrequire
purchasingofextradisks.Astheproportionofwritesdoesnotexceed25%,RAID5
shouldperformreasonablywell.

WerecommendreconfiguringthediskswithRAID5set.
Advantages:Lowcostdataprotection
Disadvantages:Highoverheadduetorebuiltoperationifadiskfails.

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Lab 3: RAID

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:DataProtectionRAID

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:DataProtectionRAID

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Business Profile:

Atelecomcompany,involvedinmobilewirelessservicesacrossthecountry,hasabout
5000employeesworldwide.Thiscompanyhas7regionalofficesacrossthecountry.
Althoughthecompanyisfinanciallydoingwell,theycontinuetofeelthecompetitive
pressure.Asaresult,thecompanyneedstoensurethattheITinfrastructuretakes
advantageoffaulttolerantfeatures.

Current Configuration and Challenges:

Thecompanyusesanaccountingapplicationthatishostedonanindividualserver
withdisksconfiguredasRAID0.Itisnowthebeginningofanewfinancialyearandthe
ITdepartmenthasanincreasedbudget.Youarecalledintorecommendchangesto
theirdatabaseenvironment.Youinvestigatetheirdatabaseenvironmentcloselyand
observethatthedataisstoredona6diskRAID0set.Eachdiskhasanadvertised
formattedcapacityof200GBandthetotalsizeoftheirfilesis900GB.Theamountof
dataislikelytochangeby30%overthenext6monthsandyoursolutionmust
accommodatethisgrowth.Theapplicationperformsaround40%writeoperationsand
theremaining60%arereads.

Deliverables:

RecommendaRAIDlevelthatthecompanycanusetorestructuretheirenvironment
andfulfilltheirneeds.Whatisthecostofthenewsolution?
Justifyyourchoicebasedoncost,performance,anddataavailabilityofthenew
solution.
Note:Anew200GBdiskdrivecosts$1000.Thecontrollercanhandleallcommonly
usedRAIDlevels,sowillnotneedtobereplaced.

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Solution

Each200GBdrivecanhold186.3GBofdata.Thereiscurrently900GBofdata,which
willincreaseto1170GBinthenext6months.Thatamountofdatawillfiton7disks,
withspaceleftover.
Theenvironmentusesahighproportionofwrites,soparitybasedRAIDisnotan
option.
RAID1willnotproviderequiredcapacity,soourchoiceisRAID1+0.
ThisRAIDlevelusesmirroringandstriping.So,forthe1170GBofdata,weneed7disk
pairs14disks.
Wealreadyhave6disks.So,weneedtopurchaseanadditional8,foratotalcostof
$8000.
RAIDleveltouse:RAID1+0
Advantages:Excellentprotection,verygoodperformanceinenvironmentswithahigh
proportionofwrites.Minimaldisruptionifadiskfailureoccurs.
Disadvantages:HighestcostofallRAIDsolutions

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Lab 4: FC SAN Topologies

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:FibreChannelStorageAreaNetwork

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:FibreChannelStorageAreaNetwork

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Scenario

TheITinfrastructureofanorganizationconsistsofthreestoragearraysdirectattached
toaheterogeneousmixof45servers.Allserversaredualattachedtothearraysfor
highavailability.Becauseeachstoragearrayhas32frontendports,eachcould
supportamaximumof16servers.However,eachexistingstoragearrayhasthedisk
capacitytosupportamaximumof32servers.
Challenges and Requirements

Theorganizationplanstopurchase45moreserverstomeetitsgrowthrequirements.
Ifitcontinuesusingdirectattachedstorage,theorganizationneedstopurchase
additionalstoragearraystoconnectthesenewservers.Theorganizationrealizesthat
itsexistingstoragearraysarepoorlyutilized;therefore,itplanstoimplementFCSAN
toovercomethescalabilityandutilizationchallenges.Theorganizationuseshigh
performanceapplications;therefore,itwantstominimizethehopcountforthe
serversaccesstostorage.
Deliverables

ProposeaFCswitchedfabrictopologytoaddressorganizationschallengesand
requirements.Justifyyourchoiceofthefabrictopology.
If72portswitchesareavailableforFCSANimplementation,determinethe
minimumnumberofswitchesrequiredinthefabric.

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Solution

1. Fullmeshtopologyisnotsuitableforanenvironmentthatrequireshigh
scalability.Partialmesh,although,providesmorescalabilitythanfullmesh,but
severalhopsorISLsmayberequiredforthenetworktraffictoreachits
destination.Therefore,therecommendedsolutioniscoreedgetopology.The
coreedgetopologyprovideshigherscalabilitythanmeshtopologyandprovides
onehopstorageaccesstoallserversintheenvironment.Becauseofthe
deterministicpattern(fromtheedgetothecore)ofFCtrafficmovement,itis
easytocalculatetrafficloaddistributionacrossISLs.
2. Totalnumberofserverports=90servers2ports=180ports
Totalnumberofarrayports=3arrays32ports=96ports
Numberofswitchesrequiredatthecore=96arrayports/72portsperswitch=
2switches
Coreswitchesprovides144portsofwhich96portswillbeusedforarray
connectivity.Remaining48portscanbeusedforISLsandfuturegrowth.
3. Numberofswitchesattheedge=180serverports/72portsperswitch=3
switches
Theedgeswitchesprovide216portsofwhich180portswillbeusedforserver
connectivity.Remaining36portscanbeusedforISLsandfuturegrowth.
4. Numberofedgeswitchportsusedforconnectingtocoreswitches=6,thisis
lessthantheremainingedgeswitchports.
Numberofcoreswitchportsusedforconnectingtoedgeswitches=6,thisis
lessthantheremainingcoreswitchports.
So,atminimum,2coreswitchesand3edgeswitchesarerequiredtoimplement
thecoreedgefabric.

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Lab 5: MTBF and MTTR

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:IntroductiontoBusinessContinuity

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:IntroductiontoBusinessContinuity

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Scenario

Asystemhasthreecomponentsandrequiresallthreetobeoperationalfor24hours
fromMondaytoFriday.Failureofcomponent1occursasfollows:

Monday=Nofailure
Tuesday=5amto7am
Wednesday=Nofailure
Thursday=4pmto8pm
Friday=8amto11am

Deliverables

CalculatetheMTBFandMTTRofcomponent1

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Solution

1. MTBFiscalculatedas:totaluptime/numberoffailures
Totaldowntime=2hoursonTuesday+4hoursonThursday+3hourson
Friday=9hours
Totaluptime=(5*24)9=111hours
So,MTBF=111/3=37hours
2. MTTRiscalculatedas:totaldowntime/numberoffailures
Totaldowntime=2hoursonTuesday+4hoursonThursday+3hourson
Friday
So,MTTR=9hours/3=3hours

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Lab 6: Information Availability

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:IntroductiontoBusinessContinuity

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:IntroductiontoBusinessContinuity

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Scenario

Asystemhasthreecomponentsandrequiresallthreetobeoperationalfrom8amto
5pmbusinesshours,MondaytoFriday.Failureofcomponent2occursasfollows:
Monday=8amto11am
Tuesday=Nofailure
Wednesday=4pmto7pm
Thursday=5pmto8pm
Friday=1pmto2pm

Deliverables

Calculatetheavailabilityofcomponent2

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Solution

1. Availability(%)iscalculatedas:
systemuptime/(systemuptime+systemdowntime)
2. Systemdowntime=3hours+1hour+1hour
=5hours
3. Systemuptime=totaloperationaltimesystemdowntime
=45hours5hours
=40hours
4. Availability(%)=40/45=88.9%

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Lab 7: Backup

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:BackupandArchive

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:BackupandArchive

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Scenario
Anorganizationusestapeastheirprimarybackupstoragemediafortheirapplications.

FullbackupisperformedoneverySundayandincrementalonremainingdays.Their
databasehastobeshutdownduringthebackupprocess.Multipleredundantcopies
ofbackupdataarestored.Theyhaveanetworkbandwidthconstraint.

Requirements

Eliminatetheneedtoshutdownthedatabaseforbackup
Needfasterbackupandrestore
Eliminateredundantcopiesofbackupdata
Deliverables
Proposeasolutiontofulfilltheorganizationsrequirementsandjustifythesolution

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Solution

1. Useopenfileagentstoperformonlinebackuptoavoiddatabaseshutdown
duringbackup
2. Implementbackuptodisktoimprovebackupandrestorespeed
3. Implementsourcebaseddatadeduplicationtechnology
Eliminatesredundantcopiesinbackupenvironment
Reducebandwidthrequirementandstoragespacerequirements

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Lab 8: Local Replication

Purpose:

Toreinforcetheconceptspresentedinthelectureportionof
thecourse,Module:LocalReplication

Tasks:

Participantsarerequiredtoprovideasolutionforthe
deliverablesbasedonthegivenscenarioandrequirements.

References:

Module:LocalReplication

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Scenario
Amanufacturingorganizationstoresdataoftheirmissioncriticalapplicationsonahigh
endstoragearraywithRAID1configuration.Thedatabaseapplicationhas1TBof
storageandneeds24x7availability.Averagedatathatchangesin24hoursis60GB.
Requirements

Needsolutiontoaddresslogicalcorruptionofdatabase
MaximumRPOof1hour
Solutionshouldsupportrestorerequestforupto8hoursolddata
Minimizetheamountofstorageusedfordataprotection
Deliverables
SuggestanappropriatelocalreplicationsolutiontomeetRPOrequirementwith
minimumamountofstorage

Estimatethephysicalstoragerequiredbythissolution

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Solution

Pointerbasedvirtualreplicationtechnologyisthemostobviouschoicehere.Arolling
pointerbasedvirtualreplicationsolutioncanmeettherequirements.Creatingpointer
basedvirtualreplicaeveryhourTotalof8suchreplicaswillmeetrequirement.
AtHour01:00CreateReplica1
AtHour02:00CreateReplica2
AtHour03:00CreateReplica3
AtHour04:00CreateReplica4
AtHour05:00CreateReplica5
AtHour06:00CreateReplica6
AtHour07:00CreateReplica7
AtHour08:00CreateReplica8
AtHour09:00RecreateReplicawithReplica1
Iflogicalcorruptionoccurs,datacanberestoredfromthelatestReplica.
EachReplicaiskeptfor8hours.If60GBdatachangesin24hoursthisimpliesthaton
average20GBofdatachangesevery8hours.Thuseachreplicawouldrequire20GB.
Thus8replicasneedapproximately160GBofphysicalstorage.

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