DEP 371 Server Consolidation with MSA And Partner

DEP 371 Server Consolidation with MSA And Partner Technologies Fred Baumhardt Consultant Microsoft UK David L. Jones Enterprise Architect Unisys Corporation

Agenda The Datacenter Problem What MSA is Server Consolidation Approach MSA Consolidation Guidance Unisys’ Consolidation Scenarios Exclusions Windows Resource Manager Microsoft Virtual Server

The Datacenter Problem • • • Systems organically grown under a “Project” context Different areas commissioned systems independently Security often bolted on as an afterthought if at all The sticky tape thing sort of works – so lets not touch it ! The answer to everything used to be: whack another box in Some Core Systems Extranets Internet Systems Project 1…n System Branch Offices Departments

Business/IT Shared Priorities Risk Cost Resources Security Consolidation Management Server Sprawl Underutilized Servers Poor Management & Processes Increasing Headcount Reqs

Consolidation – Taking Back Control Consolidation lets us change the organic – sporadic unmanaged growth and revert it to a purpose built Datacenter Consolidation can reduce operational risk, lower cost, and free resources The consolidation process looks at all areas of running and operating application infrastructures – rationalises and merges where appropriate

Analysts Driving Consolidation META Group l l 69% consolidating 25% considering 6% not consolidating 30 -40% cost reduction possible l l l 30% consolidating today 40% considering – 3 yrs Server infrastructure consolidation will become mandatory in TCO-optimized shops

What Is MSA? Prescriptive and Architectural technical guidance designed to help in Planning Building Deploying Operating In Consolidation – MSA is the blueprint for the end-state – It is what you consolidate to

What Ships? Sample Business Requirements Planning Guide Architectural & Service “Blueprints” (Planning Information) Build Guides (How-to) for sample instantiation (Design Choices and how we arrived at them) for sample instantiation Test guides, scripts, and test results for sample instantiation Solution Operations Guide for sample instantiation Since your requirements will be different, your instantiation will be different

MSA Assists in Consolidation Projects Evaluate Plan Build Deploy Operate Evaluate 1. Assess Current Infrastructure 2. Identify Goals Plan 3. Design New Environment 4. Plan Migration Build 5. Build, Test, Implement Pilot 6. Plan User/Data Migration Deploy 7. Implement Production 8. Migration Users/Data 9. Evaluate and Review Operate 10. Operations Partners

Key Tradeoffs Less physical devices to manage Potential cost savings in hardware, software, and support Simpler solution that will enable managed growth Isolation of services For security or administrative reasons Incompatibilities with other services Servers belong to separate departmental budgets Different SLA requirements for applications Business Need to locate resources closer to the users Political Pressure that is insurmountable

Key Scenarios – Branch Office Consolidation of some services from multiple branch offices to a central office, leveraging increased bandwidth availability Centralized Facility Branch Office EDC 1. 5 & MSA 2. 0

Scenario - Switch Consolidation of multiple switches to centralized multi -blade switches EDC 1. 5 & MSA 2. 0

Windows NT 4. 0 File And Print Server Consolidation of multiple file and/or print servers to higher-end servers running Windows Server 2003 EDC 1. 5 & MSA 2. 0

Windows NT 4. 0 Domain Consolidation of multiple Windows NT 4. 0 domains to less or a single domain running Windows Server 2003 Active Directory EDC 1. 5 & MSA 2. 0

SQL Server Consolidation of multiple data stores to centralized SAN storage using Windows 2000 and Server 2003 Data Center Server and Unisys ES 7000 EDC 1. 5 & MSA 2. 0

Exchange 5. 5 +2000 Consolidation of multiple Exchange Servers to less Exchange 2003 servers running multiple databases Microsoft is doing this worldwide on our internal infrastructure EDC 1. 5

Technology Enablers Improved, lower cost network bandwidth Storage Area Network Devices Windows Advanced & Datacenter Server Windows Powered NAS Gradually Reducing cost Nearly Ubiquitous in Europe Increasingly Reliable with strong SLAs Highly Available High capacity Extensible storage capacity Higher speed and port density Layer 2 and 3 switches Support for 8 partitions Scale: 32 processors, 64 GB Memory Workload Management Terabytes of Storage Snapshot backup and Replication for data availability Storage scalability with DFS

Technology Enablers Exchange 2003 SQL Server 2000 Windows Server 2003 Unlimited storage/multiple databases Excellent Clustering support on WS 2003 -EE AD Unifies enterprise administration Support for up to 16 instances in SQL 64 GB RAM/32 CPUs, failover clustering No single point of failure Better Performance, more scaleable and secure Features designed to enable consolidation scenarios

Partners Are Key To MSA Extend the MSA guidance Adapt MSA guidance for globalization System Integrators Language Hardware Cover Scenarios that are tailored to their specific markets using MSA as base Open invitation to all partners – hardware, software, services to join programme

The Unisys Enterprise Roadmap Unisys adds value to the MSA baseline Consolidation – From 74 servers to 46 to 2 From 74 instances of the operating system to 46 to 40 Disaster Recovery – global site load balancing, geographic clustering and fail over Extended applications testing – Microsoft Exchange, Business Intelligence, OLTP database Secure heterogeneous consolidation tier – Exchange, SQL, ISV applications Single console management – servers, applications, OS (Sentinal) End-to-end services – business blueprints, applications development, infrastructure planning, and implementation

The BIG Picture

Unisys MSA 1. 5 Consolidation Using PCI Blade Appliance Server on a PCI card Intel Pentium III 700 MHz processor 512 MB, 1 GB or 2 GB memory Low environmental requirements 1 - 3 network connections 10/1000 (Ethernet over PCI Gigabit ) Shares ES 7000 disk resources High availability (RAID or SAN over PCI support) Simplified management Consistency of software

Unisys MSA 1. 5 Consolidation Heterogeneous Application Consolidated Applications and Services Exchange 16, 000+ Users per site Geo. Clustered for HA/DR Biz. Talk Geo. Clustered for HA/DR File and Print Geo. Clustered for HA/DR SQL Single Instance supporting Biz. Talk and Analysis Services DBs Geo. Clustered for HA/DR Internet Information Server (IIS) and Commerce Server 2000 DHCP 2 local site clusters with split address range scopes

Unisys MSA 1. 5 Consolidation SQL Server 2000 Consolidation One instance of Windows 2000 DC 6 SQL Instances Instance 1 – OLTP 1 TB DB Size 1000’s of transactions a second Instance 2 – Business Intelligence 2 TB DB Size Instance 3 – Analysis Services Multiple 280 GB Cubes Instances 4, 5, 6 – Database Consolidation 36 DB’s per Instance DB sizes from 100 MB to 35 GB All 6 SQL Instances are Geo. Clustered for HA/BC 200 KM Distance with real fibre – no simulation Synchronous SRDF replication

Site 1 – Server 1

Site 2 – Server 1

Site 1 – Server 2

Site 1 – Server 2

Consolidation Tools Application Asset Manager (AAM): Process Discovery and Analysis Agent invoked to non-invasively discover running databases, applications, associated dependencies and performance characteristics on standalone servers Validates runtime applications revision levels and system resource utilization Generates reports that highlight opportunities for application/database consolidation and application co-existence Consolidated Server Sizer (CS Sizer) Provides an automated means to estimate system component/configuration requirements Facilitates the definition of systems, partitions, and workloads in order to arrive at an estimate of system configuration Addresses sizing issues for several types of business needs

Dedicated Consolidation Engineering team dedicated to consolidation solutions: Pre-testing applications and developing best practices, sizing and configuration guidelines, storage configuration guidelines, optimization practices, technology integration practices, etc. Allenbrook Aurum/Miser BEA Web. Logics Biztalk Business Objects Cold Fusion Commerce Server Compass Cool ICE Crystal Reports CSS DEPCON DMR/Maximus Eastern Easy. Phone Entelagent Erisco (Healthcare app) Exchange File/Print Services IIS l l l INSCI J. D. Edwards Potomac Lotus Domino Net. IQ Norton Anti-Virus People. Soft Proclarity PTFS R 2 K Remedy l l l l l Right. Fax SAP SAS Siebel SQL 6. 5, 7. 0, 2000 SQL Analysis Services Telnet 3270 Terminal Services Trend Micro Antivirus XML 3. 0

Exchange 2000 Server General Considerations Memory limitations Storage Group and Mailbox Store hierarchy Clustering Failing to an active node: NOT RECOMMENDED Keep SG limitation in mind when planning! Tuning and Performance Disk Cache Usage Disk Layout Planning Database Cache See http: //www. microsoft. com/exchange/techinfo/ deployment/2000/e 2 ksp 2_cluster. asp for detailed deployment info

SQL Server 2000 Take advantage of SQL Server’s built-in processor affinity Set each SQL Server instance’s Maximum memory limit so that memory is left for other applications AWE and SQL Server See http: //ntlab. unisys. com/cmpguide/ oltpsql. htm for more deployment guidelines

Biz. Talk Server 2000 Dedicate a separate SQL Server instance to Biz. Talk, especially when in a cluster If clustered, put SQL Server, MSDTC, and Biz. Talk all in same cluster group Or change registry to set dependencies See: http: //www. microsoft. com/biztalk/ techinfo/deployment/2000/Deply. Con. doc for more deployment guidelines

Resources Available today We welcome your feedback, EMail your comments to msafdbk@microsoft. com MSA EDC 1. 5 MSA IDC 1. 5 MSA 2. 0 Technical Preview Links: At http: //www. microsoft. com/systemsarchitecture In Technet, under IT Solutions At Unisys e-mail: david. l. jones@unisys. com http: //unisys. com/products/es 7000__servers/hardware/microsoft__ systems__architecture__/index. htm

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