Net Hitachi HNAS vs FASCompetitive Strategy Guide 0411.docx

1、CompetitiveStrategyGuide-HitachiHNASversusFASNetAppOverviewofHitachiNAS(formerlyBIueArc)TheHitachiNAS(HNAS)platform4000wasintroducedOctober,2013.Therearefourdifferentmodelsalldifferingincapacityandperformance:1. HNAS4040-Gateway.SupportsHUS,HUS-VM&VSPforamaximumof4PB.2. HNAS4060-Gateway.SupportsHUS,

2、HUS-VM&VSPforamaximumof8PB.3. HNAS4080-Gateway.SupportsHUS,HUS-VM&VSPforamaximumof16PB.4. HNAS4100一Gateway.SupportsHUS,HUS-VM&VSPforamaximumof32PB.HitaChiPrOdUCtPageforHNASHitaChiProdlICtSoeCSforHNASStrengths: Primarydatadeduplicationwithauto-throttlingofthededupeprocesstomaintainperformanceduringhi

3、ghfilesharingworkloadperiods. CanbemanagedbyHitachiCommandSuite Intelligentfiletieringandautomatedmigrationenablesdynamicpolicy-basedhierarchicalstoragemanagement(HSM). UnlimitedClones Reasonablygoodapplicationintegration IntegrateswithHitachiContentPlatform WorkswithHitachiDataInjestorasanEdgedevic

4、efortheHitachiContentPlatform Hardware-acceleratednetworkprotocolssupport AbilitytodelivergoodoverallperformanceoOnJuly23,2013,HitachipublishedSPECsfsbenchmarksfortheHNAS4060,4080&4100.oThesetestsarecoveredindetaillaterinthisCompetitiveStrategyGuideoHNAS4000-SerieSSQECSfSBenChmarkReSUItSWeaknesses:

5、JustaGateway.RequiresunderlyingstorageoNoheterogeneousexpansionpossibleoOnlyworkswithHitachiBlockstorage RequiresseparatehardwareforSANoNosoftwareFIexArray-Iikestoragevirtualization SeparateNAS&SANmanagement oOptionalunifiedmanagement(CommandSuite)appisavailable 1.imitedstorageeffienciesoNoblock-lev

6、eldeduplicationoFileleveldeduplicationisversion1.0oNocompressionoRequiresRAID10toachievegoodRandomIOPSperformance oSlowCopyonWritesnapshots 1.imitedscale-outanddatamobilityoMaximumofonly8NASnodes FairlycomplexautomatedtieringoLacksthespeed&simplicityofNetAppVST Nodedupe-awareFIashCache NoHitachiinte

7、gratedhost-sideflash NoSnapVauItcapabilities NoHitachiVirtualStorageAppliance(VSA) ExpensiveSearchStorage.ComQualityAwards:SearchSrecentlypublishedtheirannualQualityAwardssurveyresults.ProspectivecustomersreportbeingshownadocumentdeclaringHDSasthebestNASvendor.Customersareapparentlynotbeingtoldthat.

8、 HDSranked5thoutof7vendorsforOverallSatisfactionintheENTERPRISENASenvironments HDSranked6thoutof7vendorsforProductQualityintheENTERPRISENASenvironments HDSranked6thoutof7vendorsforProductReliabilityintheENTERPRISENASenvironments HDSranked6thoutof7vendorsforTechnicalSupportintheENTERPRISENASenvironme

9、ntsThisbegsthequestionofuhowcouldtheyberankedthebestwiththesescores?Apparently,theirproductinthemidrangespaceisbetter(itisthesame)orthecustomershavelowerexpectations.Whateverthereasonsbehindthedisconnectedresults,therealtellingsignisWhetherCIlStOmerSWoUldbuyfromHDSaain HDSranked6thoutof7vendorsinthe

10、ENTERPRISENASenvironmentwith62% HDSranked5thoutof7vendorsintheMIDRANGENASenvironmentwith85%InthesameSearchStorage-ComQualityAwards,NetAppdeliveredaconsistentrankingof. 2ndof7vendorsin8of14categories. 3rdof7vendorsin4othercategories. NetAppdeliveredconsistentlyhigheroverallscoresinbothenvironments.Po

11、sitioningtoWinItisimportanttohelpyourprospectseethefullscopeofaNetAppsolution.WithclusteredDataONTAP,NetAppprovidesforsharedstorageservicesacrosstheentireITlandscape.IfyourprospectisbuyingforaspecificNASrequirementtodayandapossibleBlockneedtomorrow,orviceversa,theyshouldunderstandthataNetAppdecision

12、doesnotcreateproblemsilos.AdecisiontobuyNetApptodayforaspecificusecase,likescaleoutSAN,doesnotstrandtheirstorage;itcanbeleveragedforNASandnumerousotherworkloads.NetAppdoesnotforcecustomerstomakeuncomfortablechoices.NetAppenablesScaleUpandScaleOut.NetAppprovidesavailability,efficiencyandtightapplicat

13、ionintegration.WithHitachiNAS4000-Series,yourchoicesarelimited.Scalingonlyextendstofournodes.Moreimportantly,aHitachiBlockstoragesystemMUSTbeadded.HDSdeliversavailability,butwithquestionable&varyingefficiency.NetAppprovidesmorecapabilitiesacrossallprotocols:blockleveldeduplicationandcompression;dedu

14、peandcompressionawareremotemirroringanddisktodiskvaulting;zeroimpactsnapshotsandsnapshotrestoresinseconds;zerocostcloningandmuchmore.NetAppalsooffersindustryleadingcapabilitiesofNonDisruptiveOperations(NDO)andQualityofService(QoS)capabilities,nativeintheplatformandforallprotocolsandapplications.TheH

15、NAS4000-Seriesofferonlyasmallsubsetofthese.information has not changed since this document was issued, nor do we u NetApp, Inc. In the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products areresearch and/or effort to obtain Inf(XmaUon. This information is provided eAS-IS* with no warranties of any

16、 kind. NetApp offers no warranty that this :.All rights reserved. All specifications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo. NetApp brands are registered trademarks ofItiscriticaltohelpcustomersunderstandthatcDOTisnotsimplyscaleoutNASand/orSAN.Itisthecombinationofeverythingwed

17、oforallapplicationsandprotocols,includingscaleupandscaleout.ThefullscopeoftheNetAppstoryiscompellingtocustomerswhounderstandthatbuildingoutprivatecloudandservice-orientedarchitecturesrequiresbroadlyfunctionalstandardizedinfrastructure.NetApp,snewFIexArraysoftwareallowsourcustomerstovirtualizeEMC,HDS

18、andE-Seriesstorage,therebybringingourrichsuiteofabilitiestootherstoragesystems.PositioningtoWinItisimportanttohelpyourprospectseethefullscopeofaNetAppsolution.WithclusteredDataONTAP,NetAppprovidesforsharedstorageservicesacrosstheentireITlandscape.IfyourprospectisbuyingforaspecificNASrequirementtoday

19、andapossibleBlockneedtomorrow,orviceversa,theyshouldunderstandthataNetAppdecisiondoesnotcreateproblemsilos.AdecisiontobuyNetApptodayforaspecificusecase,likescaleoutSAN,doesnotstrandtheirstorage,itcanbeleveragedforNASandnumerousotherworkloads.NetAppdoesnotforcecustomerstomakeuncomfortablechoices.NetA

20、ppenablesScaleUpandScaleOut.NetAppprovidesavailability,efficiencyandtightapplicationintegration.WithHitachiHUS10O-Series,yourchoicesareverylimited.Scalingcanonlybeachievedbysteppinguptoalargersystem.HDSdeliversavailability,questionable&varyingeefficiencyandlimitedapplicationintegration.NetAppprovide

21、smorecapabilitiesacrossallprotocols:blockleveldeduplicationandcompression;dedupandcompressionawareremotemirroringanddisktodiskvaulting;zeroimpactsnapshotsandsnapshotrestoresinseconds;zerocostcloningandmuchmore.NetAppalsooffersindustryleadingcapabilitiesofNonDisruptiveOperations(NDO)andQualityofServi

22、ce(QoS)capabilities,nativeintheplatformandforallprotocolsandapplications.TheHUS100-Seriesoffersonlyasmallsubsetofthese.GrowingaNetAppclusteristrulynondisruptive,whereastheHUS10O-Serieslacksthisability.Finally,itiscriticaltohelpacustomerunderstandthatcDOTisnotsimplyscaleoutNASand/orSAN.Itisthecombina

23、tionofeverythingwedoforallapplicationsandprotocols,includingscaleupandscaleout.ItisthefullscopeoftheNetAppstorythatiscompellingtocustomerswhounderstandthatbuildingoutprivatecloudandserviceorientedarchitecturesrequiresbroadlyfunctionalstandardizedinfrastructure.IssueswithHNASaroundImplementation NetA

24、ppfieldpersonnelindicatethatfindingasingleteamatHitachiwhoknowhowtodealwithbothBlock&Fileisrare. InitiallyHitachisBlockarchitecturepersonnelwillworktosizetheBlockstoragecomponent,whichisrequiredforHNAStoutilize.oThenFilearchitecturepersonnelwillgothroughasimilarexerciseforsizingtheHNASpieces. HDSwil

25、lsendinacrewtosetuptheBlockportionofyourstorage,oAdifferentcrewwillthenshowuptosetuptheFileportion(HNAS)ofyourenvironment. AtHitachithereappearstobetwoseparatestoragecompaniesoTheBlockpeopledontknow,orunderstand,File(HNAS)oFilepeopledontknow,orunderstand,AMS,HUSorVSP Thismeanscustomersmayoftenendupp

26、erformingeachSizingandImplementationexercisetwice.IssueswithHNASaroundReplication Replicationisequallyasunattractive. CustomerswhowishtoreplicateFiledatawillrequireaFilesoftwarepackage,andFileimplementationteam. CustomerswhowishtoreplicateBlockdatathatW川requireadifferentBlocksoftwarepackageandblocki

27、mplementationteam.IssueswithHNASaroundSupport WhenitcomestoSupport,CustomersapparentlydealwiththesameissuesencounteredduringImplementationandReplication.oCustomershavereportedtoustheycalledHitachiabouttheirblocksystems.Oncetheyresolvedthevariousproblemstheywereexperiencing,theythenhadtoopenasecondsu

28、pporttickettodealwiththeirFile-basedHNASproblems.oCustomershavetoldustheBlocksupportpeoplecantevenopenaticketforHNAS.oHitachiappearstobeoperatingastwoseparatestoragecompanies.Asoftheissuedateofthisdocument,tothebestofourKncwdedge.theinformationcontainedhereinisanaccurateresultoforresearchadforeffort

29、toobtaininformation.ThisinformationisprovidedwAS-IShwithnowarrantiesofanykind.NetAppoffersnowarrantythatthisinformationhasnotchangedsincethisdocumentwasissued,nordoweundertaketoupdatethisdocument2013NetApp.Inc.Alrightsreserved.Allspecificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.NetApp,theNetApplogo.Net

30、AppbrandsareregisteredtrademarksofNetApp.Inc.intheU.S.andothercountries.AllotherbrandsorproductsaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftherrespectivehoWersandshouldbetreatedassuch.SpecificationsVendor/ModelHitachiHNAS4040NetAppFAS8020HitachiHNAS4060MarketSpaceMidrangeEnterprise,MidrangeMidrangeStorage

31、ManagementOptionalCommandSuiteOnCommandOptionalCommandSuiteMaxNodes-HACapable2-NAS2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT24-NAS-CDOT2-NASMaxCache46GBpernode32GBperNode46GBpernodeMaxFSSize256TB400TB256TBRAID(InternalStorage)ExtSANStorage4,DP(RAID6)ExtSANStorageHostConnectivityGigEFC1FCoE.iSCSI,NAS10GigEHostInterfaceQuant

32、ity6410GbE&4CNA4PCIeGen3slots4SimultaneousSAN/NASProtocolsHNAS-NASHUS-SANYesHNAS-NASHUS-SANReplicationReplicationConnectivityNAS-IPSAN-FCFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FCVendor/ModelHitachiHNAS4040NetAppFAS3220HitachiHNAS4060MarketSpaceMidrangeEnterpriseMidrangeMidrangeStorageManagementOptionalCommandSuiteOnComman

33、dOptionalCommandSuiteMaxNodes-HACapable2-NAS2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT8-NAS-cDOT2-NASMaxCache46GBpernode24GBperNode46GBpernodeMaxFSSize256TB400TB256TBRAID(InternalStorage)ExtSANStorage4,DP(RAID6)ExtSANStorageHostConnectivityGigEFC,FCoE,10GbEiSCSI,NAS10GigEHostInterfaceQuantity6564SimultaneousSAN/NASProtocol

34、sHNAS-NASHUS-SANYesHNAS-NASHUS-SANIReplicationReplicationConnectivityNAS-IPSAN-FC/FCIPFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FC/FCIPReplicationConnectivityNAS-IPSAN-FCFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FCVendor/ModelHitachiHNAS4040NetAppFAS3220HitachiHNAS4060M怫附卷Pfteen9dSlnCethisdocumNetApp.Inc.intheU.S.andothercountries.ntWaSMvra11feWeudIl

35、OthwbrandsorproductsareJrtaketo后理俗网豌Ument.tradumarMjd电Qgjtradema2013NMMr且P)能CghISreksoltheirrespectehoMersStorageManagementNetAppConfidentialInformation.DistributionIOptionalni!omawrStei(OnCommandrNDAobligations.NoredisthbuticOptional1111omaaGlSutteia2-ONTAP7NetAppFAS8040HitachiHNAS4080HitachiHNAS41

36、00NetAppFAS8060Enterprise,MidrangeEnterpriseMidrangeEnterpriseEnterpriseOnCommandOptionalCommandSuiteOnCommandOnCommand2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT24-NAS-cDOT4-NAS8-NAS2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT24-NAS-cDOT64GBperNode46GBpernode108GBperNode128GBperNode400TB256TB256TB400TB4,DP(RAID6)ExtSANStorageExtSANStorage4,DP(RAID6

37、)FC,FCoE1iSCSI,NAS10GigE10GigEFC,FCoE1iSCSI,NAS810GbE&4CNA8PCIeGen3slots44810GbE&4CNA8PCIeGen3slotsYesHNAS-NASHUS-SANHNAS-NASHUS-SANYesFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FCNAS-IPSAN-FCFCorIPNetAppFAS3250HitachiHNAS4080HitachiHNAS4100NetAppFAS6220EnterpriseMidrangeEnterpriseMidrangeEnterpriseEnterpriseOnCommandOptional

38、CommandSuiteOnCommandOnCommand2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT8-NAS-CDOT4-NAS8-NAS2-ONTAP78-SAN-cDOT24-NAS-cDOT40GBperNode46GBpernode108GBperNode96GBperNode400TB256TB256TB400TB4,DP(RAID6)ExtSANStorageExtSANStorage4,DP(RAID6)FC,FCoE110GbEiSCSI,NAS10GigE10GigEFC1FCoE,10GbEiSCSI,NAS564480YesHNAS-NASHUS-SANHNAS-NASHU

39、S-SANYesFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FC/FCIPNAS-IPSAN-FC/FCIPFCorIPFCorIPNAS-IPSAN-FCNAS-IPSAN-FCFCorIPNetAppFAS3250HitachiHNAS4080HitachiHNAS4100NetAppFAS6220;erved.后图/福京aresumdshouMldfraQssuch.jectto扇膜啸蛇8,MidrangeMeIAPPEM耶fg!NeM件bianoEnterpTfee1IraCemarksofOnCommandIrightsreservedOptionalCommandSuiteAuthor:OnC

40、ommandmoTheMagnificentE削启WiarldIPHASdfil11TnM2-ONTAP72-ONTAP7SoftwareFeaturesFunctionsNetAppHNAS4000SeriesHitachisIssueLocalReplication(Snapshots)Redirect-on-WriteSnapshotRedirect-on-Write(File)SnapshotQuickRestore(File)Copy-on-Write(Block)Morecomplicatedsolution.Requiresmulitplepackages.Slowersnaps

41、hotperformanceforblockLocalReplication(Clones)FIexCIonesJetCIone(File)ThinImage(ThinBlock)Shadowimage(FullBlock)-requiredforclonecopiesofvirtualizedarraystorageMorecomplicatedsolution.RequiresmulitplepackagesRemoteReplicationSnapMirrorJetMirror(FileorObject)TrueCopySynchronous(Block)TrueCopyExtDista

42、nce(AsyncBlock)Morecomplicatedsolution.RequiresmulitplepackagesDataRestoreManagementSnapRestoreApplicationProtector(Oracle,SQL,Exchange)Lessapplicationintegration&limitedcapabilitiescomparedtoNetAppApplication-consistentReplicationSnapManagerApplicationProtector(Oracle,SQL,Exchange)Lessapplicationin

43、tegration&limitedcapabilitiescomparedtoNetAppDataDeduplicationDataDedupe(Block&File)Deduplication(File)Onlyapartialsolution.HNAShasnoBlockabilitiesandtheunderlyingstoragecan,tdedupeblocksDataCompressionDataCompression(Block&File)N/ANoabilitySupportof3artyStorage/VirtualizationFIexArrayN/AOnlyHUS-VMo

44、rVSPblockarraysoffer3牛tyarrayvirtualizationNotes:1. NetAppbringsmoresoftwareflexibilitytocustomersyetdoessoinaneasier,lessconfusing,mannerthanHitachi2. NetAppemployshighperformanceRedirect-On-WritesnapshotsforNAS&SANwhileHitachiusesdifferentsnapsforNAS(RoW)orSAN(CoW),withinherentperformanceoverheadf

45、orSANsnapshots3. NetAppdeliversdeduplicationabilitiesforbothBlock&File,whileHitachicanonlydeduplicateFilestorage4. HitachicanonlyoffercompressionwhendataisarchivedtoaseparateHitachiContentPlatform5. NetAppFAS8000,viaFIexArraysoftwarecanvirtualizemostnewandlegacyHDSprimarystorageplatforms.Thisallowsf

46、ormerHitachicustomerstomaintaintheirexistinginvestmentwhilegainingnewfeaturesandeasymigrationabilities.Asoftheissuedateofthisdoment.tothebestofourknoMedge,theinformationntainedhereinisanaccurateresultofourresearchanchorefforttoOtxaininformation.ThisinformationisprovidedASISwithnowarrantiesofanykind.NetAppoffers*nowarrantythatthisinformationhasno(changedsincethisdocumentwasissued,rwdoweundertaketoupdatethisdocument2013NetApp,Inc.Alrightsreserved.Allspecificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.NetApp,theNetApplogo.NetAppbrandsareregisteredtrademarksoNetApp,Inc.intheU.S.and