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Rafi Ben-ShaharSr. System EngineerEMC

CENTERAThe universal archiving Platform

2Source: David Moschella, Waves of Power, andEMC.

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Systems-centric

PC-centric

Network-centric

New Storage Challenge:Petabytes of Content

Content-centricInformation Technology Waves

75%Fixed

Content

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What is fixed content?

Digital Records•Documents, Checks, Securities Trades•Photographs•Seismic, Astronomic, Geographic

Rich Media•X-Rays, MRI’s, CTI•News/media, Movies, Security Surveillance•Audio, Voicemail, Radio

Electronic Documents•Contracts, Claims, Financial Spreadsheets•Email Attachments and Presentations•Bill Images, CAD/CAM designs

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Fixed Content Requirements

• Meets requirements for business continuity and disaster recovery

• Requires minimal administration

• Massively scalable to petabytes• Technology obsolescence protection

• Assurance content has not been modified• Where needed, compliance with regulatory requirements

• Fast access • Anywhere, any time

ManageabilityManageability

LongevityLongevity

AuthenticityAuthenticity

AccessibilityAccessibility

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SEC, NYSE, NASD Fine Five Firms total of $8.25 Million for Failure to Preserve E-Mail Communications

SEC Press Release 12/02

“Violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 17a-4 under the Exchange Act, NYSE Rule 440 and NASD Rule 3110 by failing to preserve for a period of three years, and/or preserve in an accessible place for two years, electronic communications relating to the business of the firm, including interoffice memoranda and communications.”

“In those instances in which the firms did retain e-mail communications, those communications were often stored in an unorganized fashion on back-up tapes, other media, or on the hard drives of computers used by individual employees.”

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Centera Compliance Edition

SEC 17a-4Sarbanes-Oxley ActDoD 5015.2CFR 21 Part 11 GoBS (German standard)4,000 Regulations in US alone

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Centera

Purpose-built for information archivingMore than 2,300 customers400+ partners—works with any application from virtually any platformMore than 70 PB shipped

EMC Centera

Centera 4-Node for departmental use and midsize enterprises

The World’s Simplest, Most Affordable, and Secure Repository for Information Archiving

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EMC CenteraThe World’s First Content Addressed Storage Platform

SimpleSimple

ScalableScalable

SecureSecure

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Key Centera Innovations

Content addressing– Content authenticity

RAIN implementation– Scalability and manageability

Distributed content– Business continuity

Compliance Edition– Enables regulatory compliance

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Access Nodes provide external API accessStorage Nodes store and protect information

Transparent peer-peer clusterEach node redundantNo single point of failure

Centera RAIN Storage Architecture

Up to 32nodes/cab

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Intel Pentium 4 with 1 GB RAM4 each 500 GB EIDE

2 each 10/100BT NICs1 GB copper NIC

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How Centera Works: Application Example

Simple

Database stores Content Address

for future reference

Centera performs Content Address calculation and sends address

back to application

Application server sends object to Centera over IP network

Object is created and sent to

application server

LAN CACACACA

Content Addressing

10001010Digital fingerprint Globally unique Location-independent

ContentAddressalgorithm

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Centera – Content Addressed Storage

Data object

Contentaddress

• Self Configuring• Self Checking• Self Healing• Self Managing• Longevity• AutoTechnology

Refreshable• “WORM”• Shredding • Regulatory Compliant

SEC 17a-4Sarbanes-Oxley ActDoD 5015.2CFR 21 Part 11 GoBS (German)

2.0TB Storage Node

• Object Interface• XML Descriptor• Flat Address Space• No Duplicates

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Application Servers

High Scalability

Up to 23 TB content of parity protected contentUp to 8 cabinets per cluster 180 TBOver 1 PB of capacity in Centera domain

Clients

Centera APICentera API

Centera APICentera API

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Disaster Recovery - Centera Replication

Asynchronous replication over IP networks– 2 copies at each site (primary & mirror)– Site 2 can be D/R for Site 1, and vice versa

LANWAN

AutoReplicate

Store

LAN

Site 1 Site 2

StoreRetrieve

Retrieve

Both sites active simultaneously— Facilitates load balancing and distributed access

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Centera Universal Access – Making Centera Easier

Non-Integrated Applications

UniversalAccess Server

Centera-Integrated Applications

CAS API CAS API

NFS

CIFS

FTP

HTTP

TCP/IP TCP/IP

Centera

Universal Access Node

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Universal Access Makes Archiving Easy

Centera

Anywhere, any time, any application, from virtually any platform

Centera API

NFS

CIFS FTP

HTTP

Emulation

Simple

17Integrated in ISRAEL

218 Centera ISV Integrated SolutionsE-mail/Instant Message (14) AfterMail*Air Company Ltd.AmicusAxs One* CaminoSoft Entelagent*

FaceTime* iLumin* KVS* Legato* Nexic* Tumbleweed* Zantaz*ZipLip*

HSM/FS Gateways (8) AvalonCaminoSoft* FileTek InnoDigital Legato*Storage Switch* Storigen Triade

Life Sciences (3)Aurora InteractiveBioImageneCellomics*Scientific SW

Mainframe (2) BMC*GFS*

Mainframe Gateway (2)Bustech*Intercom**

Media and Entertainment/Surveillance (1) OpenText/Artesia

Medical Imaging (34)AcuoAGFA/Mitra AmicasBlueChipBrit SystemsCamtronicsCernerDigital Healthcare DR Systems Dynamic ImagingEclipsysEmageoneMedEpicFujiGE HealthcareHeartLabIDX-Stentor Insignia Medical SystemsIntelerRadKodak (VIPArchive) McKesson—PACSMedi-FaceMedi-TechMedcon* MergeMysisPhillipsOptimedScImageSiemens MedicalTeraMEDICA*Valco*Witt Medical

Oil and Gas (1) Enigma Data Systems*

Security InformationManagement SIM (2)

Network Intelligence *SenSage*

Document/Check Imaging (6)AFSCSCEPSIIAImageSoft RDM Corp Unisys PIA

E-Learning (1)DCI

ECM (68)2BsmartAbsolute Data Alliance AMCO Acartus*Artis (ADA System)BCT*Beta Systems* C2CCeSoft Ceyoniq*Clearstory/INSCI* COI D.Velop daa Systemhaus DocsFlow Documentum*EDS—PLM/UniGraphicsELO—Digital Office Exigen FabaSoft FileNet* FileNet* (Image Service) ForcontGlobal 360 (Identitech)Global 360 (Kovis)Global 360 (ViewStar)Global 360 (WMS)

Backup/Archiving/Workflow (67)AAM* Amdocs*Anecon Anexinet* API OutsourcingApplimationArkivio*Autonomy* Axiom AXS Technologies BancTec Boomerang Software CeDemension CIL Centros de

Informatica S.A.* CitecCommvault Connected* CYA Data Strategies* Dolphin Software*Dorset ECLAElectro-ConcepFantastic Solutions*FWBSGFT Groupe STSGuardiumGuidance Software HyperTrust IXOS*KazeonLizardTechLogonSILuTech*KGS SoftwareMHM Computer s.r.o. *Micro Image Systems *

ECM (continued)Global 360 (Case Manager)Heilig and Schubert Hummingbird* HylandHyperWave*IBM*ImageNow (Perceptive Vision) ImageRight IMTF—Informatic InfoCamere Informatica El Corte Ingles* IQ DoqInterWovenKnowledgeLake* MAAS Macro4MarcosInnovation*MDY*MeridioMobius*New Vision SystemsNovamens* OCEOISPDS ImagePrismResolutions* RSDSaperionSER (DOXIS-ITA) Siemens Business ServicesStellent* System Ware* Vignette* (Tower Tech)T-Systems (ImageMaster) Union Information Unisys—Info Image* UPTIMEWindFire Technology Windream

Backup/Archiving/Workflow (cont’d)MoonwalkMost Prl NECNetStorage Newell and Budge Nirvana Omnia ComunicazioniOrchestria* OuterbayOverToneOxford Arch Digital*Patron SystemsPBSPDS ImagePrinceton Softech *ProxyPTCQ-StarSBISeven Ten StorageSienetSigniant SolixSysman InformatikaiSyntergyTarmin Solutions Ltd.*Total Information Mgmt U-KnowVERITAS

Call Center (5)Dictaphone*Mercom*NICE Systems*Savatar*Verint*

Legal (1)OpenPages*

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Centera as an Enterprise Archiving Center

E-MailArchiving

DocumentArchiving

ERPArchiving

FileArchiving

LegacyArchiving

VoiceArchiving

HomeGrown

PACS

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How does Centera compare to Tape and Optical archives?

Online, like disk

WORM, like optical

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Optimized TCO, like tape

Guaranteed and Verifiable AuthenticityDuplicate eliminationProtect from technology changesSelf-managing, self-configuring, self-healing

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