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Top Storage Issues for IT
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Storage Is Supposed To Be Getting Cheaper!
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o Disk cost is dropping rapidly
o $250 buys:• 1994: 2 GB• 1999: 20 GB• 2004: 200 GB• 2009: 2000 GB
o But enterprise storage costs keep rising!
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Defining Cloud Storage
o Storage is offered as a service with standard interfaces
o Billing is usage based
o Infrastructure is multi-tenant and scalable
SOURCE: McKinsey & Company
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Enterprise Cloud Storage: Why Not?
Security & Reliability
No System is Perfect (including yours)
What to look foro Security audit (by a respected firm or customer)o SAS 70 (especially Type 2)o Customizable SLA (with remedies)o Transparencyo Encryption (but who holds the keys?)
Encryption for Cloud Storage
Where should encryption live?(and who holds the keys?)
Performance
Cloud storage is not for all data
But it’s for a lot of data!
Cloud-appropriate data:o File-based, unstructuredo Non mission-criticalo Value in keeping it accessibleo Requirement to be outside the firewallo Multi-user, multi-siteo Rarely written, frequently read
Ingestion
Loading initial data can derail even the best cloud use cases
Bandwidth is sized to daily requirements
Initial data loading often requires an
alternate path
Can you ship tapes? Disk arrays?
Who manages? Who pays?
Implementation
APIs Aren’t “Simple” to Integrate
What to look foro Robust integrated functionality in applicationso Solutions & integration serviceso Enterprise supporto Standard storage protocol support
Paths to the Cloud
Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Compute
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Each server’s CPU load varies throughout the
week
The CPU load of two servers is even more
variable
Ten servers swing wildly, but there is
still lots of idle time
We really only need this much CPU
time…
…but we have to buy this much on physical servers!
Server virtualization allows us to combine workloads,
buying 30% less Cloud compute services allow us to buy only what
we need: 66% less!
Cloud Storage Is Different
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Storage grows continually
Multiple servers compound the use of storage capacity
We would like to buy just what we need…
…but disk drives only come in certain sizes and it takes
time to provision
We try to plan for storage capacity growth, but there is always lots of wasted space
Cloud storage services allow us to buy just what we need
and can react instantly to new capacity demands
Economics
TCO is More Than Just $/GB
What to look ato Infrastructure costso Connectivity/network costso Security feeso Hardware utilizationo System complexityo System management
High
Low
Low High
Cloud Offers Better Access at Lower Cost
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Companies Can Change Their Archive Storage Strategy
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Accessibility
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Tape
VTL
NAS
Increase Accessibility
Reduce Cost
SAN
Enterprise Storage Headaches
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Protect Data Off-Site
o Data must be protected off-site…• Local outages and small-scale data losses are frequent• Regulations and standards call for off-site storage
o IT responded by…• Shipping backup tapes• Using storage replication features
o But…• Is it really secure?• Can you bear the cost and effort for replication?• Do backup tape-based solutions even work?
Offsite Data Protection ASU/NASA Case Studyo Images transmitted from moon via satelliteo 3 copies required (2 local 1 offsite)o Current offsite tape solution difficult to managed and scale
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Secondary
Data Receiving Servers
Image Processing Servers
Uncertaino outdated technologyo deteriorating media
Expensiveo labor intensiveo delivery costs
Limitedo inaccessibleo only used for 1 copy
Primary
Tertiary
o Integrated Nirvanix SDN via CloudNASo Optimized management of tertiary datao Gained accessibility, security, and integrity
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Primary Secondary
Data Receiving Servers
Image Processing Servers
Cache
Encryption
SSL
US - West
US - Mid
US - East
Japan
Germany
CloudNAS®API
Secureo monitored transfero easy to verify
integrity
Economicalo 40% cost reduction
Functionalo accessible for reuse o can replicate
instantly
Offsite Data Protection ASU/NASA Case Study
Tiered Storage:Reduce the Cost and Impact of Storage
o Storage capacity just keeps expanding…• Larger files + More files = Growing volume of data
o IT responded by…• Consolidating on SAN and NAS• Tiered storage concepts• HSM and ILM
o But…• Storage systems getting more complex and expensive• Management effort keeps growing• Cost savings aren’t materializing
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Tiered Storage
Per
form
ance
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ost
Capacity
Fulfilling The Promise of Tiered Storage
o Tiered disk storage has not yet lived up to its promise• Small cost and
performance differential between FC and SATA disk
• TCO is very closeo SSD gives extreme
performance at high cost
o Cloud storage gives massive capacity at low cost
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Tiered Storage
FC
Disk
SATA
SSD
Cloud
Tier NFortune 50 Financial Firmo Legal requires email archiving systemo Filled up planned on-site storage in one yearo No capital budget, space, or desire for more hardware
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o Using email system
Employees
Costlyo storage hardware is
expensiveo data center is full
Inflexibleo must buy 100 TB at a timeo can’t be mixed with other
apps
Legal Risko email must be preservedo e-discovery needs data on-
line
Archive Storage
Email ServersEmail Archive Servers
Email Storage
Legal Staff
o Reviewing for complianceo Performing e-discovery
Tier NFortune 50 Financial Firmo No changes to user or legal use of systemso CloudNAS® enables conventional apps to access cloud storageo Re-enables archiving without capital investment or data center footprint
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Cost Effectiveo pay as you growo reuses existing assets
Flexibleo unlimited capacityo scales instantly
Reduced Risko messages are preserved and
secureo online access to data
o Using email system
Employees
Local Archive Storage
Email ServersEmail Archive Servers
Email Storage
Legal Staff
US - East
US - Mid
CloudNAS®
API
o Reviewing for complianceo Performing e-discovery
Create a Scalable, Collaborative System
o Companies are going global• Need to distribute data between sites and organizations• New applications need programmable storage• More rich media, massive data volumes
o Conventional systems don’t work• SAN and NAS don’t work well over wide area networks• Relational databases don’t scale to huge files, datasets• Lack of APIs, granular data controls• Everything is firewalled off anyway!
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Distributed Content and CollaborationFortune 50 High-Tech Firmo Follow the sun customer support solutiono Built on a database with an insufficient 10 MB file size limitso Current solution is ad hoc transfer via e-mail or ftp with no persistent storage
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North Carolina
SydneyBrussels Bangalore
o Log files associated with support ticket
o Files over 10 MB stored Ad Hoc
Customer
Technical Support Application
o Files need to be transferred to continue support
o Sent via e-mail, FTP
CaliforniaInsecureo lacks security controls
Inefficiento affects employee
productivity o does not scale
Liabilityo impossible to audito no record after ticket
closed
Distributed Content and CollaborationFortune 50 High-Tech Firmo Integrated SDN via APIo Global file re-use optimized, persistent storage implementedo Gained global footprint with no capital investment, increased time to market
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North Carolina
SydneyBrussels Bangalore
o File uploads to nearest node to the customer
Customer
Technical Support Application
California
Secureo File transferred to SDN via
SSL
Efficiento increased workflow
efficiencyo scales instantly
Reduced Risko easy to audito persistent storageo low capital and resource
commitment
Nirvanix API
US - West US - East JapanGermany
o Policy based file replication ensures high performance across the globe
o When ticket is closed, files replication scaled down to one location
Cloud Storage Can Help
o Key use cases:• Offsite data protection• Tiered storage• Distributed content and collaboration
o Get started:• Start with cloud proof-of-concept• Match dataset with security & bandwidth needs• Select a provider based on TCO• Perform test & measure outcomes• Secure multi-year agreements
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