Cloud Storage in Action

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CLOUD STORAGE IN ACTION

January 31, 2013


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WHY CLOUD STORAGE? CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS 3


WHY CLOUD STORAGE? DISASTER RECOVERY 4


Elastic supply of online capacity

Improves accessibility, compliance and agility

Simplified disaster recovery

Tapeless, automated offsite storage

Reduced Maintenance

Managed storage with minimal administration

“Pay as you go” capital requirement

No over-investment in unused capacity

Cost Reduction

Cloud storage estimated to be 74% less expensive than in-house

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CLOUD STORAGE REPRESENTS NIRVANA FOR IT AND THE CFO

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WHY CLOUD STORAGE? 5


WHY DO YOU NEED CLOUD-INTEGRATED STORAGE?

Seamless integration with applications

Performance that rivals local storage

Network optimization

Security, compliance and peace of mind

Appliance handles the API – presented as familiar iSCSI or SMB/SMB2/CIFS interface

Dynamic on-site cache ensures each volumes most frequently accessed/important data has local performance

Compression, deduplication, transaction batching and bandwidth throttling/scheduling minimize impact to WAN

Military-grade encryption and local key management prevents unauthorized access both in flight and at rest in the cloud

LEVERAGE THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD STORAGE, PLUS:

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WHAT SHOULD YOU USE CLOUD STORAGE FOR?

Offsite Backup

Disaster Recovery

Data Archival

File Data

Remote and Branch Office Storage

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“CHALLENGES

SOLUTION

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The combination of CloudArray and cloud storage delivers superior reliability as compared to tape, and we get to preserve accessibility and control of the data we are storing in the cloud.

Tom ImholzAmerican Academy of Dermatology

REAL-WORLD BENEFITS: OFFSITE BACKUP

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75% reduction in offsite storage expenses – Russell Lands

Reduced backup windows by 50% - American Academy of Dermatology

Near real-time offsite backup; half the cost of tape backup upgrade – Mosaik Solutions


“”CHALLENGES SOLUTION BENEFITS

CASE STUDY: BACKUP

Our storage and backup requirements grew so large that it was never possible to get a backup offsite. Now with TwinStrata CloudArray, we can do this in real-time, without juggling tapes or tape failures.

Near-real-time offsite backup Half the cost of a tape backup

upgrade Reliable and easily accessible

disaster recovery plan No longer have to throw away

potentially valuable data due to storage constraints

Can develop/test new solutions based on R&D snapshots

Compared cloud storage against tape, disk-to-disk and SAN replication options

TwinStrata-enabled cloud storage less than half cost of tape array system upgrade, 8x less than SAN replication

Took 40 minutes to download, install and configure CloudArray

Aging tape backup infrastructure Full offsite backup impossible due

to size Backup recovery slow and

required manual tape-juggling Storage requirements outpacing

capacity Costs outpacing budget

-- Daniel Bozeman, Systems Administrator

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CASE STUDY: BACKUP

TwinStrata delivers very sophisticated technology with inherent simplicity… superior reliability as compared to tape, and we get to preserve accessibility and control of the data we are storing in the cloud.

Reduced backup windows by 50%

Improved reliability and speed for backup and archive needs

Simplicity and ease of use Reduced resource requirement in

terms of both budget and time

Used a cloud storage model in place of tape

Downloaded, installed, configured, provisioned and connected two TwinStrata CloudArrays to cloud storage provider in less than an hour

iSCSI interface and easy caching configuration increased simplicity of installation

Limited resources Initiative to replace tape for

greater availability and control Required an enterprise-class

offsite data protection solution Needed a quick, painless end-to-

end solution

-- Tom Imholz, IT Manager

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“CHALLENGES

SOLUTION

BENEFITS

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As hurricane damage can result in severe power outages and extensive damage to a large area, our business continuity plan needs to include the ability to recover to a distant site, yet still access all our data. TwinStrata enables us to do exactly that.

Rick DeBayRxStrategies

REAL WORLD BENEFITS: DR & DATA PROTECTION

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Reduced recovery time objective by 99% – ChemPoint.com

Reduced data recovery times from 1 week to 1 day – AFGE

80% reduction in monthly disaster recovery costs – National Lloyds



CASE STUDY: DISASTER RECOVERY

We really needed a solution that was simple to buy, simple to implement and simple to maintain. We found this with the TwinStrata CloudArray Subscription – easy, secure access to unlimited cloud storage without multiple vendors or big upfront costs.

99 percent improvement in recovery time objective

Automatic cloud backup means continuous offsite data protection

Remote sites protected as well as HQ

Near instant recovery ability from any of company’s locations or even in-cloud

Subscription cloud-integrated storage model meant lower capital expenses and easier to budget operational expenses

3-site implementation used virtual CloudArray appliances to backup directly to the cloud – no middleman

Deployed in less than 30 minutes

Tape-based disaster recovery meant up to a two-week recovery time

Satellite offices were backing up to corporate HQ, which then backed to tape

Tape pickup occurred weekly, leaving recovery point objective to be as long as a week

-- Jerry Bogart, ChemPoint.com

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CASE STUDY: DISASTER RECOVERY

TwinStrata’s CloudArray has enabled us to truly simplify our DR backup strategy, while allowing us to increase the overall quality and flexibility of our storage environment and decrease our operational costs.

80 percent reduction in monthly disaster recovery costs

Unlimited scalability Simplified disaster recovery Increased quality and flexibility of

storage environment

Needed secure, easy-to-use backup for that would integrate seamlessly with VMware infrastructure

Researched more than 20 solutions, before selecting TwinStrata CloudArray

Needed to replace SAN three times in five years

Wanted independence from proprietary hardware

Expensive monthly disaster recovery costs

-- Joe Kempenich, Vice President of Information Technology

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CASE STUDY: DR & DATA PROTECTION

With TwinStrata, storage provisioning is a trivial matter, not the significant undertaking it used to be. We’ve reduced the provisioning time for retention log storage by at least 90% and eliminated the complex and demanding planning and commitment required of our IT group. TwinStrata CloudArray proved to be exactly what we needed.

90% faster provisioning times Reduced planning and

commitment required of IT Minimized cost of disk storage Ability to easily/quickly keep up

with capacity requirements

Leveraged underutilized bandwidth at secondary data center

Used cloud storage to alleviate demands of disk’s capital and infrastructure costs

Used CloudArray so that cloud storage would be available virtually as a local disk accessible to the continuous data protection solution

Needed ability to expand capacity without requiring additional disk

Disaster recovery plan included secondary data center, with costly remote disk storage, rack space, cooling and power requirements

-- Dave Stackhouse, Director of Information Systems

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“CHALLENGES

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We didn’t want to continue purchasing storage, tape and file servers. We chose TwinStrata because [it] provided everything we were looking for from traditional storage arrays and backup software for far less cost without the added maintenance overhead.

Steve SaitmanLos Angeles Unified School District

REAL-WORLD BENEFITS: FILE AND DATA ARCHIVAL

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Five-year savings of $283,000 by eliminating tape and using lower-cost commodity servers – LAUSD

Employees experienced no performance degradation – Russell Lands

Achieved flexible solution for multiple archiving requirements – Essex Agricultural & Technical High School



CASE STUDY: FILE

With TwinStrata, we get twin benefits. We still experience local performance because of the locally cached data yet our data also sits at an offsite storage location with far better disaster recovery provisions than we could ever afford before.

75% reduction in offsite data storage expenses

Unlimited scalability

Insulation from uncertain data growth

Worry-free disaster recovery

Employees experience no performance degradation

• Deployed unlimited virtual TwinStrata CloudArray appliance

• Local cache keeps 95% of data accessed by employees; second copy in cloud for disaster recovery

• TwinStrata provided flexibility to choose cloud storage provider

File servers 90% full

Data volume doubling (or more) every 18 months

Upgrading VMware servers for more storage too costly

Employees needed on-site-like performance

-- Cliff Grappe, IT Director

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REAL-WORLD BENEFITS: BRANCH OFFICE STORAGE

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We needed a solution that was simple to buy, simple to implement and simple to maintain. With TwinStrata, we get easy, secure access to unlimited cloud storage for each of our offices globally without having to deal with multiple vendors or big upfront costs.

Jerry BogartChemPoint.com

Eliminate need for expensive on-premises storage for each office

Support multiple sites from a single location

Unlimited capacity at minimal upfront costs



CASE STUDY: REMOTE AND BRANCH OFFICE STORAGE

Moving to the cloud has not only reduced the cost and burden of maintaining the multi-site infrastructure, it has eliminated the need for future data migrations and costly upgrades. Our upgrade plans now are to simply purchase new servers every three years.

Saving $283,000 over 5 years by eliminating tape and using lower-cost commodity servers

Reduced cost & burden of maintaining multi-site infrastructure

Instant disaster recovery to any location globally

Replacement of primary storage, tape and backup software

15-site implementation Seamless integration with and

connection to existing storage and Amazon Web Services

Deployed each site in less than hours

Needed to replace failing hardware, but didn’t want to continue purchasing storage, tape and file servers

Painful expansion/overhaul required regularly

Exponentially growing data volumes

Limited disaster recovery plan

-- Steve Saitman

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HOW MANY BENEFITS HAVE YOU ALREADY ACHIEVED? 19

Less than 3 months

3-6 months 6+ months Total0

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How long TwinStrata CloudArray has been deployed

Respondents selected from the following list:

• Lower operational expenses• Lower capital expenses• Improved disaster recovery• Reduced RPO/RTO• Reduced overall maintenance• Reduced provisioning time• Reduced backup windows• Improved confidence / peace of mind• Compliance with regulations• Resolved security concerns

SO HOW DO WE DO IT?


VM VM

Backup & Archive• Veeam• Unitrends• Symantec Backup Exec, NetBackup• IBM TSM• VMware VDR• Quest vRanger• AppAssure• CA ARCserve• Oracle RMAN• Waterford Technologies

Storage Virtualization & Tiering• DataCore• Nexenta• VMware Storage DRS• Symantec Filestore

Application and File• Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SQL• Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.• Nexenta

Block Storage• Windows• Linux• VMware vSphere, ESX(i)• Solaris• HP-UX

CLOUDARRAY® SOLUTION ECOSYSTEM 21

database mail application file backup

20+ Cloud Storage

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ON-PREMISEAPPLICATIONS

Files

Backups

Business Apps

Archives

CloudArray® VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL APPLIANCE

CLOUD STORAGE Easy to use

• Up in minutes

• Plug-and-play

• Software or

hardware

Pay-as-you-go

Fast and secure

Set-and-Forget

Public Cloud

Private Cloud

Existing Storage

In-Cloud Snapshots

Data Reduction

EncryptionVolume-Based Dynamic Cache

Bandwidth Controls

Instant Recovery

Auto Backup & Upgrade

iSCSI / NAS API

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CLOUDARRAY® - FEATURES

FLEXIBILITY

• NAS and SAN connectivity

• Physical, virtual, in-cloud appliances

• Both CapEx and OpEx purchasing options

EASE OF ACCESS

• Plug-and-Play

• Quick setup time

• Fast “like-local” performance

DATA REDUCTION

• Compression

• Deduplication

• Works with higher level deduplication

AUTO BACKUP / UPGRADE

• Auto configuration backups

• Set-and-forget

ENCRYPTION

• AES-256

• On-appliance

• Local Keys

BANDWIDTH CONTROLS

• Optimize WAN traffic

• Schedule around peak hours

SNAPSHOTS

• Instant access

• Space-efficient

• Continuous data protection

INSTANT RECOVERY

• Instant disaster recovery

• Offsite, hosted, cloud

• One-button recovery

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APPLICATION CloudArray® CACHING

CLOUD STORAGE Multiple Applications, One Platform

• Archive • Backup• Primary data

Advanced Caching

• Dynamic, online cache re-sizing

• Flexible

- Multiple independent caches

- SSD hybrid options

• Optimized

- Cloud transfers

- Cloud transactions

- Application performance

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Subscription Perpetual

BUNDLED OFFERING / SERVICE OPTIONS

Single fee for cloud storage and appliance

Based on cloud capacity (TB increments)

Integrated cloud storage

Upgradable capacity and appliances

Single fee and maintenance for appliance only

Virtual or Physical (Physical 1-60TB of cache)

“Bring Your Own Cloud” Account

Upgradable capacity

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Virtual Appliance only (VMware V4.0 or greater,

Hyper-V, XenServer v5.5 or greater, EC2), Dual 64 bit Processors, 4GB RAM, 50GB Disk Space, GigE

Online video tutorials

for ease of installation

Download, install and provision petabytes of

storage in less than 30 minutes

TwinStrata support

to assist with application use

cases, requirements, planning next

steps

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