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How to Architect for Data Protection in the Cloud
October 6, 2016
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Agenda• Data Protection
Challenges• Data Protection Features• Demo: How to Architect
Cloud Storage with Snapshots, High-availability and Replication
• SoftNAS Cloud Overview• Q&A
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Data Protection Challenges
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AWS Infrastructure
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Data Protection Challenges
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Natural Disasters Human Error Meeting Compliance
Requirements and SLAs
Infrastructure Expenses
Hardware Failures
Malware, Bots and Ransomware
Data Loss
Malware, Ransomware and Human Error
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Viruses, worms, Trojan horses
Malware and Bots
Ransomware Human Error
Locks PC access until a ransom is
paid
Employees click on phishing links or
accidentally delete files
Compliance Requirements and SLAs
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• Rules and regulations change• HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS and other
industry regulations require dedicated infrastructures
• Each customer has unique SLAs built into their contracts
• Every minute of unplanned downtime leads to revenue loss
Data Loss
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• Data is susceptible to deletion, corruption, loss and theft
• Files and data may need to be restored to a specific point in time
• Snapshot configuration takes time
Natural Disasters, Hardware Failures and Infrastructure Expenses
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• Hardware upgrade cycles every 3-5 years or repair existing hardware
• Legacy hardware breaks and forces you to purchase new hardware
• Maintenance fees are rising• Infrastructure costs force you to
“do more with less”• Natural disasters destroy hardware
RAID• Combines multiple physical disk
drive components into a single logical unit for data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.
• RAID 0 & RAID 10 recommended with Amazon EBS
• RAID o provides linear performance– 2x 4,000 IOPS volumes = 8,000 IOPS
• RAID 10 provides increased redundancy & aggregates the read performance
• DRAM cache dramatically increases read IOPS performance
Storage Snapshots
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• Volume based, point-in-time copies• Scheduling & on-demand via
StorageCenter• Consume storage pool capacity• Integrated with Microsoft (MS)
Previous Versions via VSS API– View and restore MS server &
desktop deleted files– Windows 7, 8, Server 2008 & 2012
SoftNAS SnapClones™ & Amazon EBS Snapshots
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• SoftNAS Cloud SnapClones™– Provide read/write clones of snapshots– Created instantly– Mountable as external NFS or CIFS shares– Manipulate copies of data too large or complex
• Example: testing new app versions against real data or selective file recovery• Amazon EBS Snapshots
– Backup EBS-based storage pools– Copies entire SoftNAS storage pool – backup & recovery purposes– Use AWS console to manage snapshots– Snapshot capacity not counted against storage pool capacity– Used for longer-term data retention
High-Availability and 99.999% Uptime
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• SoftNAS Cloud provides HA with AWS to offer 99.999% uptime
• Support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and AFP
Replication
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• Maintains fully-replicated copies of live production data for disaster recovery
• Replicate data so there is an up-to-the-minute copy of any changes that have taken place
• Setup in minutes
Cloud-based Disaster Recovery and Backups
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• Continuous Data Protection• No Downtime Guarantee• Quick and Easy HA Configuration• Cost-effective• Backup
SoftNAS Cloud® Overview
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Flexible, Adaptable Architecture
Linux Virtual Appliance
ARCHITECTURE INTEGRATION DATA SERVICES
• API and CLI• Cross data center• Cross-zone VPC• Easy
administration• File gateway• HTML5 Admin UI• Software filer• ZFS on Linux
• AWS• Azure• CenturyLink Cloud• CIFS w/ Active
directory• FC SAN• iSCSI LUN• iSCSI SAN• NFS• S3 Objects• SSD• VMware vSphere
• Block replication• Cloud disks• Compression• Inline deduplication• Instant snapshots• Multi-level caching• Storage pools• Thin provisioning• Writable
SnapClones™• Encryption
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End-userdesktops, devices
Applicationsand servers
Volumes
AFP iSCSI
Storage pools
CIFS NFSSite A
Site B Public Cloud
NFS
CIFS/SMB
iSCSI
AFP
Use existing
unchanged application
s…
Connect to AWS using
standard NAS protocols…
Through AWS hosted
instances…
Leveraging AWS storage services for
flexible capacity
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Easily Migrate Existing Applications to AWS
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