STEALTH Content Store for SharePoint using Caringo CAStor

Boosting your SharePoint to the MAX!

"Optimizing your Business behind the scenes"

Overview

• Microsoft SharePoint• Enterprise Content management

• STEALTH Software• STEALTH Content Store for

External Storage for SharePoint

• Caringo• Storage Software

Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

Optimizing your Business behind the scenes

Microsoft SharePoint - Classic Storage

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Standard SharePoint Architecture•2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing)•1 Microsoft SQL Server•1 Application/Index Server

“Typically, as much as 80 percent of data for an enterprise-scale deployment of Windows SharePoint Office 2007 Server consists of file-based content that are stored as BLOB data. These BLOB objects comprise data associated with SharePoint files. However, maintaining large quantities of BLOB data in a Microsoft SQL Server database is a suboptimal use of SQL Server resources. You can achieve more value at lower cost with equivalent efficiency by using an external data store.”

Statement of Microsoft Corporation

Front-End Servers

SQL ServerApplicationIndex Server

Content & Meta data Content and Meta Data Flow•All content goes to the SQL Database.•All Content is going to one Storage point - SQL.•Databases are growing – performance decreases.•Operations has problems with their backup window.•Restore becomes more and more a problem.•Roll-out of SharePoint slows down.•End Users are unhappy with the solution, etc.

The Classic Way of Storing Content“The Funnel”

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Microsoft SharePoint - Optimal Storage

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Meta data

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The New Way of Storing Content“The Watercurtain”

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Massive Read & Write

STEALTH Software

• STEALTH Software is a Dutch Software House specialized in building Content Providers connecting applications to Cloud Storage environments

• STEALTH Software was founded in 2007 and is privately owned and funded

• STEALTH Software provides the Integration layer between front-end applications like Microsoft SharePoint and VMware Zimbra Collaboration Suite and the Cloud Storage layer

• STEALTH Software delivers Content Providers for many Cloud Storage Software suppliers like Caringo CAStor™

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The STEALTH Content Store

Is an Interface between SharePoint and External Storage

Is not intrusive to SharePoint Is supported by Microsoft Is based on industry standards

Windows SharePoint Services Object Model

Storage Access Stack

Relational Access

STEALTH Content Store

SQL Server Content DB

External Storage

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0SharePoint Office 2007 Server

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Classic Way vs New ‘STEALTH’ way

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Standard SharePoint Architecture•2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing)•1+N Microsoft SQL Server (Content & Meta data)•1 Application/Index Server•Limited Scalability

SQL Server

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NEW SharePoint Architecture•2-3 Front End servers (load Balancing)•1 Microsoft SQL Server only Metadata •1 Application/Index Server•Scalable to the MAX!

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External Storage

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The New Way of Storing ContentUsing STEALTH Software

“The Watercurtain”

The Classic Way of Storing Content“The Funnel”

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Caringo CAStorStorage Software

• Caringo comes from the founders names• Caringo CAStor™ is hardware independent• Caringo CAStor™ creates from multiple Servers one

large Storage Cluster (Cloud Storage)• Caringo CAStor™ has a policy-based engine to protect

the Content in the Cloud by making multiple copies of your content.

CAStor™ is hardware independentCaringo CAStor™ Nodes

Physical Capacity

Attached diskIs pooled

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Caringo CAStorArchitecture

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CAStor

• Typical CAStor Cluster of x86-based commodity PCs (rack, tower,…)

• Connected via standard networking (typically Gigabit Ethernet)

• Containing large capacity disk drives (typically SATA)

• Local replication for redundancy• Remote replication for disaster recovery• Self-healing and scalable• Seamless upgrades for hardware and software

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STEALTH and Caringo CAStor™

Our Software, Your Hardware

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Solution Value

• Solution Value Optimize capital expenses • Trade cost effective content storage for expensive • SQL Server database storage

• Improved operational expenses • Enables seamless storage management• Facilitates cost-effective business continuance and disaster recovery

• Delivers richer content management policies • Robust archival and immutable writes• Guaranteed retention and deletion

• Easy installation and implementation • Tooling for automated migration of existing SharePoint repositories • Quick Return on Investment

• Non-Intrusive Services • Service that doesn't interfere with MOSS 2007• No installation of web parts nor placement of Stubs in MOSS 2007• Application management remains at cost low, no extra overhead to manage

stub handling and web part management

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Operational Benefits

• Operational Benefits – Performance of the Microsoft SharePoint server improves

significantly; – Reliability of the Microsoft SharePoint server improves

significantly; – Restore times of backup / recovery are much faster; – Scalability of Microsoft SharePoint server improves significantly; – Regulatory requirements of the application are managed through

storage and archiving; – Easy Installation and Implementation; – STEALTH Software is non-intrusive meaning that users will not

notice a difference; – STEALTH Software accepts all upgrades as it is not part of the

Microsoft SharePoint application.

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Financial Benefits

• Financial Benefits – Less investment in SQL server hardware; – Upfront storage investments are smaller as it is easier to grow

your storage capacity in smaller steps; – Utilize standard server hardware and upgrade without impact to

applications with Caringo CAStor; – No need to invest in backup solutions as separate backup is not

needed anymore; – Less operational management costs; – No need for upgrade licenses. One lifetime license per

SharePoint server plus annual maintenance fee is all that it takes.

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STEALTH Software Partners

• SYNERGY4 is Worldwide Channel Sales & Marketing Partner for STEALTH Software• SYNERGY4 handles licensing STEALTH Content with Channel Partners

STEALTH Software’s software enables our Partners – Value Added Resellers, System Integrators and Distributors – to more cost effectively and efficiently deliver a complete and proven solution to their end-user customers. Using STEALTH Software’s software-based solutions Partners can provide a comprehensive solution to meet their customers’ compliance, information governance and legal discovery requirements.

For more information regarding the STEALTH Software Partner Program fill out the Partner Registration Form at our Worldwide Channel Sales & Marketing Partner SYNERGY4

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Questions

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