Strongbox Data Storage Podcast

StrongBox: Shared Storage for Data Protec3on and Preserva3on for HPC by: David Cerf, EVP Crossroads Systems, Inc. [email protected]

Data – No longer simply data…

•  Global broadband and mobile technology now expose 6mely, worldwide informa6on

•  The right informa6on to the right people -‐ in real 6me -‐ producing be<er business and social outcomes

•  Keep it all, keep it forever

80% of all storage capacity sold will be for file-‐based data

(Exa

byte

s)

big data…

Customer Pain Points

•  Data growth exceeds budget growth

•  Backup windows unaIainable and too complex

•  Need long-‐term data reten3on and preserva3on

•  Tradi3onal archiving process too complex or proprietary

Massive growth of fixed content, unstructured data overwhelms the tradi3onal storage environment

The Power Challenge

•  Storage accounted for less than 4 percent of data centre spending in 2012 according to IDC

•  Forrester states 30% of

electricity consumption is while devices sitting idle 70% of the time

•  Up to 70 percent of the costs associated with running a data center are attributable to power or power-related equipment for cooling, power conversion and power generation1.

•  Compute and power for the Internet accounts for 10 percent of the world’s electricity and growing rapidly. 1- ENTREPRENEURS

Why IT Dollars Will Go Further on Google's Floating Data Center

Affordable Data Protec3on so You Can Keep it All!

StrongBox is a NAS appliance purpose-‐built to lower the costs of long-‐term data reten6on while providing built-‐in data protec6on, full file accessibility and simplified management for unstructured fixed content.

Seamless

•  1/10th the cost •  Orders of magnitude reliability •  Massive scalability •  Infinite life span •  Low power

Memory Based Storage

High Performance Disk

Large Volume Disk

HSM or Backup Server

Tape Library

Offline (Unavailable)

Cost of Scale •  Add more disk •  Add more backup •  Add more IT resources

Simplified

Workflow

…Providing the Solu3on. Defining the Problem…

Non-‐Proprietary

Vendor Neutral Archive No Dependency On •  Opera6ng system •  Applica6ons •  Specialized agents •  Proprietary

soXware layer

No Change To •  File formats,

a<ributes •  Applica6ons

Barium Ferrite is a new type of magnetic particle which can be greatly reduced in size to improve recording density without magnetic signal loss. Oxidization is one of the causes of data deterioration. Barium Ferrite has a much longer life compared to metal particles (MP).

New tape technology meets archiving requirements – Keep it forever!

Data Integrity •  Tamper checking •  LTFS check

Data Reliability •  HASH code per file •  Drive/Tape error correla6on

•  Self healing •  No Delete

Data Redundancy • Mul6-‐Copy (different media) •  Secure over wire replica6on • Media export

Built-‐in Data Protec3on

Portability and DR

•  Reduces costs of primary storage with a low-‐cost alterna6ve

•  Simplifies archiving and data management

•  Relieves and complements tradi6onal backup

•  Up to 95% reduc3on in power

1 Petabyte | 2 Copies | 10 Years “Lowering Long-‐term Archive Costs with Crossroads Systems StrongBox,” Brad Johns Consul6ng, LLC, 2013

Total Cost of Ownership

•  Over 43,200 images to date •  Need for expanding archive •  Data sync from primary storage to StrongBox

•  User access via StrongBox

StrongBox Customer Win: Jet Propulsion Labs

Challenges: •  Irreplaceable mission data required protected storage

•  Too expensive to maintain expanding data archive with protec6on on NetApp disk

•  Looked into mul6ple scenarios, but none could deliver cost-‐effec6ve scalability

The StrongBox Solu3on for JPL

•  Simple, protected storage •  Long-‐term reliability •  Cost-‐efficient scalability

Project-‐based storage for mul6ple input sources – satellite, video, imaging, research data and more.

Why StrongBox?

•  Built-‐in protec6on (no backup) •  84% Less expensive than disk •  Works with exis6ng resources •  Environmentally sustainable •  Data is available online, all the 6me •  Op6mized mission efficiency

Use Case: Long-‐term Data Preserva?on

StrongBox Solu3on – The BoIom Line

Scalable storage at a cost-‐efficient price

Plug & Play storage saves 6me & money

Data is online & accessible – no vendor lock-‐in

Data is ALWAYS intrinsically protected

Customer Challenges

Limited budget to meet data growth

Storage management is complex, Straining IT

Data is offline or in proprietary format

Content needs to be preserved indefinitely

Use Case: Leveraging the Disk Cache to provide NAS like performance

Customer Challenges StrongBox-‐ The BoIom Line

Too expensive to add more disk Lowers TCO for data storage without sacrificing accessibility & performance

Too much data to keep on disk, yet need data available

Ability to meet demanding business requirements instantaneously

Protec6on of data makes management of growing data volumes difficult

Automa6c data protec6on reduces risks of data loss & saves on IT resources

Who is using StrongBox?

Solving data archiving for today, tomorrow and the future

“StrongBox is an excellent tool within my environment, providing flexibility that makes it func6onal in mul6ple use-‐cases for MLB Network.”

—Tab Butler Director of Media Management Major League Baseball Network

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