Dell DX Object Storage Platform

Dell DX Object Storage Platform

Laurent TisseyreEMEA Storage Technologist

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Data G rowth

The Digital Universe will double every 18 monthsOf which

95% is unstructured data1

Of which

90% is never accessed after creat ion2

Sources:1IDC, The Expanding Digital Universe2Measurement and Analysis of Large-Scale Network File System Workloads, UC Santa Cruz

Customer Pains in DetailGrowing Data and Shrinking Budgets• 1800 New Exabytes by 2011. 3.5x more HCLS in 2012 vs. 2009• Percentage of IT budgets for storage increasing from 10 to 17%*• Customers treating all data equal

Increased Retent ion or Compliance Policies• 80% will have to produce content in response to litigation• Need to quickly discover and produce information• Infrastructure spending for info governance to reach $21.5B

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Virtualization Adoption

Consolidation

Backup Redesign

Technology Refresh

Tiered Storage Build Out

Customers are Seeking Intelligent Data Management solut ions

Source: The Info Pro (June 2009). Top 5 Storage Priorities

*Controlling Storage Costs Amid High Growth, Forrester Research, Inc., February, 2010

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All data is not the same

Stat ic70%

Semi-Act ive20%

Active10%

Most is unstructured

ArchiveCreate

Secure & Protect

Replicate & Distribute

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All data is not the same

Stat ic70%

Semi-Act ive20%

Active10%

Most is unstructured

ArchiveCreate

Secure & Protect

Replicate & Distribute

Determining Relevance

Reducing Complexity

Extract ing Value

• Ident ify and create rich metadata about your informat ion• Eliminate unnecessary data• Store your informat ion based on its at t ributes

• Policy based automat ion that moves, protects, reduces, & removes data• Consolidate unstructured data on a foundat ional plat form where you can

non-disrupt ively expand capacity & replace/ ret ire nodes• Reduce the footprint , power costs, & WAN bandwidth

• Solut ions that allow you to keep more data online• Tools and processes for rapid discovery & retrieval• Leverage online data for analysis, informat ion & compliance

Dell helps you expand your data management strategy by:

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What Does it Mean?Long- term unstructured data retention & governance introduces

unique storage requirementsScale

– Must be able to store billions of files on 1,000’s of disks– Can exceed file system & backup constraints and capabilities

Manageability & Accessibility– Large # of disks require new management and recovery paradigm– Highest availability requirements over large geographic footprint– Must manage content lifecycle – including deletion - automatically

Cost– Requires lower TCO both to acquire and manage– Must be capable of preserving content for years and decades

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• What is it?– O bjects are data AND associated metadata combined– The storage software assigns a unique ID to each O bject– ID’s are stored across a flat address space. There is no

hierarchy.

• What are the benefits?– Intelligent Management: automated data management including

retention, distribution and deletion– Massive Scale: up to billions of objects and Petabytes of data –

affordably– Powerful Access: overcomes traditional storage limitations and

enables extracting value from dataEnables you to reduce cost, complexity and risk

Object Storage

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Object Storage ExampleIf this is a File THISis an Object

then….

Object ID: 12345File Type: .DICOMPatient Name: John Q. SmithPatient ID: 555- 55- 5555Procedure Date: 01—1- 2001Physician Name: Dr. OrganPhysician Notes: .WAV FilePrior 1: XYZ.DICOMCustom Metadata: XYZ

File Name: CATSCANJQSMITHCreated By: Technician 1Created On: 01- 01- 2001File Type: .DICOM

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Traditional systems manage data location…….not C ONT EXT

A B C D E F

1 3 7 9 2 9

0 1 11 10 0 10 10 1 111MYFILES

MYFILES/MYFOLDER2/MYFO LDER3/MYFO LDER4/MAP.J PG

And C O NTEXT matters:•Policy- Based Movement•Discoverability•Searchability•Accessibility•Security

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Traditional vs. Object Storage

Hot

Cool

Cold

Data Profile

Disk Performance

Data Protection

ReliabilitySecurity

Manageability

Scalability

Cost

Accessibility

30%

70%

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FILE

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VideoDocuments Photographs

Medical ImagesAudio E-Mail

Access, store and distribute fixed digital content using an elegant, self-managing and cost-

effective peer-scaling architecture.

DX Object Storage Primary Site DX Object Storage

Mirror SiteDX Object Storage

Mirror Site

Access

DistributeStore

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A better way to access, store and distribute unstructured content

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• Allows you to keep more data online and accessible to leverage digital assets

• Automated and secure policy- based retention, replication, distribution & deletion

• Self- replication and self- healing to minimize IT staff demands

• Standards- based x86 hardware and integrated software in an end- to- end solution

• Continuous migration and investment protection with non- disruptive security and capacity upgrades and node replacement/ retirement

• Standard HTTP interface with future support for CIFS/NFS and XAM

• Selectable data immutability for compliance needs• Solutions for health care, archive, content

management, eDiscovery, tiered storage, and cloud

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Flexible entry and scaling options

• 4- Drive Storage Node (DX6004S)– 1 to 8TB raw capacity/node– Enables placing a cluster in remote or

branch offices– Low entry point into DX solution– Can enhance performance for small file

sizes versus DX6012S

• 12- Drive Storage Node (DX6012S)– 3 to 24TB raw capacity/node– Ideal for larger deployments– Good for large file sizes– Can serve as a central office cluster

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Start with 2 storage nodes, either the 4 or 12- drive versions, then scale-out capacity and performance with either to meet your unique needs

DX Object Storage PlatformObject based peer scaling storage system with an integrated set

of storage services for managing information assets.

App Server

DX6004S or DX6012S

C SN

DX6000Prim ary

Storage C luster

C SN

DX6000Secondary(optional)

• Platform C onfiguration

• (1) or more C luster Services Nodes (C SN)

• (2) or more Storage Nodes

• DX C luster Services Node(s)• Network Services

• C ontent Router SW

• Proxy SW

• C entralized Management Interface

• DX Storage Nodes• Self Managing – Load balance, storage

optimization, power conservation

• Data Protection – Replication, healing, health processing, disaster recovery

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DX6004S or DX6012S

ISV Ecosystem

File Gateway/Application Server(Future Option)

File System AccessCIFS

NFS Windows Unix-basedMac

HTTP

Cluster Services/Content Router

ContentSubscribers

DX Storage EcosystemA Foundational Storage Tier for Unstructured Data

HTTP

SNMP

Admin Console

Web 2.0Applicat ions

ECM PACSE-MailHTTP BusinessApplicat ions

Office Mirror DR

WAN

Partner

Storage Node Cluster (Qty 2-n)

antivirus index compression encryption

Access

Store

Distribute

Primary Storage

AccessNative HTTP Interface & APIs

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A New Alfreso file store

business case: Optimal solut ion for 10+ million documents, guaranteed immutable, safely stored, w ith redundancy, free of backup : insurance archive

Alfresco2CAStor live demo

CAStor

We are somewhere

here

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Demo

• Open castor monitor screen• Add document• Open document• View log with CAStor url• Check immediate CAStor url• Remove connection• Open document (retrieved from other node)

Move2Alf

Scanning and Archiving Infrastructure @ P&V

PDFTIFF

DRP BXLANTWERP

Brokers

ViviumUsers

ViviumVivium

Back Office

Alf2CAS

DX Object Storage Evolves with Technology

Add new hardware

Retire Node

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DX Object Storage Content Routing• Policy- based replication to

geographically separate sites

• Policies driven by administrator-defined object metadata

• Multiple replication and distribution topologies supported– 1:1, 1:M, M:1, M:M– C ustomize to meet specific

needs– Replicate some or all files

• Fully automated Disaster RecoverySite

MainOffice

PartnerSite

BranchOffice

Metadata filter

Content Router (included as standard feature)

PrimarySite

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Object Storage ApplicationsArchiving for Compliance & eDiscovery• HCLS - Electronic Medical Records, Medical Images• Large Enterprise – Email Archiving, Invoices, Financial Services• Industries with high compliance or legal risk• Customers using ISV Ecosystem Partner Applicat ions

Archive for Storage Consolidat ion• Tiering/Archiving already & looking for affordable platform with

investment protection• Looking to reduce backup windows• Running out of primary storage space• Customers using ISV Ecosystem Partner Applicat ions

Digital Asset Management • Higher Ed – University Archives, Applied Research Labs• Enterprise – Marcom, Product Libraries, CAD Images, Oil & Gas• State & Local Governments – Archives• Web 2.0 Businesses• Customers using ISV Ecosystem Partner Applicat ions

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