Using Cloud Storage Gateways to Build a Cloud SAN

Product OverviewZero-Friction Enterprise Storage™

Building an iSCSI “Cloud SAN” for flexible data storage and disaster recovery

Greg Kettmann – [email protected]

Dave Marseglia – [email protected]

Company Overview

Innovator in enterprise-class cloud storage solutions• Founded 2007, Natick, MA• Venture-backed, led by Avalon Ventures

CloudArray® line of virtual and physical appliances deliver secure and fast iSCSI access to cloud storage from anywhere

Numerous customer success stories

Champion Cloud Vendor

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http://www.twinstrata.com/customer-case-studies

CloudArray Solution Ecosystem

Database Mail Application File Backup

Public Cloud Storage

Private CloudStorage

Existing Storage

Backup & Archive•Veeam•Quest vRanger•AppAssure•Symantec Backup Exec, NetBackup•VMware VDR•CA ARCserve•Oracle RMANStorage Virtualization & Tiering•DataCore•Nexenta•VMware Storage DRS•Symantec FilestoreApplication and File•Microsoft Exchange•Microsoft SharePoint•Microsoft SQL Server•Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.•NexentaBlock Storage•Windows•Linux•VMware vSphere, ESX(i)•Solaris•HP-UX

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Turning Cloud Storage Benefits into Reality

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Cloud Benefits…• Limitless storage• No more storage array

upgrades• Global data access• Tapeless backup & offsite

storage• Instant disaster recovery

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Database Mail Application File Backup

Cloud StorageReality…• CloudArray®: delivers cloud storage with local

performance, high availability, security, and simple iSCSI integration

• Integrating the broadest choice of• Public cloud storage• Private cloud storage• Any existing storage

APIPrivate Cloud Storage

Public Cloud Storage

CloudArray® Hybrid Storage

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iSCSI initiators:• Windows• Linux• Solaris• HP-UX• VMware ESX/ESXi

Zero U. Zero-friction. Enterprise-class.

Servers

•Application

•File

•Backup-Archive

•Tiering

Virtual & physical servers

Compute Anywhere™

Environment for Business Continuity

CloudArray Appliance(VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2, Hardware)

AVAILABLE In-cloud Snapshots, In-cloud Recovery, Business

Continuity, Automatic metadata backup to secure portal

CacheCache

SECURE At-rest, in-flight encryption

FAST Dynamic Caching or Replication – Data Flow Diagram

AFFORDABLE Thin provisioning, Data Reduction,

Data Volume Expansion, Storage as a Service

SEAMLESS iSCSI, existing applications, Zero-Friction entry point,

Bandwidth Throttling

CloudArray Portal

iSCSI

Existing Storage

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1CloudArray

Virtual Appliance

2CloudArray

Virtual Appliance

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer

CloudArray® Recovery

Cloud Storage

CloudArray® Metadata

Compute Anywhere™Environment for Business Continuity

vMotion, HA, FT

Local StorageDAS/SAN/NAS

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Backup Server

Backup Server

Heartbeat

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2

Recovery Offsite

Local StorageDAS/SAN/NAS

Backup ServerVM

CloudArray® Metadata

VMCloudArray

Virtual Appliance CloudArray

VirtualAppliance

Recovery to the Cloud

Thin Provisioned Blocks

Rapid Configuration

CloudArray Portal• https://www.cloudarray.com• License management• Alert management• Automatic “push” upgrades• Auto backup

Petabytes of cloud storage in minutes• 3-step configuration• Web-based UI and APIs

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Web Portal

Web UI

Customer Success Stories

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Aziende Italia• Leading ISP and web-hosting

provider in Italy• Providing unlimited email and

backup to Scality RING Cloud

AFGE• Reduced VMare Recovery Times

by 80%

LA Unified School District• Displace traditional data storage

across 15 sites• $250K+ savings in TCO

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Next Steps

Discuss detailed requirements and objectives

Initiate Evaluation/Proof of Concept• 30-day free evaluation of CloudArray® software

– 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

http://www.twinstrata.com/Cloudarray_evaluation

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Thank You

Use Cases/Specs

CloudArray Cache for Flexible Performance

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APPLICATIONS

REQUIREMENTS

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Database Mail Web Tiering File Backup Archive

High Demand Workload Less Demanding Workload

Full Cache

CloudArray® HANDLES 80% OF STORAGE NEEDS

Partial Cache

35%5%

Speed Price / TB

Price/ Capacity

On-Premises Cloud

60%

100% 60% 25% 3%

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Backup Software

VRanger Pro

Microsoft Cluster Service

Local StorageDAS/SAN/NAS

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2

Backup ServerVMVM

CloudArrayVirtual

Appliance

• Tape as Primary Backup• Tape as Secondary –

For Offsite Storage

CloudArray® for Backup/Archive

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VM

Tape Backup

Simple Off-site Backup•No API programming•No “rip and replace”•No policy changes•Automatic local and/or offsite copy

iSC

SI Cloud Storage

Thin Provisional Blocks

2TBVolume

CloudArrayVirtual

ApplianceCache01

256GB

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CloudArray® for Tiered Storage

Local StorageDAS/SAN/NAS

Cloud Storage

CloudArray®Virtual or physical appliance

Storage DRS

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2

VMVMVM VM

Hypervisor

VMVMVM VM

Benefits• Virtually unlimited capacity expansion• Instant off-site capacity for DR• Offload existing Tier1 storage, extending lifecycle

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CloudArray® for Application Servers

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Application Servers

Microsoft Cluster Service

Local StorageDAS/SAN/NAS

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2

Backup ServerVMVM

CloudArrayVirtual

Appliance

iSC

SI Cloud Storage

Thin Provisional Blocks

2TBVolume

CloudArrayVirtual

ApplianceCache01

2TB“Full-

Cache”

Storage for any application Local performance Replication and CDP DR Anywhere™

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CloudArray® for NAS/File Servers

5TBDynamic

Cache

CloudArray® Virtual Appliance

In Cloud Snapshots

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• Dynamic Caching Policies• One-Button Provisioning Policies• Bandwidth Control• Multiple Storage Volumes• Encryption and Compression• In Cloud Snapshots• Choice of Cloud Providers

iSCSI

• NFS/CIFS• Storage without limits• Existing servers and security• ZFS (Nexenta)

• zpools (pooled storage)• Deduplication

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Cloud Storage

Thin Provisional Blocks

Local Storage

HypervisorVMware, Hyper-V, XenServer,

EC2

CloudArray Virtual

Appliance

VMs

Nexenta Server

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