3 Steps to Storage Consolidation
● Understand why there are more storage silos than ever
● Learn why current unified solutions fall short
● Learn how to eliminate storage silos
Three Steps to Eliminating Storage Silos
Too Many Storage Systems?
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Our Speakers
George Crump, Lead Analyst
Gary Watson, CTO and Founder
Understanding Storage Silos
What’s Causing
Storage Silos
● New Use Cases
● New Requirements
● New Technologies
The Problems with
Storage Silos
● Expensive
● Inefficient
● Hard to Manage
● Difficult to Protect
Why Do Consolidation Efforts Fall Short
One Big Storage
System
● Features incomplete
● Lack performance
● Lack retention policies
● Lack data distribution
Attempts at Consolidation
Global File Systems
● Provides data distribution
● Compromises performance
● Increases complexity
○ still multiple systems plus
new file system
Software Defined
Storage
● Centralizes management
● No or limited data distribution
● Still complex - multiple systems
to manage
Lessons Learned
● One thing is easier to manage than a
dozen
○ The closer the organization can
get to a single system the better
○ Common software interface
Single System was Close but...
Needs:
● High performance (flash)
● High capacity (disk)
● File and Block
● Retention capabilities
● Data distribution capabilities
● Collaboration
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NEXSAN UNITY: UNIFIED STORAGE PLUS
▪Unified Storage
▶Enterprise NAS (NFS, CIFS/SMB)
▶High performance Block (FC, iSCSI)
▶FASTier™ accelerated RAM and Flash Caching
▶All-flash configurations
▶All the traditional storage functionality
▪PLUS Private Cloud Enterprise File Sync & Share
▶Mobile access (Win, Mac, iOS, Android)
▪PLUS Enterprise n-Way Sync (site-to-site sync)
▶Deliver large files where they are needed so they can be
accessed at LAN-speeds
▪PLUS Integrated Secure Archive (as an option)
▶Offload primary storage into secure, long-term archive
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UNIFIED STORAGE – NEXSAN STYLE
DRAM
NVRAMFlash Read Cache
SMB 1/2/3, NFS iSCSI, Fibre Channel
Flash
SSDs
FASTier®
Mix and Match
Up to 5 PB
NAS / SAN
STORAGE
HYBRID
UNIFIED
Hard Drives: 7200 RPM NL-SAS
Performance – SAS: 10K, 15K RPM
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UNITY - ENTERPRISE MULTI-SITE SYNC
▪ Private cloud file sync
and share between
multiple sites
▪ WAN Optimized – UDT
over UDP plus
compression and caching
▪ Automated Persistent
Replication
▪ LAN Access Speeds
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▪ Mobile Access on iOS and Android Apps
▪ Desktop Access on Mac or PC
▪ Web Access to manage and view
▪ Apps include sharing of folders
▶ Sharing makes Unity a serious alternative to Box / Dropbox / etc.
▶ Sharing can be enabled / disabled by Org Admin
▪ Send links to files – no need to e-mail large files
▪ Synchronize files to the devices to work offline
DATA ACCESS: MOBILE, DESKTOP AND WEB SYNC & SHARE
Central Service(Connection Broker)
Desktop Apps
Initial Connection Mobile Apps
Web Browser ViewData
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UNITY ACTIVE ARCHIVE - PROTECTS INFORMATION
▪ Policy Engine
▪ Captures copy of
new files
▪ Fingerprints and
issues serial
number, encrypts
▪ Replicates signed
object
▪ File changes stored
as new versions
▪ After period of
inactivity, converts
to shortcut (stub)
▪ Recover any or all
file versions from
any point in time
▪ Restore just stubs
▪ Users back in
operation in
seconds
▪ Inflate later if
desired
▪ Secure log retained
for forensic exam
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Three Steps to Eliminating Storage Silos
Too Many Storage Systems?
For complete Audio and Q&A please register for the On Demand Version at:
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