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How to Build Highly Available Shared
Storage on Microsoft Azure
February 19, 2015
Our Presenters…
Mark Bichlmeier
Principal Solutions Architect
SoftNAS
Bruno Terkaly
Principal Software Engineer/Developer Experience & Evangelism
Microsoft
•Overview: Azure Storage Options
•Building High-Availability NAS Storage on
Azure with SoftNAS
•Live Demo
•Q&A
Agenda
*
•Cloud Storage – Anywhere and Anytime Access
•Blobs, Disks, Tables, Queues and Files
•Highly Durable, Available and Massively Scalable
•Pay only for what you use
•Exposed via REST APIs
•Rich Client Libraries and Tools
Azure Storage
*
•Develop for the Cloud
•Utilize Basic Services
•Deploy an Enterprise-grade NAS Solution for
Shared Storage
Options?
*
Building Highly Available
Shared Storage on Azure
Mark Bichlmeier
Principal Solution Architect
SoftNAS
About SoftNAS
• What we believe…
• Storage can be both powerful AND frictionless
Azure is reinventing how IT infrastructure is delivered. SoftNAS is
reinventing how cloud data is managed.
• SoftNAS Cloud
• Only NAS product built specifically for the cloud from the ground up
and delivered on-demand.
 Move to the cloud without changing
applications
 Disaster Recovery to the cloud
 Full data set replication for Development and
Testing
Top 3 Scenarios
•Continuous Protection of Data
•Security
•High-Availability
•Performance
•Ease of Use
Critical Considerations
1. Simply Powerful™—A powerful, full-featured NAS filer
2. Non-Stop Storage—Up to 99.999% availability
3. Frictionless Experience™—Easy to try, buy and use
4. Agile Storage Software—On-demand, where and when you need
it
5. Pure Azure—Data stays in the secure Azure data center
6. Performance and Capacity—Performance-tuned to maximize IOPS
and data throughput
7. Open Architecture—Your data isn’t locked in, open source industry
standards
7 Reasons to Use SoftNAS Cloud
SoftNAS Cloud for Microsoft Azure
Show Me!
PRODUCT
DEMONSTRATION
•Learn more – softnas.com/azure
•Try it – bit.ly/softnas-azure
•Contact us – sales@softnas.com
•Follow us – @SoftNAS
Test Drive SoftNAS
Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS
Questions?
Mark Bichlmeier
Principal Solution Architect
SoftNAS
mbichlmeier@softnas.com
Bruno Terkaly
Principal Software Engineer/Developer Experience & Evangelism
Microsoft
bterkaly@microsoft.com

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How to Build Highly Available Shared Storage on Microsoft Azure

  • 1. How to Build Highly Available Shared Storage on Microsoft Azure February 19, 2015
  • 2. Our Presenters… Mark Bichlmeier Principal Solutions Architect SoftNAS Bruno Terkaly Principal Software Engineer/Developer Experience & Evangelism Microsoft
  • 3. •Overview: Azure Storage Options •Building High-Availability NAS Storage on Azure with SoftNAS •Live Demo •Q&A Agenda *
  • 4. •Cloud Storage – Anywhere and Anytime Access •Blobs, Disks, Tables, Queues and Files •Highly Durable, Available and Massively Scalable •Pay only for what you use •Exposed via REST APIs •Rich Client Libraries and Tools Azure Storage *
  • 5. •Develop for the Cloud •Utilize Basic Services •Deploy an Enterprise-grade NAS Solution for Shared Storage Options? *
  • 6. Building Highly Available Shared Storage on Azure Mark Bichlmeier Principal Solution Architect SoftNAS
  • 7. About SoftNAS • What we believe… • Storage can be both powerful AND frictionless Azure is reinventing how IT infrastructure is delivered. SoftNAS is reinventing how cloud data is managed. • SoftNAS Cloud • Only NAS product built specifically for the cloud from the ground up and delivered on-demand.
  • 8.  Move to the cloud without changing applications  Disaster Recovery to the cloud  Full data set replication for Development and Testing Top 3 Scenarios
  • 9. •Continuous Protection of Data •Security •High-Availability •Performance •Ease of Use Critical Considerations
  • 10. 1. Simply Powerful™—A powerful, full-featured NAS filer 2. Non-Stop Storage—Up to 99.999% availability 3. Frictionless Experience™—Easy to try, buy and use 4. Agile Storage Software—On-demand, where and when you need it 5. Pure Azure—Data stays in the secure Azure data center 6. Performance and Capacity—Performance-tuned to maximize IOPS and data throughput 7. Open Architecture—Your data isn’t locked in, open source industry standards 7 Reasons to Use SoftNAS Cloud
  • 11. SoftNAS Cloud for Microsoft Azure
  • 13. •Learn more – softnas.com/azure •Try it – bit.ly/softnas-azure •Contact us – sales@softnas.com •Follow us – @SoftNAS Test Drive SoftNAS
  • 14. Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS
  • 15. Questions? Mark Bichlmeier Principal Solution Architect SoftNAS mbichlmeier@softnas.com Bruno Terkaly Principal Software Engineer/Developer Experience & Evangelism Microsoft bterkaly@microsoft.com

Editor's Notes

  • #5: Key points – Highligt
  • #9: To save time and money by preventing system failures and avoid complicated set-up and administration frustration Fast implementation with simple wizard-based set-up and administration No more storage outages and downtime High-availability for mission-critical applications On-demand pricing to fit evolving business Enterprise-class data storage features for all business sizes Full data set replication to the cloud Disaster Recovery (DR) Migration of legacy applications to cloud Open source shops
  • #13: Show the PRODUCT