Make a Move to the Azure Cloud with SoftNAS
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The document discusses a webinar focusing on moving to Azure cloud storage using SoftNAS, which offers enterprise-class NAS features. Key challenges addressed include the migration from on-premise storage, application re-engineering, performance expectations, and data security in the cloud. The benefits of SoftNAS include ease of use, cost savings, and the ability to handle large storage needs without the necessity to heavily modify existing applications.
Make a Move to the Azure Cloud with SoftNAS
- 1. Webinar: Now is the Time to Move to the Azure Cloud Moving On Prem Storage for Existing Apps is Easier Than Ever Kevin Brown Solutions Architect © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. Malkit Hayun Business Development
- 2. Agenda • Before We Start • About your presenter • SoftNAS Introduction • Key Challenges you may be asking yourself • SoftNAS solution • Q &A • Resources © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 3. About Your Presenter Kevin Brown, Solutions Architect • Kevin has over 15 years experience in cloud computing and storage • He has a passion for customer success, and goes out of his way to “get things done right” • He currently lives in the Boston area and enjoys spending time as a Competitive Team soccer coach © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. Malkit Hayun, Business Development Director • Malkit has over 15 years experience in driving partnerships and collaboration. • She has additional expertise in the areas of storage and acquisitions and integration. • She currently lives in the Boston area and enjoys spending time with her family at the local hockey rinks
- 4. SoftNAS –Who,Why, How … Who is SoftNAS Cloud – SoftNAS - the #1 best-selling NAS in the cloud, trusted by Fortune 500 to SMB’s – SoftNAS Cloud for Azure delivers enterprise-class NAS features with NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and AFP unified file services and Azure-backed storage connectivity. Why SoftNAS - Accelerating Move to Azure – SoftNAS helps Microsoft customers move their compute workloads to Azure by eliminating the need to re-architect on-premises applications using file-based storage. – The SoftNAS Cloud virtual storage appliance provides enterprise-class NAS functionality while extending native Azure file storage capacities, helping customers move more workloads to Azure faster. © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 5. SoftNAS Cloud is the #1 Best-selling NAS in the Cloud © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. $ 4 Billion $ 12 Billion NetApp Dell / EMC Others $ 10 Billion Estimated legacy NAS/SAN maintenance spend, per year Why Customers Prefer SoftNAS Cloud - Most mature cloud NAS - Deploys in minutes - Easy to learn and use - No training required - Full-featured NAS filer - Unique cloud integrations - Secure, reliable, high-performance - No downtime guarantee SLA - Monthly/annual subscriptions From CapEx model To OpEx model MARKET DISRUPTION We expand and accelerate workload shifts to the cloud
- 6. Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 7. Top 5 Challenges 1. How do I move away from On-premise storage? 2. What if I have file storage that exceeds the native Azure VM capacity? 3. Do I have to re-engineer my applications? 4. What will my performance look like? 5. How will I secure and protect my data in the cloud I want to migrate to the Azure cloud BUT …. © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 8. • “I don’t want to buy another piece of storage hardware “ • “I don’t want to pay another maintenance bill” • ”Why do we call it a Data Center if my data isn't centered?” – Storage sprawl – Upside down Tiering • “How do I close my Data Center in the next 12 to 18 months?” Challenge #1 – Where Do I Start? © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. How do I move away from On-premise storage
- 9. • Capacity Limitations • Azure storage account size limits • Directory size limitation • File size limitation • Protocol Support • Support for CIFS, NFS, AFP and iSCSI • Tiered Storage support and migration – Block storage – Object storage Do you need file storage that exceeds the native Azure capacity? Challenge #2: File Storage Capacity © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc.
- 10. Challenge #3: Application Re-engineering © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc. Do I have to re-engineer my application? Strategy Tradeoffs Application Modernization Pros ● Build new applications or modify/update existing applications to take advantage of “cloud native” services. Cons ● Slower time to production implementation: months to years ● Cost Lift and Shift (Application Migration) Pros ● Faster time to cloud production: days to weeks ● Cost Cons ● Not cloud API optimized
- 11. • Dedicated vs. Shared Infrastructure – Dedicated instances provide the ability to tune performance – Shared infrastructure can be cost effective but multi-tenancy means tuning is programmatic • Bursting and Burst Limitations – Design with the ability to burst beyond peak load • Predictable Performance Levels – Use benchmark programs to validate baseline performance • Storage Throughput and IOPS – Determine storage tier suited for your use-case What will my performance look like? Challenge #4: Performance © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc.
- 12. • Firewall – Stateful protection – Network access protection • Cloud Native Security – Access to infrastructure – Security groups – IAM roles • Encryption – Encryption options for data security in-flight and at-rest • Extension of enterprise authentication schemes – Active Directory – LDAP Challenge #5 – Secure your Data © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc. How will I secure and protect my data in the cloud?
- 13. • Effective Backup Strategy • AV / Malware protection • Snapshots and Rollbacks – Protecting against user error or compromise • Replication – Data redundancy is key in every enterprise solution • Protection from Data Corruption – Design for data integrity while reducing or eliminating the possibility of data corruption • Data Efficiency – Minimize the amount of data while designing for cost savings. Challenge #5 – Protect Your Data © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc. How will I secure and protect my data in the cloud?
- 14. Business Challenge: Reduce cost of On-Premises Disaster Recovery Data Center Customer Quote: “SoftNASCloud NAS is very easy to use and the product is highly intuitive.We were looking for a system that my engineer would be able to manage easily and SoftNAS Cloud NAS fits the bill quite nicely. Being user-friendly is one of the greatest things about it.” DanaWildes, Senior Systems Engineer, Brianshark Benefits – Freed Brainshark from the expense of adding 100TB’s of on-premises storage – Moved to a PaaS environment allowing the cloud to perform executables rather than internal infrastructure – There was no need to re-engineer applications. Brainshark is able to lift and shift on premises workloads to the cloud with ease. – With the SoftNAS 5- 9’s of uptime guarantee, Brainshark is able to meet their customer SLA’s consistently Brainshark Migrates Disaster Recovery to Azure Cloud with SoftNAS Cloud NAS © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc.
- 15. What are they saying about us? “Quickly and easily built a new Disaster Recovery platform and attached 100 TB of Azure blob storage, uploading data to this storage array ever since with no issues. Performance has been excellent and the overall cost saves money.” Dana Wildes Senior Systems Engineer “SoftNAS lets users display multiple volumes, addressing Azure’s storage limitations, and the backup topology allows for quick and secure recovery.” Chris Covert “SoftNAS Cloud makes my life easier because I can create large object based disks for storing 10’s of terabytes of imagery data with a few clicks. It has greatly simplified my data management tasks.” Tisham Dhar Research Engineer © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc.
- 16. Migrate Existing Applications to Azure End-user desktops, devices Applications and servers Volumes AFP iSCSI Storage pools CIFS NFS Site A Site B Public Cloud © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. NFS CIFS/SMB iSCSI AFP Use existing unchanged applications… Connect to Azure using standard NAS protocols… Through Azure VM hosted instances… Using Azure storage services for flexible capacity. Hybrid or Cloud hosted for flexible deployment options
- 17. Full Spectrum Flexibility © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc. Cool Blob Storage Hot Blob Storage Standard Disk Storage Premium Disk Storage $ $$$$ Compute Flexibility for VSA Performance Adaptability Data Store Flexibility for Cost/Capacity Adaptability Azure Options Cloud
- 18. Enterprise NAS Features for Azure • Scales from gigabytes to petabytes – pay as you grow! • Simple administration designed for non-storage experts SoftNAS Cloud Storage Enables… • Adjustable virtual hardware configurations • Tuneable performance levels remain elastic throughout the customer lifecycle • Elastically switch to “new” storage options over the entire lifecycle (e.g., higher speed SSDs, lower cost HDD). • Use what’s needed and pay for what’s used • Upgrade and grow as needs change! SoftNAS Cloud for Enterprise Cloud NAS Storage FLEXIBLE DATA SERVICES • Azure Disk and Blob • CIFS w/ Active Directory • NFS w/LDAP • iSCSI • Performance adaptable • Disk • SSD • Networking • Caching • Block replication • Encryption • Cloud disks • Compression • Inline deduplication • Instant snapshots • Multi-level caching • Storage pools • Thin provisioning • Writable SnapClones™ © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 19. High Availability is a key feature with SoftNAS • Non-Disruptive failover • Maintain existing connections • Consistent RPO • HA infrastructure not per App How to plan for failure or Disruption of Service? © 2017 SoftNAS®, Inc.
- 20. Summary Helping Customers Embrace the Changes – Accelerating hybrid cloud adoption – Reduce costs of corporate data storage systems How? – Bridging incompatible technologies, systems and architectures – Simplifying the journey to the cloud – Making backups run faster and leverage fast cloud storage – Replace DR datacenters with cost-effective cloud DR – Keep the 100,000’s of business applications as-is– only rewrite when truly required Key Benefits – Hardware-independent, flexible, multi-cloud that’s software-defined – Global offices on remote networks limit data transfer speeds – IT administrators can drag & drop to create solutions, little to no development required • SoftNAS makes it fast, easy and safe to move to the Azure cloud
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- 22. • Come visit us at booth #2155 for Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, FL • We'll be there doing demos and giving away some awesome swag! • Speak to our experts and get their insights first hand • Register to win in daily drawings. We’ll be raffling 4 Cheerwing Drones and 1 Go Pro each day Visit SoftNAS at Microsoft Ignite, Sept 25-28 © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.
- 23. Thank you © 2017 SoftNAS, Inc.