Using Cloud Storage Gateways to Build a Cloud SAN
- 1. Product Overview Zero-Friction Enterprise Storage™ Building an iSCSI “Cloud SAN” for flexible data storage and disaster recovery Greg Kettmann – gkettmann@twinstrata.com Dave Marseglia – dmarseglia@twinstrata.com
- 2. Company Overview Innovator in enterprise-class cloud storage solutions Champion Cloud Vendor • 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 http://www.twinstrata.com/customer-case-studies 2 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 3. CloudArray Solution Ecosystem Backup & Archive • Veeam • Quest vRanger • AppAssure Database Mail Application File Backup • Symantec Backup Exec, NetBackup • VMware VDR • CA ARCserve • Oracle RMAN Storage Virtualization & Tiering • DataCore • Nexenta • VMware Storage DRS Public Cloud Private Cloud • Symantec Filestore Storage Storage Application and File Existing Storage • Microsoft Exchange • Microsoft SharePoint • Microsoft SQL Server • Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc. • Nexenta Block Storage • Windows • Linux • VMware vSphere, ESX(i) • Solaris • HP-UX 3 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 4. Turning Cloud Storage Benefits into Reality Database Mail Application File Backup Cloud Storage Cloud Benefits… Reality… • Limitless storage • CloudArray®: delivers cloud storage with local • No more storage array performance, high availability, security, and upgrades simple iSCSI integration • Global data access • Integrating the broadest choice of • Tapeless backup & offsite • Public cloud storage storage • Private cloud storage • Instant disaster recovery • Any existing storage 4 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 5. CloudArray® Hybrid Storage Zero U. Zero-friction. Enterprise-class. CloudArray Portal Compute Anywhere™ Environment for Business Continuity Servers • Application CloudArray Appliance Public Cloud Storage (VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2, Hardware) • File • Backup-Archive AVAILABLE In-cloud Snapshots, In-cloud Recovery, Business • Tiering Continuity, Automatic metadata backup to secure portal AFFORDABLE iSCSI Thin provisioning, Data Reduction, Data Volume Expansion, Storage as a Service API Private Cloud Storage SEAMLESS iSCSI, existing applications, Zero-Friction entry point, Bandwidth Throttling Virtual & physical servers SECURE At-rest, in-flight encryption FAST iSCSI initiators: Dynamic Caching or Replication – Data Flow Diagram • Windows Existing Storage • Linux Cache • Solaris Cache • HP-UX • VMware ESX/ESXi 5 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 6. CloudArray® Recovery vMotion, HA, FT Recovery Offsite Recovery to the Cloud CloudArray® Metadata Compute Anywhere™ Heartbeat Environment for Business Continuity 1 2 CloudArray CloudArray CloudArray Virtual Backup Virtual Backup Backup VM VM Virtual Appliance Server Appliance Server Appliance Server CloudArray CloudArray® Virtual Metadata Appliance Hypervisor Hypervisor VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2 Cloud Storage Thin Provisioned Blocks Local Local Storage Storage DAS/SAN/NAS DAS/SAN/NAS 6 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 7. Rapid Configuration CloudArray Portal • https://www.cloudarray.com Web Portal • License management • Alert management • Automatic “push” upgrades • Auto backup Petabytes of cloud storage in minutes • 3-step configuration • Web-based UI and APIs Web UI 7 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 8. Customer Success Stories 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 8 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 9. 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 9 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 10. Thank You FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD http://www.twinstrata.com
- 11. Use Cases/Specs
- 12. CloudArray Cache for Flexible Performance APPLICATIONS Database Mail Web Tiering File Backup Archive REQUIREMENTS High Demand Workload Less Demanding Workload 100% 60% 25% 3% Full Cache Partial Cache CloudArray® HANDLES 80% OF STORAGE NEEDS Price / TB Speed On-Premises Cloud 5% 35% 60% Price/ Capacity Return 12 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 13. CloudArray® for Backup/Archive Backup Software Simple Off-site Backup • No API programming CloudArray VM VM Virtual VM Backup • No “rip and replace” Server Appliance • No policy changes • Automatic local and/or offsite copy Hypervisor VRanger Pro VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2 Microsoft Cluster Service Cloud Storage iSCSI Thin Provisional Blocks Tape Backup CloudArray Virtual Appliance Local 2TB Cache01 Storage Volume DAS/SAN/NAS 256GB • Tape as Primary Backup • Tape as Secondary – For Offsite Storage Return 13 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 14. CloudArray® for Tiered Storage VM VM VM VM Benefits • Virtually unlimited capacity expansion Hypervisor • Instant off-site capacity for DR VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2 • Offload existing Tier1 storage, extending lifecycle VM VM VM VM Hypervisor CloudArray® Virtual or physical appliance Storage DRS Cloud Storage Local Storage Return DAS/SAN/NAS 14 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 15. CloudArray® for Application Servers Application Servers Storage for any application CloudArray Local performance Backup VM VM Virtual Server Replication and CDP Appliance DR Anywhere™ Hypervisor VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2 Microsoft Cluster Service Cloud Storage iSCSI Thin Provisional Blocks CloudArray Virtual Appliance Local 2TB Cache01 Storage Volume DAS/SAN/NAS 2TB “Full- Cache” Return 15 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc
- 16. CloudArray® for NAS/File Servers CloudArray® Virtual Appliance • Dynamic Caching Policies • NFS/CIFS • One-Button Provisioning Policies • 5TB Storage without limits • Bandwidth Control • Existing servers and security Dynamic • Multiple Storage Volumes • ZFS (Nexenta) iSCSI Cache • Encryption and Compression • zpools (pooled storage) • In Cloud Snapshots • Deduplication • Choice of Cloud Providers CloudArray Nexenta VM Virtual Server s Appliance Cloud Storage 10TB Hypervisor Volume Thin Provisional VMware, Hyper- Blocks V, XenServer, EC2 In Cloud Local Snapshots Storage Return 16 © 2011 TwinStrata, Inc