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Mobilize Enterprise Data with
Citrix and NetApp
Welcome!
Todd D. Smith
Sales Engineering Manager – Citrix
[email protected]
Rachel Zhu
NetApp
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According to an Enterprise Strategy Group report,
a vast majority (70 percent) of organizations
know or suspect their employees
are using personal online file sharing accounts
without formal IT approval.
ESG Research Report, Online File Sharing and Collaboration: Security
Challenges and Requirements, August 2012
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Forces driving use of consumer style file
sharing solutions
BYOD
Mobile workstyles
Global workforce & ops
• Plethora of devices
entering the workplace
• Work from anywhere,
anytime
• Collaboration needs that existing
IT services like SharePoint, mail
server limitations cannot meet
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Users Demand
Instant file and data access from any device
File sharing (with anyone)
Easy and familiar (love Dropbox)
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IT Wants
Security
Control
No data leakage (hate Dropbox)
Citrix ShareFile is an enterprise follow-me-data
solution that enables IT to deliver a secure and
robust service that meets the mobility and
collaboration needs of all users
Share, store, sync and secure data across any
device
• Enterprise-class alternative to consumer style file-sharing
services
• Empower users with effortless, mobile access to data
• Improve collaboration and business productivity
• Meet corporate data security and compliance standards
• Extend access to data wherever it is stored
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ShareFile Workspaces and ShareFile Sync
ShareFile Workspaces
ShareFile Sync
• Internal and external sharing
• Large file support (up to 100 GB)
• Custom Branding
• Sync data across all devices
• Sync user data and team folders
• Offline Access
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Team Folders - File Distribution to Any Device
Latest file versions pushed to user devices
Restrict access to “download only”
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ShareFile Enables Mobile Workstyles
• Access, share and sync files from
any device
• Apps for mobile devices
• Mobile-optimized ShareFile web
site
• Access data residing in existing
network shares and SharePoint
• Offline access and editing
• Built-in mobile editor for
rich content editing on-the-go
• PDF annotation
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Workflow Integration with Microsoft Outlook
Unclog mail
servers
Overcome
file size
restrictions
Better control
and visibility
Request large
files
Attachment
conversion
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Windows Explorer and Mac Finder Integration
Plug-ins for Windows Explorer and Mac Finder Integration
provides an intuitive user experience and right click context
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Robust Security
Features
• Remote wipe
• Reporting and auditing
• Domain black and whitelisting
• Device Lock
• Poison Pill
• Restrict Jailbroken Devices
• Passcode Lock
• Encryption
• Disable External Applications
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Reporting and Audit Trails
Audit trails
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Optimized for Virtual Desktops
+
On-Demand Sync
Instant access, share and sync
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Reduce storage costs
Choose where your data is stored
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ShareFile with StorageZones
• Choose where your data is stored
• Designated zones in public clouds
• Manage your own zones on-premises
Citrix-managed StorageZone (AWS)
Customer-managed StorageZone (example)
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Why StorageZones?
Compliance
Performance
• Legal compliance with geographic
storage requirements
• Files and folders in closer proximity
to users
• Alignment with organizational
policies
• File access performance
optimization
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Citrix-Managed StorageZones
Control Plane
*.sharefile.com
Sharefile.eu.
Client
• Web Application
• Reporting
DB
Windows
phone
Authorization
StorageZones
Storage Center
• Storage centers
• Backend storage
• Various locations WW
Storage
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Customer-Managed StorageZones
Control Plane
*.sharefile.com
Sharefile.eu.
Client
• Web Application
• Reporting
DB
Windows
phone
Authorization
Storage Center
StorageZones
Storage Center
Storage
NAS
NAS
Customer Datacenter
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• Storage centers
• Backend storage
• Various locations WW
Recover and Reconcile
StorageZone Data Recovery
• Allows admin to search historic
metadata to find deleted content
• Application Tier notifies Storage
Center of Pending Jobs
StorageZone Reconcile
• Cloud-enabled “chkdsk”
• Synchronizes Application Tier
with on-Prem file storage
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Using StorageZones
StorageZones can be set on
User Home Folder
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Root Folder-level
ShareFile StorageZone Connectors
ShareFile Personal Folder
ShareFile Team Folder
ShareFile Favorite Folder
Existing Network Share
SharePoint Doc Library
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StorageZone Connectors
*.sharefile.com
Sharefile.eu
DB
• Leverage Existing Investments
• Mobilize SharePoint and
Network Shares
• No Data Migration Required
Client
• Read/Write with Mobile Editor
StorageZone Connectors
• Annotate PDF Files
Network
Shares
SharePoint
Customer Datacenter
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• Check-out, Edit, Save and
Check-in SharePoint Docs
Enterprise Active Directory Options
SAML 2.0 Support
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Citrix attained a “Strong Positive”,
the highest possible rating in
Gartner MarketScope for
Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing.
Gartner MarketScope for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing
Published: 12 February 2013
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Customer-managed StorageZones for on-premises deployment
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Partnering for Your Success
Citrix and NetApp
• 11+ years relationship
• Serving 10,000s customers together
• All NetApp storage is Citrix Ready
• Integrated with all major Citrix solutions
• Cooperative support agreements
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Use Less Storage with NetApp Technologies
ShareFile
Customer
Data Center
• Store efficiently
with deduplication
TM
B0 B0’
B1
Data Network
Deduplicate
primary data
B0
B0’
B1
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Use less storage
Statistic from NetApp Lab
• Https://SigLabV1.ShareFile.com
Storage efficiency savings
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Scale Up and Out with Transparency
ShareFile
Customer
Data Center
B0 B1
• Store efficiently
with deduplication
TM
• Transparently
scale up and out
B2 B3
Data Network
Scale out
B3
B0
B0’
B2
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Entirely
transparent to
Scale up users
ShareFile
Maintain and Upgrade Without Disruption
ShareFile
Customer
Data Center
B0 B1
• Store efficiently
with deduplication
TM
• Transparently
scale up and out
B2 B3
Data Network
NetApp®
DataMotionTM
Upgrade
controllers
B3
B0
B0’
B2
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• Maintain and upgrade
without disruption
Upgraded with
no down time
Consolidate with Secure Multi-tenancy
XenApp®
ShareFile
XenDesktop®
TM
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B0 B0’
B2
B3
C1 C2 C3
A1 A3 A4
Data Network
A2
B0
B0’
A1 A2
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B3 B2
A3
A4
C4
Consolidate other
application data
Securely
C1
C3
partition
C2
C4
• Store efficiently
with deduplication
• Transparently
scale up and out
• Maintain and upgrade
without disruption
• Securely consolidate
data on a truly unified
storage architecture
Customer – Managed StorageZones
Control Plane
*.sharefile.com
Sharefile.eu
• Web Application
• Meta data
• Reporting
Client
DB
Windows
phone
StorageZones
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Authorization
Client
Storage Center Server (Windows IIS)
NetApp® Storage
CIFS
New
ShareFile
Data
SharePoint
CIFS
shares
Customer Datacenter
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Customer Data Center
Storage center server(s)
New install
R/W/Annotate existing CIFS home
directories and SharePoint
Existing Data
Secure and protected
Efficient and scalable
Unified storage for all
of your Citrix data
Why NetApp for Citrix ShareFile?
• Storage Efficiency: MUCH HIGHER dedupe
savings compared to traditional CIFS shares
Storage Center Server (Windows IIS)
ᵒ Files are stored as “Objects”
ᵒ Every file update is stored as a new object
CIFS
New
ShareFile
Data
SharePoint
CIFS
shares
• Fully automated recovery with NetApp
Recovery Manager for ShareFile (NRM-CS)
• Non-disruptive operations with cDOT
Data stored
as objects in a
CIFS directory
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• Single storage platform for XenDesktop,
XenServer, ShareFile, & CloudPlatform
ShareFile Backup & Recovery
• Existing CIFS shares & SharePoint: Use existing best practices
• New ShareFile data (Objects in a CIFS share)
ᵒ Backups: OnCommand System Manager
ᵒ Restores: Invoked from ShareFile UI; NRM-CS leveraged to restore
files from NetApp Snapshots, SnapVault, SnapMirror
ShareFile Admin
selects files to
recover
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ShareFile gathers
file metadata to
recover
NRM-CS finds and
recovers files from
NetApp snapshots
NRM-CS notifies
ShareFile that files
are recovered
ShareFile updates meta
data & admin informs
user on restore
NetApp Recovery Manager 1.0 for ShareFile
Storage Center Server (Windows IIS)
• Windows service installed on the
ShareFile Storage Center server(s)
• ShareFile Admin UI driven automate
restore of files & folders from NetApp
snapshots, SnapVault*, & SnapMirror
NRM-CS
CIFS
New
ShareFile
Data
SharePoint
CIFS
shares
• 120+ external downloads within 2
months of launch
• DOT 8.1 & 8.1.2 (cDOT & 7-mode)
• Demo on YouTube
SnapVault
WAN
Snapshots
* 7-mode only
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SnapMirror
NetApp Recovery Manager 1.1 for ShareFile
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Storage Center Server (Windows IIS)
SnapVault support for cDOT
cDOT 8.2 support
Parallel file restores
High availability for NRM-CS
NRM-CS
CIFS
New
ShareFile
Data
SharePoint
CIFS
shares
SnapVault
WAN
Snapshots
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SnapMirror
Joint Reference Architecture
• Available Today NetApp TR-4124 and
Solution Builder
• Sept’13 - Updated
version with NetApp
Recovery Manager 1.1
Best Practices
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TM
Deploy Citrix ShareFile Enterprise
on an Agile Data Infrastructure
• Together we can help you strike the right balance
• 100% data accessibility for ShareFile users
• Keep data secure and compliant
• Operate with efficiency
and flexibility
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