Transcript Simplified Approach For Managing Storage Growth Primary Storage Archival Storage Disk based backup storage Tape infrastructure and management Off-site DR and georesiliency Pay-as yougrow for infrequently accessed, “cold” data Pay-as yougrow for backup and long term retention A single, consolidated solution provided by one vendor Simplified DR to.

Simplified Approach For Managing Storage Growth
Primary
Storage
Archival
Storage
Disk based
backup
storage
Tape
infrastructure
and
management
Off-site DR
and georesiliency
Pay-as yougrow for
infrequently
accessed,
“cold” data
Pay-as yougrow for
backup and
long term
retention
A single,
consolidated
solution
provided by
one vendor
Simplified DR
to any
StorSimple
solution
StorSimple
Primary
storage
growth
Ideal For Unstructured Data
Unstructured
Data
Windows
Azure
Storage
Capacity
Access
Working-set of
data
StorSimple
Time
Time
Most I/O happens to the
“working set” of data
Data grows exponentially
Lower Infrastructure And Management Cost
Performance
For frequently
accessed data set
Archive
Automated
tiering of data
between onpremises storage
and the cloud
Protect
Automated Local
and Cloud
Snapshots
Recover
Use cloud as
secondary
datacenter;
recover data
anywhere
Block storage
Object storage
StorSimple
Servers
Internet
connection
iSCSI
Data accessed most
frequently SSD
Data accessed less
frequently
SAS
Data accessed rarely or
archived
PUBLIC CLOUD
ON PREMISES DATA CENTER
Microsoft Azure And StorSimple Solution
Appliance Models
PERFORMANCE
7520
5520
7020
Usable Local Capacity:
10-50TB
Max Capacity: 300TB
Usable Local Capacity:
4-20TB
Max Capacity: 200TB
5020
Usable Local Capacity:
2-10TB
Max Capacity: 100TB
CAPACITY
Usable Local Capacity:
20-100TB
Max Capacity: 500TB
Connecting StorSimple With Microsoft Azure
Create Cloud Credentials:
Name
Provider
Region
Account Name
Access Key
Create Cloud Configuration:
Name
Cloud Credential
QoS Template
Enable Monitoring
Security – AES encryption key
Network implementation
Physical,
Virtual Servers
 iSCSI should be on the storage
network and it is not recommended
to route the iSCSI traffic
NIC
 To access azure, the firewall should
allow HTTPS port (443)
VLAN1
NIC
D1
 If external DNS server is used, ports
for DNS should be open
 If external SMTP server is used for
notification, port 25 should be open
NIC
VLAN2
NIC
D2
CONTROLLER 1
StorSimple
NIC
MGMT
WAN
(Corporate)
NIC
D3
NIC
D1
NIC
D2
CONTROLLER 2
NIC
D3
NIC
MGMT
Flow Of Data With Automated Tiering
Application or File servers
SSD
SAS
Automatically
moving data to the
next tier occurs
when tiers reach a
threshold for
fullness
The least recently
accessed data in
the tier is the first
to move to the
next tier
Structure Of A StorSimple Volume
SSD
SAS
Volume data
can reside
on any tier
Integrated Data Protection
Local
Snapshot
SSD
SAS
Local Snapshot
Volume Data
Instantaneous
and provide
short term
data recovery
Volume Metadata
Snapshot 1
Snapshot 2
Snapshot 3
Cloud Snapshot
SSD
SAS
Metadata is
preserved in
its entirety
Only changed
blocks are
copied to
Cloud
5
Data Protection Plan
Backup Type
Snapshot Type
Frequency
Retention Period
Local & Cloud
Daily
~1 week
Medium-term backup
Cloud
Weekly
~4 weeks
Long-term Backup
Cloud
Monthly
~52 weeks
Short-term backup
StorSimple Data Protection Console (SSDPC)
Software that
installs on
Windows Server
SSDPC supports
applicationconsistent
backup
Data Security Workflow
On-premise Data Center
Account
Windows Azure
management portal administration
Account
authentication
with User ID,
Password
IT administrator
Data at-rest
AES-256 bit
encryption
AES-256 bit
encryption
512 bit access
keys for data in StorSimple
Azure
Data access
On-premise Data Center
HTTPS for data
in-flight
Use Cases – Great Fit!
File shares
Large Archives
• File servers, NAS,
CIFS, NFS
• Media, engineering,
EMR/PACS, logs,
legal, construction
SharePoint
VM
Environment
• Collaboration,
content & records
management
• VM sprawl, VM
archives, regional
office VM storage
File Share Infrastructure For Data Growth
Applications
Primary
Storage
Applications
(Tier 2, & Tier 3
data)
Archival
Storage
On-premise footprint
Offsite Facility
Tape
Disk-based
Backup Storage Infrastructure
Capacity on-demand
Disaster Recovery – What do you need?
Disaster Recovery – How is it done?
F:
Servers
VM Environments
All Hyper-V/
VMware VMs
Primary
Storage
Tape
Archival
Disk-based
Infrastructure
Storage Backup Storage
& Management
VMs using
Tier 2/Tier 3
data
On-premise footprint
Capacity on-demand
Offsite Facility for
Geo-resilience
StorSimple For SharePoint Solution
• Scale SharePoint content
• Performance
+
StorSimple
SharePoint Database
Optimizer
+
StorSimple
Data Protection Console
• High Availability & DR
• Highly efficient backups & restores
Storing SharePoint BLOB Data On StorSimple
SQL Server
(database server)
SharePoint Central
Administration Portal
SharePoint metadata
Install
FC/iSCSI
SSDO
Plug-in
BLOB data
iSCSI
BLOB data
Windows Server
(file server)
Primary
Storage
SSDO: Defining The Share Path
WFE1
Install
SSDO
Plug-in
WFE2
USERS
SharePoint Central
Administration Portal
WFE3
BLOB data
StorSimple
SharePoint Solution With StorSimple
BLOB data
SharePoint Farm
Primary
Storage
SharePoint Farm
Archival
Storage
Tape Offsite Facility
Disk-based
Backup Storage Infrastructure
Use Cases – Proceed With Caution
VM storage for
apps requiring
high performance
SQL workloads
(size of the
database)
Archives requiring
e-discovery or
active cataloging
or indexing
Use Cases – Not A Good Fit
Storage target for
backup software or
DPM
Exchange
High performance
workloads
Getting Started
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StorSimple TSP
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hands-on StorSimple experience using the
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Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Azure
System Center 2012 R2
SQL Server 2012
Solution Summary And Offer
$50K for
~50TB1
with 7020 appliance2 (no additional cost)
$100K for ~100TB1
with 7020 appliance2 OR
7520 appliance2 (no additional cost)
What
customers are
paying for
$50K/year on Azure EA for storage
$100K/year on Azure EA for storage
• Covers ~50TB of Azure storage through StorSimple
solution for a wide range of use cases
• Covers ~100TB of Azure storage through StorSimple
solution for a wide range of use cases
What
customers get
at NO
additional cost
7020 appliance (worth $70K)3
Option-1: 7020 appliance (worth $70K) 3
• Gold support for 1 year with Next Business Day
(NBD)4 parts
• Gold support for 3 years with NBD4 parts
Option-2: 7520 appliance (worth $120K) 3
• Gold support for 1 year with NBD4 parts
• $5,000 per year for Gold support in years 2 & 3
Additional
costs
• Additional $2,500 per year for upgrade to platinum
support
• Additional $10,000 for upgrade from 7020 to 5520
Option-1 – 7020 with 3 years of Gold support
• Additional $7,500 for upgrade to platinum support
for 3 years
• Additional $10,000 for upgrade from 7020 to 5520
Option-2 – 7520 with 1 year of Gold Support
• $7,500 per year for Gold support in years 2 & 3
• Additional $2,500 per year for upgrade to platinum
support
For More Information
Windows Server 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286
System Center 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205295
Azure Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servercloud/products/windows-azure-pack
Microsoft Azure
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
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