Presented to the New England Virtualization Group Jan 2012 by TwinStrata Storage Architect Greg Kettmann

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
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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
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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
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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
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6. CloudArray® Recovery
vMotion, HA, FT Recovery Offsite Recovery to the Cloud
CloudArray® Metadata Compute Anywhere™
Heartbeat Environment for Business Continuity
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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