Advance Disaster Recovery & Data Management Solution Webinar

Advanced Disaster Recovery & Data Management Solutions
Advance your Disaster Recovery Strategy with Origina, Compellent & Riverbed
Wednesday, October 21st 2009
2.30pm – 3:30pm (BST)
www.origina.com/be-a-data-hero
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Webinar Agenda

Rowan O’Donoghue from Origina (Webinar Presenter) - Brief introduction to the

importance of DR.

Paul Griffiths from Riverbed – Introduces Riverbed’s WAN Optimisation

Technologies.

Andy Hardy from Compellent – Discusses Compellent’s ultra efficient storage

technologies | DR challenges today | How RVBD & CMPL technologies work
together.

Gerry Forde & Turlough Farrelly from Lakeland Dairies – how their organisation

benefited from the RVBD & CMPL technologies | Objectives | Lessons Learnt.

Q & A session – Questions from audience.

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Origina – A Brief Intro

Founded in 1998 as Unitech Systems, an IBM/Oracle Tier 1 Business Partner
Today a pan-European Award-Winning & Innovative Technical Services

company that has customers the world over.

Specialises in providing best of breed IT infrastructure solutions across

a range of industry sectors.

Extensive experience in designing complex data centre solutions

for Enterprise and SME clients (DR, Virtualisation, High Availability etc.)

50 staff and associates across Europe.
Has 3 main focus points: Reduce Cost, Reduce Risk, and to Simplify IT.
Supports in excess 60+ technologies for our client base.

Meet some of our customers...

Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
Paul Griffiths
Global Consulting Engineer
October 2009

Who are we?
A profitable public technology company
Trusted by over 6,500 enterprise customers
49% of the Global 100 already rely on Riverbed
Global 24 x 7 follow-the-sun support and operations
$333 million in annual revenue
$268 million in cash; no debt
Over 1,000 employees
Headquartered in San Francisco

Riverbed has customers in all industries
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Manufacturing
A/E/C
Professional Services
Media/Communications
Financial Services
Energy
Healthcare/Bio/Pharma
Tech/Software
Retail/ConsumerTransportation/Logistics
Service Providers
US and International Government

And has major partners in every area of technology
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Storage HW & Applications
Virtualisation
Networking & Management
Security
Wireless, VoIP and Media Streaming
Enterprise Applications
Satellite
A/E/C Applications

Solution areas

The top 3 goals of IT organisations
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Reduce costs - impact bottom line profits and find budget:

Focus on your TCO, capital and operational expenses
Reduce expenses on monthly network operating
Defer network upgrades
More efficiently use IT resources

Increase worker productivity - boost top line revenue and business achievements:
Focus on the ROI and NPV
Speed up applications
Enable collaboration
Let your IT staff be strategic
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Mitigate risk - Protect against unplanned service outages and ensuing loss:

Focus on your cost of downtime and negative impact on reputation
Protect more data in available windows
Eliminate costly and risky backup in all your branches
Enable faster disaster recovery

Increase worker productivity - boost top line revenue and business achievements:
Focus on the ROI and NPV
Speed up applications
Enable collaboration
Let your IT staff be strategic

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WAN Optimisation – Critical to Enterprise Success
Productivity
Cost Savings
Data Protection
Application
Acceleration
Consolidation &
Virtualisation
Disaster Recovery
BandwidthOptimisation
Speed up delivery of:

File Sharing
Email
Web
SSL
ERP & CRM
Databases
CAD & BIM
Custom apps

Increase efficiency of:

Servers
Storage arrays
Backup hardware
VM replication
Thin clients
Server-less branches

Maximize results around:

WAN bandwidth
WAN latency
WAN upgrades
Satellite communications
Quality of service

Improve results for:

Recovery time (RTO)
Recovery point (RPO)
Replication
WAN backup

Steelhead appliance architecture

A comprehensive, single platform approach
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“Makes 3000 miles feel like 30 feet”
BRANCH OFFICES
Steelhead Appliance
WAN
MOBILE WORKERS
Steelhead Appliance
DATA CENTRE
Steelhead Mobile
All powered by the Riverbed Optimisation System (RiOS)
Steelhead Appliance
SECONDARY DATA CENTRE

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RiOS addresses WAN problems
Solution
Root Cause

Optimise WAN bandwidth utilisation
Prioritize applications’ bandwidth use
Accelerate large-scale disaster recovery jobs

Data Streamlining
Bandwidth Limitations

Eliminate transport protocol inefficiencies
Support secure traffic acceleration (SSL)

Transport Streamlining
Transport Chattiness and Latency

Optimise application WAN performance
Reduce protocol chatiness

Application Streamlining
Application Chattiness and Latency

Enable transparent deployment
Provide additional best-of-breed services
Facilitate central management and reporting

Management Streamlining

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RiOS addresses WAN problems
Solution
Root Cause

Optimize WAN bandwidth utilisation
Prioritize applications’ bandwidth use
Accelerate large-scale disaster recovery jobs

Eliminate bandwidth constraints 5x more bandwidth, no additional network costs
Data Streamlining
Bandwidth Limitations

Eliminate transport protocol inefficiencies
Support secure traffic acceleration (SSL)

Accelerate applications over the WAN
Up to 100x faster
Transport Streamlining
Transport Chattiness and Latency

Optimize application WAN performance
Reduce protocol chatiness

Application Streamlining
Application Chattiness and Latency
Make it simple to deploy and manage
15 minutes for basic set up

Enable transparent deployment
Provide additional best-of-breed services
Facilitate central management and reporting

Management Streamlining

WAN
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Data streamlining overcomes bandwidth limitations
Files & Data
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

Request
WAN
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Files & Data
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

Requests go directly from the client to the server

Reconstructed
Files & Data
WAN
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60-99% reduction in WAN utilisation
Files & Data
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

Requests go directly from the client to the server
Steelhead auto-intercepts response, and segments data
Only new bytes compressed & sent over the WAN
16-Byte references communicate megabytes of existing data
Remote Steelhead reconstructs data and delivers it to the client

Transport streamlining overcomes TCP limitations
Data
WAN
Repack TCP payload with references
References
New data
From 100KB+ to Virtual 1MB+
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The net effect is a 60-98% reduction in round trips
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

WAN
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Application streamlining overcomes application protocol limitations
Typical application inefficiency
Open
FID
Read 1
Read 2
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

WAN
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Request
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE

WAN
Steelhead completes
transaction locally
Steelhead completes
transaction locally
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Request
Optimised WAN Transfer
BRANCH OFFICE
DATA CENTRE
The net effect is 65-98% reduction in WAN round trips

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Application acceleration results
*Some application-specific features not yet available for Steelhead Mobile

Problem: How to enjoy the benefits of WAN optimisation without compromising security.
Security

Security
Problem: How to enjoy the benefits of WAN optimisation without compromising security.
Solution: Take advantage of extensive embedded security features for data in motion and data at rest.
IPSEC for connections
SSL & HTTPS acceleration
Encrypted data store
Choose up to 256-bit AES encryption
Role-based administration
SMB signing support
Encrypted MAPI support
Steelhead Mobile VPN interoperability
Access to
management
console

Steelhead Mobile – Deployment and Operation
Mobile Users
WAN
or
Internet
Steelhead Appliance
VPN
Home Users
DMZ
DATA CENTRE
Small Branch Offices

Steelhead Mobile Controller
Mobile Users
WAN
or
Internet
Steelhead Appliance
VPN
Home Users
DMZ
DATA CENTRE
1. Steelhead Mobile Controller deployed in the data center

Mobile Users
WAN
or
Internet
Steelhead Appliance
VPN
Home Users
DMZ
DATA CENTRE
2. Client establishes a WAN/VPN connection as they usually do

Mobile Users
WAN
or
Internet
Steelhead Appliance
VPN
Home Users
DMZ
DATA CENTRE
3. Once connected, Steelhead Mobile first gets policy and license from the Controller

Mobile Users
WAN
or
Internet
Steelhead Appliance
VPN
Home Users
DMZ
DATA CENTRE
3. Once connected, Steelhead Mobile first gets policy and license from the Controller
4. Steelhead Mobile then connects to the Steelhead appliance & begins accelerating data transfers

Riverbed Services Platform (RSP)
v
WAN
BRANCH OFFICE
DATACENTRE
Enhanced Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) enables server-less branch offices
With WAN optimisation many applications can be consolidated back to the datacenter
Now “edge” local applications can also be virtualised and run on the Steelhead appliance
Any VMDK
AD/DC
UTM & Web Proxy
Streaming
DNS,
DHCP,
IPAM
Application
Sensor
Print
RSP

Steelhead appliances are sized for your needs
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Smaller
Larger
Cluster for scale & HA
1050-L

6 Mbps optimised throughput
800 optimised TCP connections

1050-M

1,300 optimised TCP connections

1050-H

2050-L

2050-M

2050-H

250-L

250-M

250-H

550-M

550-H

5050-M

5050-H

6050

2050, 5050, 6050 offer up to 1 Gbps throughput in High-speed set up
Interceptor 9350

12 Gbps optimised throughput
1,000,000 optimised TCP connections

Management & Reporting
Central Management Console

Manages and monitors hundreds of appliances at once

Required for Steelhead Mobile
Manage up to 4,000 concurrent users.

Mobile Worker

License & field upgradeable models within families give “Pay as you grow” flexibility to scale

Steelhead Mobile Software

Installed on end-user machine

In summary
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Comprehensive WAN optimisation technology
Speed – best performance, up to 100x faster
Scale – support 100s of sites & massive datacentre to datacentre transfer
Simplicity – plug & play deployment with auto-discovery & easy central management
Upgradeable models to fit any need: budget today, growth tomorrow
Application, data, transport, & management streamlining
Riverbed Services Platform - with VMware virtualisation

Thank you!
Paul Griffiths
www.riverbed.com

Andy Hardy
MD International Sales
Compellent
andy.hardy@compellent.comph +44-1494-582041

Compellent Corporate Background
Compellent dramatically reduces data storage costs for global enterprises

World’s fastest growing storage company
Public company – listed on NYSE:CML
Over $100m annualised revenue.Profitable, no debt.
Only independent listed storage vendor to

grow profits Q1/09

Lowest Storage TCO
Buy less disks, less expensive types of disk
Reduce storage operating costs
Minimize business risks – continuous protection & DR
Worldwide installs across all industries
Over 1,700 Customers, ~3,000 installs
Customers in over 30 countries worldwide

World-Class Support
“The most knowledgeable support staff belongs to Compellent.” April 2008

Success in Vertical Industries
FBI

Technology Integration & Alliances
Partnerships for complete solutions and support

Compellent Storage Center
Lower your cost of data storage by 50% or more

Efficiency
Fewer disk drives to buy and install
Green: Reduced power, cooling, rack space
Scalability
One model – no forklift upgrades
Mix and match multiple technologies
iSCSI and Fibre Channel connections
Simplified Management
Single pane of glass management
Online upgrades and maintenance
Enterprise Class Availability
Recover in less than 10 seconds
Multi-site replication
Best Support in the Industry
Immediate response
One support center based in USA

700TB+> 1,000 drives
Scale on demand –
on a single platform

Unique Advantage: Dynamic Block Architecture
Oracle
DB
The only storage solution that virtualises storage blocks inside the volume…
Application Volumes, e.g.
SharePoint
File
System
Exchange
Dynamic Block Architecture

Metadata: Block Level Business Metrics
Creation, Access, and Modification time
Relative Frequency of Access
Disk drive type/RAID level
Sophisticated data movement engine
Improves Performance

Page pool
R10
R10
R5/5
R5/5
R5/9
R5/9
SATA
SSD
FC 15K
FC 10K
Benefits:

Optimized data placement
All volumes span all drives
Higher performance
Change RAID levels anytime
No performance tuning
Simplified capacity planning

The Only SAN with Automated Tiered Storage& Thin Provisioning
Buy Fewer and Less Expensive Drives
Unique Technologies
Data Progression Advantage

Automated Tiered Storage
Automatically moves inactive data blocks within volumes to lower-cost Disk &/or RAID tiers
Patented Dynamic Block Architecture
Measures Actual Business Usage of data blocks
True Thin Provisioning
Eliminates wasted space
Buy Fewer Drives
Delay Disk Purchases
Zero % Snapshot Reserves
Traditional snapshots waste 25% or more per Volume…

Traditional SAN

The Only SAN with Automated Tiered Storage& Thin Provisioning
Provision more storage capacity than you buy
Dynamic Capacity Advantage
Thin Provisioning Benefits

Only consume capacity when data is written
Reduce disk drive, space, power and cooling costs
Instant volume creation
Automatic growth with applications
Performance gains
Thin Import for immediate savings

Traditional Thin Provisioning

Much larger chunks
Pre-allocation required
Snapshots not thin provisioned
Windows–unrecoverable space
“Fat” data migrations
Limitations on application usage

Reduce Capital and Operating Costs of Storage TCO
Reduce Data Center Space & Use Less Power
Compellent Advantage
Less Space & Less Power

Fewer disk drives means fewer racks
Less floor space consumed
Delay data center expansion projects
Fewer spinning disk drives to power
Less heat = less Cooling
Up to 93% less energy required
Plus less UPS, Generator & other costs…

Eliminate Hidden Costs of Storage Growth
Scale from over 1,000 drives with a single product
Compellent Modular & Scalable Architecture
No Forklift Upgrades

No more expensive “Forklift Upgrades”
Capacity Constraints, Performance Limits, Inflexible
Scale-up 1x drive at a time
Controller is not the performance bottleneck
Use any available IO or disk technology, even Solid State
Maximize performance, minimize costs
Scale without limits
Scale up: to over 1,000 drives in a single system
Scale out: manage multiple systems as one… regardless of location

Data Instant Replay – Continuous Protection Built-in
Less downtime, more data availability
Data Instant Replay Benefits
Data Instant Replay Advantage

Readable and writeable instantly
Space efficient – freeze pointers
No space pre-allocation
Integration with common applications
Reduce dependence on tape
Patented technology
Integrates with Remote Replication & Riverbed for Disaster Recovery…

Continuous
Snapshots…
8:00
8:15
8:30
8:45

Disaster Recovery Today
Increasing emphasis on business continuity
Increasing amounts of data stored electronically
24x7x365 business operation
Must ensure availability of data
Challenges with existing replication solutions
High upfront cost
Difficult to implement
Complex setup and management
DR testing limitations
High recurring costs
Space pre-allocation

Cost of Downtime

Compellent Recovery Options
Technology
Snapshot
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Data Instant Replay
Remote Instant Replay –
Synchronous
Remote Instant Replay –
Asynchronous
Wide Area
Local
Campus
Distance

Simplified, Low-cost Disaster Recovery
UK
Dublin
DR Site
Thin
Provisioned
Volume
Replay
Schedule
Live testing anytime, fast recovery minimizes outage time
Thin Replication Benefits
Remote Instant Replay Advantage

Centralised Management
Replication in 6 clicks
One button, automated restore
DR Testing – without stopping replication
Native reduction in bandwidth and management costs
No space pre-allocation
Integrated IP & FC – No extra hardware to buy
VMware SRM integration
Microsoft PowerShell integration

Riverbed & Compellent Together
UK
Dublin
DR Site
Thin
Provisioned
Volume
Replay
Schedule
Riverbed Steelhead appliances enable Compellent customers with more than one office to improve copy time by as much as 87 percent
Benefits
Full DR – even over low bandwidth/ high latency global links

Reduce WAN costs
Eliminate redundant WAN traffic,
Reduce bandwidth by 60% to 95%
Defer WAN upgrades, minimize bandwidth purchases
Seamless Integration
Consolidate file servers, email servers, NAS and tape libraries from remote offices – without degrading performance
Eliminate the challenges of distance
Speed replication between data centers over 1,000’s of miles
Achieve throughput 500-700Mbps
Improve productivity of remote staff, accelerate applications by up to 100 times

Steelhead Appliance
Steelhead Appliance
Steelhead Appliance

Summary
Remote replication for the rest of the world

Balance Performance and Price
Automated Tiered Storage, Thin Replication
Save on bandwidth and storage
Easy to Manage, Easy to Verify
Less administration: online automated change management
Six click set up and testing
Large corporation DR on a

mid-sized budget

Unlimited snapshots without full copies
Replication flexibility for low-cost DR
Extend to global locations and further reduce costs with seamless Riverbed integration