Introducing Symantec FileStore
Building on Symantec’s SaaS Expertise
October 2009

Agenda
• Symantec Cloud Strategy
• Leveraging SaaS Expertise
• Introducing Symantec FileStore
• Key Takeaways
• Q&A
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Symantec Cloud Strategy
Deliver Deliver Symantec hosted services for
SaaS securing and managing information for
consumers and enterprises.
Offerings
Provide Symantec infrastructure software
Enable and professional services to enterprises
Cloud and service providers building massively
Infrastructure scalable and highly automated cloud
computing environments.
Optimize Symantec software and
Provide hosted services to enable customers
Hybrid to derive maximum value from their
Solutions architecture through innovative hybrid
deployment models.
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Symantec Online Backup Services
• Symantec is the Global Storage SaaS Leader
• Symantec FileStore
• Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows
• Veritas Cluster Server
• Symantec Endpoint
Protection
• Altiris Deployment
Server
40 PB
managed storage
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Introducing Symantec FileStore
(October 5 Global Announcement)
• Symantec FileStore is a new storage platform for
delivering storage services… including private cloud
• Leveraged internally to manage online backup storage
• Delivers benefits of cloud architecture & cost structures
• Industry leading performance & scalability
• Native integration with Symantec NetBackup and
Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Enhanced Performance, Availability & Security
• Simplified Operations
• FileStore is immediately available
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Symantec FileStore Continues
Symantec’s File System Leadership
Symantec FileStore
File System Clustered File System Object File
1992 2001 2009 System Future
App App
App /
App App Clustered NFS
SF SF CFS
Symantec
“S4”
FileStore
Veritas Storage Veritas Cluster File Symantec FileStore “S4”
Foundation System
• First journaled UNIX • Mission critical apps • Optimized for file serving • Massive scale
file system (Oracle RAC, SAP, Tibco) • Soft appliance form factor • Highly resilient with
• Advanced volume • < 1 minute failover • Availability, performance, commodity infrastructure
management • Best in class performance info services • Multi-tenant architecture
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Symantec FileStore
Clients FileStore Storage Arrays
NFS
HTTP
FC & iSCSI SAN
Public / Private Cloud
FTP SAS
CIFS
(…up to 16 nodes)
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Symantec FileStore
• Diverse workload • Complete active –
support active design
• Industry-leading • Fast failover for
performance data access
• Near linear • Non-disruptively
performance add performance
scaling and capacity
Performance and
Availability
Scalability

Exceptional Scaling of Both
Performance and Capacity
Performance Scaling: SPEC SFS 2008 IOPS Testing
– Industry-leading • Will exceed current #1 published result by
performance NetApp in August 2009
– Up to 16 nodes serving a • Symantec results are currently in peer
common set of data review by SPEC SFS 2008 committee
• FileStore near linear scalability
– Excellent small and large
• 98% throughput, 93% IOPS
file performance
Capacity Scaling:
– 200 million files per file NFS Ops
system (K) MB / Sec
– Multiple file systems per NFS Ops
MB / sec
cluster 100% Scale
– 2PB+ clusters 0 4 8 12 16
FileStore Nodes 9

Native Integration with Symantec
Solutions
Dynamic Storage Tiering Security
Intelligently move data to Reduce costs with native
low-cost disk (and back) virus scanning
Symantec
AV Endpoint
Drive
Price
Protection
SSD Symantec
SAS SATA FileStore
Data Protection Archiving
Decrease backup windows with Simplify archiving with Enterprise
embedded NetBackup Vault on Symantec FileStore
• Higher performance-no NDMP
Enterprise Vault
• Simpler administration
• Integrated media server Symantec
FileStore
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A Flexible Storage Platform for
Diverse Application Requirements
Symantec FileStore Customers
*
Internet Game
(Live Game
Performance
Requirement
Sessions)
*
Taobao
*
Top-3 Mobile
(Leading Internet
Provider (Media
Retailer)
*
Regional
Delivery)
*
Hospital (PACS)
*
Shanghai Ocean
University
Largest Storage
SaaS Provider
(Symantec)
10TB 2PB
Scale Requirement
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Key Takeaways
• Symantec FileStore is a new storage platform for
delivering storage services… including private cloud
• Leveraged internally to manage online backup storage
• Delivers benefits of cloud architecture & cost structures
• Industry leading performance & scalability
• Native integration with Symantec NetBackup and
Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Enhanced Performance, Availability & Security
• Simplified Operations
• FileStore is immediately available
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•Thank You!
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Copyright © 2009 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved.
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