The document discusses the benefits of cloud storage for enterprises. It notes that data storage needs are growing rapidly but on-premise storage costs are also rising. Cloud storage platforms allow companies to cut storage costs by paying only for the storage they use and focusing on their core business instead of storage infrastructure. The document examines issues like rising storage costs, growth in unstructured data, limitations of tiered storage, and how cloud storage provides better accessibility at lower cost than on-premise options. It outlines advantages like scalability, low costs, and global access that cloud storage provides to enterprises.

1. The Benefits of Cloud StorageMay 19, 2009Stephen Foskett, Director of Consulting, Nirvanix

2. AbstractThe demand for storage has increased, placing significant stress on "in house" storage infrastructures and costly overcapacity build-outsFactoring in our current economic state and the pressures of power, space, capital expenditures, global performance, and availability issues, companies are faced with an exploding challenges and costsCloud storage platforms enable enterprises to cut costs and focus on more important aspects of business, but with many competitors in the marketplace it's hard for businesses to decide which option is bestThis session will teach attendees about the uses of cloud storage within enterprise levels of deployment and shed some light on the current solutions available today2

3. Top Storage Issues for IT3

4. Storage Is Supposed To Be Getting Cheaper!4Disk cost is dropping rapidly$250 buys:1994: 2 GB1999: 20 GB2004: 200 GB2009: 2000 GBBut enterprise storage costs keep rising!

5. Explosive Growth of Unstructured Data5Analog to Digital Conversionfilm, voice, TVUser Generated Contentat work and homeBigger Digital Shadows multiple versions and formats95% is unstructured Source: IDC – The Expanding Digital UniverseNirvanix Confidential

6. Conventional tiered storage has little impactTiered Storage: Where’s The Savings?6Storage arrays have a little RAM to accelerate disksOnline:“The Box”RAM CacheHigh-end storage costs 4-8x as much as plain diskFibre ChannelATA“Low cost” enterprise storage delivers only 20%-30% TCO reductionOffline:Tapes andTrucksTape-Based ArchivesTape looks cheap, but data is inaccessible and costly to bring back on line, so we only use it for archives

7. Rising cost and complexity of storageExplosive growth of unstructured dataTiered storage isn’t the solutionNeed to do more than just lock data awayCompanies Must Change Storage Strategy to Consolidate & Gain Efficiencies7Inflection Points – Move to the Cloud

8. Defining Cloud StorageStorage is offered as a service with standard interfacesBilling is usage basedInfrastructure is multi-tenant and scalable8SOURCE: McKinsey & Company

9. Unleash Tiered Storage!Flash and Cloud Storage changes everything!9Online:Next-genStorageSolid state performs much better but costs a lot – use it as a cache for slow disksFlashFibre ChannelSome data still needs high-performance FC disksATAOnline!CloudStorageMost on-site data resides on accelerated ATACloudLess-accessed primary data is moved to the cloudArchival data lives online in the connected cloud, too!

10. Need to Keep and Reuse - Media Example10Content is the core IP of media companies

11. Protection of raw footage

12. Digital preservation of historical works

13. Increasing need to repackage, repurpose , distribute and monetize content

14. “Archive everything - we don’t always know what we will need”

15. Transition to file based workflows moves archive from dusty storage room to critical storage elementNirvanix Confidential

16. Cloud vs. Internal Storage

17. Cloud Offers Better Access at Lower Cost12SANNASCostReduce CostVTLTapeIncrease AccessibilityAccessibilityCompanies Can Change Their Archive Storage StrategyNirvanix Confidential

18. Cloud Storage: Compelling Enterprise ValueStoreSecure

19. Reliable

20. Scalable

21. Low costManageBuilt-in user management

22. Account and directory management

23. Policy-enabled file systemAccessGlobal reach

24. Standards-based interfaces