Users demand performance from LOB applications no matter where they live. On-premises application performance was not a problem, but cloud architects continually balance performance with costThis webinar will deliver three proven strategies you can use to increase the performance of your applications on AWS without increasing cost.

1. WEBINAR
Three Strategies to Increase
Performance for Your
Applications in AWS
Jeff Johnson
Head of Product Marketing
ARCHITECT LEVEL WEBINAR

2. Agenda
Customers journey to Buurst SoftNAS
Managed Storage Service and Cloud NAS
Increasing performance with a managed storage service
Increasing performance with a Cloud NAS
Performance benchmark: AWS EFS and SoftNAS
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3. Customers Journey to Buurst
Companies migrating
Lob applications to
the cloud could not
get the performance
required using
managed files
services
Many on-premises
LOB applications
were designed with
fast storage
SoftNAS provided
cloud storage
performance to meet
the designed
requirements of the
LOB application
Let’s dive into the
data to see why
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4. Companies Trust Buurst for
Data performance
Data availability
Data cost control
Data migration
Data control and security
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5. Managed Storage and Cloud NAS
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
• NFS
• CIFS
• iSCSI
• AFP
• FTP
• SFTP
SSD
Cold
HDD
Cloud Clients
On-Prem Clients
Storage
Cloud NAS Storage
• SoftNAS
Managed Storage
• AWS EFS
• AWS FSx
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6. Managed Storage Service
If committed to a managed storage – here are 2 strategies to get max perf
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
To increase performance
1. Purchase more storage
2. Purchase more throughput
SSD
Cold
HDD
Company A
Company B
Storage
FSx: CIFS
EFS: NFS
Managed Storage
• AWS EFS
• AWS FSx
Company N
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7. Storage (GiB) Throughput (MiB/s) Price/Month
10 0.5 $3
256 12.5 $77
512 25 $154
1,024 50 $307
1,536 75 $461
2,048 100 $614
3,072 150 $922
4,096 200 $1,229
8,192 400 $2,458
16,384 *800 $4,915
32,768 *1600 $ 9,830
65,536 *3200 $19,661
131,072 *6400 $39,322
Increase Performance by Increasing Storage
AWS EFS AWS FSx
Storage (GiB) Throughput (MiB/s) Price/Month
10 0.5 $5
256 12.5 $115
512 25 $229
1,024 50 $458
1,536 75 $687
2,048 100 $916
3,072 150 $1,374
4,096 200 $1,833
8,192 400 $3,665
16,384 *800 $7,331
32,768 *1600 $14,661
65,536 *3200 $29,323
131,072 *6400 $58,645
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*Not going to realize numbers above 800MiB/s

8. Increase Performance by Increasing Throughput (EFS)
File System Size
(GiB)
Provisioned
Throughput
Price/Month
10 350 $2,100
256 350 $2,100
512 350 $2,100
1,024 350 $2,100
2,048 350 $2,100
4,096 350 $2,100
8,192 350 $2,458
16,384 400 $4,915
32,768 *800 $9,830
65,536 *1600 $19,661
131,072 *3200 $39,322
File System Size
(GiB)
Provisioned
Throughput
Price/Month
10 100 $600
256 100 $600
512 100 $600
1,024 100 $600
2,048 100 $614
4,096 150 $1,229
8,192 200 $2,458
16,384 400 $4,915
32,768 *800 $9,830
65,536 *1600 $19,661
131,072 *3200 $39,322
File System Size
(GiB)
Provisioned
Throughput
Price/Month
10 600 $3,600
256 600 $3,600
512 600 $3,600
1,024 600 $3,600
2,048 600 $3,600
4,096 600 $3,600
8,192 600 $3,600
16,384 600 $4,915
32,768 *800 $9,830
65,536 *1600 $19,661
131,072 *3200 $39,322
100 MiB/s 350 MiB/s 600 MiB/s
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9. If AWS EFS is still not Getting the Perf you Need…..
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
To increase performance
1. Purchase more storage
2. Purchase more throughput
SSD
Cold
HDD
Company A
Company B
Storage
FSx: CIFS
EFS: NFS
Managed Storage
• AWS EFS
• AWS FSx
Company N
Storage
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
NFS
CIFS
iSCSI
AFP
FTP
SFTP
To increase performance
1. Increase the compute instance
2. Utilizing read/write cache
Other factors we will not be
discussing
• Disk type and speed
• Efficient protocols
NVMe
Block
Storage
Cloud Clients
On-Prem Clients
Cloud NAS
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10. Cloud NAS
Storage
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
NFS
CIFS
iSCSI
AFP
FTP
SFTP
To increase performance
1. Increase the compute instance
2. Utilizing read/write cache
Other factors we will not be
discussing
• Disk type and speed
• Efficient protocols
NVMe
Block
Storage
Cloud Clients
On-Prem Clients
SoftNAS
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11. Cloud NAS Compute
Image vCPU RAM Throughput
M3.xlarge 4 15 100 Mbps
M4.4xlarge 16 64 350 Mbps
M5dn.4xlarge 16 64 600 Mbps
C5.9xlarge 36 72 1,200 Mbps
R4.16xlarge 488 64 2,000 Mbps
R5d.24xlarge 768 96 >2,000 Mbps
AWS compute images
CPU
RAM
Throughput
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12. Caching of data is one of the most essential
and proven technologies for improving
cloud storage performance
SoftNAS has two types of cache to increase
performance, L1 and L2 cache
• L1: SoftNAS will use ½ of NAS RAM
• L2: SoftNAS can dedicate NVMe or SSD to
specific storage pools
Read/Write Cache
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13. Throughput is the
measurement of how fast
(per second) your storage
can read/write data
The higher the IOPS, the
faster you have access
to the data stored on
your disks
Latency measures the time
it takes for a component in
a sub-system to process a
data request or transaction
Performance Benchmark AWS EFS and SoftNAS on AWS
Throughput IOPS Latency
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14. How we Benchmarked
AWS EFS
NFS
Storage
SoftNAS
V 4.4.3
No L2 cache
Storage
Read/Write Sequential
Read/Write Random
SSDLinux FIO server
SSD
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15. 3 Categories of Performance
SoftNAS
Level: 200
Compute: M4.xlarge, 4 vCPU,
16GB RAM
Network: Up to 10 Mbps
Block Storage: 4 * EBS gp2 192GiB
(768GiB)
AWS
EFS Storage: 768 GiB
SoftNAS
Level: 800
Compute: M5.2xlarge, 8 vCPU,
32GB RAM,
Network: Up to 10 Mbps
Block Storage: 4 * EBS gp2 192GiB
(768GiB)
AWS
EFS Storage: 768 GiB
SoftNAS
Level 1600
Compute: C5.9xlarge, 36 vCPU,
72GB RAM
Network: 1,200 Mbps
Block Storage: 6 * EBS gp2 553GiB
(3.25TiB)
AWS
EFS Storage: 3.5 TiB
Basic Medium High
100 MB Throughput 350 MB Throughput 600 MB Throughput
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16. SoftNAS on AWS learnings
• Throughput is correlated by the size of the
NAS virtual machine, the network, and disk
speeds
• AWS allocates more Throughput on VM
images that have access to more RAM
and CPU
• SoftNAS provides continuous, sustained
throughput for predictable performance
Storage Throughput
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17. 125.3 83.8
1453
82.6
1835
80.3
126.2
72.8
667
72.5
987
67.5
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
SoftNAS M4.xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS M5.2xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5
TiB
EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Throughput (MiBs) – Higher is Better
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18. Storage IOPS
*Not used in benchmark
SoftNAS on AWS Learnings
• Increase the NAS compute, CPU, RAM and
network speed increased IOPS
• *Use faster disks such as NVMe increases
IOPS but dramatically increases the price
• *Add more disks to an array aggregates and
increases disk’s IOPS
Example: SoftNAS has achieved 1 million
IOPS with NVMe over 100 Gbps networking
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19. IOPS – Higher is Better
2020 1339
23300
1320
29400
12832019
1164
10600
1160
15841
1080
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
SoftNAS M4.xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS M5.2xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5
TiB
EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Read/Write Sequential
Read/Write Random
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20. Latency
SoftNAS on AWS learnings
• Increase the SoftNAS CPU, RAM and network
speed decreases latency
• *Use faster disks such as NVMe decrease
latency but adds substantial cost
• *Using smaller disks to add more disk to an
array reduces latency
IO
Latency
Start End
Time
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*Not used in benchmark

21. Latency – Lower is Better
30816.53
50642.03
2741.06
50826.38
2225.18
53119.46
30653.52
58374.81
5901.02
57262.05
4037.22
62803.66
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
SoftNAS M4.xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS M5.2xlarge 768
GiB
EFS 768 GiB SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5
TiB
EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Read/Write Sequential
Read/Write Random
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22. Benchmark Results
SoftNAS: Level 200 with M4.xlarge, 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, High Network
SoftNAS storage: 4 * EBS gp2 192GiB (768GiB) Total Capacity : 768 GiB
AWS EFS storage: 768 GiB
SoftNAS NFS 200 Level AWS EFS
Block Size MiB/s IOPS Latency (usec) MiB/S IOPS Latency (usec)
4KiB SR 143.00 36700.00 1188.58 48.80 12500.00 2415.22
4KiB SW 84.60 21700.00 1476.64 1.64 410.00 78020.00
4KiB RR 38.50 9848.00 3248.30 47.50 12100.00 2625.66
4KiB RW 19.60 5028.00 6363.21 1.50 376.00 84940.00
64KiB 70/30 RW S 125.30 2020.00 30816.53 83.80 1339.00 50642.03
64KiB 70/30 RW R 126.20 2019.00 30653.52 72.80 1164.00 58374.81
1MiB SR 88.70 88.00 529540.00 99.90 99.00 320400.00
1MiB SW 88.70 88.00 531100.00 100.00 99.00 320400.00
1MiB RR 88.70 88.00 565560.00 99.80 99.00 320520.00
1MiB RW 88.60 88.00 482880.00 99.90 99.00 320290.00
SoftNAS: Level 800 with R5.2xlarge, 8 vCPU, 64 GiB RAM, Up to 10 Mbps
SoftNAS storage: 4 * EBS gp2 192GiB (768GiB) Total Capacity : 768 GiB
AWS EFS storage: 768 GiB
SoftNAS NFS 800 Level AWS EFS
Block Size MiB/s IOPS Latency (usec) MiB/S IOPS Latency (usec)
4KiB SR 597.00 153000.00 205.21 48.80 12500.00 2523.49
4KiB SW 261.00 66900.00 475.61 1.60 409.00 78240.00
4KiB RR 69.70 17800.00 1791.93 47.20 12100.00 2649.21
4KiB RW 50.70 12000.00 2462.84 1.50 375.00 86610.00
64KiB 70/30 RW S 1156.00 18500.00 3611.10 82.40 1318.00 50793.73
64KiB 70/30 RW R 687.00 10900.00 5820.06 70.20 1124.00 59428.27
1MiB SR 423.00 423.00 76250.00 99.90 99.00 320420.00
1MiB SW 581.00 580.00 55110.00 100.00 99.00 320000.00
1MiB RR 589.00 589.00 54400.00 99.90 99.00 320340.00
1MiB RW 389.00 388.00 82290.00 99.90 99.00 320220.00
SoftNAS: Level 1600 with C5.9xlarge, 36 vCPU, 72GB RAM, 1,200 Mbps
SoftNAS storage: 6 * EBS gp2 553GiB (3.25TiB) Total Capacity : 3.25TiB
AWS EFS storage: 3.25 TiB
SoftNAS NFS 1600 Level AWS EFS
Block Size MiB/s IOPS Latency (usec) MiB/S IOPS Latency (usec)
4KiB SR 550.00 141000.00 218.05 43.60 11200.00 2990.28
4KiB SW 316.00 80800.00 403.20 1.70 425.00 75240.00
4KiB RR 63.90 16400.00 1954.59 45.20 11600.00 2765.03
4KiB RW 87.20 22300.00 1432.68 1.50 374.00 85420.00
64KiB 70/30 RW S 1835.00 29400.00 2225.18 80.30 1283.00 53119.46
64KiB 70/30 RW R 987.00 15841.00 4037.22 67.50 1080.00 62803.66
1MiB SR 1436.00 1436.00 22276.27 339.00 338.00 94430.00
1MiB SW 1173.00 1172.00 29820.00 339.00 339.00 94320.00
1MiB RR 1436.00 1436.00 22280.00 339.00 338.00 94450.00
1MiB RW 1102.00 1101.00 28880.00 339.00 338.00 94380.00
SoftNAS: Level 800 with M5.2xlarge, 8 vCPU, 32GB RAM, Up to 10 Mbps
SoftNAS storage: 4 * EBS gp2 192GiB (768GiB) Total Capacity : 768GiB
AWS EFS storage: 768 GiB
SoftNAS NFS 800 Level AWS EFS
Block Size MiB/s IOPS Latency (usec) MiB/S IOPS Latency (usec)
4KiB SR 586.00 150000.00 217.32 52.20 13400.00 2419.08
4KiB SW 261.00 66900.00 475.04 1.70 406.00 78770.00
4KiB RR 111.00 28500.00 1122.81 48.90 12500.00 2515.01
4KiB RW 73.3.00 18800.00 1703.42 1.50 379.00 84320.00
64KiB 70/30 RW S 1453.00 23300.00 2741.06 82.60 1320.00 50826.38
64KiB 70/30 RW R 667.00 10600.00 5901.02 72.50 1160.00 57262.05
1MiB SR 296.00 296.00 107930.00 99.90 99.00 320330.00
1MiB SW 766.00 765.00 41790.00 100.00 99.00 320000.00
1MiB RR 589.00 589.00 54290.00 99.90 99.00 320340.00
1MiB RW 744.00 744.00 43040.00 99.90 99.00 320190.00
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23. Buurst SoftNAS Helps you get the Best Experience for your
AWS Investments
Throughput is the
measurement of how fast
(per second) your storage
can read/write data
The higher the IOPS, the
faster you have access
to the data stored on
your disks
Latency measures the time
it takes for a component in
a sub-system to process a
data request or transaction
Throughput IOPS Latency
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24. Time is crucial to our customers. By using
SoftNAS, we get them up and running in a
fraction of the time and our customers think
that’s amazing.
Michel Bernabel, Managing Director
Intellisoft.
Throughput: When you Need to Access Lots of Data
Throughput Data centric solutions
• Many client connections
• Web server content
• Video files
• Office files
• AutoCAD files
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25. With SoftNAS, we have twelve workload
instances running on EC2 on NFS. We use
RAID-10 to get the IOPS and redundancy we
need from EBS.
Chris Mays IT Consultant The Street
IOPS: When you Need to Scale Transitions
Transaction centric solutions
• Smaller block sizes
• Data base
• Email server
IOPS
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26. Latency: When you Can't Wait for Data
Online transactional
processing
• Streaming & time sensitive
• Stock exchange
• Banking
• Finance
Latency
SoftNAS has an elegant solution and makes a
customer’s life easy. The reliability that SoftNAS
products offer, means customers don’t have to
get in and mess around with it – Saving valuable
time and precious resources. Replication was
really simple to implement. Effective and quick,
it took only 15 minutes, Typically, this is a
complicated and time intensive process.
Rudy Pataro Founder Maghub
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27. How to Increase Performance for Your AWS Application
Achieve the highest performance for the
lowest cost
1. Understand your solution and where the bottlenecks
• Throughput
• IOPS
• Latency
2. Then understand if managed storage will work for you
3. Reach out to SoftNAS to better understand your
performance options to develop a solution to meet the
specification of your workload
Availability Zone B
SoftNAS
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
NFS
CIFS
iSCSI
Storage
NVMeBlock
Storage
Availability Zone A
SoftNAS
Physical
Storage
Interfaces
NFS
CIFS
iSCSI
Storage
NVMeBlock
Storage
Replication
File Server
Index Server
PortalWeb Server
Database Server
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28. Companies Trust Buurst for
Data performance
Data availability
Data cost control
Data migration
Data control and security
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29. Performance Blogs and eBooks
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https://www.buurst.com/get-a-demo/https://www.buurst.com/blog/
https://www.buurst.com/news-resources/ebooks/

30. A data performance company

31. 1835
80.3
987
67.5
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5 TiB EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Throughput (MiBs) – Higher is Better
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32. IOPS – Higher is Better
29400
1283
15841
1080
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5 TiB EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Read/Write Sequential
Read/Write Random
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33. Latency – Lower is Better
2225.18
53119.46
4037.22
62803.66
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
SoftNAS C5.9xlarge 3.5 TiB EFS 3.5 TiB
64KiB 70/30 RW S 64KiB 70/30 RW R
Read/Write Sequential
Read/Write Random
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