How to Architect for Data Protection in the Cloud

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October 6, 2016

Agenda• Data Protection

Challenges• Data Protection Features• Demo: How to Architect

Cloud Storage with Snapshots, High-availability and Replication

• SoftNAS Cloud Overview• Q&A

Data Protection Challenges

AWS Infrastructure

Data Protection Challenges

Natural Disasters Human Error Meeting Compliance

Requirements and SLAs

Infrastructure Expenses

Hardware Failures

Malware, Bots and Ransomware

Data Loss

Malware, Ransomware and Human Error

Viruses, worms, Trojan horses

Malware and Bots

Ransomware Human Error

Locks PC access until a ransom is

Employees click on phishing links or

accidentally delete files

Compliance Requirements and SLAs

• Rules and regulations change• HIPAA, SOX, PCI DSS and other

industry regulations require dedicated infrastructures

• Each customer has unique SLAs built into their contracts

• Every minute of unplanned downtime leads to revenue loss

Data Loss

• Data is susceptible to deletion, corruption, loss and theft

• Files and data may need to be restored to a specific point in time

• Snapshot configuration takes time

Natural Disasters, Hardware Failures and Infrastructure Expenses

• Hardware upgrade cycles every 3-5 years or repair existing hardware

• Legacy hardware breaks and forces you to purchase new hardware

• Maintenance fees are rising• Infrastructure costs force you to

“do more with less”• Natural disasters destroy hardware

RAID• Combines multiple physical disk

drive components into a single logical unit for data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.

• RAID 0 & RAID 10 recommended with Amazon EBS

• RAID o provides linear performance– 2x 4,000 IOPS volumes = 8,000 IOPS

• RAID 10 provides increased redundancy & aggregates the read performance

• DRAM cache dramatically increases read IOPS performance

Storage Snapshots

• Volume based, point-in-time copies• Scheduling & on-demand via

StorageCenter• Consume storage pool capacity• Integrated with Microsoft (MS)

Previous Versions via VSS API– View and restore MS server &

desktop deleted files– Windows 7, 8, Server 2008 & 2012

SoftNAS SnapClones™ & Amazon EBS Snapshots

• SoftNAS Cloud SnapClones™– Provide read/write clones of snapshots– Created instantly– Mountable as external NFS or CIFS shares– Manipulate copies of data too large or complex

• Example: testing new app versions against real data or selective file recovery• Amazon EBS Snapshots

– Backup EBS-based storage pools– Copies entire SoftNAS storage pool – backup & recovery purposes– Use AWS console to manage snapshots– Snapshot capacity not counted against storage pool capacity– Used for longer-term data retention

High-Availability and 99.999% Uptime

• SoftNAS Cloud provides HA with AWS to offer 99.999% uptime

• Support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and AFP

Replication

• Maintains fully-replicated copies of live production data for disaster recovery

• Replicate data so there is an up-to-the-minute copy of any changes that have taken place

• Setup in minutes

Cloud-based Disaster Recovery and Backups

• Continuous Data Protection• No Downtime Guarantee• Quick and Easy HA Configuration• Cost-effective• Backup

SoftNAS Cloud® Overview

Flexible, Adaptable Architecture

Linux Virtual Appliance

ARCHITECTURE INTEGRATION DATA SERVICES

• API and CLI• Cross data center• Cross-zone VPC• Easy

administration• File gateway• HTML5 Admin UI• Software filer• ZFS on Linux

• AWS• Azure• CenturyLink Cloud• CIFS w/ Active

directory• FC SAN• iSCSI LUN• iSCSI SAN• NFS• S3 Objects• SSD• VMware vSphere

• Block replication• Cloud disks• Compression• Inline deduplication• Instant snapshots• Multi-level caching• Storage pools• Thin provisioning• Writable

SnapClones™• Encryption

End-userdesktops, devices

Applicationsand servers

Volumes

AFP iSCSI

Storage pools

CIFS NFSSite A

Site B Public Cloud

CIFS/SMB

Use existing

unchanged application

Connect to AWS using

standard NAS protocols…

Through AWS hosted

instances…

Leveraging AWS storage services for

flexible capacity

Easily Migrate Existing Applications to AWS

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