How to Architect for Data Protection in the Cloud

October 6, 2016

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Agenda• Data Protection

Challenges• Data Protection Features• Demo: How to Architect

Cloud Storage with Snapshots, High-availability and Replication

• SoftNAS Cloud Overview• Q&A

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Data Protection Challenges

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AWS Infrastructure

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Data Protection Challenges

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Natural Disasters Human Error Meeting Compliance

Requirements and SLAs

Infrastructure Expenses

Hardware Failures

Malware, Bots and Ransomware

Data Loss

Malware, Ransomware and Human Error

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Viruses, worms, Trojan horses

Malware and Bots

Ransomware Human Error

Locks PC access until a ransom is

paid

Employees click on phishing links or

accidentally delete files

Compliance Requirements and SLAs

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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

• Support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and AFP

Replication

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• 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

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

SoftNAS Cloud® Overview

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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

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End-userdesktops, devices

Applicationsand servers

Volumes

AFP iSCSI

Storage pools

CIFS NFSSite A

Site B Public Cloud

NFS

CIFS/SMB

iSCSI

AFP

Use existing

unchanged application

s…

Connect to AWS using

standard NAS protocols…

Through AWS hosted

instances…

Leveraging AWS storage services for

flexible capacity

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Easily Migrate Existing Applications to AWS

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