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Migrating Windows-based

Enterprise Applications to AWS

Kevin Hill, Cloud Solutions Architect, NetApp

Paul Brown, Director, Group IT Systems, Cordant Group PLC

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Agenda

1. Changing IT Model

– Data center challenges

– Considering the cloud

2. Making the Transition

– Top issues considered with IT transition

– Walkthrough of the architectures

– Cordant Group results & benefits

3. Future plans

4. NetApp Cloud Solutions

– Who is NetApp

– Overview of NetApp solutions used by Cordant Group

Changing IT Model

Data Center Challenges

Through strategic acquisitions, Cordant

Group grew from 4 to 12 data centers

in two years

– Scattered across the UK

– Each location comprising application

servers, file storage and associated

DR solutions

– Costly to maintain in both time &

money

Data Center Challenges

Infrastructure consolidation only

went so far

– Reduced infrastructure from 12 to 3

(Primary, secondary, and DR sites)

• Via VMware virtualization and

NetApp enterprise storage

• CIFS datastores and NFS storage

plus Citrix Provisioning Services

Datastores (for XenApp 6.5)

– Still had challenges with scalability

• Only scale to available rack space

Changing IT Model: Considering the Cloud

• Needed a more flexible IT environment– Scalability

– Regional coverage

– Application uptime flexibility to manage cost

• Cloud provider needed to be stable and trusted

• Require local provider data centers to meet EU regulatory mandates

• The Choice:

Making the Transition

Top Focus Areas Moving to AWS

• Application requirements– Applications: Citrix, Legacy Applications, SQL, File Storage

– Data Format: NFS & CIFS

• Minimize application impacts– Find solution that does not require a complete overhaul of

applications

– No direct replacement for data format in cloud

Multi-data center solution for availability and protection

Pre-Cloud Application Architecture

Data Center 1 Data Center 2

London & Hillingdon Data Centers

Data Center 1

iSCSINFS

CIFS

Replicate Data

(SnapMirror®)

Data Center 2

iSCSI NFS CIFS

Backup/Archive

Location

Data Storage Technology Testing

• Started with off-the-shelf AWS capabilities

– SQL Database RDS

• Data format compatibility troubles

• Required heavy application changes to use RDS

• Shifted focus to external solutions

– NetApp CIFS Microsoft DFS

• DFS environment had limitations

• Increased sysadmin support

– NetApp Data ONTAP NetApp Cloud ONTAP

• Provided familiar NFS environment that allowed attaching iSCSI attached local drives to support virtual SQL instances

• Integrated SQL tools allowed data protection schema to remain

EBS EBS EBS

Expand your storage options in the cloud

NetApp Cloud ONTAP

Data Center

NetApp clustered Data ONTAP on EC2

Available directly from AWS Marketplace

Enterprise storage in minutes

Same capabilities as data center storage

Multiprotocol, storage efficiency,

Zero footprint snapshots and clones

SnapMirror®

NetApp OnCommand®

Management Suite Insight

Unified Manager

System Manager

Cloud Manager

Manage and monitor cloud storage both in the cloud and on-site

iSCSINFS

CIFS

Multi-region application coverage

Applications Architecture: AWS

AWS Availability Zone 1 AWS Availability Zone 2

AWS

Region 2

EUCentral

AWS Region 1 (EU West)

Replicate Data

(SnapMirror®)EBS EBS

EBS

iSCSINFS

CIFSiSCSINFS

CIFS

Results

• Citrix farm running Microsoft SQL on AWS leveraging data protection

with SnapDrive and SnapManager for SQL

• Multi-AZ production in EUWest backed up to EUCentral

• Production environment now capable of cloud scale

• Cloud ONTAP simplified

workload migration to AWS

– No application redesign

– Same data store formats

on CIFS and NFS

– Same data management

as data center storage

Future Plans

Future AWS Direction

• Acquisitions expanding site footprint to Americas, AU, APAC, etc.

• AWS data centers provide needed GEO coverage

Reduce cost of backups with AltaVault and Amazon S3/Amazon Glacier

Future Architecture Direction: Back Up

AWS Availability Zone 1 AWS Availability Zone 2

Glacier

AWS

Region 2

EUCentral

S3

AWS Region 1 (EU West)AltaVault AMI

Replicate Data

(SnapMirror®)

CIFSCIFS

EBS EBS

iSCSINFS

NFS

CIFS

CIFSiSCSI

NFSCIFS

NetApp Cloud Solutions

NetApp Storage for the Cloud

Hyperscale Cloud Providers

PrivateCloud

Cloud ServiceProviders

DATA

NetApp Storage

Systems & Solutions

FAS

FlexArray

StorageGRID

WebScaleE-Series

NPS for Cloud

NetApp AltaVault

Test drive NetApp solutions for free

If your customer is interested in Step 1 - Quick Spin Step 2 - Longer Evaluation

Cloud ONTAP for AWS

1 Hr. Test Drive – Free

http://aws.amazon.com/testdrive/netap

p/

14 day trial – Free

Uses AMI on the AWS Marketplace

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/Cloud

ONTAP Explore

NetApp Private Storage for AWS

1 Hr. Test Drive – Free

http://aws.amazon.com/testdrive/netap

p/

14 day trial – Storage Free

Uses NetApp Cloud Lab

www.poc.netapp.com

AltaVault Appliance

90 day trial – Free

Use downloadable virtual appliance

Bring your own backup software

http://www.netapp.com/AltaVaultTrial

AltaVault AMI

Use AMI on the AWS Marketplace

Bring your own backup software

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/AltaVault

POC.netapp.com

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