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Rob Barker
Reference Architect
NetApp Storage and Data Management Solutions for Microsoft SharePoint
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Topics
SharePoint Storage ChallengesNetApp Solution for SharePointSnapManager for SharePointCustomer ExampleSummary
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SharePoint Storage Challenges
Managing exploding SharePoint content growth and proliferating SharePoint farms
Scaling SharePoint deployments to manage structured and unstructured data
Maintaining continuous SharePoint data availability
Protecting SharePoint data efficiently
Controlling costs while supporting business objectives
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NetApp Solutions for SharePoint Server
Reduce storage costs by 35% to 42%*
Improve scalability and performance with BLOB storage
Consolidate ECM and collaboration data from multiple sources
Protect SharePoint data economically and reliably
Streamline storage and data management
Increase SharePoint data availability and stay productive
Meet archive and compliance requirements
Server Virtualization and Shared Storage Infrastructure for greater flexibility and efficiency
Comprehensive storage and data management solutions for SharePoint to help you:
*Source: Oliver Wyman SharePoint Storage Total Cost Comparison (TCO) Study, Nov. 2009
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SnapManager for SharePoint Overview
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Integrated Data
Protection
Storage Optimization
Migration and Consolidation
Secure Multi-Tenancy
Archive and Compliance
Streamline Management
SnapManagerFor
SharePoint
Support for SharePoint Server 2007, 2010 and SharePoint Foundation Server 2010
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Streamline Storage and Data ManagementSnapManager for SharePoint Server
Manage your growing SharePoint environment more efficiently through a simple, browser-based interface:
Autodiscovery of SharePoint Server data layout
Policy-based data Archival/Storage optimization options
Policy-based, automated backup and recovery
Granular data recovery options
Integration with Microsoft® System Center Operations
Manager
Data archival for compliance purposes
Data migration and management
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Data Protection for SharePoint
NetApp Unified Storage Architecture
Data Center BackupTo Low-Cost Secondary Disk
Integration with SnapMirror and SnapVault
Scheduled replication Replication during production
hours DB verification on SnapVault
target Deduplication on primary/
secondary storage Restore from SnapVault/ remote
backups
Local Snapshot CopiesProtect on Primary Disk Storage
Backup entire SharePoint farms: databases, BLOB storage and virtual servers
First line of application-aware recovery
Immediate, non-disruptive Granular backup and restore Backup during production hours More frequent recovery points –
as many as one per minute Restore to the same SharePoint
Farm or to a different Farm
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Data Protection: Backup
Rapid Full Farm Data and SharePoint Components Backup and Recovery
Multiple Levels of Backup Granularity (site collection to items / documents versions)
Item level search available during restore Backup and Restore for SharePoint Web Parts (GAC)
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Content Database
WFE Server
Search Index
Me
mb
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gen
ts
BackupBackupProcess
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SnapMirror
SnapVault
Primary Site DR Site
SMB
Backup Snapshots
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Data Protection: Restore
Fast and easy granular SharePoint data recovery as needed:– Full server recovery– Entire SharePoint sites– Subsites– Single item files– Lists, calendar items, file
folders, or even specific versions of files
Search with a dynamic set of criteria: date, file/item type, or distinctive wording
SharePoint® Users
Application-ConsistentSnapshot™ Copy
Time to restore: Minutes
SharePoint Server with SnapManager®
for SharePoint
NetApp® Storage System
SharePoint
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Storage Optimization: Scalability and Performance Dramatically improve the scalability and performance of
SharePoint by moving BLOB data outside of the SQL Server content database used by SharePoint
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SM
SP
6.0
SQL Server®
SharePoint®
Users
SharePoint Server Farm
Policy-Based orReal-Time Archival
EB
S/R
BS
Metadata Stored in Content DB on NetApp® LUNs on FC disks
BLOBs Stored in SMB (CIFS) storage on SATA disks
SMB
SnapManager® for Microsoft® SharePoint
iSCSI/FCP
SMB (CIFS)
External / Remote BLOB Storage Provider
SnapLock volumes to support regulatory and e-Discovery requirements
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Storage Optimization – Archiver
Supports EBS / RBS and policy-based BLOB archival Tiering to very cost-effective SATA storage Multiple business rules and schedules
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Process
Arch
iver
Rules
SQL Server (Content Database)
1. Content archival policies are defined.
2. Schedules are set for the archival process to start.
3. Archiver extracts the BLOB and sends it to SMB share
4. Only the item metadata (stub) remains in the content DB.
Metadata
Files over SMB
SQL Server (Content Database)
iSCSI/FCP
Stub
NetApp Storage For BLOBs and Databases
SMB
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Storage Optimization – Extender
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Upload
Metadata
Files over SMB
Exte
nde
r
SQL Server (Content Database)
NetApp Storage For BLOBs and Databases
SharePoint User (Uploads document)
SharePoint Environment
iSCSI/FCP
User uploaded files directly extended to BLOB storage based on the doc size
Faster performance for very large deployments
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Migration of Structured/Unstructured Data
Full fidelity, Unified Interface, migration from Multiple ECM Systems
Exchange Public Folders File Systems
Metadata Stored in Content DB on NetApp® LUNs on FC Disks
BLOBs Stored in SMB (CIFS) storage on SATA Disks
SMBSM
SP
Mig
rati
on
Ag
ents
Unstructured Data in SMB File Systems (home dirs/ group shares)
Exchange Public Folders/ eRoom/ Lotus Notes
Lotus Notes EMC Documentum eRoom
SharePoint Farm
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Secure Multi-Tenancy for SharePoint
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Multi-tenancy with security for
private and public clouds –
departments or external customers
MultiStore technology designed so
information on a secured virtual
partition cannot be viewed, used, or
downloaded by unauthorized users
Distribute responsibility for
SharePoint with delegated
management at the SharePoint
Farm level
Tenants access their environment
independent of the underlying
storage layout
NetApp Storage System FC/SATA
Tenant/Customer A
Tenant/Customer B
Tenant/Customer C
SharePoint®
SharePoint®
SharePoint®
SharePoint Farms in Hosted Environment
Sn
ap
Ma
na
ge
r F
or
Sh
are
Po
int
Secure Multi Tenancy
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Restore group has the restore and convert stubs to content, data recovery type permissions
Multi-Tenant Delegations at Farm Level
Browsing SharePoint TreeControl Panel / Device
ManagerSharePoint RestoresJob Monitor
Archiver group has only archiving and extending permissions, no restores
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Archive and Compliance for SharePoint
Securely retain your SharePoint® data
Reduce primary storage costs
Storage optimization reduces long-term,
secondary storage costs
Encryption options reduce risk of
inadvertent or malicious alteration of data
Comply with regulatory requirements,
support e-Discovery applications
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Virtualizing SharePoint with NetApp
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Control costs associated with SharePoint server roles by deploying virtual machines over virtualized storage
Enable cost-effective DR
Leverage NetApp® unique virtualization enablers– Thin provisioning and thin cloning– Deduplication– Space- and time-efficient Snapshot® copies– Support for VMDK disks over NFS
SnapManager® for SharePoint supports all virtualized environments– Microsoft®, VMware,®, Citrix
Storage Pool
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SharePoint Disaster Recovery
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Primary Site DR Site
SMSP Manager
SMSP Media Service
Backup
SMB SMB
Snapshot™ Snapshot
SnapMirror
SMSP backup for Database LUNs or SMB share also initiates the SnapMirror® updates to the DR system
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Out-of-Place Restore: DR or Dev/Test
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SMSP Manager
SMSP Media Service
Primary Site Secondary Site
Only use Site/Web level Indexing
RPO = 1 hour RTO = Near-Zero Directly use the Web app
at the DR site
SMB
Snapshot™
Backup ContentDatabase
Out-of-place Restoreat Content DB Level
Backup Restore
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Case Study
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Customer Examples: SharePoint on NetApp
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Vienna Chamber of Labor (CL)
“With NetApp and Hyper-V, we have created an infrastructure that offers high availability, seamless scalability, rapid data backup, and simplified management all in one package. NetApp and Hyper-V are providing the basis for our successful operation of SharePoint 2010.”
- Michael Janda
Project Manager, Vienna Chamber of Labor
Chambers of Labor represent the interests of workers in Austria with around 2.7 million members. The Vienna Chamber of Labor, or AK Wein, has around 800,000 members.
ChallengeRapid and granular recovery of SharePoint
content and relocation of large document files from SharePoint databases all at a lower cost.
Solution SharePoint 2010 on NetApp and Hyper-V Rapid backup and recovery of SharePoint
content with granular detail. Cost-effective storage of large files with
remote binary large object (BLOB) storage (RBS).
Snapshot copies and deduplication reduce data stores and become more valuable as users and documents increase.
Backs up databases and virtual machines multiple times for better data protection.
Seamless integration with Hyper-V
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Summary
Reduction in storage costs
Improve scalability and performance
Migration from existing content sources
Protect SharePoint data
Unified view for storage and data management
Business continuity and compliance needs
Virtualization for greater flexibility and efficiency
SnapManager for SharePoint provides a comprehensive data management for businesses running SharePoint
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The NetApp Advantage for SharePoint
Strong Microsoft® partnership– 3-year strategic alliance agreement
– Microsoft Global ISV and Gold Certified Partner
– Microsoft 2009 Storage Solutions Partner of the Year
– Virtualization Solution Partner
– SQL Server Partner
Proven experience– Over 1,600 SharePoint customers
– Over 9,500 SQL Server customers
We team with Microsoft to tightly integrate our solutions– NetApp® SnapManager® for SharePoint is a
Windows Server 2008 & Hyper-V Certified storage management application
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