Migrating from On-premise NAS Storage to Cloud NAS Storage with SoftNAS

Kyle LichtenbergSolution Architect

Amazon Web Services

Mark BichlmeierPrincipal Solution Architect

SoftNAS

Introducing

Chuck OutcaltTechnical Project Manager

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Overview of Amazon Web Services Benefits

Migrating from on-premise NAS to the cloud with SoftNAS

Live demo

Q&A

What We’ll Cover

What are my storage options on AWS?

What is Block Storage?• Block storage is an unformatted, POSIX-compliant

storage device presented to the host operating system.

• Appropriate for use as the primary storage for file systems, databases, or for any applications that require fine granular updates.

• Can be aggregated into logical arrays using LVM or the software RAID utility of your choice (mdadm in Linux, diskpart/diskmgmt.msc in Windows)

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What is Object Storage?• What’s an object, anyway? An object is essentially any

blob, or file: multimedia files, PDFs, and text documents are good examples.

• Object or “file” level storage is generally accessible to an application over a protocol, like CIFS, NFS, or HTTP, rather than as a hardware device available to the operating system.

• Useful for cold storage, log files, backup archives, video files, and much more.

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AWS has a variety of storage options

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Storage)

Amazon EC2 Local Instance Store (Ephemeral volumes)

• Each has a unique combination of performance, durability, cost, and interface

• Often used to form a Storage Hierarchy

BUILDING SHARED STORAGE ON AWS

Mark BichlmeierPrincipal Solution Architect, SoftNAS

• What we believe…– Storage can be both powerful AND frictionless

AWS cloud is reinventing how IT infrastructure is delivered. SoftNAS is reinventing how cloud data is managed.

• SoftNAS Cloud– Only NAS product built specifically for AWS cloud from the

ground up and delivered on-demand.

About SoftNAS

Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS

What does SoftNAS do?

• Unified storage access via NFS/CIFS/iSCSI to EBS and S3

• Shared file systems for websites and web applications

• Legacy Windows and Linux applications migrated to the cloud

SoftNAS on AWS®

Six main reasons to consider SoftNAS Cloud on AWS:

1. Powerful, full-featured data storage software

2. Pure AWS

3. Provides the BEST data protection available

4. Fast, performance-tuned

5. Easy, no specialized training required

6. On-demand in AWS Marketplace

Best Solution

• Block and Cloud Storage– Combines EBS and S3 Cloud Disk storage

• Continuous Data Protection– SnapReplicate™ feature allows manual and scheduled

snapshots, as well as automatic snapshot pruning

• Highly-available– Automatically detects and recovers from failures– 99.999% up-time with dual-controller HA configuration– Patent-pending Elastic HA™ technology

The BEST Data Protection

SNAP HA™ Automatic FailoverWith Block Replication

1EBS

RAID

A ZFSVolumes

PRIMARYController

Availability Zone 1

SoftNAS Instance A

SECONDARYController

Availability Zone 2

SoftNAS Instance B

EIP

NFS CIFS iSCSI

2 N

SnapReplicate

1EBS

RAID

A ZFSVolumes

2 N… …

BlockReplication

HA Monitor

SnapReplicate

SNAP HA™ Automatic Failover

SoftNAS No Downtime Guarantee

• Availability– Single AZ = no durability commitments

– Dual AZ with SoftNAS = 99.999% available

SOFTNAS PROVIDES A 99.999% UPTIME GUARANTEE FOR ITS SOFTWARE AND SERVICE, WHEN CONFIGURED AND OPERATED UNDER SOFTNAS BEST PRACTICES, OR WE WILL REFUND A MONTH OF SOFTNAS SERVICE FEES.

• Support– One hour SLA (with product registration)

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MIGRATING ON-PREMISE NAS TO CLOUD NAS ON AWS Chuck OutcaltTechnical Project Manager, Recommind

• Migrating Applications to AWS

• Archiving Inactive Applications

• Vendor Selection

Topics

Migrating to AWS

• Requirements for Recommind Axcelerate application:

– Access to large amounts of cheap storage

– Customer data can be in the 100s of TBs

– Data may expand 1.5x after publication

– S3 Cloud Disks• Thin provisioning keeps costs down

• Ultra durable

Archiving Applications

• After years, projects in Recommind Axcelerate become unused

• Current cost of storage .12/GB.

• Cost of S3 storage? Yeah.

• Where to store?

Archiving ApplicationsRequirements:• Secure data transfer• Data must be ‘available’ for restore• Minimal performance requirements

Solution:• S3 Cloud Disk wins again

– SoftNAS setup on own VPC– VPN created between existing location and SoftNAS VPC– Data transferred via iSCSI (better performance than CIFS)

Archiving Applications

Axcelerate Environment

VPN

iSCSI

EC2

SoftNASPort3260

Port3260

SoftNAS Server:4 Core / 15 GB RAMUS-WEST-2 Availability Zone

Vendor Selection

Option 1: Free/cheap NAS

• Lack of internal Linux expertise

• Slow read speeds

• Extremely limited Support options

Vendor Selection

Option 2: Cloud NAS in 3rd-party datacenter

• Datacenters located in buildings adjacent to AWS in some availability zones - interconnected with 10 Gbps lines

• Can dedicate physical drives to cloud storage

• Slightly better write speeds but much slower read speeds vs. SoftNAS

• Storage costs are paid to vendor, not AWS

• Higher cost

Vendor Selection

Option 3: SoftNAS

• Greater setup/configuration flexibility for cloud NAS

• Use S3 Cloud Drive where performance is not required

• Pay for what we use with thin provisioning

• High performance & HA - group EBS volumes

• Connect to data in multiple ways - CIFS, ISCSI

SUMMARY

• Free SoftNAS micro-instance – use as long as you want

• Learn more - softnas.com/aws

• Try it – bit.ly/softnas-aws

Next Steps…

• Panelists:

– Kyle Lichtenberg, Solution Architect, AWS

– Mark Bichlmeier, Principal Solution Architect, SoftNAS

– Chuck Outcalt, Technical Project Manager, Recommind

Q & A

Recommind: http://www.recommind.com

SoftNAS:http://www.softnas.comsales@softnas.com

AWS: http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us

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