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Cloud Storage for Offsite Data Protection

June 19, 2013

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Bit9 & TwinStrataJune 2013

Bill SuarezDirector, IT Bit9, Inc.

Agenda

BackgroundWhat needed to be coveredDecision criteriaOptions consideredDeciding on CloudWhere are we today?Proven Technology

Questions

Background

Bit9 is a privately held security company in Waltham, MA• Secondary datacenter location in Medford, MA

98% virtualized• ESXi 5.1

– Apple and Dell chassis• VCloud Director• VMware View

Production, Development, Test, Support VMs• 26 ESXi hosts• EMC VNX5500 over 10GB Ethernet iSCSI• Promise E class of over 4GB FC

DR/BC answers for:• Loss of physical equipment• Loss of physical location

What needed to be covered

Predominantly a Windows shop:• Active Directory

– Windows Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012• Exchange 2013• SharePoint 2010

Source Control• SVN repository

File servers• User content• Common storage

Application servers• SQL• Web servers

Decision Criteria

Must have:Veeam Integration• Established archiving platform

Encryption• Content and transport

Highly Available• Offsite configuration backup

Provide for remote restore• Part of BC strategy requirements

Nice to have:Data Reduction

Options Considered

Hardware approaches

DAS• Existing storage array

Deduplicating storage array(s)• Compression• Site to site replication

Software approaches

Symantec Cloud• Existing Backup Exec implementation – logical extension

Direct to cloud• Too many vendors to list

Deciding on Cloud

One step solution that covered archive and off-premise storage needs• No duplication of backup content – i.e. write local, then remote• No necessity to manually transport backups (we all remember tape rotations)

Ability to write content to common storage from multiple locations• Business and datacenter facilities both “use the same cloud”

Versatility of restoring content from anywhere• Critical to BC strategy – recovery to warm site

ROI on storage cost• Cloud storage, with linear growth cost, is 50% less that capital cost of same local storage. • Writing/storing content is less expensive that reading it back out – so multiple restores will increase cost.

Deciding on TwinStrata

So why TwinStrata?Security• AES256 encryption of data to cloud

Versatility• Backup targets but also usable as means to write compressed, security data from any application.

Insurance• All we need to recreate our environments are stored safely off premise

Well engineered• Built-in upgrade mechanism• Reporting is excellent

PS and Support teams have been excellent• Responsive and knowledgeable

Where are we today?

Implemented in December of 2012Two VAs active:• Main facility in Waltham, MA• Datacenter in Medford, MA

Storing approximately 17TB of data• Google cloud storage

16 Backup jobs• Common control of multiple locations• Varied schedules• Varied retention times

Morning check of previous nights backups• Simple to read reports• 10 minutes and I move on with my day

Proven Technology

VCenter corrupted itself• A month after TwinStrata was put into production

Loss of all centralized management capability for ESX hosts• Individual connections remained intact – reduced functionality.

Before CloudArray• Manual rebuild of VCenter Server• Re associate all hosts from paper records• Multiple man days of effort

Recovering with CloudArray• Identified target restore point from catalog and initiated full VM restore• Total of 2.5 hours to bring system back online from previous night’s backup• Powered restored VM on – that was all that was necessary

TwinStrata CloudArray Cloud-Integrated Storage

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Elastic supply of online capacity

Improves accessibility, compliance and agility

Simplified disaster recovery

Tapeless, automated offsite storage

Reduced Maintenance

Managed storage with minimal administration

“Pay as you go” capital requirement

No over-investment in unused capacity

Cost Reduction

Cloud storage estimated to be 74% less expensive than in-house

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Cloud-Based Offsite Data Protection – By the Numbers 14

Source: 2012 TwinStrata Cloud Storage Adoption Survey

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Seamless Integration

Performance

Optimization

Security

Cloud Storage Volumes presented as iSCSI or SMB/SMB2/CIFS to local machines / network.

Local cache ensures most frequently accessed data has local performance

Compression, bandwidth throttling & snapshot scheduling

256bit AES Encryption and local key management to protect data.

LEVERAGE THE BENEFITS OF CLOUD STORAGE, PLUS:

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ON-PREMISEAPPLICATIONS

File

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Business Apps

Archive

CloudArray® SOFTWARE

CLOUD STORAGE API Integration• 20+ providers

Unified Storage• iSCSI/NAS• No agents

Encryption• AES 256-bit

Local Caching• Performance

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WAN Optimization

In-Cloud Snapshots

Data Reduction

EncryptionVolume-Based Dynamic Cache

Bandwidth Controls

Instant Recovery

Auto Backup & Upgrade

iSCSI / NAS API

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Sophisticated caching

Virtually unlimited capacity

Near-zero maintenance

Patent-pending

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DEMONSTRATION

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CLOUD-INTEGRATED STORAGE

OFFSITE BACKUP • 75% reduction in offsite storage expenses • Reduced backup windows by 50%• Eliminated tape

DISASTER RECOVERY & DATA PROTECTION

• Reduced data recovery times from 1 week to 1 day • Reduced restore times by 90%• Mitigated effects of losing critical data and protected the trust of

customers

DATA ARCHIVAL • Eliminated data migrations and costly upgrades for inactive data• Maintains accessibility for compliance

FILE DATA • 90% faster provisioning times• Five-year savings of $283,000 by using lower-cost commodity servers and

eliminating tape

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CloudArray Cloud Storage Subscription

1 fee: cloud storage & unlimited software licenses

Based on cloud capacity per TB

Integrated cloud storage costs

Includes Disaster Recovery as a Service

Upgradable capacity & physical appliances available

CloudArray BYOC Subscription

Pay by the license

Unlimited capacity for all but entry-level

Bring Your Own Cloud account with CSP of choice

Includes Disaster Recovery as a Service

Physical appliances available

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Summary: Modernize Offsite Data Protection

An all-inclusive data storage solution

Integrated disaster recovery on demand Simple to implement Local performance Secure Flexible Affordable & predictable

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Virtual Appliance only (VMware V4.0 or greater,

Hyper-V, XenServer v5.5 or greater, EC2), Dual 64 bit Processors, 4GB RAM, 50GB Disk Space, GigE

Online video tutorials

for ease of installation

Download, install and provision petabytes of

storage in less than 30 minutes

TwinStrata support

to assist with application use

cases, requirements, planning next

steps

www.twinstrata.com/free-trial

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