nexenta ttec-2012
DESCRIPTION
Presentation on the ttec platform with Nexenta for unfied storage.TRANSCRIPT
Nexenta Enterprise class storage for everyone
NexentaStor provides enterprise class unified storage capabilities via a software solution that ends vendor lock-in while delivering superior storage management functionality with a particular focus on virtualized environments
WHAT IS NEXENTASTOR?
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Enterprise class functionality 75% Savings
Unified storage: block and file
Leading OpenStorage solution
• Runs on standard hardware
Offers unmatched enterprise features at 70-80% savings:
• End to end data integrity
• Unlimited file size & snaps
• Synchronous and ZFS replication
Superior storage for virtualized environments
THE NEXENTA PICTURE
Leveraged existing value chains, improved price performance by 10x, addressed untapped demand
Hardware Software Integration
Sales, marketing
and support
Value Added by transtec
NEXENTASTOR ARCHITECTURE
Enterprise Edition + search + synch replication
+ ease of use + remote management
Additional modules VM Management + WORM + HA +
pNFS
• Hardware independent • NAS/SAN/iSCSI/FC • CDP via ZFS snapshots • CDP via block sync • Advanced graphics • Event based API
Illumos kernel multi-core + clustering
Debian / Ubuntu #1 community + packaging
NexentaOS: • Loves multiple cores • Boot level ZFS • >1 million downloads
ZFS: File system • universal: SAN/NAS/iSCSI/FC • performance: variable block size +
prefetch • Software RAID that identifies and
corrects data corruption
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POWERFUL UI WITH REAL-TIME DISPLAY
NEXENTASTOR FEATURES
• Supports NAS and SAN
– NFS/CIFS and iSCSI/FC
• Highly scalable capacity and performance
– Benchmarked at over 4,000MB sec – bigger than the largest NTAP
– Takes advantage of current technology e.g. SSD for performance
• Unlimited snapshots and clones
– With fully integrated search
• Full active/active HA configuration
– No single point of failure
• Heterogeneous block and file replication
– Allows easy DR configurations
– Synchronous or Asynchronous
• Internal RAID-Z and spares
• VM integration
– Vmware, XEN and Hyper-V
– Nexenta VDI
• Cloud storage capabilities
• Compression, Dedupe and in box virus scan
– Encryption in 2012
– All in band – not post process
• End to end data integrity
– No silent data corruption
• Thin provisioning
• Non-disruptive volume grow
• DTrace based analytics
DATA PROTECTION WITH CLUSTER
TECH PARTNERS
WHY NEXENTASTOR? 80% lower TCO with no vendor lock in
Eliminates costly platform dependent software
Maximizes utilization of existing storage resources
One solution supports all storage tiers
SAN and NAS support
Zettabyte capacity
Unlimited snapshots and clones
Thin provisioning
Virtual machine integration
Non-disruptive volume Grow/Shrink
No vendor dependencies; Open source file system
Storage is a normal application – manage and scale like other critical applications
Open interoperability: Any host, Any O/S, Any Storage
Heterogeneous block and file replication
Hybrid storage pools – increase performance and reduce power by 80%
Open management API
Cost Effective
Scalable &
Efficient
Open Solution
HOW DO CUSTOMERS USE NEXENTASTOR?
User Scenarios • Primary & Tiered Storage • Application Servers • Data Protection • Streaming Media • Virtualization and Cloud
Back-Up In-line deduplication, replication and potential as a multi-protocol target make us an
ideal backup target Virtualization Hybrid storage pooling (native SSD), hot data optimization, management, deduplication,
snap shots, replication, compression make us an ideal solution for virtualization Cloud Strong virtualization, low cost enterprise HA cluster, replication make NexentaStor a good
platform for cloud infrastructure
PLUG-INS
Software Plug-ins
High Availability Cluster - Single and dual active-active fail-over configuration options to increase availability
VM Data Center - View and manage your entire virtualized VMware, Citrix Xen or Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure from a simple point and click interface. Setup backups, provision storage, setup replication & retention policies, and perform common tasks, such as stopping & starting VMs or creating template-based clones.
Delorean - Windows Back-up, Restore & Search Application - ZFS-powered backup for Windows with VSS clients. Select files and folders to protect via built-in File Explorer interface.
NAMESPACE CLUSTER
• Scales out NexentaStor NFS clusters • Distribute load across systems through intelligent analytics and background migration • Adds penultimate level to industry leading multi-level data protection • Scale limits have to do with simultaneous access to single file or directory • No limit on amount of storage, number of clients, number of clusters • Manage the entire name space from any node, on demand