Scaling File Sharing and Storage Infrastructuresfor Globally Distributed Cloud Deployments
Ewan Johnston IP Expo 2010
2 Corporate – P00321
Quantum at a Glance
A leading global storage company and largest independent provider of backup, recovery, and archive solutions– Pioneer in disk-based protection, including deduplication and replication– Worldwide market share leader in open systems tape automation– Proven provider of data management software with industry-leading file
system technology
Nearly 30 years of storage experience– Transformation from hard disk drive vendor to storage systems company
Global scale and presence– 2000 employees, nearly 900 in customer-facing roles– Service in 100+ countries– Annual revenue of over $800M (NYSE: QTM)
© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
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Trends Driving Cloud Interest and Adoption
Excessive Data Growth
Limited Time for Application Deployment
Requirements for Infrastructure
Flexibility
Enables convenient, on-demand access to shared pool of resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released
with minimal administration
On-demand scalability
Data that’s always available, on, and secure
Ubiquitous access with location Independence
Ability to leverage technology price curve
Need for Data Access and
SecurityCOST
© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
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The Problem with Scale
Scale needed to provide a platform for Cloud
If you take what you have and ‘scale it’, what does it
do – Disk on its own becomes prohibitively expensive
– Data islands can no longer be managed
– Traditional backup scenarios fail
Different architectures are required to globally share
and manage data
© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
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Quantum’s StorNext Solutions
Globally Distributed File Share with Virtualized Storage
High Performance File Share
Enterprise Archive
Replication Across Sites
Continuous Data Protection
Disaster Recovery
Virtualised Storage
Cloud Enabled
Worldwide Locations
High performance file sharing increases productivity
Data management across storage tiers and sites reduces costs
From single location to enterprise wide management of business critical data assets
Data Centers
Virtual
Files
Archive & Protect Share
StorNext
Scalar Library
© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily
represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
StorNextSAN Clients
CIFS/NFS
GigE TCP/IPInfiniband IP
Stor
Nex
t DLC
GatewayServers
PRIMARY TIER
TAPE LIBRARY ARCHIVE
VAULT
HA Metadata
Controllers
StorNext Replication
StorNext Deduplication
SECONDARY TIER
StorNext Storage Manager
Inside StorNextEnd-to-end Data Management Solution: Data Sharing, Tiered Storage and Archiving
• High-performance data sharing with on-demand access and provisioning
• Massive scalability for seamless growth• Distributed network-centric architecture with policy-based
management and data protection• More than 5000 customer installations
Natural extension to the hybrid cloud
StorNext Customer Example: International News BroadcasterPrivate Cloud Implementation
Business ChallengeNeed for more rapid recovery of any data asset – even from
archive
Five global satellite offices and one primary site operate like
silos causing duplication and mismanagement of news assets
No formal archive system and process to manage core news
(more than 5 PB of content)
No process to manage, authenticate, and control data assets as
they are created, modified, and accessed
News Bureau 1 News Bureau 2 News Bureau 3
StorNext Customer Example: International News BroadcasterSilos of Storage Pools
News Bureau 1 News Bureau 2 News Bureau 3
StorNext Customer Example: International News Broadcaster
Multiple File Copies Consuming Storage
News Bureau 1 News Bureau 2 News Bureau 3
StorNext Customer Example: International News Broadcaster
Multiple File Copies Consuming Storage
NO FILE SHARING ACROSS BUREAUS
News Bureau 1 News Bureau 2 News Bureau 3
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mismatch
FILE VERSION MISMATCHNO FILE MASTER CONTROL OR AUTHENTIC OWNER
no sharing
StorNext Customer Example: International News Broadcaster
Burden-Sharing, Authenticating, Controlling
News Bureau 1 News Bureau 3News Bureau 2
StorNext Customer Example: International News Broadcaster
News Bureau 1
News Bureau 2
News Bureau 3 CU
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AUTHENTICATE USER ACCESS
INDEXES FILES FOR SEARCH
PUBLISH VIDEO NEWS ASSETS
FRONT-END PORTAL
HETEROGENEOUS OS SUPPORT
CONCURRENT SHARED FILE ACCESS
TRANSPARENT VIDEO ARCHIVING
VIRTUALIZED STORAGE POOLS
HA MetadataController
VIRTUALIZED SHARED STORAGE
FC / iSCSI
SECONDARY TIER
TAPE LIBRARY ARCHIVE
VAULT
StorNextUnified Data Management
StorNextStorage Manager
StorNext Customer Example: International News Broadcaster
Private Cloud Solution
News Bureau 1
News Bureau 2
News Bureau 3
© 2010 Quantum Corporation. Company Confidential. Forward-looking information is based upon multiple assumptions and uncertainties, does not necessarily represent the company’s outlook and is for planning purposes only.
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Summary
Cloud solutions require– On-demand scalability
– Data availability and security
– Ubiquitous access with location independence
– Ability to leverage technology price curve
StorNext provides a platform for cloud through – Globally distributed file share
– Storage virtualisation with data protection
– Use of open systems hardware