5 questions to ask when considering cloud storage

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5 Questions to Ask When Considering Cloud Storage

February 12, 2014


Digital Data Tsunami 40 ZB by 2020

Storage demand outpacing density growth

Demand doubles every 18 mos @ 62% CAGR*

Storage densities not keeping up @ 20%/yr**

*Source:DSC**Per HIS Suppli over next 5 years

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Today’s SAN/NAS Solutions - The Storage Life CycleStorage System Sprawl

Rapid growth in infrastructure, rack space, floor space, power& cooling

Geometric increase in storage management

Repairs, maint, upgrades,patches, fixes, downtime

Data protection, backup, snapshots,

DR, DT, BC

Offsite archive, active archive, compliance, long-term retention

Tech refreshData migration

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Where Cloud Storage Comes Into Play

Massively Scalable

No Infrastructure Sprawl

No Maintenance Headaches

Redundancy and DR

Never run out of capacity, pay by the drink

Minimal, fixed on-premise footprint

No tech refresh, software upgrades, drive failures or tapes

Geographic replication with ability to recover anywhere

THE CURE FOR THE STORAGE LIFE CYCLE:

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5 Questions to Ask Before You Start

How do I use it? How do I get my data in? How do I get my data out? Is it secure? What happens in the future?

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ON-PREMISEAPPLICATIONS

CLOUD

Cloud Storage

OBJECT API

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Files Backup Archive Apps

Hypervisor

What’s Needed?

SOAP/REST integration Security Performance Manageability


ON-PREMISEAPPLICATIONS

Cloud Storage GatewayCloud-Integrated Storage

Hybrid Cloud Storage

CLOUD

Cloud Storage

SnapshotProtection

Data Reduction

Security and key mgmt

High-Speed Caching

Multi-cloud Support

Recovery

SAN / NAS API

Q1: How Do I Use It? 7

Files Backup Archive Apps

Hypervisor


Q2: How Do I Get My Data In? Three basic choices

Upload Upload with bandwidth boost Ship it

Devil is in the details 1TB/day per 100Mbit/sec Physical shipment needs to be secure

Encrypted objects on drives No sharing of keys with provider or transporter

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Q3: How Do I Get My Data Out? Why?

Better, faster, cheaper provider Provider shuts down Change your mind

Determine contingency plan Multiple means

Pull down via network Move cloud to cloud Physical bulk download

What happens to data left behind?

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Q4: Is It Secure? The threats

3rd party spying 3rd party access Cloud infrastructure lifecycle

Best practices – multi-layer security Strong encryption (i.e. AES)

Server-side not good enough

Maintain keys locally Protect and encrypt keys

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Q5: What Happens In The Future? Consider future scenarios

Hybrid cloud / on-premise storage Hybrid cloud / on-premise apps All apps in-cloud

Use a future-proof solution Software-defined – no hardware Runs anywhere Able to migrate apps and data

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Summary

Break the storage life cycle with cloud

Ask the questions to ensure a secure, flexible solution that grows with your business

83% of businesses use or plan to use cloud storage – is yours next?

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