An Introduction to WD Arkeia

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An introduction to

WD Arkeia

Network Backup for Business

© 2014 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED2

AgendaAN INTRODUCTION TO WD ARKEIA

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Market Overview and Competitive Landscape

WD Arkeia and Product Benefits

How to Choose the Right Deployment

Key Differentiating Technologies

WD Arkeia User Interface

Summary

Q & A

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Competitive Landscape

$4.4B Data Protection Market 2012

Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup / Recovery Software, June 2013


Network Backup Market ParticipantsFocus on “Medium-size Company” Markets

Median Size of Company Served

Small Medium Enterprise

FeatureRichness

High

Low

WD Arkeia

SymantecNetBackup

IBMTivoli Storage

Manager (TSM)

AcronisBackup & Recovery

VeeamBackup & Replication

UnitrendsRecovery

SymantecBackup Exec EMC

Networker

CommVaultSimpana

CAArcserveBarracuda

Backup

EMCAvamar

Atempo / ASGTime Navigator

DellNetVault

HPDataprotector



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Western Digital Progression

Storage Components

Consumer Products

StorageSolutions

Direct Retail VAR

OEM Consumer Business

Started in 1988…#1 Started in 2007…#1 Started in 2011…


Network Backup for Business Since 1999WD Arkeia Product Overview

Backup Servers as Software Application Physical Appliance Virtual Appliance

Key technology for fast backups Patented Progressive Deduplication™ Multi-flow Seed and Feed™

Key technology for ease of use Web UI Disk, Tape, Cloud targets Broad platform support (243 physical and all major virtual environments)

Key technology for affordability Backward compatibility of server to *all* previous versions of agents reduces cost of upgrades Single solution for both physical and virtual environments No per agent fees for file-folder backup (or per-CPU or per-core fees)

Click here for WD Arkeia datasheets and customer success stories!

Watch “Tips for better data deduplication” webinar recording to learn more!

http://www.arkeia.com/en/products/datasheets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d72ax5gxQK4&list=PL60buAsYiWUS0wdCrt4V7HeMwlzVnNyTQ&index=3


Purpose Built Backup AppliancesWD Arkeia Appliance Portfolio

SHIPPING SINCE JULY 2013

RA4300Intel Xeon ;

6x4TB

RA4300TIntel Xeon ;

6x4TBIntegrated LTO5

RA5300Intel Xeon ;

12x3TBIntegrated SSD

RA6300Dual Intel Xeon ;

12x4TB; Integrated SSD

DA1300Intel Atom ; 4x2TB

DA2300Intel Xeon ; 4x4TB;

Integrated SSD

SHIPPING SINCE OCT 2013

SHIPPING SINCE DEC 2013


WD Arkeia Ultra Compact Desktop Appliances

DA2300 (9” x 6” x 8”) Power: Dual / redundant power adaptersNetwork: Dual / redundant 1Gbps NICsDisk: 4TB WD Se™8 or 16 TB raw4 or 8 TB usable after RAID-1SSD: 128 GB ComputeIntel Xeon Quad Core CPU16 or 24 GB memory

WD Arkeia DA Series

DA1300 (9” x 6” x 8”)

Power: Dual / redundant power adapters

Network: Dual / redundant 1Gbps NICs

Disk: 2 TB WD Red™ 4 or 8 TB raw 2 or 4 TB usable after RAID-1

Compute Intel Atom Dual Core CPU 4 GB memory

Target side dedupe not supported No dedupe with vStorage on the appliance


WD Arkeia 2U Rackmount AppliancesWD Arkeia RA Series

Model RA4300 RA4300T RA5300 RA6300

Form factor 2U 2U 2U 2U

# 3.5” Drive bays x HDD size (TB) 6 x 4 6 x 4 12 x 3 12 x 4

Redundancy RAID-6 RAID-6 RAID-6 RAID-6

Raw HDD capacity (TB) 24 24 36 48

Licensable Usable HDD capacity (TB) 8, 16 8, 16 15, 30 20, 40

Internal Tape drive --- LTO5 --- ---

Integrated SSD --- --- 360GB 480GB

Processors Xeon Xeon Xeon 2 x Xeon

Memory (GB) 32 32 64 96

Power Supplies Single Single Dual/Redundant Dual/Redundant

Number PCIe slots 3 3 3 6

Standard IP Connectivity 2 x 1G 2 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G

Optional IP Connectivity --- --- 2 x 10Gbps 2 x 10Gbps

Standard External Connectivity (for Tape) SAS v1 --- SAS v2 SAS v2

Optional External Connectivity (for Tape) --- --- 8Gbps FC 8Gbps FC

Click here to learn more about WD Arkeia Appliance Portfolio!

http://www.wd.com/wdarkeia/appliance/


WD Arkeia PositioningFast Shorter backup windows, Improved RPO Nightly replication with less bandwidth, With De-duplication

Easy to Use Web and command-line interfaces Simple license management, Bundle license One product protects physical and virtual environments Unlimited file/folder backup agents on any of over 200 platform types Servers connect to all previous versions of agents Extensive reporting and alerting for improved visibility

Affordable Features of an enterprise solution at an SMB price Simple pricing




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Backup Server Deployment ModesWD Arkeia Product Overview

Physical Appliance (APA) Virtual Appliance (AVA)Software Application (ASA)

Arkeia Virtual

Appliance

VMware Hypervisor

WD Arkeia Virtual

Appliance


Comparison of Deployment Modes

Criteria Physical Appliance

Software Application Virtual Appliance

Required Tech Expertise Low High Moderate

Speed of Provisioning Moderate Slow Fastest

Physical Security and Malware Isolation High Low Moderate

Seed and Feed No-Brainer Some effort Some effort

Fully Engineered Solution Yes No No

Flexible Configuration Low High Moderate

WD Arkeia Product Overview

Watch “Purpose Built Backup Appliances” webinar recording to learn more!

Watch “How to Deploy WD Arkeia Virtual Appliance in 5 Mins” demo to learn more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYM1RW1_EwY&feature=share&list=PL60buAsYiWUS0wdCrt4V7HeMwlzVnNyTQ

http://www.demosondemand.com/DemoStage3/index.asp?sessID=4379&promotion_id=0&startTime=0&reseller_id=443



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Hybrid Cloud Backup

Seed and Feed

Patented Progressive De-Duplication

Private Cloud vs Public Cloud

Backward Agent compatibility

Encryption, AES 256, Blowfish 448 and Triple DES

No per server licensing



Cloud BackupDEFINITION:

Backup Agent

Backup Agent

Backup Agent

Step 1

Perform backup to Cloud(Slow backups / restores, but safe data)

Backup Server


Hybrid Cloud BackupDEFINITION:

Replicate backups to cloud (Safe-keeping of data)

Backup Agent

Backup Server

Backup Agent

Backup Agent

Step 1 Step 2

Perform backup on LAN(Fast backups, fast restores)

Backup Server


Typical Hybrid-Cloud Deployment – Seed & FeedReplicate with Portable Disks *and* with WAN

Backup Agent

Backup Server

Backup Agent

Backup Agent

Backup Server

LAN CLOUD


Deduplication TechnologiesBasics of Deduplication

Tolerates… File-Level Fixed-block Variable-block Progressive

“Append” or “Modify” No Yes Yes Yes

“Insert” No No Yes Yes

Compression Ratios Poor Fair Good Better

Speed Excellent Good Fair Good


Private vs. Public Cloud Targets

Pros Cons

Private Cloud(Owned storage)

• More secure

• Less expensive

• Requires partner or expertise

• Up-front investment in hardware

Pros Cons

Private Cloud(Owned storage)

• More secure

• Less expensive

• Requires partner or expertise

• Up-front investment in hardware

Public Cloud(Hosted storage)

• Zero investment

• Easily expansible

• Less secure & more expensive

• Limited physical access (for seed & feed)



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WD Arkeia Dashboard

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Announcement of WD Arkeia v10.2

Demo



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AN INTRODUCTION TO WD ARKEIA

Fast, Easy-to-Use, Affordable•Comes in both desktop and rack-mount form factors

•From 4 TB to 48 TB raw capacity

Three modes of Deployment•Appliance based•Software based•VM based

Differentiating Features•Hybrid Cloud “Seed & Feed” Backup

•Progressive Deduplication

•Private vs Public Cloud

Intuitive User Interface•One View Dashboard •Simple Reporting



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An Introduction to WD Arkeia