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StorSimple: Extending Your Datacenter into Microsoft Azure with Hybrid Cloud StorageMeghan Liese Technical Product Marketing, StorSimple
Jamie PeeblesTechnical Sales Professional, StorSimple
Leslie RowlandChief Architect, Textron
BRK2494
Session OverviewHybrid Cloud Storage for the EnterpriseHighly available and secure data storage with StorSimple Simplifying infrastructure with a single StorSimple solution
Integrated ManagementMicrosoft Azure StorSimple Manager enables end-to-end workflows for using and managing dataMicrosoft Azure Management Portal provides integrated management to build your virtual datacenter in Azure
Disaster Recovery and Data Mobility for Applications in Azure Location independent disaster recovery in Azure or a secondary datacenterPorting on-premises data to Azure to run on the StorSimple Virtual Appliance with Azure VMs
Agenda Overview of the StorSimple solution Integrated management with the
StorSimple Manager Service demo!
Disaster Recovery and Data Mobility for Applications in Azure demo!
Q&A with Textron
SAN and NAS storage
Private cloud with traditionalstorage
Microsoft Azure Stack Storage
Private cloud with Microsoft SDS
StorSimple with Azure storage
Hybrid cloudStorage
Azure storage
Public cloudStorage
Customer
ServiceproviderMicrosoft
ONEconsistent platform
Customerchoice
Addressing storage challenges with
StorSimple
Primary Storage
Archival Storage
Disk-based Backup
Remote Replication
Tape backup and DR
Storage Today Microsoft Azure StorSimple
Managedata growth
Lower storage costs
Simplify data protection and
disaster recovery
Increase business agility
Reduce storage costs by 40-60%
StorSimple
End-to-end Microsoft hybrid cloud solution
iSCSI Internet
Cluster File Server Highly Available Device
Cloud Redundancy
StorSimple Manager
Secure and highly available enterprise storage
Cloud Data Management
• De-dupe, compression, encryption
• Auto-tiering• Cloud snapshots• Thin restores for DR• Security agent
Storage Spaces
Hot-spare drives
v
Non-disruptive software
upgrades
Certified by Microsoft
Full MPIO
Dual controllers w/ auto-failover
(Active/passive configuration)
Dual power
Dual cooling fans
SAN storage on enterprise-class platform*
* 8100 and 8600 storage arrays are built and distributed by Seagate
Security
Account authentication with User ID, Password
StorSimple Customer defined encryption keys stored on device 2 x 512 bit keys
Account Access
Data In-flight
IT administrator
AES-256 bit encryption
Data At-restAES-256 bit encryption
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Automated data tiering
SSDDeduplicate
d
SASDeduplicatedCompressed
CloudDeduplicatedCompressedEncrypted
SSDLinear Tier
Metadata mapLBA FP
LBA = Logical block address
FP = Fingerprint pointer
High-water mark
for tieringInput data
FPA
FPB
FPC
FPA
FPB
1
2
3
4
5
A B C D E
C D E
A B
FPD6
FPE7
D E
D E
Cloud Snapshots
Point-in-time copy of
volume data
Stored in the Cloud
Metadata is preserved in its entirety
Only changed blocks are copied to
Cloud
SSD
SAS
Microsoft Azure
Production Data Production Data
Cloud Snapshots
Datacenter-1 Datacenter-2
Periodic VSS consistent cloud snapshots of production data
Location independent recovery from cloud snapshot
Location independent recovery with cloud snapshots
Thin Instant PredictableStorSimple Virtual
Appliance
StorSimple target use cases
* New with Microsoft Azure StorSimple 8000 Series
Cloud Apps
*
Virtual Machines SharePoi
ntFileshare
s
Archives SQL Server*
AzureWorkloads
On-premisesworkloads
DR* Dev/test*
Microsoft Azure Management with StorSimple Manager
Physical Appliance
StorSimple Manager
Physical Appliance
Virtual Appliance
StorSimple Service in Azure Management Portal
Simple, integrated workflows with other Azure entities
Manages multiple devices from a single management interface
Provisioning storage with StorSimple Manager
vol4vol3
Volume Container2 (VC_2)
Vol2Vol1
Volume Container1 (VC_1)
Azure Storage
StorageAccount1000
StorageAccount2000
Backups
vol4vol3
Volume Container2 (VC_2)
Vol2Vol1
Volume Container1 (VC_1)
Azure Storage
StorageAccount1000
StorageAccount2000
Backup Policy
Volumes Backups
AM_dailyAM_daily_SS
1AM_daily_SS
2AM_daily_SS
3
PM_daily PM_daily_SS1PM_daily_SS2PM_daily_SS3
WeeklyWeekly_SS1
MonthlyMonthly_SS1
Vol2Vol1
Vol2Vol1
Vo4Vol3
Vol2Vol1
Vo4Vol3
Vol2Vol1
Vo4Vol3
The StorSimple Virtual ApplianceBuilding your virtual datacenter in Azure
VM
The Virtual Appliance is a software version of the physical array that runs on a VM in Azure and can be provisioned and turned-on as needed.
The StorSimple Virtual Appliance is an iSCSI target for the VMs in Azure.
A virtual network joins VMs and the StorSimple Virtual Appliance.
iSCSI Initiator
iSCSI Target
Clone or failover datasets to run with applications in Azure
Clone/Failover
Microsoft Azure
iSCSI Internet
StorSimple Manager
iSCSI
iSCSI
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Textron’s business goals for their IT infrastructure
Lower Storage Costs
Simplify storage management
Simplify Disaster Recovery
Provide a scalable architecture
Ease of implementation
Dedicated ISP ArchitectureiSCSI isolated VLAN
(non routable)
Production VLAN
Management VLAN
Azure DMZ
Public DMZ
Firewall
Ethernet Connection
Azure storage
File Server StorSimple
Network Dedicated VLAN
for iSCSI Traffic Dedicated
switches for iSCSI (in most cases)
Jumbo frames
Virtual Machine (VMWare) 4cores x 32GB 2 iSCSI NICs Windows Server 2012
R2 SMB 3.0 Volume Shadow
Copy MPIO enabled vMotion for server
failover/redundancy
Summary
Hybrid Cloud Storage provides major benefits
Learn more: microsoft.com/storsimple
40-60% lower TCO versus traditional enterprise storage
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2Primary storage with automated data protection and highly efficient disaster recovery
3 Pivot from infrastructure management to innovation
Sessions: BRK2458: Azure Storage Overview – Tuesday 3:15PM BRK4450: Azure Premium Storage – Thursday 5:00PM BRK4101: SharePoint and StorSimple – Friday 9:00AM BRK7702: Azure Storage Performance, Scale, and Security – Friday
10:45AM
MSDN Communityhttps://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/azure/en-US/home?forum=StorSimple
StorSimple Blog http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/storsimple/overview.aspx
Microsoft Technology Centers
Resources
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Offers throughout the week
Learn more with FREE IT Pro Resources
Free technical training resources: On-demand online training: http://aka.ms/learnhybrid
Expand your Hybrid Infrastructure Knowledge
Free ebooks:Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model: http://aka.ms/hybrid-storage-ebookMicrosoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure: http://aka.ms/azure-fundamentals-ebook
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