bulletproof your backups on the aws cloud

Bulletproof Your Backups on the AWS Cloud

Matt BlanchardSolutions ArchitectSoftNAS

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Agenda

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• Problems with Backup Today• Storing Backups in the Cloud• Why AWS for Backup & Archive?• Demo• SoftNAS Overview• Q&A

Problems with Backup Today

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Pressure on Traditional On-Premise Solutions

Primary Block

Storage

Primary File

Storage

Archival Storage

Disk Based Backup Storage

Tape Infrastructur

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Replicated Storage for

Disaster Recovery

Offsite Location

Geo-Resilien

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Complex / BrittleSiloed /

ExpensiveCapacity Guessing© 2015 SoftNAS LLC


Traditional Backups• Time: Long/slow recovery time• Money: Capital intensive with ongoing upgrades• Effort: Complex to manage• Quality: Low durability, error prone


Traditional Backups• Backup Software

– Edge to core topologies– Dedicated people

• Tape Silos / Tap Libraries• Tape Drives (LTO-X / DLT / etc)• Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs)• Tape out / Vaulting• Unified Backup Solutions• Deduplication• Compression• Encryption


Backup Has Changed Over The Years

• Legacy backup software sent data to tape– Slow backup, slower recovery– Limited data reduction– Trucks needed DR off-site copy

• Disk backup enabled innovations– Fast backup, faster restores– Support for Dedupe, CBT– Multiple on-line DR options– Random access to files


Backup is Still Changing

• Explosion of unstructured data, especially digital content• Need for long-term retention• Need for fast, continual file access


Backup Systems Are Not

• Backup appliances need to evolve to support new backup data requirements

• Companies are slow to implement these changes• If it isn’t broke…

Storing Backups in the Cloud


Why Store Backups in the Cloud?• Availability

– Platform independent– Everywhere– Backups

• Collaborate– Sharing made easy

• Scalability• Intelligent Systems


Public Cloud vs Tape

• More and more organizations moving to the public cloud• Lower costs• Quickly find and recover data


How To Fix Backup Storage?

• Greater throughput– Faster backups while deduplicating– Faster recovery of large files

• Incremental capacity scaling– Makes growth easy, scalable

• Better resiliency– HA design

Why AWS for Backup & Archive?


Why AWS for Backup and Archive?

No capital investment

No commitmentNo risk capacity

planning

Metered usage:Pay as you go

Avoid opex and risks of physical media handling

Control your geographic locality

for performance and compliance


AWS Global Infrastructure

11 Regions

28 Availability Zones

52 Edge locations

Control your geographic locality for performance and compliance


SoftNAS + AWS

Reliable offsite data protection

• Convenient offsite protection

• Safe data – geo-replication

• Encrypted backups

Simple and integrated solution

• Familiar interface• Windows integration

Efficient backup and recovery

• Efficient use of bandwidth and storage

• Flexible configuration• Flexible in recovery• Cost-effective and

metered by usage

Simple and reliable backup to the cloud


Cloud Backup and Archive Topologies

Single GUI for Management

1. Branch office backup to cloud

2. Core data center backup to cloud

3. Cloud backup to cloud4. Hybrid cloud backup


Data Center/Branch Office Backup to Cloud• Considerations:

– Backup Software– Storage / Caching Gateway– WAN or Internet– Deduplication– Compression– Encryption– WAN Acceleration


SoftNAS ProductsSoftNAS Cloud

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)• Microsoft Azure• VMware vCloud Air• CenturyLink Cloud

Public cloud NAS filer

SoftNAS Cloud File Gateway• VMware vSphere

On-premise cloud NAS filer

SoftNAS Object Filer• VMware vSphere

Software-defined NAS for object storage

SoftNAS for Service Providers• VMware vSphere

Multi-tenant NAS replacement for use with iSCSI and object storage


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