Get your On-Premise NAS in the Azure Cloud

Matt BlanchardSolutions ArchitectSoftNAS

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Matt BlanchardSolutions Architect

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Agenda

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• On-Premise vs Cloud• Azure Overview• Architecture• SoftNAS Demo

– Enterprise-class NAS on Azure– Extending Azure Blob Storage

• Use Cases• SoftNAS Overview• Q&A

On-Premise vs Cloud

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This is not new…

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Build vs. Buy

HighLow High

LowControl Economy of

Scale

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This is new…

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On premise vs. in the cloud

HighLow High

LowControl Economy of

Scale

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On premise vs. in the cloud

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HighLow High

LowControl Economy of

Scale

Application runs on-premise

Buy my own hardware,

and manage my own data

center

Application runs at a hosting provider

Co-location or Managed

servers

Application runs using

cloud services

“cloud fabric” (elastic,

infini-scale)

Architecture

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Flexible, adaptable architecture

Linux virtual appliance

ARCHITECTURE INTEGRATION DATA SERVICES• API and CLI• Cross data center• Cross-zone VPC• Easy

administration• File gateway• HTML5 Admin UI• Software filer• ZFS on Linux

• AWS• Azure• CenturyLink cloud• CIFS w/ Active

directory• FC SAN• iSCSI LUN• iSCSI SAN• NFS• S3 Objects• SSD• VMware vSphere

• Block replication• Cloud disks• Compression• Inline deduplication• Instant snapshots• Multi-level caching• Storage pools• Thin provisioning• Writable

SnapClones™

SoftNAS Cloud NAS Virtual Storage Appliance on Azure Compute and Front-end Azure Blob

Native Object

NFS

CIFS/SMB

iSCSI

AFP

Azure Blob

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SoftNAS + Azure Architecture

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End-userdesktops, devices

Applicationsand servers

Volumes

AFP iSCSI

Storage pools

Cloud NAS

CIFS NFS Site ASite B Public

Cloud

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Demo

• Enterprise-class NAS on Azure

• Extending Azure Blob Storage

Use Cases

Challenge:• Company needs to quickly

SaaS enable a customer-facing application on Azure but app does not support Azure Blob

• Needs AD/LDAP integrationSolution:• Re-write app to support

Azure Blob (unlikely)• Do not change application:

Use SoftNAS Cloud NAS on Azure for NFS/CIFS/iSCSI

Use Case:NFS/CIFS/iSCSI Storage on Azure Cloud

Azureor

On-prem hosted VMs

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Challenge:• Major publishing company

needs reliable offsite data protection

• Large hardware capital investment

• Need metered usage• Simple and integrated

solution

Solution:• Branch office backup to

cloud• Core data center backup

to cloud• Cloud backup to cloud• Hybrid cloud backup

Use Case: Disaster Recovery on Azure Cloud

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Use Case: Hybrid On-Premise Storage Gateway to Azure CloudChallenge:• Major publishing

company has performance-sensitive applications that need local LANs

• Need off-site protection and/or capacity

Solution:• On-prem virtual

appliance• Replication,

snapshotting or back-up to Azure

• Capacity expansion to Azure

On-prem hosted VMs

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SoftNAS Overview

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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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Technology Partners

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Next Steps

• Learn More – softnas.com/azure

• Try it – softnas.com/tryazure

• Contact Us – softnas.com/contact

• Follow Us – @SoftNAS

Try It!

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