1. Hybrid Storage with Storsimple
4/25/ :33 PM
Hybrid Storage with Storsimple
Marin Frankovic
Datacenter TSP
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2. Storage Today = Complex & Expensive
Storage challenges
4/25/2017
Rapid data growth - 40% YoY*
Storage cost and infrastructure sprawl
Complex data protection & recovery
Resource constraints
The elephant in the room when it comes to storage is data growth. Whether you think it 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% - whatever number you think it is – it’s a lot and it’s driving a lot of decisions that IT people would rather not make. Whatever lens you use to look at storage, there are costs – for a lot of customers its many things. For some its mostly the hardware and hardware upgrades that never stop and the threat of going over a capacity cliff. For others its software licenses, for others its administrators time, for others its datacenter footprint, power and cooling and we could spend a lot of time talking about how these things overlap and compound each other, but the fact that data keeps growing creates an environment that is never quite stable and always at risk.
Then there are the never-ending problems with data recovery – the itch that never seems to get scratched hard enough. People still use a lot of tape and that hurts because of the time and effort that go into managing tape and the inevitable mistakes that are made because the work is incredibly boring. Of course, people switched to dedupe backup systems which makes things a lot better expect there are still issues with off-site protection – whether they write data from disk to tape or replicate to another system at a remote site – because that gets expensive. Disk for backup is pretty great, but running out of capacity for all the copies that supposed to be retained is not –and that’s an edge that administrators are always walking on. IT teams could always stand to improve their DR capabilities – especially with respect to recovery – which is something they rarely get to practice because just staging a disaster takes more time and resources than they can afford. Where are they going to put all the data they are trying to restore? What does that do to their production operations? Can you actually learn anything when the goal becomes not upsetting the status quo when you are trying to simulate a disaster?
Finally, there is the opportunity cost that storage exerts on the organization in terms of missed opportunites to do other things to help the business run better. When capital and human resources are tied up managing
Storage Today = Complex & Expensive
* Source: EMC Digital Universe with Research and Analysis by IDC, 2014
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3. StorSimple 8000 series: Where they fit in
4/25/2017
StorSimple 8100, StorSimple 8600 with Microsoft Azure StorSimple Manager and Microsoft Azure StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Customer Data Center
Applications in Physical or Virtual Servers
StorSimple 8100
15TB - 40TB local
200TB with cloud
StorSimple 8600
40TB – 100TB local
500TB with cloud
Consolidated storage and data management
Access in Azure to enterprise data
StorSimple Hybrid Storage Array
Azure Data Center
Microsoft Azure
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Applications in Virtual Servers
Microsoft Azure StorSimple Manager
series storage arrays are built and distributed by Seagate
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4. Tiering to Azure versus other clouds, with StorSimple
Features
Microsoft Azure
AWS, OpenStack, HP
Cloud Storage √
StorSimple Manager Service (in Azure)
Disaster Recovery with StorSimple Virtual Appliance (Failover)
Applications in Azure with StorSimple Virtual Appliance (Clone)
Migration Tool Kit

5. Microsoft Azure StorSimple Big Picture
ON-PREMISES DATA CENTER
CLOUD DATACENTER
Microsoft Azure StorSimple Big Picture
Cloud
Server
Series 8000
Hybrid Storage Array
Internet connection
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
iSCSI
StorSimple Manager
StorSimple Snapshot Manager Plug-in
Administrator

6. StorSimple 8000 series: Hardware specs summary
Model Number
81001
86001
Usable Capacity
15TB
40TB
Usable SSD Capacity
800GB
2TB
Effective Local Capacity2
15-75TB
40-200TB
Max Capacity (including cloud)
200TB
500TB
Network Interface Cards
2 x 10G and 4 x 1G
Enclosure Form Factor
1 X 2U
2 X 2U
1 Storage arrays built and distributed by Xyratex; Full specifications can be found at
2 Based on deduplication and compression; may vary by workloads and data types

7. StorSimple 8000 series: StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Model Number
1100
Maximum Capacity
30TB
Storage
Azure BLOB
Network
Connects to VMs via a virtual network in Azure
* No MPIO

8. Fault tolerance of enterprise class storage
Software Feature
Protects Against?
How is works?
Controller failover
Protection against the failure of a controller.
The dual controllers are active/passive. In the event the active controller fails the passive controller automatically takes over.
NVRAM mirrored across controllers via NTB.
Storage Spaces
Protection in the event of one or more drive failures.
Disk insert into and removal from pools.
Nondisruptive software upgrades (NDU)
Allows updates to be made to the operating system without taking downtime.
The software is downloaded and updated on each controller. One controller is up at all times to continue processing and serving data.
Dual Controllers
Redundant Power Supplies
Network Interfaces

9. Networking
Physical,
Virtual Servers
iSCSI should be on the storage network and it is not recommended to route the iSCSI traffic
To access azure, the firewall should allow HTTPS port (443)
If external DNS server is used, ports for DNS should be open
If external SMTP server is used for notification, port 25 should be open
NIC
NIC
Switch 1
Switch 2
VLAN1
VLAN2
NIC D1
NIC D2
NIC D1
NIC D2
CONTROLLER 1
CONTROLLER 2
NIC
MGMT
NIC D3
NIC D3
NIC
MGMT
WAN (Corporate)
Switch 3
Internet/WAN connection

10. Local, Zone, and Geo Redundant Storage Options
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Local, Zone, and Geo Redundant Storage Options
Data protection for data in the cloud
Prevents against a partial or complete data center failure
Primary Location
Makes 3 copies of data across separate fault domains
Asynchronous replication between Azure data centers
Secondary Location
Replicated data does not count against data limit for the account
Failover to alternate location determined by Azure operations
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11. Automatic tiering 1 2 3 4 Tier is empty in the beginning
Low Threshold
High Threshold
Time
Tier is empty in the beginning 1
New data is written at start of free space
DATA 2
Oldest
Data
Data exceeds high watermark
DATA 3
Old data spills to next tier
DATA 4
Tier returns to low watermark level
DATA

12. Deduplication 64KB Chunks Dedupe Algorithm
HDD
SSD
4MB
64KB Chunks
Dedupe Algorithm
0xabc123
Record of hash keys already generated
0xaaa123
0xbbb123
0xccc123
0xabc123
0xaab123
0xccc123
0xaac123
0xbbc123
0xbcc123
0xabb123
0xaab123
0xccc123

13. Compression Compress Data Performed on data already deduplicated
HDD
Performed on data already deduplicated
Heuristics based compression to reduce CPU overhead when data is not compressible
Default algorithm is the standard DEFLATE (loss less compression)
Deduped Data
Compress Data
0xaab123
0xccc123

14. Encryption Compress Data Performed deduped and compressed data
Encryption key is generated based on the seed value provided
Encryption algorithm is AES-256 with CBC
Security keys maintained by the customer, stored securely on the appliance
Compress Data
0xabc12..
0xabc12..
Data chunk before encryption
Data chunk after encryption

15. Secure data throughout the solution
Cloud
Account Access
Account authentication with User ID, Password
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
IT administrator
Data At-rest
AES-256 bit encryption
StorSimple
Customer defined encryption keys stored on device 2 x 512 bit keys
Data In-flight
AES-256 bit encryption

16. Consolidated management of appliances
StorSimple Manager
StorSimple Service in Azure Management Portal
Simple, integrated workflows with other Azure entities
Manages multiple devices from a single management interface
Physical Appliance
Physical Appliance
Virtual Appliance
(Service Data Encryption Key is generated, on device console, when first device is registered)
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17. StorSimple Virtual Appliance
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. VM
iSCSI Initiator
Data
iSCSI Target

18. IT agility in Azure with StorSimple Virtual Appliance
The StorSimple Virtual Appliance facilitates data mobility of production datasets for the purpose of disaster recovery, on-demand development and test infrastructure, and Cloud applications.
The StorSimple Manager service provides workflows for failover of datasets for disaster recovery and clone workflows for replicating production datasets in Azure for Cloud applications and development and test scenarios
Microsoft Azure
iSCSI
Vol D
StorSimple Manager
Vol A
Vol B
Vol C
Vol D
iSCSI
Internet
Clone/Failover

19. Local and Cloud snapshots
SSD
SAS
Example Group Of Data Protection Policies
Backup Type
Snapshot Type
Frequency
Retention Period
Short-term backup
Local & Cloud
Daily ~1
week
Medium-term backup
Cloud
Weekly ~4
weeks
Long-term Backup
Monthly
~52
Local Snapshot
Cloud Snapshot

20. StorSimple Snapshot Manager
MMC UI snap-in that lives on application host and communicates with appliance(s)
Manages backup policies
Orchestrates application consistent snapshots
Restores volumes and mounts them as NTFS folders/drives

21. Secondary Datacenter or Provisioned StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Disaster recovery
Cloud Snapshot
Thin restores provides fast recovery of data, downloading a small subset of data necessary data bring applications online. Not dependent on volume size.
Recover data anyway: a secondary datacenter or a StorSimple Virtual Appliance in Azure
A volume container is failed over to the destination appliance. Time to recover is the same for physical and virtual appliance
What is needed?
Secondary Datacenter or Provisioned StorSimple Virtual Appliance

22. DR to secondary datacenter or Virtual Appliance
Microsoft Azure
Thin
Instant
Predictable
StorSimple Virtual Appliance
Location independent recovery from cloud snapshot
Cloud Snapshots
Periodic VSS consistent cloud snapshots of production data
Production Data
Production Data
Datacenter-1
Datacenter-2

23. File shares and archives
Before
Applications
FC/iSCSI
Archival Storage
Disk-based
Backup Storage
Tape
Infrastructure
Primary
Storage
After
iSCSI
Applications (Tier 2, & Tier 3 data)
On-premise footprint
Capacity on-demand

24. Remote Blob Storage repository for SharePoint
SharePoint metadata
BLOB data
Before
SharePoint Farm
FC/iSCSI
Archival Storage
Disk-based
Backup Storage
Tape
Infrastructure
Offsite Facility
Primary
Storage
SSA
BLOB data
After
iSCSI
SharePoint metadata
(SQL)
SharePoint Farm
On-premise footprint
Capacity on-demand

25. Virtual machines and eliminating VM sprawl
Active VM data (VHDs, VMDKs)
Inactive VM data
Active VM data (VHDs, VMDKs)
Free space
Before
FC/iSCSI
Archival Storage
Disk-based Backup Storage
Tape
Infrastructure & Management
Primary
Storage
Storage migration/
vMotion
After
VMs for
Tier 2/Tier 3 workloads
iSCSI
Inactive
Spin up
On-premise footprint
Capacity on-demand

26. SQL for Tier-2 and Tier-3 applications
Before
Applications
FC/iSCSI
Archival Storage
Disk-based
Backup Storage
Tape
Infrastructure
Primary
Storage
After
iSCSI
Applications (Tier 2, & Tier 3 data)
StorSimple Virtual Appliance and Cloud backup and DR
On-premise footprint

27. Customer References
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28. StorSimple: Well-proven enterprise storage solution

29. StorSimple Success in the EPG & SMS&P
S4 Solutions Specialist Summit
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StorSimple Success in the EPG & SMS&P
Recent Wins!
Manufacturing
Military and Aerospace
British Fashion Designer
“With StorSimple, data is copied to the cloud in half the time, and files can be brought back from Azure in minutes instead of 24 hours.”
-Kai Sookwongse
Group Manager, Mazda North American Operations
“Prior to StorSimple, Paul Smith simply added more and more storage to
accommodate growing data. Now they are using StorSimple to create policies that archives data to Azure storage if it hasn’t been accessed in 12 months. “
-Richard Proud Director at Microsoft Partner, Risual, U.K.
“We are saving $1M per month with StorSimple”
-Les Rowland
Chief Architect of Architects, Textron (Microsoft Ignite, 2015)
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30. Resources for Customer engagement
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Resources for Customer engagement
Microsoft Technology Center
StorSimple is located in 30 MTC locations globally
Microsoft Datacenter
Tour Microsoft Datacenter with customers
Total Datacenter Immersion
StorSimple customer experience through immersion
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© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.