1. What Would Cloud Storage Optimized for Preservation Look Like
What Would Cloud Storage Optimized for Preservation Look Like? Amar Kapadia, Sr. Director Strategy Long-term Storage Service, EVault
May 22, 2013

2. Who is EVault? A Seagate Company
Cloud storage services company with 43,000+ customers over 15 years
-Data protection
-Disaster recovery
KEY TAKEAWAY: This is EVault - a credible company to partner with.
Key points:
Cloud-connected backup & recovery
SaaS, SW, Appliances all on 1 technology platform
In business since ’97 – the longest track record
Over 38,000 customers
Mid-market and enterprise ROBO
Heavy concentration in regulated industries
Partner network designs, delivers and services the solution
Backed by Seagate, world leader in storage
Details:
EVault is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seagate.
We deliver what we call cloud-connected backup and recovery services –in the form of SaaS, Software, and Appliances in any combination - all built on the same technology platform.
We’ve been in business since 1997, the most experienced cloud backup service provider in the market, and now have over 38,000 mid-market and enterprise ROBO customers – with particularly + adoption in regulated industries like finance and healthcare.
We also have a strong network of resellers and OEM partners that design and deploy EVault solutions – under our brand, or theirs.
And as a Seagate company, we have the backing of the world leader in storage.
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3. Storage Options for Preservation
Traditional cloud storage e.g. S3, Azure, Rackspace, HP etc.
Tape style cloud storage e.g. Permivault, Glacier etc.
Cloud
Disk/ LTFS/ Vaulting (dark archive)
On-prem
Hot
Hot
Warm
Cold
Frozen

4. If you buy into Cloud Storage playing a role then…
What would Preservation Optimized Cloud Storage look like?
And how would we grade current cloud storage providers in the aggregate*?
*Compares IaaS providers; excludes cloud value add layers e.g. Duracloud, Tessella etc.

5. Categories
Scalable reliable storage
Preservation features
Economics
SLAs

6. Scalable, reliable, on-demand storage
Scalable Storage
Scalable, reliable, on-demand storage
Grade: +

7. Scalable Storage
Geo-replication
Grade: +/-

8. Preservations Features
Fixity (Data Integrity) Checking
Grade: 

9. Preservations Features
Auditable Event Tracking
Grade: 

10. Preservations Features
Assured Delete
Grade: 

11. Preservations Features
Immutability
Grade: 

12. Preservations Features
Retention Management
Grade: +/-

13. Preservations Features
Format Conversions
Grade: +/-

14. Preservations Features
Store Native Metadata
Grade: +/-

15. Preservations Features
Metadata Indexing & Search
Grade: 

16. Storage Economics
Storage Costs
 (warm), + (frozen)

17. Access Economics
Access Costs
+ (small),  (large)

18. Storage/ Access Economics
Calculators
Current grade: 

19. SLAs
Availability
Current grade: +

20. SLAs
Durability
+ (Design),  (SLA)

21. SLAs
Security
+ (Design),  (SLA)

22. Portability (No-vendor lock-in)
SLAs
Portability (No-vendor lock-in)
Current grade: 

23. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
SLAs
Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
Current grade: 

24. Summary Category Feature Maturity Scalability IaaS
Scalability, reliability, on-demand +
Geo-replication
+/-
Preservation
Fixity checking -
Auditable event tracking
Assured delete
Immutability
Retention management
Format conversion
Native metadata
Metadata indexing & seach
Economics
Storage costs
Access costs
Calculators
SLAs
Availability
Durability
Security
Portability (no vendor lock-in)
Business Continuity Plan

25. Summary
Current level of maturity amongst cloud providers around Preservation is low So EVault believes that there is need for a cloud storage offering optimized for Preservation and is therefore building one

26. BACKUPS

27. Preservation Goals Vary by Organization/ Data
Type of Data
Preservation Budget
Scale of Data
Retention Timelines
Availability Goals