1. DataOptimizer Transparent File Tiering for NetApp Storage Robert Graf
CEO
2nd Sept. 2019

2. 1001110110101110100111111001 We care about your data! protect manage
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4. Data Growth and Data Aging
Worst Ransomware Strains
Warm
moderately active ~ 35%
Cold
inactive ~ 50%
Hot
active ~ 15%

5. Storage Sizing based on HDD
Customer requirement:
150TB Tier-1 Storage
IOPS
Because:
Offloading old and cold data will free up capacity but still 240 HDD’s are needed to meet IO performance requirements
Cold data doesn’t need any disk performance
Flash Cache
Flash Pool
Should
cold data
get offloaded?
File Activity
…..
It depends, but
probably not
…..
312 Disks
240 Disks
144 Disks
312 Disks x 900 GB SAS = 250TB usable
282 Disks x 150 IOPS / Disk = IOPS
240 Disks x 900 GB SAS = 180TB usable
144 Disk x 6 TB SATA = 700TB usable

6. Flash Storage changed the Game
Customer requirement:
150TB Tier-1 Storage
IOPS
Because:
Offloading old and cold data will reduce the primary storage capacity and you still overachieve the IO performance requirements
Cold data can be stored on low cost storage and doesn’t need IO performance anyway
DataOptimizer
Should cold Data
get offloaded?
Worst Ransomware Strains
…..
…..
24 Disks
YES!!!
48 Disks
144 Disks
Safe 50% Capacity and still overachieve IO requirements!
24 Disk x 3,8 TB SSD = 80TB usable
48 Disk x 3,8 TB SSD = 160TB usable
144 Disk x 6 TB SATA = 700TB usable

7. Because Data is Aging ….. ….. 24 Disks 144 Disks
Migrate old and cold data from the Performance Tier to Capacity Tier
Because data is aging!
hot today
hot today
cold tomorrow
DataOptimizer
…..
24 Disks
…..
144 Disks
Data Aggregat 0
cold tomorrow
Data Aggregat 1

8. Capacity Upgrade on primary Storage?
Don’t upgrade capacity on primary storage
cold
in-active ~ 50%
Flash Cache
warm
moderately active ~ 35%
Flash Pool
Data grow
Data grow
hot
active ~ 15%
Data grow
DataAnalyzer
Disk Upgrade?

9. Offload cold Data from Primary Storage
Offload old and cold data
Don’t upgrade capacity on primary storage
DataOptimizer

10. Get all flash ready
Only 50% flash capacity is needed for your NEW primary Storage
A300 / A700
All Flash Storage
warm / hot data
cold data

11. Easy Installation DataOptimizer Software Solution Windows Server
VMware HA
copy
Primary
Secondary
move
stubbing
SATA

12. Transparent Data Access
Classifying files to be moved (tiered) 1
Copying classified files 2
Replacing original file with stub file 3
Accessing stubbed files through
primary storage 4 1 4 5
Providing file to application / user with “pass through read” 5 2
SATA 3

13. Transparent to Users and Applications
1,24 MB
4 kB
View on Win10 Client

14. DataOptimizer Screenshots

15. Features / Benefits NetApp to NetApp policy based file tiering
Transparent to Users and Applications
No changes on applications are needed
Move data from SSD to low cost SATA or Cloud Storage
Stubbing on primary storage and path through data access
Multitenancy by separated Storage Vaults
Standardised formats and protocols (UDF, RESTful, HTTP, …)
Support for CIFS and NFS configurations
Support for ONTAP 7-Mode and Cluster-Mode (cDOT)
Low latency
Data caching
Optimised handling of FPolicy requests
Very low protocol overhead

16. Transparent view and access for users and applications
Summary
DataOptimizer
Flash is now!!!
50%
Potential
of old and cold Data
But still too expensive
for old and cold data!
on-premise
low cost SATA
Reduce backup
restore time!
Transparent view and access for users and applications

17. DataOptimizer vs. FabricPool
ProLion DataOptimizer
NetApp FabricPool
Support for ONTAP 7.x, 8.x, 9.x Support for 7-Mode and CDOT
YES
No only ONTAP 9.2 or higher
Support for CIFS Protocol
No S3 only
offload "cold" file-content
No SnapShots only
Offload data from NetApp MetroCluster
No MetroCluster not supported
Support for file migration (copy to destination / delete file on source) No
Supports NetApp FAS systems as destination storage
Granular configurable policies based on file-types, -age, -size, etc.
Transparent user access to archived data

18. ...we go the extra mile...