Download The Data Growth Problem

Storage Optimization
“RightStor” Your Data
Agenda
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Objectives
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Cima’s Point of View
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The Data Growth Problem
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Data Lifecycle Progression
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Primary Data Storage Considerations
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Secondary Data Storage Considerations
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Topics for Discussion
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The Cima Approach
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Next Steps & Call to Action
Objectives
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Educate our audience on the latest trends in data storage and data
protection to encourage strategic decision making
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Serve as a means to stimulate thought and explore alternatives for
selection of storage to process and protect valuable business data
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Convey the Cima Solutions Group approach to addressing our clients’
needs for reliable and efficient IT storage solutions which create financial
value
Cima’s Point of View
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Cima has seen evidence that businesses are making storage decisions
using traditional approaches, without awareness of options that exist in
the marketplace, and how those options have created opportunities for
dramatic cost savings and increased levels of resiliency
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The rate of storage consumption is outpacing the reductions in cost, and
therefore businesses will continue to spend more on storage if they
employ their existing paradigms
…RightStor Your Data
RightStoring is the process of identifying the
most efficient and cost effective location for
storage and protection of corporate data
The Data Growth Problem
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“There are 100 million Microsoft Office documents created every day”
Forrester Research
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“Last year, 161 Exabytes of digital information were created,
representing 3 million times the information in all the books ever written”
IDC
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“58% of new corporate data growth is unstructured data such as
Microsoft Office documents, set to grow at an annual rate of 96%”
Taneja Group
The exponential growth in data
mandates that companies
explore efficiencies in data
storage and data protection
The Data Lifecycle Progression - I
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All data progresses through a value continuum from creation to archival
and deletion
Creation
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Primary
(Storage)
Secondary
(Backup)
Archival or
Deletion
The primary differentiator from business to business is the speed at
which data progresses through its lifecycle
The Data Lifecycle Progression - II
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Due to the increased value of corporate data, technologies typically
considered for secondary storage become a more important in the
“active” data lifecycle discussion
Creation
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Primary
Storage
Secondary
Storage
In addition to platform decisions, businesses must be prepared to
address changes in data protection and recovery / retrieval to support
end user needs
Primary Storage Considerations
 What key capabilities or functions are needed?
 What are my performance expectations?
 What level of data protection is needed?
 What protocols do I need to support?
 Are multiple systems sharing the same primary storage?
 Does interoperability with existing technology present an issue?
 What role does Storage Virtualization play?
 Is the data value best served with Tiered storage?
 Should I be in the “Cloud”?
Secondary Storage Considerations
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What key capabilities or functions are needed?
Are our Recovery Objectives (RPO / RTO) clearly defined?
What role does Storage Virtualization play?
Is my infrastructure designed to support data replication?
Is there value in considering Data Deduplication?
What regulatory or compliance issues must be considered?
Can this technology be eliminated altogether?
What “pain” exists if there is an infrastructure failure?
Are appropriate controls in place to prevent changes?
Topics for Discussion
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The “Problem”
Existing Technology
Functional Capabilities / Shortcomings
Reliability
Infrastructure (SAN / iSCSI / NAS)
Performance
Upgrade Expense
Maintenance Support
Technical Support / Coverage
Obsolesence
Skills
Etc…
Etc…
Cima’s On Time, On Target Approach
Cima Solutions Group uses a proven, iterative approach to addressing our
clients needs. Our three-phased process begins with an understanding our
clients business issues through a detailed assessment, which clarifies the
requirements, identifies possible solution alternatives, and formulates the
total cost of ownership.
Phase I - Assess & Discover
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Business
● Define the business problem
Assess &
Discover
● Understand the business requirements
● Assign a value to each requirement
● Identify the “Pain”
● What is lost if you do not
accomplish this?
Cima
Process
Solution
● Prioritize the requirements
Options
● Technology
● Evaluate existing environment
● Identify strengths & weaknesses
● Analysis (Deliverable)
● Confirm weaknesses are not
addressing the pain
Phase II - Explore Options
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Data Value Analysis
● Evaluate data residency options
and data prioritization (tiering)
Assess &
Discover
● Consider cost-effective data
protection (CDP / Virtualization)
● Document how the requirements
are addressed by the capabilities
Cima
Process
Solution
● Options
Options
● Compare options against
documented requirements
● Refine the value proposition
Comparing Alternatives
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We measure how potential solutions compare against one another,
mapped to the defined requirements
Usability
Measurement
Migration Ease
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Option 5
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Option 1
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Option 2
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Option 3
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Option 4
B
Option 5
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Option
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Option
2
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B
Option
3
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Option
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Option 5
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CA
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Flexibility
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Functional
Performance
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Measurement
Utilization
RAID-6 B
ScalabilityDe-Duplication
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Other
Administration SE Flash CMeasurement
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Application
Power Efficiency
C
Integration
Integrated Solution
Storage Virtualization
C
Growth
Multi-Protocol
Floorspace
Price
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B
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Phase III – Solution Recommendation
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Identification
● Select the solution which is
supported by the process inputs
Assess &
Discover
● Deliver solution justification
summary
Cima
Process
Solution
Options
Justification
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We can offer justification assistance using a Total Cost of Ownership
calculation for the proposed solution
ABC Company
Total Cost of Ownership Calculations
Straight Line Depreciation Schedule
3
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Rationale
Server Infrastructure
General Server Refresh Avoidance
(2,667)
(4,000)
(4,000)
Data Server Growth Avoidance / 1 Per Year
(3,333)
(8,767)
(14,410)
File servers (3) may be re-deployed for other functions, so no need to buy additional servers
Double-Take License Cost Avoidance - Above Servers
(1,667)
(3,821)
(5,976)
244License cost + maint per license estimated at $244 per (2010)
Check Imaging Replacement Storage Server + DR
(3,333)
(8,767)
(14,410)
22TB usable disk storage (JBOD) + maintenance (2 Servers)
Check imaging Solution Maintenance Avoidance
(2,400)
(2,520)
(2,646)
(9,000)
(9,900)
(10,890)
2Servers dedicated for storage applications + maintenance
Data Growth
Actual storage
Estimated annual maintenance for 4sight solution
Management
Storage Server Support Cost Avoidance
(75)Hourly Rate
120# of Hours
Replication
Double-Take License Growth Cost Avoidance
(3,333)
(4,309)
(6,261)
Licenses for 2 servers per site per year + maintenance
0
(8,216)
(8,627)
Maintenance termintation for existing licenses
Media Cost Reductions
(9,422)
(9,422)
(9,422)
Assumes 75% Reduction
Symantec Agent License Maintenance Termination
(1,500)
(1,500)
(1,500)
Assumes 75% Reduction
(36,656)
(61,223)
Double-Take License Termination
Backup / Backup Media
One Safe Place
Annual Subtotal Savings
Total Cost Savings
(78,143)
(176,021)
Next Steps & Call to Action
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Self assess your stage in the analysis process
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Choose how to use Cima Solutions Group
● Oversight to Your Process
● Requirements Definition
● Identify Alternatives
● Process Validation
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Review strategies for Solution Justification
Thank You
Kenneth B. Scott
Director – Storage Sales
(972) 499-8266
[email protected]
Comparison Phase
Backup Slides
Disk Tiering Approaches - 1
Traditional disk tiering is often implemented using a physical
segregation of disks within a common infrastructure, or with
multiple subsystems under application control
 Issues:
 Inefficiencies exist in the migration of data
between tiers / often manual initiation
 Migration of data is typically “one way”
 Migration of data consumes valuable processing
resources
 All tiers compete for same processing and perform
resources
 Lower cost disk price advantage is mitigated by
infrastructure
Return
Disk Tiering Approaches - 2
Virtualized disk tiering utilizes an external appliance to manage
the copying or migrating of data between tiers – including
between physical subsystems
 Benefits:
 Allows for storage pooling
 Introduces performance advantages by
aggregating resources
 Allows for thin provisioning
 Allows for re-use of existing infrastructures
 Supports online data migration
 Supports Information Lifecycle Management
 Streamlines software licensing
 Simplifies asset recovery
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Disk Tiering Approaches - 3
Tierless storage subsystems exploit parallelism of
commodity disks to provide higher performance and
availability with lower cost technology
 Benefits:
 Allows users to simply “set it and forget it”
 Removes the need for tiering through parallelization
of low cost technology
 Simplifies data management
 Lowers the Total Cost of Ownership for disk storage
 Introduces linear scaling of performance
 Incorporates thin provisioning by design
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Disk Tiering Approaches - 4
Flexible Tiering supports an automated, two way migration
of data across disk tiers, controlled by application IO
patterns
 Benefits:
 Allows users to simply “set it and forget it”
 Removes the complexities associated with multiple
disk tiers by automating data movement
 Simplifies data management
 Data is managed at a more granular level
 Lowers the Total Cost of Ownership for disk storage
 Incorporates thin provisioning by design
 Minimizes the footprint by leveraging more high
capacity drives
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