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In part 2 of 3, Scott Nyman, senior product manager for Hitachi Content Platform, details how a well- designed object storage solution is easy to deploy and use, can control storage and administrative costs, can save IT staff time and effort, and can keep IT relevant in the Web 2.0 world. View this WebTech to learn how to: Save time, money and effort with object storage. Identify opportunities to use object storage. Keep IT relevant. For more information on Object Storage please view our white paper: http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-white-paper-introduction-to-object-storage-and-hcp.pdf
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THE VALUE OF OBJECT STORAGE FOR I.T. PART 2 OF 3 SCOTT NYMAN, SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, HITACHI CONTENT PLATFORM
JULY 18, 2012
WEBTECH EDUCATIONAL SERIES
The Value of Object Storage for IT
In part 2 of 3, Scott Nyman, senior product manager for Hitachi Content
Platform, details how a well-designed object storage solution is easy to
deploy and use, can control storage and administrative costs, can save
IT staff time and effort, and can keep IT relevant in the Web 2.0 world.
Attend this WebTech to learn how to
• Save time, money and effort with object storage
• Identify opportunities to use object storage
• Keep IT relevant
UPCOMING WEBTECHS
July: Object Storage Series
Part 3: How to Use and Develop Applications Designed for Object
Storage, July 24, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET
August
Storage Analytics, August 8, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET
Check www.hds.com/webtech for
Links to the recording, the presentation and Q&A (available next week)
Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions
THE VALUE OF OBJECT STORAGE FOR I.T. PART 2 OF 3 SCOTT NYMAN, SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, HITACHI CONTENT PLATFORM
JULY 18, 2012
AGENDA
Saving time, money and effort
Practical use cases
‒ Across industries
‒ Industry specific
‒ Cloud and big data
STORAGE DATA TRENDS
Increasing operational cost
‒ Management of growing numbers of filers and file systems
‒ Backup effort and cost increasing and becoming impractical
‒ Reorganizing data directory structures and classification of data
‒ Migration: Lack of automated data movement when hardware retires
ISSUES FACING I.T.
2010 2012 2014 2016
$/FTE/GB
$/GB
Object Storage
OBJECT STORAGE
Intelligent
Scales out
Ultra low touch
Long-term online
data storage
Optimized for
unstructured data
Global access-ready
BY DESIGN: SELF-MANAGING, SELF-MONITORING, SELF-HEALING
Traditional Storage
Intelligence
Presentation • Scale
• Organize
• Protect
• Describe
• Define
• Relate
• Monitor
• Care
• Maintain
• Repair
• Move
• Retire
Global Access-Ready
with Convenient Access
OBJECT STORAGE – KEY CAPABILITIES
Scales from terabytes to petabytes
Stores billions of objects
Provides for thousands of “tenants”
Line speed performance for HTTP/REST
No backup required
Multiple protocols Self-healing
Replication Versioning
Compliance Authentication
Compression Encryption at rest
Deduplication Retention and shredding
Protection levels Automated tiering
A robust object store will provide:
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OBJECT STORAGE – “BACKUP FREE”
Use of proven RAID-6 protection
2 copies of all metadata
Customer configurable redundant local object copies (2,3, or 4)
Content validation via hashes and automatic object repair
Replication – offsite copies with automated repair from replica
Object versioning – protection from accidental deletes and changes
Why objects need no backup – active data protection designed in
Result: Unparalleled data protection and reduced backup burden
AUTOMATIC TECH REFRESH – EVOLUTION BY DESIGN
Old Disk
New Objects
New Disk
Auto-Migrated Objects
Object Store
An object store can truly evolve with storage technology
Seamless addition of new technology at any time
Storage nodes or backend storage can be selected for tech refresh
– Writes to old storage stop when tech refresh begins
– Objects on old storage auto-migrate to new storage nondisruptively
Optimal Access
NFS WebDAV CIFS/SMB HTTP(S)/REST
ACCESS PROTOCOLS
REST: Write once, run anywhere (LAN or WAN)
Bridge legacy and Web2 worlds ‒ Legacy app creates content via NFS or CIFS ‒ Users have worldwide access to content via REST
OPEN AND FLEXIBLE: ULTIMATE INVESTMENT PROTECTION
SMTP
Object Storage
Other
Applications
File Shares (CIFS/NFS) File Shares
(CIFS/NFS) File Shares (CIFS/NFS)
Other
Applications
Other
Applications
SQL Server
File Shares (CIFS/NFS) File Shares
(CIFS/NFS)
Rapid multiplication
of platform
licensing and
maintenance costs
Expensive active
data stores
become bloated
Copying data is one of the most expensive data center activities
Exponential backup growth is costly and unsustainable
Reduce the number
of application
servers and
licensing
Offload data
from primary
storage
Remove static data from backups (50%-80% savings)
Scale dynamically from
a few terabytes
to multiple petabytes
Approximately 70% of the data in these systems is “static”
LOWER COST OF STORAGE
Object Storage
REDUCED RISK
Security, preservation,
search and lifecycle
management for
‒ compliance demands
‒ internal controls
‒ records management
‒ legal needs
IMPROVED EFFICIENCY
High-density storage
‒ Use less floor space, power and cooling
Automated tiering
‒ Disk ‒ Spin down disk ‒ Tape
Compression
Single instancing
PRACTICAL USE CASES FOR OBJECT STORAGE ACROSS INDUSTRIES
PRACTICAL USE CASES
EMAIL INBOX
Software
A
Email archiving
‒ Use Exchange add-in software
‒ Remove attachments from inbox
‒ Stubs provide user transparency
‒ No need for manual recalls
Benefits
‒ Bottomless inbox; no more PST
‒ Reduce inbox growth
‒ Attachment deduplication across stores
‒ Significantly reduce backup time and cost Object Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES
HOME SHARES
A
File archiving
‒ Use policy-based migration software
‒ Policy example
‒ Not changed in last 60 days
‒ Not accessed in the last 30 days
‒ Stubs provide user transparency
‒ No manual recalls from backups
Benefits
‒ Reduce or eliminate filer expansion
‒ File deduplication across filers
‒ Significantly reduce backup time and cost
Software
Object Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES
SHAREPOINT
Remote blob storage
‒ Don’t store blobs in database
‒ User transparency
Benefits
‒ Reduce and keep database manageable
‒ Reduce Microsoft licenses
‒ File deduplication
‒ Significantly reduce backup time and cost
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Software
Object Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES
Database archiving and application
retirement
‒ Avoid keeping systems running
‒ Retire and save while keeping record and document access
‒ Shrink backup window and achieve application SLAs
‒ Automate archiving and free up DBA cycles
‒ Mitigate technology sprawl
‒ Optimize performance
‒ Optimize CAPEX and OPEX
‒
Production Historical
Object Storage
STRUCTURED DATA
PRACTICAL USE CASES
COMBINED
Benefits
‒ Discovery
‒ Preservation
‒ Storage utility
‒ File deduplication
‒ Bridge to big data
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Office SharePoint Server2007
Stub
Attachment
A A
Stub and
Archive
Store
Blobs
Object Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES FOR OBJECT STORAGE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC
PRACTICAL USE CASES
Benefits
‒ Sharing across providers (e.g., XDS)
‒ Sharing across modalities
‒ Multiple vendors
‒ Compliance
HEALTHCARE REPOSITORY
MRI
Repository
Registry
CT
XD
S
XD
S
Multiple
Modalities
Register Doc Set
Register and
Provide Doc Set
Retrieve
Doc Set
Misc.
Retrieval
Object
Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES
GOVERNMENT
Digital archive
‒ Digitalization of paper documents and photo prints or negatives
‒ Digitalization of audio and video from magnetic media or celluloid
Benefits
‒ Durability and quality of content
‒ Authenticity insurance
‒ Enable access through new media
‒ Compliance and control legal liability
‒ Forms, permits, tax reports, etc.
‒ Funding through share contracts
Object
Storage
Scan and
Preserve
PRACTICAL USE CASES
TRADING ROOMS
Call center integration
‒ Compliant archive for audio files
‒ Audio recording authenticity
‒ For audio and custom metadata (record)
Benefits
‒ No more optical
‒ Long term WORM storage
‒ Admissible evidence in legal cases
‒ Significantly reduce backup time and cost
Voice
Recording
Archive
Object Storage
PRACTICAL USE CASES
Government
‒ Leverage electronic processing
‒ Digitalize letters, photo, forms, drawings, etc.
‒ Compliance and legal liability control
Security
‒ Surveillance, facial recognition, telecom log forensics
Utility grids
‒ Connect maps to drawings, photos, incident history
‒ Avoid costs by not going on location for every query or call
‒ More effective in case of emergencies and disaster
OTHERS
PRACTICAL USE CASES FOR OBJECT STORAGE CLOUD AND BIG DATA
Enterprise: Privately Use
Popular Cloud Apps
Content Publishing Local Access
Legacy App
Legacy Protocol
Regional Org. Data Sharing
Hospitals
Storage Service Provider (Public or Private)
Private Data Areas – Anywhere Access
IDEAL FOR CLOUD, MOBILE AND DISTRIBUTED I.T.
Remote/Branch Office
OBJECT STORAGE FOR BIG DATA
ENTERPRISE CONTENT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND DISCOVERY
Primary Storage Virtualized Content Content Creation
Variety and volume to
store, manage,
preserve and share
content with object
storage.
Capture, manage and
query metadata to
classify and prioritize
analysis sets
Metadata queries
‒ Identify sets of related objects based on system and custom metadata
‒ Understand the object store – gather object or content metrics on sets of objects based on metadata
Cloud
Storage
SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS
Learn more about object storage
‒ Attend part 3 of this series
Assess your environment
‒ What applications could benefit from object storage?
Assess your future
‒ What applications and IT models do you plan to use?
Try it for yourself
‒ Should be easy to deploy, integrate and manage
Start soon to save more and leapfrog competitors
RESOURCES
Object storage
‒ http://www.hds.com/products/file-and-content/content-platform/?WT.ac=us_mg_pro_hcp
Object storage white paper
‒ http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/distributed-object-store-principles-of-operation.pdf
Object storage overview
‒ http://www.hds.com/assets/pdf/hitachi-solution-profile-object-based-storage.pdf
Object storage in action
‒ http://www.techvalidate.com/product-research/hds-content-archive-platform
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
UPCOMING WEBTECHS
July: Object Storage Series
Part 3: How to Use and Develop Applications Designed for Object
Storage, July 24, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET
August
Storage Analytics, August 8, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET
Check www.hds.com/webtech for
Links to the recording, the presentation and Q&A (available next week)
Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions
THANK YOU
