Storage with the Avere hybrid cloud NAS

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NAS in the Cloud Path to Hybrid Enterprise Storage
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Unstructured Data Explosion

• Unstructured data growing 50 to 100 per year
• Enterprises are faced with the need to invest in
  endless amounts of network attached storage (NAS)
  capacity

New Data
Video 5,000,000 KB/movie
Hi-Res 50,000,000 KB/object
Images 1,000 KB/picture
Audio 5,000 KB/song
Text 500 KB/record
Numbers 5 KB/record
Traditional Data
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Cloud Storage Solves the Growth Problem

• Virtually unlimited scalability
• Lowest cost per GB
• Built-in resiliency

Also called object storage
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Cloud Storage Has Drawbacks
Relatively poor performance
Unfamiliar user interface
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The Best of Both Worlds Hybrid Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage
Traditional NAS
for performance and ease of use
for scalability and ease of data mobility
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CLOUD STORAGE
Files
Videos
Music
Pictures
Documents
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Avere Cloud NAS Makes It Happen

• Introduces unprecedented agility and flexibility
  into a hybrid topology

Integrates public and private clouds with your
existing NAS, providing global access to data
stored in a hybrid storage architecture
Makes use of enterprise-class NAS features
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Avere Cloud NAS Makes It Happen
Cloud NAS
Traditional NAS
NAS Optimization
Computer Farm
Computer Farm
Computer Farm
Client Workstations
Client Workstations
Client Workstations
NFS CIFS
NFS CIFS
NFS CIFS
FXT Series Edge Filer
FXT Series Edge Filer
Storage Filers
Flash Cloud
Public Object
Public Object
WAN
Replication Filers
Core Filers
Amazon
Cleversafe Amplidata
Challenges
Benefits
Benefits
Poor performance scaling High CAPEX
OPEX Management silos Global access via complex
replication
Unlimited performance scaling Lower TCO (less
disks power) Consolidated NAS GNS Global
access via WAN
Unlimited performance with the cloud Lowest TCO
(less admin data centers) Consolidated object
NAS GNS Global access via cloud
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Avere Meets Your Needs

• The right architecture provides you with an easy,
  familiar extension of your existing NAS to your
  choice of cloud
• Legacy NAS environment isnt altered
• Most accessed data continues to reside in
  your NAS filers
• Familiar NFS and CIFS interfaces
• Ability to manage as a single pool of
  storage
• Security (AES-256 encryption)
• On-site data tiering
• Low latency, high speed file access from
  on-premise or cloud storage

Core Filers
Client Workstations
Avere FXT Edge Filer
Add performance capacity
Public Object
WAN
Compute Farm
Private Object
Place data
Low latency read, write metadata ops
WAN
Legacy NAS (local remote)
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