In this webinar, Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Kyle Lichtenberg and SoftNAS Solutions Architect Mark Bichlmeier will discuss moving SaaS applications from on-premise to the AWS cloud using NAS storage. This webinar will also feature an in-depth case study on Recommind. Ranked among the fastest growing companies on Deloitte’s 2014 Technology Fast 500(tm), Recommind was faced with driving greater scale, agility, and cost savings out of its hosting operations for its SaaS-based business. Should Recommind maximize operational efficiencies and costs for its brick and mortar data centers or go all-in and provide its SaaS applications to thousands of customers from the cloud? In this webinar, you will learn: • Alternatives considered in moving SaaS applications from on-premise to the cloud • How to migrate on-premise applications to the AWS cloud and use cloud NAS storage • How to build high-availability cloud NAS storage on AWS for multi-tenant environments • How to configure cloud NAS storage on AWS for IOPS requirements • How to configure iSCSI for use through AWS VPCs • How to archive to S3 cloud disks

1. Migrating from On-premise NAS Storage to Cloud NAS Storage with SoftNAS

2. Kyle Lichtenberg
Solution Architect
Amazon Web Services
Mark Bichlmeier
Principal Solution Architect
SoftNAS
Introducing
Chuck Outcalt
Technical Project Manager
Recommind

3. Webinar Overview
Submit Your Questions using the Q&A tool.
A copy of today’s presentation will be made available on:
AWS YouTube Channel@ http://bit.ly/AWS-Partner-Webcasts

4. Overview of Amazon Web Services Benefits
Migrating from on-premise NAS to the cloud with SoftNAS
Live demo
Q&A
What We’ll Cover

5. What are my storage options on AWS?

6. What is Block Storage?
•Block storage is an unformatted, POSIX-compliant storage device presented to the host operating system.
•Appropriate for use as the primary storage for file systems, databases, or for any applications that require fine granular updates.
•Can be aggregated into logical arrays using LVM or the software RAID utility of your choice (mdadmin Linux, diskpart/diskmgmt.mscin Windows)
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7. What is Object Storage?
•What’s an object, anyway? An object is essentially any blob, or file: multimedia files, PDFs, and text documents are good examples.
•Object or “file” level storage is generally accessible to an application over a protocol, like CIFS, NFS, or HTTP, rather than as a hardware device available to the operating system.
•Useful for cold storage, log files, backup archives, video files, and much more.
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8. AWS has a variety of storage options
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Storage)
Amazon EC2 Local Instance Store (Ephemeral volumes)
•Each has a unique combination of performance, durability, cost, and interface
•Often used to form a Storage Hierarchy

9. BUILDING SHARED STORAGE ON AWS
Mark BichlmeierPrincipal Solution Architect, SoftNAS

10. •What we believe…
–Storage can be both powerful AND frictionlessAWS cloud is reinventing how IT infrastructure is delivered. SoftNAS is reinventing how cloud data is managed.
•SoftNAS Cloud
–Only NAS product built specifically for AWS cloud from the ground up and delivered on-demand.
About SoftNAS

11. Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS

12. What does SoftNASdo?
•Unified storage access via NFS/CIFS/iSCSI to EBS and S3
•Shared file systems for websites and web applications
•Legacy Windows and Linux applications migrated to the cloud
SoftNASon AWS®

13. Six main reasons to consider SoftNAS Cloud on AWS:
1.Powerful, full-featured data storage software
2.Pure AWS
3.Provides the BEST data protection available
4.Fast, performance-tuned
5.Easy, no specialized trainingrequired
6.On-demandin AWS Marketplace
Best Solution

14. •Block and Cloud Storage
–Combines EBS and S3 Cloud Disk storage
•Continuous Data Protection
–SnapReplicate™ feature allows manual and scheduled snapshots, as well as automatic snapshot pruning
•Highly-available
–Automatically detects and recovers from failures
–99.999% up-time with dual-controller HA configuration
–Patent-pending Elastic HA™ technology
The BEST Data Protection

15. SNAP HA™ Automatic Failover
With Block Replication
1
EBS
RAID
A
ZFSVolumes
PRIMARYController
Availability Zone 1
SoftNAS Instance A
SECONDARYController
Availability Zone 2
SoftNAS Instance B
EIP
NFS
CIFS
iSCSI
2
N
SnapReplicate
1
EBS
RAID
A
ZFSVolumes
2
N
…
…
Block
Replication
HA Monitor
SnapReplicate
SNAP HA™ Automatic Failover

16. SoftNAS No Downtime Guarantee
•Availability
–Single AZ = no durability commitments
–Dual AZ with SoftNAS = 99.999% available
SOFTNAS PROVIDES A 99.999% UPTIME GUARANTEE FOR ITS SOFTWARE AND SERVICE, WHEN CONFIGURED AND OPERATED UNDER SOFTNAS BEST PRACTICES, OR WE WILL REFUND A MONTH OF SOFTNAS SERVICE FEES.
•Support
–One hour SLA (with product registration)

17. Show Me!
PRODUCT
DEMONSTRATION

18. Try It Today!
bit.ly/softnas-aws
Free 30 Day Trial

19. MIGRATING ON-PREMISE NAS TO CLOUD NAS ON AWS
Chuck OutcaltTechnical Project Manager, Recommind

20. •Migrating Applications to AWS
•Archiving Inactive Applications
•Vendor Selection
Topics

21. Migrating to AWS
•Requirements for Recommind Axcelerate application:
–Access to large amounts of cheap storage
–Customer data can be in the 100s of TBs
–Data may expand 1.5x after publication
–S3 Cloud Disks
•Thin provisioning keeps costs down
•Ultra durable

22. Archiving Applications
•After years, projects in Recommind Axcelerate become unused
•Current cost of storage .12/GB.
•Cost of S3 storage? Yeah.
•Where to store?

23. Archiving Applications
Requirements:
•Secure data transfer
•Data must be ‘available’ for restore
•Minimal performance requirements
Solution:
•S3 Cloud Disk wins again
–SoftNAS setup on own VPC
–VPN created between existing location and SoftNAS VPC
–Data transferred via iSCSI(better performance than CIFS)

24. Archiving Applications
AxcelerateEnvironment
VPN
iSCSI
EC2
SoftNAS
Port3260
Port3260
SoftNAS Server:
4 Core / 15 GB RAM
US-WEST-2 Availability Zone

25. Vendor Selection
Option 1: Free/cheap NAS
•Lack of internal Linux expertise
•Slow read speeds
•Extremely limited Support options

26. Vendor Selection
Option 2: Cloud NAS in 3rd-party datacenter
•Datacenters located in buildings adjacent to AWS in some availability zones -interconnected with 10 Gbpslines
•Can dedicate physical drives to cloud storage
•Slightly better write speeds but much slower read speeds vs. SoftNAS
•Storage costs are paid to vendor, not AWS
•Higher cost

27. Vendor Selection
Option 3: SoftNAS
•Greater setup/configuration flexibility for cloud NAS
•Use S3 Cloud Drive where performance is not required
•Pay for what we use with thin provisioning
•High performance & HA -group EBS volumes
•Connect to data in multiple ways -CIFS, ISCSI

28. SUMMARY

29. •Free SoftNAS micro-instance –use as long as you want
•Learn more -softnas.com/aws
•Try it –bit.ly/softnas-aws
Next Steps…

30. •Panelists:
–Kyle Lichtenberg, Solution Architect, AWS
–Mark Bichlmeier, Principal Solution Architect, SoftNAS
–Chuck Outcalt, Technical Project Manager, Recommind
Q & A

31. Recommind:
http://www.recommind.com
SoftNAS:
http://www.softnas.com
sales@softnas.com
AWS: http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us
Questions