Irshad Raihan, Red Hat

1. WHY SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE MATTERS
Irshad Raihan
Red Hat
February 2017

2. 2
THE INDUSTRY IS RETHINKING STORAGE
38% of IT decision
makers report
inadequate storage
capabilities as one
of their top three
weekly pain points
70% of IT decision
makers admit that
their organization’s
current storage can’t
cope with emerging
workloads
98% of IT decision
makers believe a
more agile storage
solution could
benefit their
organization
Vanson Bourne Ltd: Storage limitations, frustrations, and coping with future needs, Red Hat Storage research results, June 2016

3. 3
DISRUPTION IN THE STORAGE INDUSTRY
PUBLIC CLOUD
STORAGE
TRADITIONAL
APPLIANCES
SOFTWARE-
DEFINED
STORAGE
better
faster
more
less
weaker
limited
better
faster
less
more
stronger
broad
COST EFFICIENCY
PROVISIONING
VENDOR LOCK-IN
SKILL REQUIRED
GOVERNANCE
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

4. 4
APPLIANCES AREN’T ENOUGH
Complexity hidden from end
users, along with flexibility
Vendor lock-in leads to pricing
premium
Price premium over constituent
components is difficult to sustain
THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO STORAGE
ADMIN
S
MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
DATA
NFS/SMB/ISCSI
ENDPOINTS
STANDARD SERVERS AND MEDIA
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE

5. 5
PUBLIC CLOUD STORAGE ISN’T ENOUGH
Complexity still hidden from end
users, pay-as-you-go pricing
Fastest-growing segment of IT
storage budgets
Mostly built with proprietary software
CONVENIENT BUT LIMITED
ADMIN
S
MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
DATA
CLOUD STORAGE APIS
STANDARD SERVERS AND MEDIA
LINUX + PROPRIETARY
SOFTWARE

6. 6
STORAGE IS EVOLVING
OPEN, SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE
Standardized, unified, open platforms
Standard Computers
and Disks
Ceph Gluster +++
Control Plane (API, GUI)
Custom GUI
Proprietary Hardware
Proprietary
Software
Custom GUI
Proprietary Hardware
Proprietary
Software
USER USER USER
ADMIN ADMIN ADMIN
Custom GUI
Proprietary Hardware
Proprietary
Software
USER ADMIN
Standard
Hardware
OpenSource
Software
TRADITIONAL STORAGE
Complex proprietary silos

7. 7
THE RED HAT STORAGE PORTFOLIO
Gluster
management
Ceph data service Gluster data service
Ceph
management
OPENSOURCE
SOFTWARE
STANDARD
HARDWARE
Share-nothing, scale-out architecture provides
durability and adapts to changing demands
Self-managing and self-healing features
reduce operational overhead
Standards-based interfaces and full APIs
ease integration with applications and
systems
Supported by the experts at Red Hat

8. 8
RED HAT GLUSTER STORAGE
• Purpose-built as a scale-out file store with a straightforward
architecture suitable for public, private, and hybrid cloud
• Simple to install and configure, with a minimal hardware
footprint
• Offers mature NFS, SMB and HDFS interfaces for enterprise
use
Intuit uses Red Hat Gluster Storage to provide flexible, cost-
effective storage for its industry-leading financial offerings
Nimble file storage for petabyte-scale workloads
Container-Native Storage
• Persistent storage
• Containerized storage
Enterprise File Sharing
• Media streaming
• Active Archives
Enterprise Virtualization
Rich Media and Archival
CUSTOMER
HIGHLIGHT: INTUIT
TARGETUSECASES

9. 9
RED HAT CEPH STORAGE
• Built from the ground up as a next-generation storage system, based
on years of research and suitable for powering infrastructure platforms
• Highly tunable, extensible, and configurable, with policy-based control
and no single point of failure
• Offers mature interfaces for block and object storage for the enterprise
Cisco uses Red Hat Ceph Storage to deliver storage for
next-generation cloud services
Powerful distributed storage for the cloud
and beyond
Cloud Infrastructure
• VM storage with
OpenStack® Cinder,
Glance Keystone, Manila,
and Nova
• Object storage for
tenant apps
Rich Media and Archival
S3-compatible object storage
CUSTOMER
HIGHLIGHT: CISCO
TARGETUSECASES

11. 11
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1:20 - 2:00 - Seagate Solutions for Red Hat Storage
2:00 - 2:30 - Customer Spotlight: Brinker International
2:30 - 2:45 - Break
2:45 - 3:15 - Persistent Storage for Containers
3:15 - 3:45 – Defiance of the (Traditional Storage) Appliance
3:45 - 4:00 - Q&A
4:00 - 5:00 - Networking reception - Flemings Steakhouse

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