In this slidecast, David Cerf from Crossroads Systems describe the company's innovative Strongbox Shared Storage for HPC data protection. "StrongBox is a network attached storage (NAS) appliance that is purpose-built to lower the costs of long-term storage and protection for unstructured, fixed content. By pairing a flexible, policy-driven disk cache with Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology, StrongBox empowers you to control storage costs without sacrificing data availability." Learn more: http://www.crossroads.com/data-archive-products/strongbox Watch the video presentation: http://wp.me/p3RLHQ-aT8

1. StrongBox:
Shared
Storage
for
Data
Protec3on
and
Preserva3on
for
HPC
by:
David
Cerf,
EVP
Crossroads
Systems,
Inc.
dcerf@crossroads.com

2. Data
–
No
longer
simply
data…
•
Global
broadband
and
mobile
technology
now
expose
6mely,
worldwide
informa6on
•
The
right
informa6on
to
the
right
people
-­‐
in
real
6me
-­‐
producing
be<er
business
and
social
outcomes
•
Keep
it
all,
keep
it
forever

3. big
data…
(Exabytes)
80%
of
all
storage
capacity
sold
will
be
for
file-­‐based
data

4. Customer
Pain
Points
• Data
growth
exceeds
budget
growth
• Backup
windows
unaIainable
and
too
complex
• Need
long-­‐term
data
reten3on
and
preserva3on
• Tradi3onal
archiving
process
too
complex
or
proprietary
Massive
growth
of
fixed
content,
unstructured
data
overwhelms
the
tradi3onal
storage
environment

5. The
Power
Challenge
• Storage accounted for
less than 4 percent of
data centre spending in
2012 according to IDC
• Forrester states 30% of
electricity consumption is
while devices sitting idle
70% of the time
• Up to 70 percent of the
costs associated with
running a data center are
attributable to power or
power-related equipment
for cooling, power
conversion and power
generation1.
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• Compute and power for the Internet accounts for 10
percent of the world’s electricity and growing rapidly.

6. Affordable
Data
Protec3on
so
You
Can
Keep
it
All!
StrongBox
is
a
NAS
appliance
purpose-­‐built
to
lower
the
costs
of
long-­‐term
data
reten6on
while
providing
built-­‐in
data
protec6on,
full
file
accessibility
and
simplified
management
for
unstructured
fixed
content.

7. Seamless

8. Defining
the
Problem…
…Providing
the
Solu3on.
Memory
Based
Storage
Cost
of
Scale
Simplified
Workflow
High
Performance
th• Add
more
disk
Disk
• Add
m
• 1/10
the
cost
ore
backup
• Orders
of
magnitude
rresources
• Add
more
IT
eliability
• Massive
Large
Volume
Disk
scalability
• Infinite
life
span
• Low
power
HSM
or
Backup
Server
Offline
(Unavailable)
Tape
Library

9. Non-­‐Proprietary
No
Dependency
On
•
•
•
•
Opera6ng
system
Applica6ons
Specialized
agents
Proprietary
soXware
layer
No
Change
To
• File
formats,
a<ributes
• Applica6ons
Vendor
Neutral
Archive

10. New
tape
technology
meets
archiving
requirements
–
Keep
it
forever!
Barium Ferrite is a new type of magnetic particle which
can be greatly reduced in size to improve recording
density without magnetic signal loss.
Oxidization is one of the causes of data deterioration.
Barium Ferrite has a much longer life compared to metal
particles (MP).

11. Built-­‐in
Data
Protec3on
Data
Integrity
• Tamper
checking
• LTFS
check
Data
Reliability
• HASH
code
per
file
• Drive/Tape
error
correla6on
• Self
healing
• No
Delete
Data
Redundancy
• Mul6-­‐Copy
(different
media)
• Secure
over
wire
replica6on
• Media
export

12. Portability
and
DR

13. Total
Cost
of
Ownership
•
Reduces
costs
of
primary
storage
with
a
low-­‐cost
alterna6ve
•
Simplifies
archiving
and
data
management
•
Relieves
and
complements
tradi6onal
backup
•
Up
to
95%
reduc3on
in
power
1
Petabyte
|
2
Copies
|
10
Years
“Lowering
Long-­‐term
Archive
Costs
with
Crossroads
Systems
StrongBox,”
Brad
Johns
Consul6ng,
LLC,
2013

14. • Over
43,200
images
to
date
• Need
for
expanding
archive
• Data
sync
from
primary
storage
to
StrongBox
• User
access
via
StrongBox

15. StrongBox
Customer
Win:
Jet
Propulsion
Labs
Challenges:
• Irreplaceable
mission
data
required
protected
storage
• Too
expensive
to
maintain
expanding
data
archive
with
protec6on
on
NetApp
disk
• Looked
into
mul6ple
scenarios,
but
none
could
deliver
cost-­‐effec6ve
scalability

16. The
StrongBox
Solu3on
for
JPL
• Simple,
protected
storage
• Long-­‐term
reliability
• Cost-­‐efficient
scalability
Project-­‐based
storage
for
mul6ple
input
sources
–
satellite,
video,
imaging,
research
data
and
more.

17. Why
StrongBox?
• Built-­‐in
protec6on
(no
backup)
• 84%
Less
expensive
than
disk
• Works
with
exis6ng
resources
• Environmentally
sustainable
• Data
is
available
online,
all
the
6me
• Op6mized
mission
efficiency

18. Use
Case:
Long-­‐term
Data
Preserva?on
Customer
Challenges
Limited
budget
to
meet
data
growth
Storage
management
is
complex,
Straining
IT
Data
is
offline
or
in
proprietary
format
Content
needs
to
be
preserved
indefinitely
StrongBox
Solu3on
–
The
BoIom
Line
Scalable
storage
at
a
cost-­‐efficient
price
Plug
&
Play
storage
saves
6me
&
money
Data
is
online
&
accessible
–
no
vendor
lock-­‐in
Data
is
ALWAYS
intrinsically
protected

19. Use
Case:
Leveraging
the
Disk
Cache
to
provide
NAS
like
performance
Customer
Challenges
StrongBox-­‐
The
BoIom
Line
Too
expensive
to
add
more
disk
Lowers
TCO
for
data
storage
without
sacrificing
accessibility
&
performance
Too
much
data
to
keep
on
disk,
yet
need
data
available
Ability
to
meet
demanding
business
requirements
instantaneously
Protec6on
of
data
makes
management
of
growing
data
volumes
difficult
Automa6c
data
protec6on
reduces
risks
of
data
loss
&
saves
on
IT
resources

20. Who
is
using
StrongBox?
Solving
data
archiving
for
today,
tomorrow
and
the
future
“StrongBox
is
an
excellent
tool
within
my
environment,
providing
flexibility
that
makes
it
func6onal
in
mul6ple
use-­‐cases
for
MLB
Network.”
—Tab
Butler
Director
of
Media
Management
Major
League
Baseball
Network

21. THANK
YOU!
For
More
Informa6on
visit
our
Web
site
at:
www.crossroads.com
Crossroads
Systems,
Inc.
|
11000
North
MoPac
Expwy.
Ste.
100
|
Aus6n,
Texas
78759
|
866.289.2737
|
512.349.0300|sales@crossroads.com