Enterprise spending shows that only a fraction of IT spending is in the cloud, and that is partially because of a large gap between the robust performance, HA and data management capabilities of on-premise SAN and NAS storage, and the lack of enterprise control and features of current cloud storage. Noam Shendar is VP Business development at Zadara Storage, a startup offering SAN and NAS in the cloud solutions that enable enterprise-grade storage solutions in the public cloud, enabling migration of enterprise applications and databases to the cloud easy and straightforward. www.zadarastorage.com

1. Consistent
High Performance
The Cloud
Needs to Look Like
the Data Center
Secure & Private
End-Customer Managed
Enterprise-Class
Charge Hourly
Noam Shendar
VP Business Development
Zadara Storage

2. The Cloud
$ Billions
What barriers are
keeping Enterprises
from taking advantage
of the Cloud?
Enterprise
IT
$ Trillions

3. The 3 Elements of the Data Center
Compute
Networking
Storage

4. Traditional Enterprise Storage
Example:
SAN/NAS Array
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Criteria for selection
Defined controller
performance
Cache amount
Drive types
Raid types
I/Os for databases systems
Minimum latency for OLTP
applications
Block+file based access
Uptime
Cluster capable
The Good
Downsides
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Costly
Not elastic
Not easily modified
Designed for single/few admins
Performance isolation difficult
Up front costs / inflexible lease
The Bad

5. Cloud Storage Limitations
✗PERFORMANCE
✗SECURITY
✗AVAILABILITY
✗CONSISTENCY
✗CONTROL
Unhappy Cloud Customers . . .
Enterprises Staying Away

6. Types and Uses of Storage
User Interface
Cloud Services
Browser, SaaS,
Pictures, Movies
File-based applications,
e.g., document management
HTTP
Object
NFS
WWW or
dedicated network
CIFS
App
File
“Microsoft recommends that you store database files either on local
disk subsystems or on Storage Area Networks (SANs)”
SQL, mySQL, Oracle,
Exchange, SharePoint
iSCSI
WWW or
dedicated network
DB & App
Block

7. ?
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Dedicated /
Data Center
Storage
Slow
Inconsistent
Performance
High
Consistent
Customers Do Not Want to Compromise
$
No Compromise
Shared
Cloud
Storage
Rigid
Flexibility
What Cloud
Storage Lacks:
Clustering
Privacy
Predictability
Control
$
Elastic

8. Performance or HA?
False Choice
Too
Flaky
Performance 
?
Too
Slow
Availability 
Enterprise applications
cannot choose between
Performance and Availability

9. Cloud Storage Wish List
Control
I can define it
and change it
in real time
Performance
Security
Flexibility
It runs my demanding
applications and the
performance is constant
Only I control
access to my data
(trust no one)
Affordable, pay by job,
by month, I expand
and contract at will

10. What Does Multi-Tenancy Mean?
• Independent
Storage
Management
by Each Cloud
User
• Full Isolation
of Access &
Performance

11. WAIT NO MORE . . .

12. Zadara Virtual Private Storage Arrays™
• Independent
Storage
Management
by Each User
• Full Isolation
of Access &
Performance
Standard Servers + Software = Enterprise Storage as a Service

13. Provision
Select your
Public Cloud Provider
Per hour costs are
calculated based on
configuration choices
Select all the elements
as you “build” your
VPSA

14. • Management Interface
Available to Each User
• Full Control and
Performance Monitoring

15. Available as-a-Service at These Providers:
Soon!
… and as an onsite appliance (monthly fee)

16. Global Footprint – Cloud Locations

17. Why Zadara VPSA™?
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Provisioned Performance
100+ TB volume size
100s of Volumes / VPSA
Volume Sharing
SSD Read/Write Caching
Low-Impact Snapshots
Remote Replication / DR
with 5-minute RPO (!)
• NFS and CIFS Protocols
• Data-at-Rest Encryption
• High Random Write Perf.
(Write Cache Assisted)
• Zero-Capacity Instant
Cloning, e.g. for Test/Dev

18. Combining the Best of Both Worlds
Enterprise Storage Capabilities
• Consistent Performance
• Configurability
• Reliability
• Security
Cloud Storage Benefits
• Economics
• Flexibility
• Elasticity
• Self-service
Accelerating Migration by Minimizing Change

19. Noam Shendar
@NoamShen
650.919.8250
noam@zadarastorage.com
THANK YOU