1. Enabling The Big Data Cloud for HPC
and Collaboration With High-Speed Data
Transport

2. PRESENTER AND AGENDA
PRESENTER
AGENDA
Daniel Kumi
Director, New Market Development
daniel@asperasoft.com • Who and Why Aspera?
• WAN Transport
• Wireless Transport
• Cloud and Big Data – Data Transfer
Challenges for HPC and Collaboration
• Aspera On Demand
• Aspera-HP Discussion

3. Trends
Big Data Explosion
• 90% of data today file-based or unstructured
• Mix of file sizes—but larger and larger files the norm
Diversity of IP Networks—Media, Bandwidth Rates, and Conditions
• Variable bandwidth rates (slow to super-fast)
• Bandwidth rates increasing—costs decreasing
• Network media remains diverse (terrestrial, satellite, wireless)
• Conditions vary—all networks prone to degradation over distance
Data Freighting Challenges—moving Big Data over WANs
• Teams are geographically dispersed
• Over distance, network conditions degrade
• Contemporary TCP acceleration solutions not designed for big data transfer and replication
Cloud Computing Grows Up
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 cloud storage – 2010: 262 billion objects, 2012: 905 billion objects
• More choices: Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, HP Cloud
• No longer a niche – Netflix (transcoding), MTV (global video distribution), BGI (genomic sequencing)

4. ASPERA’S MISSION
Creating next-generation transport technologies
that move the world’s digital assets at maximum speed,
regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions.

5. Aspera: moving the world’s digital assets at
maximum speed
50% YOY growth in revenue and employees
Over 12,000 licenses sold, and over 1,500 customers world wide
Expanded to Asia PAC and Latin America through direct and channel
Patents issued or pending in 32 countries
Continuing to innovate: fasp3™, fasp-MC™, mobile transport, cloud enablement

6. MARKETS SERVED
Media and Entertainment, Federal Government, Life Sciences,
.
Healthcare, Cloud Computing, Software and Gaming,
Financial Services, Legal, eDiscovery, Engineering, Technology,
Telecommunications, Service Providers,
Architecture and Design, Enterprise IT, Oil and Gas

7. Aspera Ecosystem of Partners

8. Aspera in Life Sciences
Life Sciences

9. BIG DATA TRANSFER CHALLENGE

10. What Happened to my Bandwidth?
WAN
1000 Mbps
Seattle • 170ms RTT
• 0.001% packet loss rate Paris
WAN Throughput is 1000Mbps
Max TCP Throughput ~29Mbps
Where’s my 970Mbps?
At 29Mbps
50GB transfer will take 4 hrs
1TB transfer will take 3.3 days

11. BIG-DATA and WAN TRANSFER WITH TCP
TCP WAS DESIGNED IN THE EARLY 80’S
• When data was small & bandwidth was limited
• Fantastic for reliable data delivery
• Not fast enough for big-data
TCP IS THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES
• FTP, HTTP & HTTPS
• RSYNC, SCP & DICOM
• CIFS & NFS
TCP DOES NOT LIKE NETWORK LATENCY/ RTT
• Geographic distance increases latency
• Network congestion increases latency
TCP DOES NOT LIKE PACKET LOSS
• Loss is caused by congestion
• Different network capacity
• Wireless and satellite communications

12. So if TCP doesn’t work, what’s the answer?
The Aspera Solution

13. Same WAN Scenario with Aspera fasp
WAN
1000 Mbps
• 170ms RTT
Seattle • 0.001% packet loss rate Paris
WAN is 1000Mbps
Max TCP Throughput ~29Mbps
Max Aspera Throughput ~995Mbps (gain of x34)
ROI measured in $$ cost of not using 971Mbps
At 995 Mbps
• 50GB transfer will take ~4 hrs
• 1TB transfer will take 3.3 days
• 50GB transfer will take ~7 mins
• 1TB transfer will take 2.4 hrs

14. FASP™ — HIGH-PERFORMANCE DATA TRANSPORT
MAXIMUM LINE-RATE WAN TRANSFER SPEED
• Transfer performance scales with bandwidth independent
of transfer distance and resilient to packet loss
• Optimal end-to-end throughput efficiency
CONGESTION AVOIDANCE AND POLICY CONTROL
• Automatic, full utilization of available bandwidth
• On-the-fly prioritization and bandwidth allocation
UNCOMPROMISING SECURITY AND RELIABILITY
• Secure, user/endpoint authentication
• AES-128 cryptography in transit & at-rest
SCALABLE MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROL
• Real-time progress, performance and bandwidth utilization
• Detailed transfer history, logging, and manifest
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FILE DELIVERY
• Transfers up to thousands of times faster than FTP/HTTP(S)
• Precise and predictable transfer times
• Extreme scalability (concurrency and throughput)

15. FASP vs TCP PERFORMANCE
fasp Bandwidth ROI
FTP: Limited by Distance & Packet Loss, Not B/W
FTP Across US US – EU US – ASIA Satellite
1 GB 1 – 2 hrs 2 – 4 hrs 4 – 20 hrs 8 – 20 hrs
10 GB 15 – 20 hrs 20 – 40 hrs Impractical Impractical
100 GB Impractical Impractical Impractical Impractical
Aspera: Scales Linearly with Bandwidth
fasp™ 2 Mbps 10 Mbps 45 Mbps 100 Mbps 200 Mbps 1 Gbps
1 GB 70 min. 14 min. 3.2 min. 1.4 min. 42 sec. 8.4 sec.
10 GB 11.7 hrs 140 min. 32 min. 14 min. 7 min. 1.4 min.
100 GB 23.3 hrs 5.3 hrs 2.3 hrs 1.2 hrs 14 min.
Distance & Packet Loss Independent

16. 6 Gbps Scalable WAN Throughput
~6Gbps Big-Data Throughput x3000 improvement vs. TCP
• Latency independent • 1TB data moved in 20 min
• Loss independent • 2 days with TCP over LAN conditions
Scale to ~10Gbps with IQ Accelerator

17. Aspera mobile app SUITE
New FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES
Technology Advantages
• Up to 3x faster than 3G, up to 100x faster than 802.11n
• Complete integration into native device environment
iOS faspex™ App for iPhone and iPad
• High-speed faspex mobile transfers
• Native iOS app look and feel, and Photo Gallery integration
• Familiar faspex™ workflow with visual style of iOS email app
• Supports faspex™ security models (e.g. encryption at rest)
Android Client App
• High-speed transfers to/from Enterprise or Connect Servers
• Upload content from camera, photo gallery, or file system
• Browse Connect Server’s listings and download to the device
• Upload geo-tagged content using device’s position
Application Uses
• Remote news collection, upload and publishing to central hub
• Viewing and approving content as part of a file based workflow
• Remote medical image viewing and diagnosis
• Use fasp-AIR SDK to embed high-speed transfers into your
mobile apps

18. fasp-AIR Benchmarks on Verizon 4G
In some cases (highlighted in orange), speeds will vary
greatly, depending on available bandwidth and the underlying
condition of the wireless network.

19. Aspera Software Product & Technology Portfolio
DISTRIBUTE COLLABORATE AUTOMATE
Complete portfolio of Global person-to-person Web-based application
servers and clients for and project-based and SDK for creating and
high-speed data delivery exchange and managing automated file-
and distribution. collaboration of files based workflows.
and directories.
TRANSPORT
Our unique, patented faspTM transport technologies provide unparalleled speed, efficiency, and
bandwidth control over any file size, transfer distance, network condition and storage location (on-
premise or cloud).

20. fasp™ Software Environment

21. ASPERA DEVELOPER NETWORK
A complete set of SDKs provides developers with guides, reference information, and sample code to assist them with
integrating Aspera technology into their own applications. Aspera fasp™ technology can be used in desktop, network-
based, and web applications in place of FTP, HTTP, or custom TCP-based copy protocols.
ASPERA TRANSFER APIs ASPERA MOBILE APIs
Aspera Web Services Android SDK
A SOAP based web service API that allows initiation, Aspera Android SDK provides a Java API to transfer files using
monitoring and controlling of fasp based file transfers. fasp-AIR™.
iPhone SDK
Aspera Web Aspera iPhone SDK provides an Objective C API to transfer files
Javascript API exposed by Aspera Connect client. It allows
using fasp-AIR.
integration of fasp based file transfers into web
applications.
ASPERA APPLICATION APIs
Connect 2.8 developer Preview 2
Introducing the new Connect 2.8 developer preview! faspex™ Web API
Integrate the functionality of Aspera Connect 2.8, a fasp- The Aspera faspex Web API provides a set of services that enables
based file transfer client, into your own web applications, users to create and receive digital deliveries via a Web interface, while
while customizing it to your unique brand. taking advantage of fasp high-speed transfer technology.
fasp Manager
A class library that allows intiations, monitoring and OTHER INFORMATION
controlling of fasp based file transfers.
Supporting Tools and Libraries
Aspera Multicast SDK Supporting tools and libraries let you perform other common tasks
A Java class library that allows initiation and management surrounding file transfers.
of IP multicast based data transmissions using Aspera General Reference
fasp-MC™.
Reference on error codes, log file locations, configuration files
and more.

22. CLOUD COMPUTING & BIG DATA

23. Cloud Computing – Why is it so compelling?
The potential of infinite computing resources, on demand
• Eliminates the need to plan ahead
• Allows companies to meet demand
• Without the lead-time bottleneck
The elimination of an up-front commitment
• Reduce capital outlay and investment risk
• Start small & increase h/w resources to match need
• Auto-scale to meet demand
Pay-for-use resource model
• CPU’s by the hour
• Storage by the day
• Bandwidth by the GB Cloud

24. SO? WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT?
• Compute Intensive: 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s of CPU cores
DATA PROCESSING
& CONTENT CREATION
• Transcoding, rendering, encoding, watermarking
• Big-data analytics & HPC
• Near-line for editing, creative apps and processing
STORAGE FOR
ARCHIVE & D/R
• B2B / B2C data workflow
• Offsite storage for disaster recovery and business continuity
• OTT, play out, release, project & event specific marketing
DATA & CONTENT
DISTRIBUTION
• Collaborative data exchange
• CDN and global delivery

25. GETTING BIG DATA IN AND OUT OF THE
CLOUD
KNOWING WHEN TO CHOSE THE RIGHT TOOL

26. CHALLENGES OF STORING BIG FILES IN THE CLOUD?
BEWARE THE OBJECT STORE:
• Not like traditional NAS or SAN
• Bigger, better, but possibly much more complex
• a.k.a. Google File System, Amazon S3, Hadoop Distributed File System
• Simple read/write of data ―blobs‖, indexed by a key
• Multiple replicas are distributed across storage for durability and optimized for access
• Should work well for storing large numbers of files
UNDERSTAND CHUNKS, BLOCKS and BLOBS
• You need to deal with chunks, blocks and blobs
• ―Chunk‖ sizes are small (64 MB/128 MB)
• Large media files must be ―chunked‖ (1TB file = transporting and reassembling 10,000+ chunks!)
• Multi-chunk APIs impede workflow and are complex
• Data I/O use the standard HTTP(s) protocol
• VERY SLOW at distance
• Single HTTP stream slow even locally (<100 Mbps).
BIG-DATA SERVICES WILL NEED A HIGH-SPEED BRIDGE TO THE CLOUD
• Large files moved at full bandwidth capacity with global access
• Overcome the WAN and storage bottleneck
• Support files of any size or quantity
• Transparent to the end user/data owner (GUI, command line, API, browser, etc.)
• No hardware to support B2B, B2C, C2B workflow

27. Big data cloud storage challenge
Cloud

28. S3 & BIG-DATA: TYPICAL APPLICATION OPTIONS

29. SOLUTION: ASPERA ON-DEMAND DIRECT-TO-S3
Cloud

30. OVERCOMING BOTH BOTTLENECKS
#1 — TRANSFER DATA TO EC2 OVER WAN EFFECTIVE THROUGHPUT
• http transfer over WAN (single stream)
<10 Mbps
• Typical internet conditions
• 50–250ms latency & 0.1–3% packet loss
<10 to 100 Mbps
• 15 parallel http streams
• Aspera fasp transfer over WAN to EC2 up to 1Gbps
(per EC2 Extra Large Instance)
#2 — TRANSFER DATA FROM EC2 TO S3 EFFECTIVE THROUGHPUT
• Standard single stream http 10 to 100 Mbps
• Aspera S3 Proxy up to 1Gbps
• With parallel I/O http streams (per EC2 Extra Large Instance)
ASPERA + AWS | ~10 TB transferred per 24 hours | PER EC2 INSTANCE

31. ASPERA DIRECT-TO-S3 — LINE RATE ACCESS TO THE CLOUD
UNRIVALED ASPERA PERFORMANCE
• Built on Aspera fasp™ technology for maximum transfer speed
• Regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions
• Precise bandwidth control ensures the available bandwidth is utilized to achieve maximum transfer speeds, while
being fair to other business-critical network traffic
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH S3
• Integrated with S3 multi-part HTTP for maximum ―last foot‖ performance
• Simple configuration of S3 credentials, for both shared and dedicated docroot
• Transfers directly into S3 are seamless and transparent to user
ENTERPRISE-GRADE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY
• Secure authentication with encryption in transit & at rest (AES-128, FIPS 140-2, HIPPA Compliant)
• Packet-level data integrity verification
• Automatic resume of partial or failed transfers
• Full support for AWS S3 Service-side-encryption at rest
INTEROPERATES WITH ALL ASPERA HOST OPTIONS
• Any platform (Windows, Linux, MAC, UNIX, iOS, Android)
• Any Aspera Clients (CLI, Desktop, Point-to-Point, Mobile, Web, Embedded)
• Any Aspera Servers (Enterprise, Connect, faspex)

32. ASPERA FOR AWS: DIRECT-TO-S3 : SCALE OUT
ARCHITECURE FOR ULTRA HIGH THROUGHPUT
1. Upload using typical multi-part HTTP client
Scale out
HTTP –
2. fasp high-speed upload Direct-to-S3 multipart
2
fasp Aspera Transfer
Server
Aspera Herndon, VA
Client
1
HTTP –
multipart
Client, Dallas, TX

33. ASPERA SOFTWARE ON DEMAND
Aspera Server Aspera faspex Aspera Shares Aspera Console
Universal file transfer server Global Person-to-person file Global Person-to-person file Global transfer
supports desktop, web, mobile & ingest & distribution transfer & exchange monitoring, reporting & control
embedded
KEY FEATURES
• On demand high-performance data transport to and from remote infrastructures
• Unlimited scale out of transfer capacity with additional AMIs
• Support for all Aspera Server software and use cases
• Additional Client Options: Mobile, Outlook Plug-in & Cargo (Aspera faspex)
• Flexible Storage Options: Local, EBS, AWS S3
• Seamlessly interoperates with on-premise Aspera deployments
• Integrated Management and Monitoring
APPLICATIONS AND USE CASE
• High Performance Computing On Demand
• Content Aggregation, Transformation and Distribution
• Time-boxed event or project-based collaboration, ad-hoc distribution or content ingest

34. ASPERA shares 1.0
MULTI-NODE FILE SHARING
Global Multi-node, High-speed File Sharing
• Easy-to-use web application with secure access to a consolidated
view of all shared content
• Fully integrated Aspera Connect browser plug-in for high-speed,
secure file transfers
• Access to content distributed across any locations (enterprise
servers, private, public and hybrid clouds)
• Extremely scalable with web application being decoupled from
storage nodes
• Powerful security model administered through a single
management point combining authorization, user management,
and access control
• Search, filtering, and sorting capabilities make it easy to find
individual files or folders in a very large content store
Application Examples
• Internal distribution of digital assets within the enterprise
• Collaboration enablement for geographically-distributed teams
• Project team and third-party content or data gathering
• Global browser-based distribution of data across external teams
and partners

35. Aspera Shares Features and Benefits
Easy to use Web interface
• Users can easily navigate across files and folders to locate
and initiate a high-speed file upload or download
• A single view consolidates all shared content making it easy
to search and navigate across multiple nodes
• Powerful search, filtering, and sorting capabilities simplify
finding individual files or folders in a very large content store
• Operations can be performed on a single file or folder, or
directly on the search results
Powerful security and access model
• Secure access administered through a single management
point combining authorization, user management, and
access control
• Add and manage users and groups locally, as well as
through Active Directory and LDAP
• Complete control over access, such as which nodes are
visible, and which nodes, directories and files are accessible
• Granular control over all end-user operations such as
browsing, uploading, downloading, making new
directories, renaming or deleting files and directories

36. HYBRID CLOUD DEPLOYMENT (PUBLIC/PRIVATE)
Shares app transparently communicates with Aspera
server Nodes in cloud and in enterprise
User browses content across authorized shares
High-speed data transfers with Datacenter
High-speed data transfers with Direct-to-S3
Client, NY, NY
fasp Shares fasp
DMZ
Node
Node
Herndon, VA
Datacenter, Emeryville, CA

37. Aspera faspex™ Overview
Global Person-to-Person File Delivery Person-to-person File Exchange and Collaboration
• Built on Aspera Enterprise Server technology
• High-performance fasp™ transport
• Person-to-person and project-based file-exchange
• Easy to use Web-based interface, email, mobile and
desktop client interfaces
• Easily create and manage work groups for file-based
collaboration
• Enterprise-scale user management and access control
Application examples
• Internal distribution of digital assets within the enterprise
• Collaboration enablement for geographically-distributed
teams
• File-based review, approval and quality assurance
workflows
• Digital delivery and collaborative file transfer with external Aspera faspex™
partners

38. Aspera faspex™ key features and benefits
Unrivaled Aspera performance
• Maximum transfer speed regardless of file size, transfer
distance and network conditions
• Secure authentication, full data encryption in transit and at
rest
• 100% reliable data delivery
Global File Exchange and Collaboration
• Custom Metadata Collection with integrated reporting
• Comprehensive and granular package access and expiration
policies
• Integrated email notification
• API and automation capabilities for file-based process
/workflow integration
Enterprise-scale solution
• Comprehensive administration, user management & access
control
• Highly concurrent user connection architecture
• Remotely monitored and controlled via Aspera Console –
Aspera’s centralized web-based transfer management
application.

39. Comprehensive Security
Full support of the Aspera fasp™ security model
• Secure authentication, encryption of the data using strong cryptography, per-packet integrity verification to protect
against man-in-the-middle compromise, and is FIPS-140 2 compliant
Supports all LDAP directory services for import, synchronization, and direct authentication
• Open Directory, Open LDAP, Active Directory
Configurable security options
• Automatic deactivation after set number of failed login attempts
• Concurrent login prevention, session timeout, strong passwords
• Configurable per IP and mask upload, download, login permission
• Sending and receiving from 3rd party non registered users, with policy-based expiration
Configurable data encryption in flight and at rest
• Package contents can be encrypted over-the-wire, or optionally at rest for complete security
• Encrypted packages can be decrypted on the fly when downloaded by the recipient using one of the faspex™
clients such as the iOS faspex™ Client, Aspera Add-in for Outlook, Aspera Connect browser plug-in, or Aspera
Cargo downloader
• The sender may choose when and to whom to distribute the secret, and thus prevent unauthorized users from
accessing the content, and control when recipients are able to decrypt the downloaded content

40. ASPERA faspex 3.0
NEW FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES
Person-to-person File Exchange and Collaboration
Remote File Sources (local, enterprise, cloud)
• Browse and publish from any storage location
• RESTful API for integration and full process automation
Aspera On Demand
• Available on demand via AWS subscription
• Seamless integration with Amazon S3
• Supports all faspex client and mobile options
Support for Active / Active and Tiered Architecture
• Active-active high availability configuration with shared
storage (on Linux)
• Transfer server and faspex web application can be deployed
on separate hosts for maximum scale out
New Client Applications
• Faspex app for iOS support mobile use cases
• MS Outlook add-in allows transfers directly from within
Outlook with transparent uploads/downloads via faspex
Self-registration
• Enables rapid addition of third parties with both moderated
and un-moderated configuration options

41. Enterprise Performance, Scalability and Reliability
Unlimited scale-out
• faspex™ application and Enterprise Server can be installed on
separate hosts
• Allows clustering of Enterprise Server nodes for unlimited scale-out
of transfer capacity (I/O and network capacity)
Multi-server relay
• Master server and Relay server configuration
• Transfers from one user to another are relayed to the
users’ home server
• Simple administration of relay server through the master
with automatic synchronization of user accounts between
master and peers
High-availability configuration
• faspex™ server is designed to be deployed in an active /
passive HA configuration. Now supports Active/Active
• Ensures continuous availability of the faspex™ application
• Seamless automatic retry and resume of transfer sessions on
failover assuming shared storage

42. Faspex On demand with Aspera direct-to-S3
1. fasp high-speed upload Direct-to-S3
2. faspex notification
3. fasp high-speed down load Direct-from-S3
faspex fasp
fasp
Person-to-
Person
3
HTTP –
multipart 2
1
Connect
Connect
Browser
Browser
Plug-in
Plug-in
Herndon, VA
Client, NY, NY Client, NY, NY

43. BIG-DATA: ACCESSED & DELIVERED BY ASPERA
File transfer

44. THANK YOU!
Daniel Kumi
Director, New Market Development
daniel@asperasoft.com