Product Overview
Zero-Friction Enterprise Storage™
Company Overview
Innovator in enterprise-class cloud
storage solutions
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Founded 2007, Natick, MA
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Venture-backed, led by Avalon Ventures
CloudArray® line of virtual and physical
appliances deliver secure and fast iSCSI
access to cloud storage from anywhere
Numerous customer success stories
Champion Cloud Vendor
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Customer Success Stories
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Aziende Italia
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Leading ISP and web-hosting
provider in Italy
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Providing unlimited email and
backup to Scality RING Cloud
AFGE
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Reduced VMare Recovery Times
by 80%
LA Unified School District
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Displace traditional data storage
across 15 sites
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$250K+ savings in TCO
CloudArray Solution Ecosystem
Database
Application
File
Backup
Public Cloud
Storage
Private Cloud
Storage
Existing Storage
Backup & Archive
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Veeam
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Quest vRanger
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AppAssure
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Symantec Backup Exec, NetBackup
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VMware VDR
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CA ARCserve
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Oracle RMAN
Storage Virtualization & Tiering
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DataCore
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Nexenta
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VMware Storage DRS
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Symantec Filestore
Application and File
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Microsoft Exchange
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Microsoft SharePoint
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.
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Nexenta
Block Storage
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Windows
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Linux
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VMware vSphere, ESX(i)
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Solaris
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HP-UX
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Turning Cloud Storage Benefits into Reality
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Cloud Benefits…
• Limitless storage
• No more storage array
upgrades
• Global data access
• Tapeless backup & offsite
storage
• Instant disaster recovery
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Database
Application
File
Backup
Cloud Storage
Reality…
• CloudArray®: delivers cloud storage with local
performance, high availability, security, and
simple iSCSI integration
• Integrating the broadest choice of
• Public cloud storage
Private Cloud Storage
Public Cloud Storage
CloudArray® Hybrid Storage
6 iSCSI initiators: • Windows • Linux • Solaris • HP-UX • VMware ESX/ESXi
Zero U. Zero-friction. Enterprise-class.
Servers
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Application
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File
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Backup-Archive
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Tiering
Virtual & physical
servers
Compute Anywhere™ Environment for Business Continuity
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CloudArray Appliance
(VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2, Hardware
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AVAILABLE
In-cloud Snapshots, In-cloud Recovery, Business Continuity, Automatic metadata backup to secure portal
Cache
Cache
SECURE
At-rest, in-flight encryption
FAST
Dynamic Caching or Replication
AFFORDABLE
Thin provisioning, Data Reduction, Data Volume Expansion, Storage as a Service
SEAMLESS
iSCSI, existing applications, Zero-Friction entry point, Bandwidth Throttling
CloudArray Portal
iSCSI
Existing Storage
CloudArray Cache for Flexible Performance
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APPLICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS
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Database
Web
Tiering
File
Backup
Archive
High Demand Workload
Less Demanding Workload
Full Cache
CloudArray
®HANDLES 80% OF STORAGE NEEDS
CloudArray® for Application Servers
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Application Servers
Microsoft Cluster Service
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NAS
Hypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2
Backup Server VM VM CloudArray Virtual Appliance iS CS ICloud Storage
Thin Provisional Blocks2TB
Volume
CloudArray
Virtual
Appliance
Cache01 2TB “Full-Cache”Storage for any application
Local performance
Replication and CDP
DR Anywhere™
CloudArray® for NAS/File Servers
5TB
Dynamic
Cache
CloudArray
®
Virtual Appliance
In Cloud Snapshots
10TB
Volume
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Dynamic Caching Policies
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One-Button Provisioning Policies
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Bandwidth Control
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Multiple Storage Volumes
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Encryption and Compression
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In Cloud Snapshots
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Choice of Cloud Providers
iSCSI
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NFS/CIFS
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Storage without limits
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Existing servers and security
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ZFS (Nexenta)
• zpools (pooled storage)
• Deduplication
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Cloud Storage
Thin Provisional
Blocks
Local
Storage
Hypervisor
Backup Software
VRanger Pro
Microsoft Cluster Service
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NAS
Hypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2
Backup Server VM VM CloudArray Virtual Appliance• Tape as Primary Backup • Tape as Secondary –
For Offsite Storage
CloudArray® for Backup/Archive (BEFORE)
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VM
Backup Software
VRanger Pro
Microsoft Cluster Service
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NAS
Hypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2
Backup Server VM VM CloudArray Virtual ApplianceCloudArray® for Backup/Archive (AFTER)
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VM
Simple Off-site Backup
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No API programming
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No “rip and replace”
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No policy changes
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Automatic local and/or offsite copy
CloudArray® for Tiered Storage
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NASCloud Storage
CloudArray®
Virtual or physical appliance
Hypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2
VM VM VM VMHypervisor
VM VM VM VMBenefits
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Virtually unlimited capacity expansion
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Instant off-site capacity for DR
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Offload existing Tier1 storage, extending lifecycle
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CloudArray Virtual Appliance2
CloudArray Virtual ApplianceHypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer
CloudArray® Recovery
Cloud Storage
CloudArray®Metadata Compute Anywhere™
Environment for Business Continuity
vMotion, HA, FT
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NAS
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Backup Server Backup Server Heartbeat
Hypervisor
VMware, Hyper-V, XenServer, EC2
Recovery Offsite
Local
Storage
DAS/SAN/NAS Backup Server VM CloudArray®Metadata VM CloudArray Virtual Appliance CloudArray Virtual ApplianceRecovery to the Cloud
Rapid Configuration
CloudArray Portal
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https://www.cloudarray.com
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License management
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Alert management
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Automatic “push” upgrades
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Auto backup
Petabytes of cloud storage
in minutes
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3-step configuration
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Web-based UI and APIs
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Web Portal
Try it …
Initiate Evaluation/Proof of Concept
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30-day free evaluation of CloudArray® software
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Minimum requirements:
– Virtual Appliance only – (VMware V4.0 or greater, Hyper-V, XenServer v5.5 or
greater, EC2), Dual 64 bit Processors, 4GB RAM, 50GB Disk Space, GigE
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Online video tutorials for ease of installation
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Download, install and provision petabytes of storage in less than 30
minutes
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TwinStrata support to assist with application use cases, requirements,
planning next steps
http://www.twinstrata.com/Cloudarray_evaluation
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