1 Reducing Storage Costs and Complexity with F

1 Reducing Storage Costs and Complexity with F 5 ARX

2 Why This Matters IT Budget Constraints Volume of Data Growing IT seeking cost and efficiency improvements

3 What ARX Delivers Lower Capital Costs Reduced Backup Times Lower Operational Costs Reclaimed Storage

4 What is Storage Tiering? Premise: not all data is created equal Dynamically match type of data with a storage system optimized for that data type A simple way to start: 1. Segregate data into active and inactive data sets 2. Active data placed on primary storage / Tier 1 (performance optimized) 3. Inactive data placed on secondary storage / Tier 2 (capacity optimized) Dramatic cost and backup benefits

5 How Does it Work? “Virtual name” is independent of where the file is actually stored u: PresentationsBo. D. ppt Virtual Namespace F 5 File Virtualization Bo. D. ppt Primary Storage (Tier 1) Physical Namespace Bo. D. ppt Secondary Storage (Tier 2)

6 Disk Cost Savings Tiering reduces primary storage Move inactive files to cost effective Tier 2 – Majority of data (70%-90%) Reclaim Tier 1 capacity Movement of data is automated and transparent Disk Cost Savings Example Before: After: 25 TB x $/GB Tier 1 + 20 TB x ($/GB Tier 1 - $/GB Tier 2) Savings = 20 TB x $9/GB Savings: $180, 000 Tier 1 / Primary Client 5 TB Active Tier 2 / Secondary F 5 ARX 20 TB Inactive Majority of data on Tier 2

7 Foster + Partners Leading international architecture and design firm Industry Architecture / Engineering Environment: Net. App 3020 c, FC and SATA drives Critical Issues: Storage costs Reasons: Rapid data growth with long retention periods; older architecture project data continuing to consume FC capacity even though no longer actively used Requirements: Automated, transparent movement of older data to less SATA disk Solution: ARX 1000 to automatically move older project data from FC to SATA disk w/o affecting user access Result: Reduced immediate storage CAPEX by $750 k Reduced annual storage budget by 50% Reduced time spent administering storage by 50%

8 Backup Savings Move inactive files to cost effective Tier 2 Reduces active dataset to be scanned / backed up Reduced Tier 1 backup data set Tier 1 / Primary Client 5 TB Active – Dramatic decrease in backup time – Savings in backup media costs Backup Savings Example Before: 25 TB x 5 weekly full copies = 125 TB After: 5 TB x 5 weekly full copies = 25 TB Savings = (125 TB – 25 TB) x $0. 75/GB (tape) Savings: $75, 000 Same weekly fulls, but only 10 -30% of the data Tier 2 / Secondary F 5 ARX 20 TB Inactive No weekly fulls, only monthly+

9 Wiley Publishing Leading provider of print and electronic products including the popular For Dummies®, Webster's New World™, Frommer's™, Betty Crocker®, and Weight Watchers® series Industry: Printing & Publishing Environment: Windows file server environment Critical Issue: Backups taking too long and too costly Reasons: All data being backed up; capacity growth at 100% per annum Requirements: Remove old data from backup data-set but keep it accessible Solution: ARX 500 cluster Result: Backup window reduced from >36 hours to <1 hour Backup media savings >$60, 000 p. a.

10 Utilization Savings Enable online capacity expansion – Eliminates underutilization due to provisioning pain F 5 ARX Increased aggregate utilization – Maximize value of existing storage investments – Defer new storage purchases Utilization Saving Example Before: 25 TB data @ 60% utilization = 41. 7 TB raw capacity After: 80% utilization = 31. 3 TB Savings = (41. 7 TB – 31. 3 TB) x $11/GB Savings: $115, 000 NAS and File Servers Client

11 Medical Technology Firm Global leader in medical devices for chronic illnesses Industry Medical technology solutions Environment: 100 TB of data on Net. App; FC and SATA disk, ASIS deduplication Critical Issues: Storage costs Reasons: Provisioning new shares with 50% target utilization due to pain of re-provisioning Requirements: Online capacity expansion Solution: ARX 6000 to virtualize Net. App filers Seamless re-provisioning and greater flexibility to manage data growth Result: Boosted target utilization rates from 50% to 90% Freed up expensive FC capacity and integrated lower-cost SATA Enhanced IT flexibility to react to new user storage requirements

12 Putting It All Together Single Tier 41. 7 TB allocated 25 TB utilized (60%) Utilization Tier 2 25 TB allocated 20 TB utilized (80%) $160, 000 Tiering $180, 000 Tier 1 6. 25 TB allocated 5 TB utilized (80%) 15 k RPM 20 TB 7. 2 k RPM Backup $75, 000 Power $20, 000 Weekly Full 25 TB required backup capacity Total Savings = $435, 000

13 F 5 ARX® Series Scalable product family – ARX 500: Departmental Device – ARX 1000: Mid Tier Device – ARX 4000: Mid to Large Enterprise Device – ARX 6000: Data Center Device Common Data Management Operating System software Enterprise-class management and serviceability – CLI, GUI, SNMP – Logging, reporting, scripting – Diagnostics, “e-mail home”

14 F 5 Data Manager Extensible software platform for data management services File System Inventory – Enhances visibility into file storage environments – Monitor usage of file storage resources – Provides detailed file system statistics and trend reporting Configuration Assistant – Simplifies deployment of ARX file virtualization solutions

15 Next Steps Better understand your storage environment: – Download Data Manager trial Create a smarter storage strategy : – Unlock CAPEX and OPEX cost savings – Better utilize existing capacity – Increase flexibility in planning for future storage growth http: //www. f 5. com/products/data-manager/trial. html

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