NetApp software solutions guide

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1 NetApp software solutions guide

2 Index Introduction Introduction...3 Modern storage problems...4 Consolidation and virtualisation...6 Data protection...10 Flexibility and efficiency...12 Application support...15 NetApp software solutions...18 Overview...18 Functionality and benefits...21 About NetApp...39 About Avnet...39 Storing data is becoming even more complex. The quantity of data is increasing, a growing number of applications with diverse requirements for data storage are used and companies are completely dependent on this data. In addition to this, there are new developments regarding storage, such as virtualisation, that also puts demands on IT infrastructure, while addressing the need to keep costs under control. There are many solutions for the problems an IT manager encounters. However, it is very difficult to find a good overview of the solutions and the matching functionality. That is exactly what we intend with this booklet. This booklet provides an overview of possibilities and functionality of NetApp linked to modern storage problems and actual storage issues. This booklet is not an introduction to enterprise storage; it is aimed at IT managers who want to go one step further with their data storage and protection solutions. How does NetApp simplify storage with all the different software solutions available? It adds the most important functionality to its products. This way, you will not need to acquire a new software solution for every new demand. Your reseller will provide more information about the solutions that are important for your infrastructure. This booklet is mainly for reference with an overview of the possibilities Avnet Technology Solutions This brochure serves as informational material. Even though the content of this brochure was carefully compiled, the specifications of certain functionalities could differ from the description provided here. Nothing in this document should be considered to be legally binding with regard to additional guarantees. Neither Avnet nor its NetApp resellers are responsible for technical or other errors or omissions in this material. 2 3

3 Modern storage problems How can NetApp help you? The modern IT manager is confronted with numerous challenges, of which the complexity of the IT environment is probably the largest. How does NetApp help to reduce this complexity and how does this smart software address the problems? Application Integration (page 15) Business Applications & Databases Infrastructure Data Transport & Collaboration Technical Applications & File Management Opposite is a diagram of the most important issues for which NetApp provides solutions. On the pages thereafter we use the solutions offered by NetApp to solve these challenges. Finally we explain the specific functionality of the different solutions. Consolidation & Virtualisation (page 6) Data Protection & Data Retrieval (page 10) Business-demands on IT Flexibility & Efficiency (page 12) New Possibilities Proven & Reliable Technology Go further, faster 4 5

4 Consolidation and virtualisation Consolidation and virtualisation can be mentioned in one breath in modern IT environments. Both serve similar purposes: IT challenges How can NetApp remedy these problems? The promise of virtualisation and the challenges Many IT managers see virtualisation on the server-side as a magic cure to simplify the ever-increasing complexity for users. At the same time virtual systems lead to an explosive growth of (double) data. As well as this, consolidation of storage leads to more intensive traffic on the storage hardware. Lower costs IT objectives Reduce costs Protection of intellectual property Improved performance and availability Guaranteed 50% less storage required The clever deduplication technology of NetApp, for example, ensures that double data is a thing of the past. Cost-effective data protection Traditional backups take too long and cannot be controlled. The NetApp SnapShot technology makes a copy of the data and ensures almost immediate, incremental backup. Virtually continuous availability The SnapShot technology has almost no impact on the performance of the server; it runs within the storage environment of NetApp. A SnapShot can be retrieved at lightning speed. Virtual infrastructure Reduction of costs Protection of intellectual property Improved performance and availability Increased flexibility of the infrastructure Virtual servers and desktop Server storage x $ $ x Desktop storage x x $ $ x x Better service More flexibility and adaptability Storage just as flexible as virtual servers Deduplication and SnapShot help to make the storage more flexible, since copies of the data can be put in very easily. The protocols you use, such as iscsi, NFS or Fibre Channel, also do not have a major influence: NetApp can run all protocols (even simultaneously) on one and the same controller. Virtualisation without NetApp solutions means a huge additional investment in storage-solutions on the back of your virtual servers. Legend Simple Fairly simple $ Fairly simple, yet very expensive x Difficult xx Almost impossible 6 7

5 Immediate backup with no impact on the server performance Traditional backups use the CPU-capacity of the server. NetApp creates SnapShots of the data from the storage controller that have almost no impact on the server performance. Less space is occupied, backups are faster and the system can thus be restored faster. Deduplication NetApp deduplication technology identifies duplicates in the data and removes them after comparison on 4K Block level. The file will look the same to the user. The saving made by deduplication is applicable to all possible data, including primary data, backup, DR, test clones and archive copies. Original data 4K Block level Double blocks identified Double blocks removed File looks the same to users VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2 Deduplication is essential for virtualisation Many virtual machines are almost identical. NetApp only saves the differences. Traditional backup is not practical The problem Intensive server use No separate capacity available for backups Tape is slow, complex and expensive Recovery is very expensive and time consuming Fast, affordable and easy backup and restore NetApp SnapShot solution Servers run applications, with no background processes Direct backup and recovery Little storage overhead Consistent backup of applications Duplicate data is eliminated. NetApp FAS System Protocols in a virtual environment iscsi: For smaller equipment. NFS: The best based on operational level, scalability and performance. FC: Useful with the presence of Storage Area Network. Most of the VMware solutions take little advantage of the Fibre Channel bandwidth. It makes little difference to NetApp which protocols you use, for example iscsi, NFS or Fibre Channel: NetApp also virtualises the processes and all on the same controller. 8 9

6 Data protection: an ever-increasing challenge Making a good backup of different servers, systems and applications is becoming more and more complex. The enormous amount of data makes it physically impossible to run (for example) nightly backups of the days work. In addition, management of the media becomes increasingly difficult, especially when more than one backup system is used. Modern backup challenges How does NetApp ensure a fast and efficient backup? Data is reduced by at least 50% with deduplication. You manage your backup of your infrastructure centrally and retain control of the media. Regular backups are created online via SnapShots, with almost no impact on the system performance. Incremental backups are created via SnapShots. You determine your own policy regarding data replication. al What are the most frequent backup challenges? 68% Meeting the backup window 49% Restore takes too long 40% Very time consuming 33% Media management Business Against this are the business requirements: Comply with the Service Level Agreements Scaling to keep up with the growth Risk management Cost management In short, by using less storage capacity, only saving changes as a backup and also by not using server hardware, you can run your backups whenever you like and as frequently as you wish. You manage your backups and media centrally and determine which data should be saved most securely. Source: Disk-to-Disk Backup and Recovery, Enterprise Strategy Group, Percentages of all users, based on more possible answers. How does NetApp contribute to continued availability? Error NetApp Solution Protection Manager Snapshot TM Copies VM HA SnapMirror and/or SnapVault User error Data corruption Component or drive problem System or site problem Regional problems Restore by user Immediate restore Transparent, % uptime Transparent take over from remote site Restore within minutes SnapManager Storage HA Building 1 Building 2 Disaster Recovery Site The safest way of protecting data is using a remote disaster recovery site. The data traffic between the two sites is limited by using SnapShot technology

7 The sum total of efficiency NetApp software ensures storage efficiency on different fronts. Besides this, the different efficiencyincreasing features add up to major savings in space and time, while flexibility is increased at the same time. How does NetApp ensure greater efficiency? Different NetApp technologies ensure a dramatic reduction of the storage capacity required: The limitations of RAID RAID is a technology based on multiple disks which ensures that when one disk fails, the functionality of this disk will be taken over by the others. However, when this functionality is applied, the load on the other disks is such that double disk failure is quite common. RAID DP from NetApp can be used as protection against double disk failure. Cost effective reliability of data Deduplication reduces required storage capacity by over 50%, while backups require up to 95% less room. Compression Data compression is performed inline and immediately reduces the amount of stored data. Double Parity RAID (RAID DP ), a solution that protects your data from double disk failure, saves up to 46% of the required storage capacity. Save up to 95% Save up to 46% Thin Provisioning, with FlexVol, makes the assignment of storage capacity to applications more flexible and saves 20 to 33% of unnecessary reserved disk space. SnapShot technology creates copies of the data, like a type of photocopy, without using the matching disk space. Save up to 80% disk space. 33% Save up to 80% The problem Double disk failure is a mathematical certainty RAID 5 (single parity disk) > insufficient protection RAID 10 (mirrored copy) > double costs Cost RAID 5 Low RAID 6 Low NetApp RAID-DP solution Protects against double disk failure High performance and quick rebuild Same protection and performance as RAID 10 at half the cost RAID 10 High RAID-DP Low Performance Low Low High High Thin Replication, data replication from disk to disk, saves up to 95%. Save up to 95% FlexClone copies and writeable SnapShots, are ideal for test purposes, because only changes to the data are saved, and a full copy is not necessary. That saves up to 80% of the required disk space. Save up to 80% Resilience Low High Med High 12 13

8 Application support The sum total of the savings. The different NetApp technologies for saving disk space ensure increased efficiency as required storage capacity increases. Storage Costs Capacity Requirements Unlimited data growth Snapshot TM Technology SATA Drives RAID-DP Thin Provision Virtual Cloning Thin Replication Deduplication The total effect of storage efficiency ally critical applications and data A number of popular applications are very demanding on data management and data protection. ally critical applications such as ERP systems and databases demand constant availability and a backup can actually not be done often enough. NetApp can optimise the availability of application data for different applications by means of SnapShot technology combined with special SnapManager software. Different service layers The SnapManagers form a service layer that handles data management, backup and restore functions. SnapDrive is also available for a Windows environment, which makes it easy to create virtual disks and to manage LUNs. SnapManager for MS SQL Server, MS Exchange (incl. Single Mailbox Recovery), MS SharePoint Server, Oracle, Virtual Infrastructure and SAP: 50% less power, cooling and space Using less disk space has additional green benefits: reduced power consumption, less cooling is needed. SnapManager SnapDrive for Windows Back-up and restore Data management LUN management SnapShot technology Half the power Power (VA)/Usable TB Half the cooling needed Heat (BTU/Hr)/Usable TB Half the disk space Total rack units/10tb NetApp Storage Final storage location % % 15 53% NetApp Competition 0 NetApp Competition 0 NetApp Competition Shows possible range based on varying factors in each specific environment 14 15

9 SnapManager There are SnapManagers available for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint server, VMware, Oracle and SAP. SnapManager is ideal for data backup and recovery. Single Mailbox recovery for MS Exchange How often does one single mailbox become corrupted? With NetApp Single Mailbox Recovery, you can recover separate mailboxes or other mail data down to message level. Server with SnapManager for application NetApp Storage System Snapshot Backup in seconds Roll transaction logs Restore in minutes Back-up Consistent backup in seconds with SnapShot technology. SnapShot copies are verified before being saved. The fastest possible and most storage-efficient backup. Online backups with almost no impact on the performance. Possibility of making backups more frequently. Direct access to backup data. Recovery Restore data almost immediately from SnapShots. Severely reduced recovery time through automated logs. Automated recovery-tasks. Extremely fast and accurate data restore and recovery. Downtime reduced. Spend less time on administrative tasks. Reads the content of the Exchange data storage without using an Exchange server. Retrieves individual mail items, such as folders, mailboxes, separate messages or mail attachments from an offline copy of Exchange data. Takes care of a restore of these items to an online Exchange server. You can search text and retrieve according to different criteria and keywords, down to the contents of a mail message and mail attachments. Single Mailbox Recovery Software Restore mail box Restore in minutes Primary Data Centre 16 17

10 NetApp software solutions Review NetApp software solutions In this chapter, you will find a review of the different NetApp software technologies. Many of these technologies, such as SnapShot, Deduplication, FlexShare, FlexVol, protocol support, RAID-DP and SyncMirror are supplied with each NetApp system. That means that NetApp solutions are supplied complete and you can immediately profit from the most important benefits of NetApp technology. Ask your NetApp reseller to inform you about the way in which NetApp technology can be helpful with regard to efficiency, cost reduction and service improvement in your ICT-environment. Compression Description Transparent to application, inline white space removal feature based on volumes not files. Deduplication Description Provides block level data deduplication on Nearstore data volumes. Volume Data is automatically scanned and deduplicated, resulting in immediate space saving with minimal performance impact. Data ONTAP Description NetApp storage operating system which provides a complete and general data management system for a block as well as a file serving environment. A graphical interface simplifies data control and reduces cost for the SAN and NAS contro environment. Disk Description The process of physically deleting data by re-writing disks with specific byte patterns of random data. Sanitisation Prevents retrieval of deleted data. FlexClone Description Creates LUN and volume cloning directly without the requirement of extra storage. Speeds up tests and development and saves extra storage capacity required. FlexShare Description Prioritises storage transactions and allocates the highest priority to them on heavy loaded systems. Ensures that the best performance is allocated to applications with a high priority. FlexVol Description Creates flexible LUNs and volumes over a large disk pool and one or more RAID groups. Quick, easy and flexible storage supply with high capacity utilisation. LockVault Description Creates worm-protected archives for unstructured files by combining SnapLock and SnapVault. Immediate space savings and performance enhancement through reducing write operations. Regulatory compliance solutions for spreadsheets, presentations and other unstructured application data. MetroCluster Description An integrated high availability / disaster recovery solution for campus and long distance environments. Ensures high data availability when a site is down. MultiStore Description Protected storage system partitioning in multiple virtual storage systems. Ensures safe consolidation of multiple domains and file servers. NearStore Description Increases the maximum number of simultaneous data streams (per storage controller). Improves backup, data protection and crash preparation by increasing the number of simultaneous data streams between two NetApp systems. OnCommand Description Graphical Web based storage system management application. System Manager Simple interface for management of all core storage functions, cluster management, replication and data protection. Protection Manager Description Backup and replication management software for NetApp disk-to-disk environment. Improved productivity by automating data protection tasks and reducing downtime by excluding human error. RAID-DP Description Double parity bit, RAID protection (NetApp RAID6 implementation). Protects against data loss due to double disk failures and media bit errors that occur during the rebuild process. SecureAdmin Description Authenticates the administrative user as well as the NetApp system, creating a safe, direct connection to the NetApp system. Aids in protecting the administrative log-ins, passwords and session commands from clear text snooping by replacing rsh and telnet through strongly encrypted SSH protocol. Single Mailbox Recovery Description Provides the recovery of a single mailbox from a Microsoft Exchange Information Store. for Exchange (SMBR) SMBR can retrieve a single mailbox or within minutes; this saves a considerable amount of time. SnapDrive Description Provides host-based data management of NetApp storage for Windows, Unix and Linux servers. Simplifies making a host-consistent SnapShot copy and automates error-free restores. SnapLock Description Write-protected structured data files inside a volume to look after WORM disk storage. Provides storage and maintenance for data according to government regulations

11 NetApp software solutions Details SnapManager Description Provides host-based data management of NetApp storage for databases and business applications. Simplifies making application consistent SnapShot copies, automates error-free data restores and enables the system to execute application-aware disaster recovery. Supporting multiple protocols Your IT and storage environment changes, so you may want to anticipate these changes. But which protocols and technologies give you peace of mind for the future? NetApp technology means you can never make the wrong decision, because all protocols are supported. SnapMirror Description Provides automatic, incremental data replication between systems. Synchronous, asynchronous or semi-synchronous. A review of supported protocols: Provides flexible disk and network efficient site-to-site monitoring for disaster recovery and data exchange. SnapMover Description Provides rapid renewal of disk allocation between controllers inside a system without failure. Provides, rapid, continuous load balancing inside an active-active controller system. Files IP Windows servers Windows: CIFS functionality Designed to provide Microsoft Windows servers access to the IP-network through the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. Microsoft Windows client access licenses (CAL) are not required. Supports an active directory. Windows clients SnapRestore Description Rapid restoration of single files, directories, complete LUNs and volumes from each SnapShot backup. Provides almost immediate recovery of files, databases and complete volumes. Snapshot Description Produces incremental, data-in-place, point-in-time copies of a LUN or of a volume with minimal performance impact. Files IP Unix & Linux servers Unix and Linux: NFS functionality Designed to provide Unix and Linux servers access to an IP-network via the Network File System (NFS) protocol. V2, V3 and V4 are supported. Provides regular, continuous, space-effective and rapidly retrievable backups. SnapValidator Description Maximises data integrity for Oracle databases. Improves reliability of Oracle databases in accordance with the Oracle HARD Initiative. SnapVault Description Exports SnapShot copies to another NetApp system, based on an incremental block level backup solution. Blocks IP Unix & Linux clients Unix, Linux & Windows servers IP SAN: iscsi functionality Developed for data transfer in block I/O format between storage and servers via the iscsi-protocol. Offers the possibility to create IP SAN s for optimal database exchange in an IP-environment. Provides a cost-effective, long term solution of rapid retrievable disk-based backups. SyncMirror Description Maintains two online data copies with RAID-DP protection on each side of the mirror. Protects against all kinds of hardware errors including triple disk failure. FC SAN Blocks Unix, Linux & Windows servers SAN: Fibre Channel Protocol functionality Developed for data transfer in block I/O format between storage and servers via the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP). Allow participation of a NetApp storage solution inside a Fibre Channel SAN-environment

12 Snapshot A SnapShot can be made at any time of the day with NetApp SnapShot technology. This is more or less a data photocopy. You can produce SnapShots as often as you like (up to 255 SnapShots for each volume) without serious impact on the performance of your storage system. SnapRestore - Direct file backup and recovery for end users. - Space-efficient: The only space used is space to save metadata. Pointers are used to refer to data blocks. Additional SnapShots only copy pointers to new blocks from the most recent SnapShot. - Only block-level-changes are stored, as a result of which minimal space is required for every following SnapShot. - In addition to this, a SnapShot also has practically no impact on performance. - In comparison with other point-in-time data copies, the unique SnapShot technology of NetApp reduces the number of I/O actions by more than 60%. This produces better performance, even with multiple SnapShots in succession. The system can replace a backup within a few minutes with NetApp SnapRestore technology. With this, your Recovery Time Objective (RTO) or: How long before I am operational again? is reduced to 15 minutes or less. - Users can retrieve data at file, volume or system levels themselves, if they use CIFS technology. - Volumes for individual large files can be retrieved through a simple command for files that are protected with SnapShot technology. - Recovery of SnapShots happens almost simultaneously, whereby data movement is not required. - Saves the IT department a lot of time and search effort at the moment that the data needs to be retrieved from tape. RAID-DP NetApp developed RAID-DP to prevent the effects of double disk failure. Not only can RAID-DP retrieve a simultaneous double disk failure, it also ensures that impact on performance is very limited. Why RAID-DP? - Traditional single-parity RAID technology provides protection for single disk failure. The expectation is that no other disk will fail and no other irreparable bit errors will occur during the recreation of a defective disk. - Statistically, the chance for a second disk failure is at its highest during the moment of rebuilding. At that moment the disk is indeed used intensively. If another disk fails at the moment of rebuild, the data is lost. - And the larger the disk media, the higher the possibility of an irreparable bit error; because the disk capacity is increased but the error frequency stays the same. This way, the capacity of the traditional single-parity RAID to protect data is stretched beyond acceptable levels. The benefits of RAID-DP Stays operational in all situations where 2 disks fail simultaneously. For SATA-disks but also applicable to FC-disks. Groundbreaking innovation: USENIX Best Paper in Protects better than single-parity RAID or RAID0+1. No performance impact for industry-leading protection. SnapDrive P D SnapDrive is designed for optimised use of database environments. With SnapDrive, managers can simply create virtual disks from the storage present in a distributed environment. - This solution prepares a virtualised local disk for Windows servers (FCP or iscsi). From a logical point of view, storage that is managed through SnapDrive seems to be from locally attached disk sub-systems. - With SnapDrive you can add disks, remove them, map them, un-map them and mirror virtual disks online. - You can expand capacity on the fly whenever you need to without impacting the application or system performance

13 FlexVol Thin Provisioning By using FlexVol (thin provisioning), you can make virtual disk space available while there is physically less disk space present. SnapMirror SnapMirror provides asynchronous, synchronous and semi-synchronous replication over the inexpensive IP-protocol. Without FlexVol, application is limited to pre-determined space. FlexClone Recordable Snapshots Space and time efficient, dynamic, non-disruptive storage (thin) provisioning. Developed to let managers create multiple flexible volumes over a large disk pool. Provides applications and users the possibility to utilise extra disk space dynamically and continuously without the need for administrators. Helps with more productive use of available storage and enhances the performance. You can start with less disk space than that which is actually needed. This way, you can work cost-efficiently. FlexClone makes you a copy of the original data, without storing it separately. You can make the copy without having to take the production database offline. New production write tasks User reads unchanged SnapShot database. FlexClone Flexible Volume base production data Application is allowed to use more disk space if it is needed. User writes data to new clone copy. Use FlexClone to describe complete replicas. Create immediate replicas of data volumes and sets without the required storage space that is needed at time of creation. Gives the IT administrator the opportunity to make a backup copy of a database and to enter it for test development purposes without influencing the production database or going into offline mode. Ideal for test environments, because only changes resulting from tests take up additional disk space. In this way, the need for disk space is minimal. Even if all the data is at your alternate location, you can just make a copy for testing and development purposes. This way you make optimal use of your alternate location. Source IP Target An initial complete backup is followed by incremental block updates. Support from the Fibre Channel Protocol provides a high performance. Simplified deployment and management. Easy set-up and recovery. One product for all storage systems. Provides for, in combination with SnapManager, a watertight replication of application-consistent SnapShots. Cost-effective solution. Mirror between FC and SATA systems. Utilises SnapShots; therefore efficient storage and bandwidth usage. Provides the opportunity to apply the Disaster Recovery copy as active copy for remote read access for centralised backup and data distribution to remote locations. Remote clones for testing applications, QA and production staging. Space-efficient copies without impacting the performance of the production system

14 SyncMirror Synchronous local mirrors of a volume to another volume linked to the same filer. Includes volume mirroring between two clustered nodes. Open Systems SnapVault (OSSV) OSSV provides a homogeneous and very efficient disk-based online backup and restore by sending a SnapShot copy periodically (every hour) as backup to another system. FC Plex0 RAID Groups Plex1 RAID Groups FC Windows Servers UNIX/LINUX Servers IP NetApp Complete native copies of open DAS-systems are placed on the backup system. After this, only incremental block modifications are sent to the secondary system. Results in efficient handling of disk space and bandwidth. OSVV allows you to send incremental backup copies from Open Systems with DAS to NetApp disk systems. SnapVault SnapVault provides a homogeneous and very efficient disk-based online backup and restore by sending a SnapShot copy periodically (every hour) as backup to another system. NetApp primary storage Blocks IP NetApp near-line Complete native copies of the primary NetApp systems are first placed on the backup system. After this, only incremental block modifications are sent to the backup system. Efficient handling of disk space and bandwidth. SnapLock SnapLock provides SEC-compliant disk-based WORM technology. The solution provides non-deleteable and non-re-writeable data protection. The complete system or parts thereof can be partitioned to store WORM protected data. Compliant with the regulatory and the legal security obligation based on government and industry standards

15 LockVault With LockVault, you can store a SnapShot copy in a non-deleteable and non-re-writeable format for compliancy. Deduplication Through deduplication, identical documents are written only once, and different versions of the same document do not take up disk space. Deduplication is done at block level in the NetApp storage cabinet, ensuring that disk space is utilised very efficiently. Disc space used NetApp primary storage NetApp primary storage NetApp primary storage PDF Exel Word NetApp secondary storage NetApp Disaster Recovery Target Nightly SnapShot backups save space. Only the modified blocks are stored and a complete backup is saved. ComplianceJournal logs record the changes between SnapShot copies. Original data Double blocks 4K Block level Double blocks identified Double blocks removed File looks the same to users. s of FAS deduplication Limited storage use, by the sharing of identical data blocks between files (inside the same volume). Between multiple backups of the same source data set. Between multiple backups of different source data sets. Inside one backup (identical files and blocks). Ideal for business processes and applications Archiving. Enterprise Content Management. Information Life Cycle Management. NearStore Data ONTAP maintains a fixed space for simultaneous SnapMirror and SnapVault transfers, based on the type of disks that are linked. Compression Compression and deduplication enabled on a Flexible Volume realizes immediate space savings with compression, and cumulative savings with post-process deduplication. The total savings will not necessarily be the sum of the individual savings. Simultaneous data streams The joint performance allows multiple data streams between two NetApp systems for applications as backup, data protection and protection against failure. N.B. simultaneous data streams are a combination of SnapMirror, SnapVault and Open Systems SnapVault sessions. Raw Data InLine Compressed Data Postprocess Compressed and Deduped Data s of compression Immediate space savings with inline compression. Cumulative space savings with post processing deduplication. Primary use cases Customers looking for ways to reduce primary storage consumption. Do not want to run a third-party compression solution. Low deduplication savings. Applications that are not performance critical File services Engineering applications Seismic data

16 SnapManager Specific applications and databases have specific demands for the way in which the application data backup is created. Besides, these applications are so operationally critical, that a rapid and accurate backup must be made frequently, so that it can be quickly retrieved in an emergency. NetApp has developed a number of specific SnapManagers for frequently used business applications in order to accommodate these problems. NetApp addresses the high requirements that are demanded of a mission critical data centre and the matching applications with these different SnapManagers. - The technology is based on the unique NetApp SnapShot technology, which is used to make complete and consistent backups, and restores within seconds. - The extremely fast backups are executed without having to put the applications offline and without significant impact on the performance. - SnapShot technology allows you to store up to 255 copies of the data, which creates a better opportunity to return to a specific moment in time. - SnapManagers support iscsi as well as Fibre Channel protocols. Allows IT organisations to: Expand storage infrastructure Meet the ever more stringent SLAs Improve the productivity of database and storage administrators SnapManagers are available for: Hyper-V Microsoft Exchange Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft SharePoint Server Oracle SAP Virtual Infrastructure SnapManager For MS Exchange and SQL server With SnapManager for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange and storage administrators can simplify their data management with the powerful functionality of NetApp storage systems. SnapManager simplifies and automates the complex, manual and labour intensive actions involved with backups and restores of Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server databases. >> >> SnapManager software simplifies Exchange data protection by automating processes and untroubled backup and recovery can be executed without manual interference. SnapManager also increases availability with features that enable you to expand your Exchange databases online. Uses policy-based backup retention management. Simplifies migration of existing databases to NetApp systems. Offers integration with Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) and Multi Path I/O (MPIO) and with the NetApp Clustered Failover option and SnapMirror for easy disaster recovery implementation. SnapManager for Oracle SnapManager automates and simplifies the complex, manual and time-consuming processes that are linked to backup, restore, recovery and cloning of Oracle databases. It provides the opportunity to create, use and clone databases to be used in a non-production environment. SnapManager identifies the backup dataset automatically and places the database in hot backup mode while a SnapShot copy is created to ensure consistency. Each backup can be verified immediately or verification can be postponed. Backups can be executed on a regular basis distributed throughout the day and it ensures that your restores can be done quickly with minimal interference to the running processes. It also integrates with the native Oracle technologies such as RAC, RMAN, and ASM and between iscsi and NFS protocols. It offers organisations the possibility to: Make its storage infrastructure scalable. Meet increased SLA agreements. Improve the productivity of database storage administrators throughout the organisation

17 SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS SMVI SMVI Primary Site Snapshot copies Primary Site Snapshot copies SMVI SnapMirror DR Site Snapshot copies and benefits Triggering of VMware snapshots for application consistency. Triggering of pre/post backup scripts. Exclusion of selected datastores. Inclusion of independent disks. SnapMirror update. Time-based or number-of-copies based retention period Customised alert notification. Immediate or scheduled application, or crash-consistent backups of VMs or datastores. Flexible recovery at any level of granularity. Updating of existing SnapMirror relationship at backup completion for integrated DR. Mounting of backups for prerestore content verification. SnapManager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server App/DB Server Snapshot Roll transaction logs Restore in minutes SnapManager Extraction Software Restore SharePoint Server site, sub-site, site-collection or individual items Restore in minutes and benefits Rapid, consistent and storage-efficient backups. More regular backups due to the speed and efficiency. Online backup has almost no performance impact. Direct access to backup data. Automated process eliminates manual errors. Extremely fast and accurate data recovery. Limited downtime after failure. Automated process saves the application manager time! By using SnapShots, the recovery is very fast. Extraction functionality retrieves individual sites, sub-sites, libraries, lists, files and versions in minutes. The replacement is non-disruptive, which means minimum downtime for the application. SnapManager for Hyper-V Virtual Server Admin Microsoft Management Console SMHV POLICIES Backup Restore Retention DR APP OS Virtual Server Admin APP OS APP OS Storage Pool APP OS Microsoft Management Console SMHV APP APP OS OS APP APP OS OS APP APP APP OS OS OS and benefits Automated, application-consistent, policy based backup of Hyper-V environments. Scheduled backups: hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. Retention policies of backups to match customer needs. Automated notifications with job status. Policy-based management plus automatic discovery of unprotected VMs. Simplified user experience for users familiar with Microsoft Management Console. SnapManager for SAP SAP Servers Database Servers SAP Servers Database Servers Snapshot Roll transaction logs Time to restore: minutes and benefits SnapManager makes a backup in seconds. SnapShot copies are verified for integrity and stored. Almost immediate restores from SnapShot. Dramatically reduced recovery time with automated log replays. Automated recovery tasks. Almost immediate copies from SnapShots. Automatic making of clones. Reduces downtime considerably. Automated process eliminates manual errors. POLICIES Backup Restore Retention DR Storage Pool Storage Pool Clones Time to clone: seconds 32 33

18 SnapValidator SnapValidator detects and prevents potential corrupt data in Oracle before these can create problems. MultiStore MultiStore was developed to quickly and easily create separate partitions in file network and storage resources. Oracle Database Server Oracle validates blocks and adds protection information. SnapValidator validates the data based on Oracle information IP Fibre Channel or IP (iscsi, NFS) Oracle system awards a unique value to every write-task, based on the sum of the data and sends data sets though the I/O path to the NetApp FAS. When received, SnapValidator calculates the sum of the data and compares it to the Oracle value. If the measured values do not correspond, the system will prevent the data from being processed and alert the system. SnapValidator connects to the HARD initiative of Oracle and provides the highest possible protection level for Oracle data. Every virtual partition is developed to remain independent of all the other storage partitions. This is done to separate the different departments that access the same NetApp disk cabinet. MultiStore helps prevent information being visible on all virtual partitions where it could be used by unauthorised users. This is similar to LUN masking on a Block Storage System. OnCommand System Manager SnapMover SnapMover is a local data migration solution that results in optimal workloads between NetApp split disk cabinets. OnCommand System Manager is the intuitive but sophisticated Management application supplied free with all NetApp storage systems. OnCommand System Manager enables you to manage storage systems and storage objects such as disks, volumes, and aggregates. System Manager is a graphical management interface that enables you to manage storage systems from a Web browser. NetApp NetApp Clustered Clustered A B A B SnapMover, transferred from properties Filer B transfers properties from Volume #2 Offers the possibility to transfer ownership of the volume of a filer to another filer with a single command. Ensures a better balancing of resources and performance between various NetApp systems. N.B. MultiStore and Clustering are required to enable the use of SnapMover. IP IT Administrator and benefits Simple graphical interface, easy to learn, easy to use Available for Windows and Linux Discover and configure NetApp storage systems. Monitor and manage your storage systems and HA configurations. Configure protocols such as CIFS, NFS, iscsi, and FC/FCoE. Provision storage for NAS and SAN environments. Create and manage vfiler units and SnapMirror relationships. Create and manage Vservers

19 Clustered Failover (CFO) FlexShare UNIX/Linux Servers Application Cluster with NetApp clustering IP Windows Server NetApp Disk Volume Clustered Failover provides a number of possibilities when the system fails: Automatic failover with notification ensures continued data availability for a failed storage controller and sends a message to the administrator about the failover. Manual failover and restore offers the opportunity for planned maintenance of a storage controller, without influencing the availability. Transparent failover: users will not notice the failover; users have continued access to the data after a failover in the same way that the users are used to. Active/active configurations; both clustered controllers are operational and there are no unused resources available on a failover. FlexShare prioritises the instructions, applications and workloads. It offers administrators the following abilities: To configure better performance input without loss of performance of company critical needs. To consolidate different applications and datasets on a single storage system. To prioritise applications based on company critical importance and ensure a priority mechanism for higher priority per instruction, depending on the application. More effective storage consolidation. Critical work loads get priority when the controller functions at maximum capacity. Storage administrators can make on-the-fly modifications. MetroCluster The ultimate availability is achieved by using two identical systems, where one acts as backup to the other. But such an alternate location cannot by definition take over the tasks of the main system directly and without intervention. Clustering techniques are necessary for that. However, there are also pros and cons. It is not yet a functional alternate location; it still needs manual disaster recovery and the control of a cluster environment demands a lot of attention. As the only option on the market, NetApp can prevent these problems with a MetroCluster. X Ym Dark Fibre or DWDM Switch Xm Vol-X Mirrored Vol-Y Mirrored Vol-x Vol-Y Y MetroCluster divides a dual node system into two single-node systems at different locations. If one of the cluster nodes is no longer available, the other (remote) cluster node takes over the identity transparently, without manual intervention. This way, MetroCluster provides both an optimal high availability and a rapid Disaster Recovery. Expands cluster failover possibilities from a primary to a remote location. Replicates data from the primary location to the remote location to ensure that the data is completely up-to-date and available. If location A goes down, MetroCluster offers the possibility to resume activities rapidly on other locations within minutes of the disaster. Stretch MetroCluster provides a disaster recovery option for a distance up to 500 metres between each NetApp system. Fabric MetroCluster provides a disaster recovery option up to a distance of 100km by using Fibre Channel switched network

20 Avnet and NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager OnCommand Unified Manager improves storage and service efficiency through functions that you control, automate and analyse your shared storage infrastructure. OnCommand software provides integrated policy-based data and storage management for virtual and physical environments. It brings together multiple products including s Manager, Protection Manager, Provisioning Manager, Virtual Storage Console, SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure and SnapManager for Hyper-V into a single integrated, policy based data and storage management solution for virtual and physical environments. Core License This provides the framework and core management functions. Monitoring and management of physical storage environments. Monitoring and management of physical and virtual storage environments. Backup and recovery for VMware environment (also requires host package). Backup and recovery of Hyper-V environment (also requires host package). Host Package Supports host related management operations. Monitoring and host configuration for VMware environment. Provisioning and cloning for VMware environment. NetApp NetApp has been delivering network storage solutions for every possible environment for 15 years. Many leading companies and organisations choose NetApp, because the solutions are known for their simplicity and very high data availability. The management costs of the systems (TCO) are very low, which realises a high Return on Investment. More information: Avnet Avnet, one of the largest value-added IT distributors in Europe, provides and develops solutions for IT infrastructures, such as storage, servers, software and services. The business distributes a large number of product lines from different Suppliers. More information: The Partner Services division of Avnet provides channel-only professional services and focuses on providing technical services to the IT channel community. These range from ad hoc service requests and pre-defined packaged installations through to fully managed projects utilising PRINCE2 Project Office. With more than 15 years experience of delivering IT services solely through the channel the team is able to tailor its services to meet your exact requirements. The NetApp team is trained and certified to NCIE level and Avnet is an APSP (Authorised Professional Service Partner) for NetApp. Protection Manager Protection Manager provides automatic backup and replication control for NetApp disk-to-disk environments. PRIMARY DP SITE AUTOMATION SECONDARY REMOTE SITE Definite data protection via policy-based control. Elimination of time-intensive, manual configuration and mapping. Effective use of secondary and tertiary storage resources and thus fewer costs

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