We look beyond IT. Cloud Offerings

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1 Cloud Offerings

2 cstor Cloud Offerings As today s fast-moving businesses deal with increasing demands for IT services and decreasing IT budgets, the onset of cloud-ready solutions has provided a forward-thinking path to help business transition away from the capital-intensive legacy systems of the past. Cloud computing enables businesses to access the technologies they need, when they need them, at a much more cost-effective and scalable model. Companies of all sizes from small and medium-sized businesses to large global enterprises are progressively transitioning to the cloud to help free core resources to focus on the business issues that matter most. Business Needs o To eliminate tape backup and related capital expenditures o Improve business compliance concerns o Securely protect company data and information o To reduce growing backup storage and archive cost o To leverage cloud storage to help improve RTO/RPO so the business can meet its SLA s o Reduce administration time and IT staff workloads o Improve backup and restore success rates over tape o To address disaster recovery and business continuity o Reduce the cost of backup and storage o Extend the capacity and capabilities of your on premise data center while leveraging the efficiency and elasticity of the Cloud o Leverage pay-as-you-go scalable infrastructure cstor - Cloud Offerings o cstor Cloud Backup for NetApp to NetApp o cstor Cloud Backup using Commvault o cstor Backup Cloud Solutions cstor Cloud Backup for Small Business cstor Cloud Backup for Enterprise

3 Method of Approach 1. Understand: We are infinitely more valuable to you when we deeply understand your business your objectives, your culture, your infrastructure, your capabilities, and your needs. 2. Assess: With this deep understanding of your business and objectives, we assess and clearly define the gap between your current capabilities and your desired goals. 3. Analyze & Prioritize: After our assessment, we document and analyze the findings, and prioritize recommendations for the most efficient, cost-effective approach to accomplishing your goals. 4. Advise: Based on our understanding of your business, including cost and time parameters, we review the alternatives to give you a comprehensive view of all options and recommend the most feasible solution that meets your needs. 5. Act: The final step involves working with your team, as you deem necessary, to successfully implement the best solution for the business.

4 cstor Cloud Backup for NetApp to NetApp SOLUTION OVERVIEW Data is growing--business records and data hold tremendous operational, financial, strategic and legal value and need to be protected. The cost of keeping them safe and accessible when you need them is growing as well. Many NetApp customers today are limited in physical locations and/or the necessary resources to back-up their data to an offsite location. Current solutions replicate data to additional internal resources or back up to other media and have it taken off-site. Neither solve the real issues of having access to your information when you need it at a cost that is acceptable to the business. With easy deployment, you can begin moving data to cstor s NetApp to NetApp cloud storage on demand. Our service requires no additional capital expenditures and can be up and running in as little a few days. You pay for storage as you need it, and as your requirement increase or decrease we simply allocate the storage to meet the business needs. BENEFITS Data is safely stored offsite and is available for anywhere at any time. Using cstor s NetApp to NetApp cloud service, customers enjoy all the native NetApp functionality they are already familiar with. Always open, 7X24X365 storage without owning additional equipment, maintenance contracts and facility cost.

5 KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE o Maintains NetApp native functionality Block level incremental Deduplication functionality Compression Integrated NetApp Backup & Recover functionality Reduced Backup windows Leverages all of the software features and efficiencies NetApp provides Map drive and search Locate and pull a single file Data stored in native format Browsable / Recoverable o Highly secure offsite storage solution o Architected around the businesses RPO & RTO to meet business SLA s o Reduced workloads for your technical team o No capital expenditures o Easy and fast to implement o No additional facilities o Data is available 7X24X365 online o Data is easy and fast to restore o Elastic, pay-as-you-go scalable infrastructure o Always open, 7X24X365 storage without owning additional equipment, maintenance contracts and facility cost. TECHNICAL SPECS o Replicated data is selected at a volume level o Data is transmitted on a scheduled basis and has the ability to be throttled o Only unique blocks are transmitted to the destination o Data is segregated from other customer s data using NetApp s vfilers CUSTOMER PREREQUISITES o High speed internet connection o VPN hardware o NetApp SnapMirror / SnapVault license o OnCommand Unified Manager Core o SnapManager in-place and working for application quiesce cstor.com

6 cstor Cloud Backup using Commvault SOLUTION OVERVIEW Data is growing--business records and data hold tremendous operational, financial, strategic and legal value and need to be protected. The cost of keeping them safe and accessible when you need them is growing as well. Commvault customers today are searching for ways to efficiently and cost effectively take advantage of Cloud Based environments. cstor s Commvault to Cloud Storage solution provides Commvault customers the ability to back up their data to our off-site Cloud environment in most cases without the costs of additional software licenses. With easy deployment, cstor offers Commvault users with storage on demand. Our service requires no additional capital expenditures and can be up and running in as little a few days. You pay for storage as you need it, and as your requirement increase or decrease we simply allocate the storage to meet the business needs. BENEFITS Data is safely stored offsite and is available for anywhere at any time. Using cstor s always open, 7x24X365 Commvault to Cloud service; customers enjoy all the significant Commvault functionality they are already familiar with while leveraging the most advantageous Cloud environment for them. KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE o Integrates into existing storage policies within CommVault o No additional hardware/software is required to use cloud storage option o Highly secure offsite storage solution o Architected around the businesses RPO & RTO to meet business SLA s o Reduced workloads for your technical team o If the customer has a Commvault ELA there is no capital expenditure required o Easy and fast to implement o No additional facilities o Data is available 7X24X365 online o Data is easy and fast to restore

7 TECHNICAL SPECS o A separate storage library is created for the cloud repository o An Aux copy is created within CommVault on the storage policies that are selected for cloud storage o Data is encrypted up to AES-256 o Data is automatically recalled within CommVault when needed from the cloud repository CUSTOMER PREREQUISITES o High speed internet connection o CommVault Simpana v9 or later o CommVault a la carte licensing requirements: AFP-ENCR-U - Data Encryption CommCell Enabler CC-ENCR-SCE-S - MediaAgent-Encryption Secondary Copy Enabler cstor.com

8 cstor Cloud Backup for Small Business SOLUTION OVERVIEW Organizations are investing in various forms of backup to the cloud to protect their data from accidental loss and improve speed of recovery in the event of a disaster. Cloud backup offers an alternative solution to in-house backup solutions providing a number of advantages including lower costs, speed of recovery, stored information security, multi-location accessibility to stored information, no physical transportation and minimal risk of lost data due to theft, human error or geographic disasters. Built for business use, cstor s Cloud Backup for Small Business provides seamless backup and fast recovery for Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and workstations running Windows or Mac OSX operating systems. Database and file backups are compressed and encrypted, transferred via a proprietary protocol, and safely stored in Tier 3+ SAS 70 compliant datacenters. The online backup solution is a secure, reliable, and cost effective way for businesses to ensure their vital data is protected without having to maintain or invest in an on-premise solution. BENEFITS Data is safely stored off-site and accessible from anywhere at any time. If required, expert 24/7 support and recovery assistance is available. To begin, the customer downloads the server client and configures, chooses which files to backup and defines how to manage data/bandwidth throttling. In just a few clicks and with no hardware required, files are automatically backed up even open files. KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE Automated backups Full back up of servers and workstations across the customer s business. Schedule backups on a daily, weekly, monthly, or fully customized basis with uncapped and incremental backup capabilities

9 Self-service management console: Provides ongoing management of backup configurations and access policies including user account management, statistics and reports, backup schedules and access policies Advanced data security: Data is compressed and encrypted at the source, while in transit and during storage in SAS Type II certified Tier 3 datacenters. All transfers to and from the backup server are protected within an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connection Easy file recovery: Recovering files is as easy as selecting the file or folder to restore and downloading it. In case of a major disaster, your data will be express shipped on a hard drive to your designated location. Dedicated support team: Data recovery specialists are available 365/24/7 Multiple versioning option: Enables the restore of older versions of files, even if they have been backed up several times since. TECHNICAL SPECS o Provides backup and recovery services for Microsoft Server (2003/2008); Microsoft Exchange (2000/2003/2007/2010); Microsoft SQL Server (2000/2005/2008); Windows/Mac OS workstations o Security is used for data encryption and all data is isolated by customer for additional protection o Storage Data Centers are all SAS 70 type II certified o Configured for maximum compatibility with corporate firewalls, and supports the use of proxy servers. o Includes an open file driver and integration with Microsoft VSS provides the ability to back up files held open by running applications (like Outlook or QuickBooks). CUSTOMER PREREQUISITES o The installation of application software is required at the customer s premises in order for the customer to benefit from this service o Administrative rights on the Microsoft Windows, Exchange or SQL servers to back up o OS: 32 or 64 bit versions of Windows 2008 R2/2008/2003 SP1 or higher, Windows 7 o Processor: dual core at 2.0 GHz o RAM: at least 4 Gb o Hard drive space: 5 Gb free + usage cstor.com

10 cstor Cloud Backup for Enterprise SOLUTION OVERVIEW cstor Cloud Backup for Enterprise delivers long-term, low-cost, high performance data protection leveraging best in breed storage products and services. Each package is designed to be purchased as a convenient monthly subscription fee and attaches seamlessly to many of the industry s leading backup software applications. With easy deployment, you can begin moving data to cstor cloud storage solutions within hours of subscribing to Cloud Backup for Enterprise. Optimized for data protection workloads, this solution deduplicates, compresses, encrypts and replicates to the cloud reducing costs 30-50% compared to disk or tape based systems. Data sets are compressed on average by 10 30x to speed transmission and reduce cloud storage costs. BENEFITS Cloud Backup for Enterprise provides businesses drop-in access to public cloud storage with local-like performance without changes to the existing backup infrastructure. Simply change the target of the backup application to the Whitewater appliance, and Cloud Backup for Enterprise manages the deduplication, encryption and transmission to the cloud. No changes to jobs, policies, or schedules are requires. KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE Solutions designed to maximize performance and minimize cost. Attaches seamlessly to a wide array of backup software applications from leading providers including CA, Commvault, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft SQL, Platform Support Information, Oracle Database, Symantec, Veeam and Vizioncore Reduced storage and bandwidth costs: Variable segment length, in-line deduplication finds additional duplication, and results in lower cloud storage fees and faster data transmission. High-speed data transfers: Industry-leading WAN optimization technologies are used to speed the replication of backup datasets to and from the cloud. The appliances optimize data and transmit in multiple, parallel streams to maximize the available bandwidth for outstanding throughput. End-to-end security: Data is secured in-flight using SSL v3, and at rest using AES 256-bit encryption to create complete end-to-end security. The customer has the flexibility to restore data to any location while encryption keys are kept safe within the datacenter.

11 Fast restores: The most recent and often accessed data is cached locally to greatly increase restore speeds. Seamless connection: Seamlessly connect between Symantec Backup Exec and cstor cloud offerings to store and restore datasets. Real-time replication: All backup data is quickly and safely stored in the cloud and synchronization is ensured between the cloud and the locally cached dataset to provide superior data protection. Safe, secure, cost-effective with anywhere data access: cstor cloud solutions provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the Web. TECHNICAL SPECS o Backup data is received from the backup server over CIFS or NFS interface. o Write, read, and delete objects containing from 1 byte to 5 terabytes of data each. o The number of objects you can store is unlimited. o Information is deduplicated, encrypted, compressed and cached locally to sped restores. o Data is encrypted and stored both in the local cache and in the cloud, with the customer managing the key. o Data is encrypted data both in-flight to the Cloud with SSL v3, as well as at rest using AES 256-bit encryption. o Each object is stored in a bucket and retrieved via a unique assigned key. o Authentication mechanisms are provided to ensure that data is kept secure from unauthorized access. o Options for secure data upload/download and encryption of data at rest are provided for additional data protection. o 250Gb per hour throughput CUSTOMER PREREQUISITES o VMware Virtualized Servers using certified backup software for data backups. o Virtual CPUs 2 minimum; 4 recommended. o Physical CPUs 2.3 GHz + Xeon (or similar). o Memory 6 GB minimum; 8 GB to 12 GB recommended. o Networking Adaptor type Intel E1000. o Disk Up to 8 TB (2, 4, and 8TB appliances available, recommend using maximum drive size). RAID-1 or high throughput disk subsystem. Separate disk subsystems other than the one used for backed up servers. o Set up the Windows server(s) within an existing or newly created naming service such as Active Directory. cstor.com