Simplifying the Management of Information Through its Lifecycle

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Simplifying the Management of Information
Through its Lifecycle

• Authors Mike Marchi
• Krish Padmanabhan
• Monika Doshi

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The IT Managers World

• Requirements

Manage data Meet business goals Keep users happy
productive Mitigate risk Manage cost
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Data and Storage are Complex
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Data and Storage are Complex
Goal Continually align classes of data with
their appropriate class of storage
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Comprehensive Solutions
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Comprehensive Solutions
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Data Must Be Managed Throughoutits Entire Life
Cycle
0. Define data and storage classes
Existing
New data
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More Information About Your Information

• Not all data is the same
• Not all companies are the same
• Data classes depend on
• Richness of available metadata
• Companys business requirements

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Assessing and Classifying Data

• Importance of data changes over time

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Understanding Data Types

• Structured data

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Storage Alternatives

• Not all types of storage are the same

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NetApp ILM Goals Driven by Users

• Lower customer costs
• Keep it simple
• Make it transparent to users and applications
• Provide flexible solutions to match each
  customers business demands
• Native solution Open ILM approach
• Provide options for change and growth
• Solve real-world business problems

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NetApps OpenILM Approach
NetApp OpenILM API
Storage Infrastructure
NearStore 8-96 TB
FAS 9x0 1-32 TB
FAS 2x0 0.5-4 TB
DataONTAP Operating System
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NetApps Native ILM Solution
NetApp Data Fabric Manager (DFM) and DataONTAP
T O D A Y
ClassifyData
Technology to classify files, storage utilization
by file type, file size, and user

• Provides capability to do quota management and
  chargeback

• Automated or admin controlled
• Last file access, frequency of access, etc.
• Exclude file types to be migrated (e.g., .mp3)
• Migrate group of files as an entity (e.g.,
  project)
• Transparent to users and applications

Migrate
F U T U R E
Policies to migrate data to and from nearline
storage
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NetApp Approach

• IntegratedFits into existing environment
• OpenCustomer chooses best of breed ILM elements
• SimpleRapid deployment and easy management
• InnovativeAutomated migration and classification
• IntelligentGet more information about your
  information

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Open ILM Architecture
WindowsStorage
NearStore
Tape
NetAppStorage
UNIX Storage
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NetApps ILM Advantage

• Owning the file system allows us to provide the
  richest data classification solution
• rich file metadata
• better classification means better decisions
• Native solution plus Open ILM approach
• guarantees solution will match business demands
• lets customers configure best of breed solution
• Common architecture simplifies environment

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Future VisionSimplifying ILM With the Storage
Grid
Pooled Storage
CPUs
OS Load Sharingsoftware

• Storage containers for classes of data
• Simplified management through abstraction layer

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Future VisionPolicy-Based Storage Allocation
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Summary

• ILM solutions must meet your unique business
  requirements
• NetApp gives you lots of options
• NetApp approach provides depth and breadth
• Easy to integrate and get started today
• Smooth migration path to grid-based future

NetApp simplifies managing informationthroughout
its lifecycle.
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Storage Simplified.