1. SoftNAS for Enterprise Cloud NAS Storage
Enterprise NAS Features for Azure
SoftNAS NAS Storage Enables…
Scales from gigabytes to petabytes – pay as you grow!
Simple administration designed for non-storage experts.
Adjustable virtual hardware configurations.
Tuneable performance levels remain elastic throughout the customer lifecycle.
Elastically switch to “new” storage options over the entire lifecycle (e.g., higher speed SSDs, lower cost HDD).
Use what’s needed and pay for what’s used.
Upgrade and grow as needs change!
FLEXIBLE
DATA SERVICES
Azure Disk and BLOB
CIFS w/ Active directory
NFS w/LDAP
iSCSI
Performance adaptable
Disk
SSD
Networking
Caching
Block replication
Encryption
Cloud disks
Compression
Inline deduplication
Instant snapshots
Multi-level caching
Storage pools
Thin provisioning
Writable SnapClones™
Why leave those great advanced storage features behind. Get all the enterprise NAS capabilities on Azure with SoftNAS.
SoftNAS provides the best practice features customers have come to expect on-prem to Azure that enable:
Data efficiency (thin provisioning, dedupe & compression)
Lifecycle management tools (snapshots and easy provisioning)
Data Safety (multi-site replication, encryption)
Performance adaptable (flexible caching configurations using RAM and disk tiers)
We designed the product to enable NON-experts to quickly create an Azure NAS storage system using our guided configuration wizard. Most of our users are not purebred storage admins… they are people looking for a path the leverage Azure for an enterprise class storage experience without the complexity!
And here’s the key message
Unlike on-prem storage fixtures, SoftNAS allows customers to adjust to performance and capacity requirements as needed. That means if they are doing a development project and just need enough to test the application and then need to grow to a production roll-out, they can non-destructively adjust capacity and the storage performance to meet their needs. As deployments grow, they can again adjust the storage characteristics to match the need. Customers only pay for what they need and what they use. No hardware lock in. Customers can experiment with their workloads to match the requirements – Try that with a CapEx on-prem model!
Most Customers Don’t Realize they can get this flexibility benefit!
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2. SoftNAS Cloud NAS Virtual Storage Appliance Front-ends Object, Block, JBOD, or DAS Storage
CIFS/SMB
NFS OR
iSCSI
DAS / JBOD
AFP
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3. Full Spectrum Flexibility
Azure Cool Blob $
Azure Hot Blob
Standard Page Blob
$$$$
Premium
Compute Flexibility for VSA Performance Adaptability
Data Store Flexibility for Cost/Capacity Adaptability
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4. Multi-Data Store Use Case Example
Customers often need a combination of performance sensitive workloads and capacity oriented storage options.
SoftNAS provides a single point of interface that leverages concurrent back-end data stores.
High Performance: Uses block-backed premium SSD with high IOPS
Mid-Range Performance: Uses block-backed standard storage options
Capacity Oriented: Uses object-backed storage
Example:
NFS Shares for…
SoftNAS Leverages…
Web Server Image
Block Premium Data Store
Website Images
Block Standard Data Store
Older user submitted files
Object Data Store
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5. Use Case: NFS/CIFS/iSCSI Storage on Azure Cloud
Challenge:
Company needs to quickly SaaS enable a customer-facing application on Azure but app does not support Azure Blob
Needs AD/LDAP integration
Solution:
Re-write app to support Azure Blob (unlikely)
Do not change application: Use SoftNAS Cloud NAS on Azure for NFS/CIFS/iSCSI
Azure or On-prem hosted VMs
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6. Use Case: Disaster Recovery on Azure Cloud
Challenge:
Major publishing company needs reliable offsite data protection
Large hardware capital investment
Need metered usage
Simple and integrated solution
Solution:
Branch office backup to cloud
Core data center backup to cloud
Cloud backup to cloud
Hybrid cloud backup
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7. Use Case: Hybrid On-Premise Storage Gateway to Azure Cloud
Challenge:
Major publishing company has performance-sensitive applications that need local LANs
Need off-site protection and/or capacity
Solution:
On-prem virtual appliance
Replication, snapshotting or back-up to Azure
Capacity expansion to Azure
On-prem hosted VMs
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8. UltraFast Data Transfer – Before and After
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9. Detailed Functionality Provided by SoftNAS
Feature
SoftNAS
NFS
V3, V4
iSCSI
Yes
Authentication
LDAP, AD
SMB
SMB v3
Snapshots
Clones
Deduplication
File to Object Duality No
Capacity Limit
Unlimited, Based on underlying storage. 10’s to 100’s of PB
Caching
Compression
Encryption
Yes. Data-At-Rest. Data-In-Flight for CIFS and NFS
ILM
Limited (bucket level) HA
Yes (virtual IP to dual controllers)
Replication - Async
Grid Federation
Cloud to Private Migration
Scalable capacity for mixed operating system workloads.
Data efficiency.
Data safety.
Lifecycle management.
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10. Key Features: NAS Features
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11. Key Features: Compression & Deduplication
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12. Flexible, adaptable architecture
INTEGRATION
DATA SERVICES
API and CLI
Cross data center
Cross-zone VPC
Easy administration
File gateway
HTML5 Admin UI
Software filer
ZFS on Linux
Azure
CenturyLink cloud
CIFS w/ Active directory
FC SAN
iSCSI LUN
iSCSI SAN
NFS
RHEL
S3 Objects
SSD
VMware vSphere
Block replication
Cloud disks
Compression
High-availability
Inline deduplication
Instant snapshots
Multi-level caching
Storage pools
Thin provisioning
Writable SnapClones™
Linux virtual appliance
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13. Cloud NAS Storage… Unique Value Proposition
Conventional On-Prem Storage
SoftNAS NAS Storage
Fixed configuration locked into the performance levels available at the time.
Performance may not fit future needs (may over-buy anticipating future).
If you don’t get it wrong… depreciate it and hope to get new budget next year 
Adjustable virtual hardware configurations.
Tuneable performance levels remain elastic throughout the customer lifecycle.
Elastically switch to “new” storage options over the entire lifecycle (e.g., higher speed SSDs, lower cost HDD).
Use what’s needed and pay for what’s used.
Upgrade and grow as needs change!
Architectural mistakes happen – We enable lossless changes to the SoftNAS configurations
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14. Throughput Under Stress
This illustrates our resiliency under battlefield conditions
TCP performance degrades with increasing latency and packet loss
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15. UltraFast by SoftNAS WAN link: 365 Mbps, < .01% packet loss
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16. CloudFabric Architect™
Drag and drop flow configuration and real-time monitoring/flow changes
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17. Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS
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Brands You Know Trust SoftNAS
The Street
Netflix
Yelp
Starz
Boeing
Coca Cola
Mars Incorporated
Purdue University
McGraw Hill Education
Technicolor
RioTinto
Logitech
Edmunds.com
University of California Irvine
AGC
iN DEMAND
Brightcove
Atypon
QualityNetContent
Accelops
OrigamiRisk
Annalect
Carbon Media Group
CallSource
Cytobank
PageUp People
FedBid
Atlanticus
Autodesk
The Weather Channel
KMC Music Corp
Informatica
Albo Aruba
Infor
Different Life
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