Three ways object storage can save you time in 2017
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This document discusses 3 ways that IBM Cloud Object Storage can save time in 2017: 1. Stop managing storage by letting IBM manage it in the cloud and avoid the costs and complexities of traditional on-premises storage. 2. Don't do backups by leveraging the security, resilience and geo-dispersal features of IBM Cloud Object Storage to eliminate the need for traditional backups. 3. Make your data work for you by using IBM Cloud Object Storage together with IBM analytics capabilities like Apache Spark, Hadoop and Watson to gain insights from untapped data without setting up complex infrastructure.
Three ways object storage can save you time in 2017
- 1. 1Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Maciej (Mac) Lasota Australia’s friendliest Cloud Solutions Architect IBM Three ways IBM Cloud Object Storage can save you time in 2017
- 2. 2Page© 2017 IBM Corporation 1. Stop managing storage 2. Don’t do backups 3. Make your data work for you
- 3. 3Page© 2017 IBM Corporation What IBM Cloud Object Storage Does IBM COS is not designed for • High IOPS workflows • Transaction Processing IBM COS provides a • Secure, • Reliable, • Scalable, • Cost Effective Unstructured Data
- 4. 4Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Where people use IBM Cloud Object Storage Service Providers. Telecom Media and Entertainment Life Science, FinServices, Marketing Federal
- 5. 5Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Archive Backup Active Voice Archive Scanned Document Archive Log File Archive Patient Records (Healthcare) Video Archive (Media) CDR / IPDR Archive (Telco) Genome Data Archive (Medical Research) Any S3 compliant backup software Collaboration Apps – File Sync-n-Share File server as a service – Aspera, CTERA Hadoop Archiving The same technology can accommodate many use cases Storage Snapshots How people use IBM Cloud Object Storage
- 6. 6Page© 2017 IBM Corporation IBM Cloud Object Storage deployment options The same technology can be deployed in whatever manner suits your circumstance
- 8. 8Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Its not bad, there are cases when you cannot move away from it BUT…. Traditional Storage has a LOT of moving parts! Traditional Storage means • Block Storage Arrays • Storage Area Network • File Storage Arrays/NAS • Data center space • Power & Cooling • Disaster Recovery • Backup software • Backup infrastructure • External Key Managers • Upfront commitment =
- 9. 9Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Don’t buy storage, consume it We live in the age of NOW, not the age of ‘we’ll run a project to deploy this storage solution in 12 months’ With IBM COS • IP Connectivity to cloud • Credit card • Pay IF you use = The curious case of the shrinking data center! $$$ $
- 10. 10Page© 2017 IBM Corporation IBM Cloud Object Storage Tiers Just like a mobile phone plan, pick the consumption model right for YOU
- 11. That’s interesting, don’t all cloud vendors do this? • With IBM COS, you have peace of mind that your data will be accessible • IBM COS the SLAs are better, even our most cost effective tier, cold vault has SLAs • How long can you function if you can’t read your data? • How long can you function if your application can’t write data because the object storage service is down? • With IBM COS you can cheaply store data in the cloud without the fear of ‘bill shock’ • Can you afford the risk of getting a bill 50X your monthly average simply because you actually had to access your data? • Unique Flex tier provides very cost effective storage capability with a bill cap. • IBM will has done the work to see whether the solution will work for you • Pre-validated applications and vendor relationships • IBM invests in IBM COS testing and POCs instead of asking for a wheelbarrow full of money first
- 12. Don’t do backups
- 13. 13Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Eliminate backups for unstructured data Backup is good….. when its needed Prod Storage DR Storage Backup Servers Backup Disk Pool Backup Tape Offsite Tapes Apps Apps Object Storage NAS Gateway
- 14. 14Page© 2017 IBM Corporation IBM COS is incredibly resilient and secure More so than multiple copies on traditional storage IBM Cloud Object Storage has • Encryption in transit • Encryption at rest • Geo dispersal • Erasure Coding • Data hashing • On read integrity check • At rest integrity check • Public/Secret key authentication = A secure vault for your data
- 15. That’s interesting, don’t all cloud vendors do this? 1. With IBM COS you data IS secure as soon as its written • IBM COS provides immediate consistency of data – what does this mean? If you have written your data, the same version of that file will be immediately readable at all sites by your application. • Eventual/read after write consistency means potential data loss if a site fails before a write is committed 2. IBM COS can provide complete physical separation if regulations or company policy demand it. • With IBM COS you can deploy a dedicated IBM COS pod with even higher data resilience, still managed by IBM. 3. With IBM COS, your data is encrypted by default • Your data is encrypted and geo-dispersed by default without the need for users to do anything or pay for any extra feature.
- 16. Make your data work for you
- 17. 17Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Data is the new natural resource Then why does it sit in siloed arrays gathering dust? Untapped unstructured data • Financial reports • Application logs • Sales data • IoT output • Backup & Archive • Social • And much more…. = BUT Standing up infrastructure and analytics applications is not trivial…..
- 18. 18Page© 2017 IBM Corporation Leverage pre-built analytics capability Don’t wait 12 months, do it tomorrow! IBM COS + Apache Spark + Hadoop + Watson + Data Science Experience = Moveupthestack IBM COS to lower the cost of insights
- 19. 1. IBM is recognized as the leader in analytics • Check out the Gartner report https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/data-science/gartner- mq.html 2. Watson cognitive platform waiting for your data • Rich function library including Watson AI, Watson Facial recognition, Watson IOT platform, Watson Video analytics, Audio Analysis, Text Analysis and much more. 3. You can do it yourself, via a business partner, or IBM can do it for you • All have their place, but breadth of IBM means we can guide you to the internal or external resources as appropriate and not make it your problem. That’s interesting, don’t all cloud vendors do this?
- 20. 20Page© 2017 IBM Corporation • Explore the web: https://www.ibm.com/cloud- computing/products/storage/object-storage/cloud/ • Read the Redbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248385.pdf • Try it free: https://www.ibm.com/cloud- computing/bluemix/cloud-object-storage • Google IBM Cloud Object Storage/Cleversafe (esp. youtube) • Talk to your local IBM representative. Want to know more? Check out these resources
- 21. 21Page© 2017 IBM Corporation “What can I do today, that will save me time in the coming weeks and months?”
Editor's Notes
- #4: This should be positioned in conjunction with Spectrum Scale. Cleversafe alone is an Object storage solution. Not intended for High IOPS or Transaction processing. Analytics. ILM is not inherent. Those requirements are met by Spectrum Scale and Cleversafe is a massively scalable long term object storage solution behind it.
- #5: Object been around since 2005. Telco’s: KDDI Uni’s: UoChicago, UoAkld, MSP: Shutterfly, Basecamp Media: Comcast, BSkyB, HBO Marketing: Hogarth, Autodesk Government: US Department of Justice Aerospace: Lockheed Martin
- #13: How much time would you save if you didn’t have to do backups? Restores? Backup software management, backup windows. Tape library. Tape management. Disk pool.