snw pres city of safford 101209 lr
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See how the City of Safford used GridBank to dramatically improve their storage management and reduce costsTRANSCRIPT
The City of Safford Arizona Municipality Tackles Data Archiving while
Reducing Costs and Storage Footprint
Monday, October 12th, 3:45-4:30 pm Archiving Track
Derek Kruger, IT & Communications Supervisor, MCSE, MBA City of Safford, Arizona
End User Case Study:
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City of Safford, Arizona •! County Seat of
Graham County Population of 10,000
•! City government housed in 10 buildings
•! Three-person team supports 250 users for: servers, software, storage, network, and telephony
City of Safford: Technology Environment: Before
•! Storage: !!DAS & iSCSI SAN environments !!Dell/EqualLogic 5000 (Primary storage) !!Drobo Pro !!Micron 440s !!OPEN-E (backup) !!Windows Storage Server 2008
•! OS’s: !!Windows Server 2003 !!Windows Server 2008
•! Primary Servers: !! 4 Hyper-V Hosts running on Dell
Poweredge 1950/2950
The Challenge •! Constrained CAPEX
and OPEX budgets
•! IT resource limitations •! Continued growth in
demand for data resources
•! Backup Issues •! Need for constant
access to data •! Lengthy data
retention requirements
RISK
CAPEX OPEX
Breaking Down the Challenge •! CAPEX and OPEX for
storage not controlled •! Primary storage not
optimized –! Too much data stored in
primary storage •! Backup windows too long
–! 24 hours for full server backup •! E-discovery issues
–! Very lengthy discovery –! Expensive –! Manual process and IT
resource intensive •! Tape handling, media too
expensive •! Need for security •! Legal data retention
requirements
Fun Data Retention Facts 80% of data does not change after 90 days
--Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
82% of companies are not addressing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
--Storage Magazine
14,000 regulations govern record retention just in the United States
--Computerworld
Coming up with a Solution •! Create a tiered storage environment •! Chose an active-archive/ILM software solution •! Put automated policies in place
–! Data retention, disposition, digital shredding –! Tiering –! Security, encryption, and end user access controls
•! Optimize resources – hardware, software, IT personnel
•! Insure transparent end user access of migrated data
•! Secure self-service for end users •! Respond to FOIA requests in a timely manner •! Comply with AZ State Data Retention Laws
Current Server Room
The Solution: Tiered Storage and Active Archive Using
GridBank™
•!Tiered storage solution !!Move as much data as
possible from high cost primary storage to much lower cost secondary storage tiers
•!Create a tier of secondary storage with a GridBank virtual storage pool consisting of heterogeneous disk arrays
•! Add Amazon S3 Cloud storage service to secondary tier in Q4 ‘09 using GridBank’s cloud storage target support
•! Tape backup depreciated •!Disk-based backup with
continuous data protection
PRIMARY TIER: 6TB Array (using existing
hardware) Internal Server DAS Disk
SECONDARY, ARCHIVING TIER: 20TB Total Virtual Storage Pool –
(using existing, multi-vendor hardware) GridBank software
SECONDARY, ARCHIVING TIER: Amazon S3 Cloud Storage Service
to be added – Tied to GridBank software
The New Technology Environment: Network Storage Architecture
Primary Storage
7 - Dell 1950/2950 Servers Windows 2003, 2008
Linux (planned)
Production Environment
iSCSI SAN Dell/EqualLogic
DAS Internal Hard Disk
IP LAN/WAN CIFS, NFS WebDAV
Secondary Active Archival: Tarmin Technologies’ GridBank
Grid-based server, software command layer, and metadata management
Storage Virtual Pool: Micron Arrays
Drobo Pro Storage 20 TB
Amazon S3 Cloud Planned Q4 ‘09
The Solution: GridBank
•! Active-archive/ILM software: –! Policy-based automated data migration to low cost secondary storage –! Set policies on data retention, security, migration etc –! Perform rapid E-discovery –! Repurposed storage hardware from multiple vendors into single virtual
storage pool
GridBank’s Impact
•! Optimized primary storage –! Reduced footprint by over 50 % –! Migrated 3 TB to low cost secondary storage –! Policy-based migration set at 90 days when files not changed
•! Dramatically tightened backup windows –! Full server backup reduced from 24 hours to ONLY 8 hours –! CDP to Open-E box –! Archiving to secondary/tertiary storage and offsite cloud storage (Amazon
S3)
GridBank’s Impact •! Reduced IT labor on storage management through policy-
based automation –! Added policies for security, encryption, compression, file-
based SIS, data retention, data disposition, migration etc •! E-discovery in secs/mins vs. weeks/months
–! Future end user roll-out will allow secure end user self-service
How IT’s Role has Changed •! Reduced City’s storage CAPEX and OPEX •! Focus shifting from reactive to proactive •! Substantially reduced time for E-discovery of
unstructured data •! FOIA Requests no longer a burden •! GridBank solution simplified search process:
single pane of glass vs. 2 or 3 before •! Audit capability •! Secure storage environment •! Improved backup windows and processes •! Automated policy-based design frees up staff
for non-storage management IT functions
Plans for the Future
•! SharePoint project with active archiving of data to GridBank •!Windows 2008, server virtualization, and Exchange 2010
deployments and archiving using GridBank •!Re-design of Active Directory •!Drive down storage and IT cost savings with archiving/ILM
Plans for the Future
•! Add Linux to primary storage and server infrastructure
•! Archive/tier Linux data to GridBank
•! Add Amazon S3 Cloud Storage Service to GridBank configuration – Q4 ‘09
