F5 Acopia ARX Technology Overview

1. F5 Acopia ARXTechnology Overview Troy Alexander Field Systems Engineert.alexander@f5.com+44 7815 876 101

2. Agenda • 09:30-10:00         Welcome & Coffee • 10:00-10:30         Elevator Pitch • 10:30-12:30         Acopia Technical Pitch & Live Demo • 12:30-13:30:        Lunch • 13:30-14:30:        Acopia Qualification (Questions to ask, where to hunt, tools, etc...)         • 14:30-15:00         Competition • 15:00-16:00         Whiteboard Q&A:

3. Data Assessment: Content Heavy: Email/Excel/Word/PPT File and Print Document Sharing and Transactional 5% of data is 0-30 days old 20% of data is 30-90 days old 75% of data is 180 days old Findings: You are backing up and archiving the same data over and over again • File Servers or email Servers at High Utilization • Large Amounts of Duplicate Files • No File Management Understanding the Data Growth

4. A few Customer stats… 8,600,000 email files – grown by 2,300,000 in 3 months! 55,000 home drives 1,113+ shared drives 1,100,000 duplicates 50TB+ of data 53,000,000 Office Docs - grown by 11,000,000 in 3 months! Largest file is 16GB 73% not modified >6 months

5. The Constraints of Today’s Infrastructure • Complex • Mixed vendors, platforms, file systems • Inflexible • Access is tightly coupled to file location • Disruptive to move data • Inefficient • Resources are under and over utilized • Growing rapidly • 70% annually (80% are files) The cost of managing storage is five to ten times the acquisition cost

6. Virtualization Breaks the Constraints • Simplified access • Consolidated, persistent access points • Flexibility • Data location not bound to physical resources • Optimized utilization • Balances load across shared resources • Leverages technology • Freedom to choose most appropriate file storage “File virtualization is the hottest new storage technology in plan today…” (TheInfoPro)

7. How will Acopia work? • ARX acts as a proxy for all file servers / NAS devices • The ARX resides logically in-line • Uses virtual IP addresses to proxy backend devices • Proxies NFS and CIFS traffic • Provides virtual to physical mapping of the file systems • Managed Volumes are configured & imported • Presentation volumes are configured

8. Where Does Acopia Fit? Users and Applications • Plugs into existing IP / Ethernet switches • Virtualizes heterogeneous file storage devices that present file systems via NFS and/or CIFS • NAS, File Servers, Gateways • Does not connect directly to SAN • Can manage SAN data presented through a gateway or server • No changes to existing infrastructure • ARX appears as a normal NAS device to clients • ARX appears as a normal CIFS or NFS client to storage • SAN virtualization manages blocks, Acopia manages files • Data management vs. storage management LAN Acopia File Virtualization NAS File Servers SAN Virtualization SAN SAN IBM HP EMC HDS NTAP Blocks

9. What does F5’s Acopia do? • During the demo the F5’s Acopia ARX will virtualize a multi-protocol (NFS & CIFS) environment • F5 Acopia provides the same functionality for NFS, CIFS and multi-protocol • Automates common storage management tasks • – Migration • – Storage Tiering • – Load Balancing • These tasks now take place without affecting access to the file data or requiring client re-configuration

10. What are the F5`s Acopia differentiators ? • Purpose-built to meet challenges of global file management • Separate data (I/O) & control planes with dedicated resources • Enterprise scale: >2B files, 24 Gbps in a single switch • Real-time management of live data • Unique dynamic load balancing • Unique in-line file placement (files are not placed on the wrong share and then migrated after the fact) • No reliance on stubs or redirection • Superior reliability, availability and supportability • Integrity of in-flight operations ensured with redundant NVRAM • Enterprise server class redundancy • Comprehensive logging, reporting, SNMP, call-home, port mirroring • Proven in Fortune 1000 enterprises • Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Yahoo, Warner Music, Toshiba, United Rentals, Novartis, Raytheon, The Hartford, Dreamworks, etc.

11. How is F5 Acopia Architecture ? Remote transaction log (mirror) Control Path • Patented tiered architecture separates data & control paths • Data path handles non-metadata operations at wire speed • Control path handles operations that affect metadata & migration • Each path has dedicated processing and memory resources and each can scale independently; unique scale and availability PC-based appliances inadequate – single PCI bus, processor & shared memory Local Transaction Log NAS & File Servers Clients Data Path (Fast Path) Adaptive Resource Switch

12. How will F5 Acopia Virtualization work ? Applications, Users Virtual Path Virtual IP arx:/eng/project1/spec.doc “Virtual Volume Manager” Routes virtual path to physical path na:/vol/vol2/project1/spec.doc NetApp Volume EMC Volume NAS Volume ILM operation 1 Virtual Volume

13. How will F5’s Acopia virtualization work ? Applications, Users Virtual Path does not change Virtual IP arx:/eng/project1/spec.doc New Physical Path “Virtual Volume Manager” Routes virtual path to physical path emc:/vol/vol2/project1/spec.doc NetApp Volume EMC Volume NAS Volume ILM operation 1 Virtual Volume

14. How will F5’s Acopia virtualization work ? Applications, Users Virtual Path does not change Virtual IP arx:/eng/project1/spec.doc “Virtual Volume Manager” Routes virtual path to physical path nas:/vol/vol1/project1/spec.doc NetApp Volume EMC Volume NAS Volume ILM operation 2 Virtual Volume

15. F5’s Acopia virtualization layers Users & Application Servers Mount Point Presentation Namespace Presentation Namespace (PNS) or Microsoft DFS Virtual Volume Manager Adaptive Resource Switch (ARX) Attach Points NAS & File Servers NAS & File Servers

16. NVR NSM F5’s Acopia architecture Temperature sensors Fan sensors Power sensors • High performance SMP architecture • Metadata services • Policy ASM RAID Drives CONTROLPLANE SCM Mgmt Interface Control Data • Wire speed, low latency • Non-metadata operations, e.g. file read / write • In-line policy enforcement DATAPLANE (Fast Path)

17. ARX HA subsystem uses a 3 voting systems to avoid “split brain” scenarios “Split Brain” is a situation where a loss in communication causes both devices in an HA pair to service traffic requests which can result in data corruption Heartbeats are exchanged between The primary switch The standby switch The Quorum Disk The Quorum Disk is a share on a server/filer How to Deploy Acopia in the Network Client Core Routers / Layer 3 Switches Distribution Switches Acopia HA Pair Switch A Switch B Workgroup Switches NAS & File Servers Quorum Disk

18. Data Mobility Transparent Migration

19. Data Migration with Acopia • Solution: • Transparent migration at any time • Paths and embedded links are preserved • File-level granularity, without links or stubs • NFS and CIFS support across multiple vendors • Scheduled policies to automate data migration • CIFS Local Group translation • CIFS share replication • Optional data retention on source • IBM uses ARX for its data migration services • Benefits: • Reduce outages and business disruption • Lower operational overhead • No client reconfiguration • Decommissioning without disruption • Automation

20. Data Migration (One for One) • Transparent migrations occur at the file system level via standard CIFS / NFS protocols • A file system is migrated in its entirety to a single target file system • All names, paths, and embedded links are preserved • Multiple file systems can be migrated in parallel • Inline policy steers all new file creations to target filer • No need to go back and re-scan like Robocopy or Rsync • No need to quiesce clients to pick up final changes • File systems are probed by the ARX to ensure compatibility before merging • The ARX uses no linking or stub technology so it is backed out easily F5 Acopia ARX Client View NAS-1 home on “server1” (U:) NAS-2

21. Data Migration (One for One) • File and directory structure is identical on source and target file systems • All CIFS and NFS file system security is preserved • If CIFS local groups are in use SIDs will be translated by the ARX • File Modification and Access times are not altered during the migration • The ARX will preserve the create time (depending on the filer) • The ARX can perform a true multiprotocol migration where both CIFS and NFS attributes/permissions are transferred • Robocopy does CIFS only, Rsync NFS only • The ARX can optionally replicate CIFS shares and associated share permissions to the target filer Acopia ARX Client View NAS-1 home on “server1” (U:) NAS-2

22. Data Migration: Fan In • Fan in migration allows admin to take advantage of larger/more flexible file system capabilities on new NAS platforms • Separate file systems can be merged an migrated into a single file system • The ARX can perform a detailed file system collision analysis before merging file systems • A collision report is generated for each file system • Admin can choose to manually remove collisions or let the ARX rename offending files and directories • Like directories will be merged • Clients see aggregated directroy • In cases where the directory name is the same but has different permissions the ARX can synchronize the directory attributes Client View home on “server1” (U:) Acopia ARX NAS-1 NAS-2 NAS-3 NAS-4

23. Data Migration: Fan Out Client View • Fan out migration allows admin to change sub optimal data layout due to reactive data management policies • Structure can be re-introduced into the environment via fileset based policies that allow for migrations using: • Anything in the file name or extension • File path • File age (last modify or last access) • File size • Include of exclude (all files except for) • Any combination (union or intersection) • For the more advanced user regular expression matching is available • Rules operate “in-line” • Any new files created are automatically created on the target storage, no need to re-scan the source again home on “server1” (U:) Acopia ARX NAS-1 NAS-2 NAS-3 NAS-4

24. Data Migration: Name Preservation • Acopia utilizes a name based takeover method for migrations in most cases • No 3rd party namespace technology is required, however DFS can be layered over ARX • All client presentations (names, shares, exports, mount security) are preserved • The source filer’s CIFS name is renamed and then the original name is transferred to the ARX allowing for transparent insertion of the ARX solution • This will help avoid issues with embedded links in MS-Office documents • The ARX will join Active Directory with the original source filer CIFS name • If WINS was enabled on the source filer it is disabled, and the ARX will assume the advertisement of any WINS aliases • For NFS the source filers DNS entry is updated to point to the ARX • Or auto-mounter/DFS maps can be updated • The ARX can assume the filers IP address if needed Client View Acopia ARX \\Server1-old home on “\\server1” (U:) \\Server1

25. Case Study: NAS Consolidation “Acopia's products allow us to consolidate our back-end storage resources while providing data access to our users without disruption.” Chief Technology Architect

26. Migration Demonstration

27. Acopia Demo Topology Virtual File Systems Virtual Volume V: Virtual View Windows Client Virtual Server Physical View ARX500 Layer 2 Switch Tier1 - Share Farm J: L: M: Physical File Systems

28. Storage TieringInformation Lifecycle Management

29. Storage Tiering with F5 Acopia • Solution: • Automated, non-disruptive data placement of flexibly defined filesets • Multi-vendor, multi-platform • Clean (no stubs or links) • File movement can be scheduled • Benefits: • Reduced CAPEX • Leverage cost effective storage • Reduced OPEX • Reduced backup windows and infrastructure costs

30. Storage Tiering with F5 Acopia • Can be applied to all data or a subset via filesets • Operates on either last access or last modify time • The ARX can run tentative “what if” reports to allow for proper provisioning of lower tiers • Files accessed or modified on lower tiers can be brought up to tier 1 dynamically

31. Infrastructure - Central

32. Infrastructure - Distributed

33. Storage Tiering Case Study Users and Applications • International trade-show company • Challenges • Move less business critical data to less expensive storage, non-disruptively to users • Solution • ARX1000 cluster • Benefits • 50% reduction in disk spend • Dramatic reduction in backup windows (from ~14 hours to ~3 hours) and backup infrastructure costs Acopia ARX1000 NetApp 940c NetApp 3020 Tier 1 Tier 2 “Based upon these savings, we estimate that we will enjoy a return on our Acopia investment in well under a year.” Reinhard Frumm, Director Distributed IS, Messe Dusseldorf

34. Tiering Demonstration

35. Acopia Demo Topology Virtual File Systems Virtual Volume V: Virtual View Windows Client Virtual Server Physical View ARX500 Layer 2 Switch Tier1 - Share Farm L: M: Tier 1 N: Tier 2 Physical File Systems

36. Load Balancing

37. Load Balancing with Acopia • Solution: • Automatically balances new file placement across file servers • Flexible dynamic load balancing algorithms • Uses existing file storage devices • Benefits: • Increased application performance • Improved capacity utilization • Reduced outages associated with data management

38. 2 TB 2 TB 2 TB 2 TB Load Balancing Application • A common problem for our customers is applications that require lots of space • Administrators are reluctant to provision a large file system, because if it ever needs to be recovered it will take too long • They tend to provision smaller file systems and force the application deal with adding new storage locations • This typically requires application down time and complexity being added to the application • The ARX can decouple the application from the physical storage so that the application only needs to know a single storage location • The application will no longer need to deal with multiple storage locations • The storage administrator can now keep file systems small and dynamically add new storage without disruption • No more down time when capacity thresholds are reached 2 TB 2 TB

39. Load Balancing Case Study Compute Nodes • Challenges • Infrastructure was a bottleneck to production of digital content • Difficult to provision new storage • Solution • ARX6000 cluster • Benefits • Ability to digitize >500% more music • 20% reduction OPEX costs associated with managing storage • Reduction in disk spend due to more efficient utilization of existing NAS Acopia ARX6000 NetApp 3050 “Acopia’s products increased our business workflow by 560%” Mike Streb, VP Infrastructure, WMG

40. DemonstrationLoad Balancing

41. Acopia Demo Topology Virtual File Systems Virtual Volume V: Virtual View Windows Client Virtual Server Physical View ARX500 Layer 2 Switch Tier1 - Share Farm L: Tier 1 M: Tier 1 N: Tier 2 Physical File Systems

42. Inline Policy Enforcement\Place by Name

43. Inline Policy Enforcement\Place by Name • Classification and placement of data based on name or path • Drivers: • Tiered storage, business polices, SLA’s for applications or projects, migration based on file type or path • Benefits: • File level granularity • Can migrate existing file systems to comply with current policy • Operates inline for real time policy enforcement for new data creation

44. File Based Placement • Filesets • Group of files based on name, type, extension, string, path, size • Unions, intersections, include and exclude supported • Storage Tiers • Arbitrary definition defined by the enterprise • Can consist of a single share or share farm with capacity balancing • File Placement • Namespace is walked only once for initial placement of files • In-line policy enforcement will place files on proper tier in real time +

45. Demonstration Inline Policy Enforcement and File Placement by Name

46. Acopia Demo Topology Virtual File Systems Virtual Volume V: Virtual View Windows Client Virtual Server Physical View ARX500 Layer 2 Switch Tier1 - Share Farm L: Tier 1 M: Tier 1 N: Tier 2 Physical File Systems

47. Shadow Volume Replication

48. Data Replication with Acopia • Technology: • File-set based replication • NFS & CIFS across multiple platforms • Replicas may be viewed • Supports multiple targets • Change-based updates only (file deltas) • Benefits: • Target is not required to be of like storage type • WAN bandwidth preservation • Can be used for centralized backup applications Applications and Users Acopia Global Namespace IP Network ARX Cluster Replication Primary Site Secondary Site

49. Data Replication Case Study • World’s largest equipment rental company • Challenges • Upgrade NAS platform • Introduce lower cost ATA disk • File-based Disaster Recovery solution • Solution • ARX1000 cluster at primary data center • ARX1000 at disaster recovery facility • Benefits • NAS upgrade with no impact to users • 50% savings through use of ATA disk • Cost effective disaster recovery solution • Dramatic reduction in backup and replication times WAN WAN Tier 1 Replica Tier 2 Disaster Recovery Site Primary Site “Acopia has reduced our total backup and replication times by about 70%.” Bonnie Stiewing, Senior Systems Administrator, United Rentals

50. Demonstration Shadow Volume Replication