Veeam Backup & Replication and Nimble Storage CS-Series

1. Veeam Backup & Replication and Nimble Storage CS-Series Phil Nayebi, Systems Manager, Miller Castings Nicholas Schoonover, Technical Marketing, Nimble Storage Jason Acord, Systems Engineer, VeeamSoftware Speed up backup & recovery with flash-optimized storage

2. Introduction Miller Castings’ IT Environment Requirements for Virtualization Solution Deployed and Benefits Best Practices Agenda

3. Introduction • Miller Castings • Operating since 1972 • Specialize in high quality lost wax castings (ISO 9001 & AS9100) • Primary supplier for variety of industries • 350 Employees in a 72,000 sq feet facility in SoCal • Phil Nayebi • Systems Manager at Miller Castings • 10 years veteran • Responsible for IT -- hands-on approach

4. Miller Castings: Environment • IT’s focus on supporting the business • Supporting 350 employees • Applications including engineering apps (Solid Works, Master CAM), WIP Trac, Document management and ERP systems and Microsoft applications (SQL Server, Exchange, Lync), and file services • Approaching 100% virtualization using VMware vSphere 5 • Data Protection using Veeam • Infrastructure • All, but one server running ESXi • Nimble Storage CS220G • Managed by a team of two (including myself)

5. Journey to Virtualization • Used to be an HP including HP LeftHand storage • 4x 2U P4000 storage arrays • Goal at the time was to be 100% Virtualized • Pushed both storage and data protection past the limit – performance and adequate data protection • Unfortunately previous solutions didn’t worked with virtualized environments – application errors

6. At 100% Virtualization Engineers Factory floor Administrative 1GbE 10GbE 10GbE Nimble Storage CS220G 10GbE

7. Veeam and Nimble Storage • Introduced to Veeam by VAR • Replaced previous backup solution – initially on HP LeftHand, later on Nimble Storage • Effective Service Levels for Data Protection • RPO improved with Veeam • Simplified recovery process – quick and intuitive • Came across Nimble Storage at VMworld 2012 • Took advantage for POC using Veeam to migrate data from LeftHand to Nimble -- worked flawlessly • Applications running smoothly and storage performance no longer a bottle neck.

8. Power of Virtualization and Efficiency • Consolidated 4x 2U HP Lefthand arrays to 1 3U Nimble Storage array • ~2x the usable space with faster performance

9. Best Practices & Future Plans • Networking • Pay attention to networking (especially Jumbo frames) • Leverage 10GbE • Storage • Matters in virtualization • Evaluate use of VMDKs & RDM vs. vanilla LUNs • Get educated!!! • Future is clearer … • Leveraging digital imaging – lend itself to non-disruptively scaling our Nimble Storage array

10. Nimble Storage Overview • Founded in January 2008; started shipping in August 2010 • Headquartered in San Jose, CA; operations in US, Canada, Europe, and Australia • Over 250 employees • Rapidly growing installed base of over 1100 customers and 2000 deployments • Partner eco-system expanding quickly, with over 400 VARs • Strong alliances with VMware, Microsoft and Cisco • Leadership team brings deep industry expertise and business building experience

11. Storage Architectures–The Engine Powering Storage Today’s Storage Architectures • Architected to use disk only; overlaying flash on top results in partial solution Purpose-built, Performance Hybrid • Designed from the ground up to leverage the best of flash and disk • Eliminates compromise between performance, capacity, and data management

12. Engineered for Efficiency 2-5x More Usable Capacity/$ 2-5x More Performance/$ • High capacity disk • Always-on compression • High ratio of usable to raw capacity • Responsive flash cache accelerates reads with no RAID overhead • Serialized writes eliminate need for high RPM spindles CAPACITY CAPACITY PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE CASL CASL Scaling at the Lowest Incremental Cost Scaling at the Lowest Incremental Cost Instant Backups & Restores DATA PROTECTION DATA PROTECTION SCALING SCALING • Thin snapshots with no performance penalty • Retention for months, not days • WAN-efficient replication • Scale just performance, just capacity, or both • Scale-out cluster eliminates storage silos • Scale with zero downtime • Scale just performance, just capacity, or both • Scale-out cluster eliminates storage silos • Scale with zero downtime

13. Accelerating Applications with CASL SSD Cache DISK DYNAMIC CACHING: 50x FASTER READS WRITE-OPTIMIZED LAYOUT: 100x FASTER WRITES UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION: 30-75% SAVINGS • Guaranteed coalescing of random writes to sequential stripes; eliminates dependency on spindle speed • Coalesced writes to flash increase lifespan by 500% • Variable-size blocks enable fast inline compression • Elimination of read-modify-write penalty allows compression of all applications • Cache populated intelligently on first write, instantly on cache miss • Metadata in cache accelerates all accesses • 2-5x better performance / $ • 2-5x better capacity / $ • ~ 4x reduction in footprint, power and cooling

14. Nimble CS-Series Storage Solution • Consolidate 4x more–high perf and efficiency • Compact 3U chassis • Instant snapshot and restore • 1000’s of efficient snapshots • VSS / VMware integration • WAN-efficient replication • Scale-to-fit architecture • Scale-up/scale-capacity/scale-out as needed • All-inclusive enterprise features • Cloning, thin provisioning, replication, etc. • Simple management for storage, backup, DR

15. Scale To Fit with CASL SCALE-OUT CLUSTER SCALE CAPACITY SCALE COMPUTE/CACHE • Scale capacity alone using expansion shelves • Scale performance and capacity by adding nodes while managing centrally • Scale IOPS and reduce latency by scaling cache and/or compute Scale flexibly and non-disruptively at the lowest incremental cost.

16. Challenges • Business challenges • Consolidating demanding applications such as Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint increases the need for higher storage performance • Infrequent backups or none at all, leaving important business data unprotected • Cost-prohibitive Disaster Recovery solutions • Technical challenges • Long backup windows impacting availability of business-critical applications and services • Complex, time-consuming, and costly to manage mixed-environment backups • Limited array capacity preventing more frequent RPO’s

17. Joint Solution Overview • Nimble’shigh-performance storage is a perfect complement to Veeam Backup & Replication • Cost-effectively retain months’ worth of snapshots on a single Nimble array, with restores performed in seconds • Use Veeam to archive backups for longer retention periods, while retaining flexible and granular recovery options • Replicate for disaster recovery protection • Reduce costs and protect virtualization investments while simplifying their backup process and environment

18. Veeam is Veeam is Modern Data Protection

19. What is Modern Data Protection? VM Recovery in minutes from backups that work Veeam Backup & Replication • Fast, reliable recovery…LOW RTOs • Hyper-V and VMware …1 console • Replicate VMs off-premise …Included • Deduplication, Compression …Included • Exchange & SharePoint recovery…Included

20. vPower …Recover VMs in Minutes • Exclusive patented Veeam technology • Runs the VM directly from the backup file • Publishes the contents of the backup file as a datastore a host can connect to “This is why I love Veeam.They take all the virtualization technology pieces on the table andput them together into a functioning business solution.” – Brett WestoverIT AdministratorTherapeutic Research Center

21. Running VMs from backups

22. Instant VM Recovery Fast:restart a VM directly froma backup in 2 minutes Readily available:uses existing backups and backup storage Buys you time:users keep workingwhile you troubleshoot

23. Instant VM Recovery: Back to work in 2 minutes! Hypervisor Compressed/ DeduplicatedBackup File vPower Migrate online Backup storage Production storage

24. SureBackup • Verify the recoverabilityof every backup • Every virtual machine • Every restore point • No increase in backup time, additional hardware or staff • Leverages vPower and Virtual Lab Check all Check some Checksum

25. Sure Backup: Verification Job VM OS App Report Hypervisor Compressed/ DeduplicatedBackup File vPower Backup storage Production storage

26. Veeam Replication • Host-based replication • HA and DR: replicate onsite for high availability, offsite for DR • WAN support: numerous optimizations for efficient WAN replication • Multiple restore points: protects against corruption • Assisted failover • Failover individual VMs • Automatically re-IP after failover • Real failback • Delta sync • 1-click and confirm – for one or several VMs • Automatically re-IP after failback

27. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Exchange Item Recovery in Minutes! NO additional licensing, NO charge

28. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange No extra cost, no agents, no additional licensing Supported platforms: Exchange Server 2010 / 2013 Licensing Available in all editions, including Free Edition All editions: Export to .PST, export to .MSG, send as attachment Enterprise Edition: Also includes restore to original mailbox store

29. Return on investment • Reduce costs for data protection • Eliminate downtime • Prolonged recoveries (for example, rebuild vs. restore, instant recovery) • Failed recoveries • Maximize server consolidation and savings: • Less Equipment • Less Power • Less cooling • Less floor space • Less Management • Keep your job (and your sanity): priceless

30. Veeam and Nimble Storage • Veeam and Nimble provide an optimized, end-to-end storage and data protection solution for virtual environments providing: • Flash-optimized hybrid storage performance • Instant backups and recovery • Capacity efficiency with compression and backup de-duplication • WAN-efficient replication for offsite DR • Lower costs than traditional solutions • Ideal for performance-intensive applications • Highly dense Microsoft Exchange deployments with item-level recovery • Tackle VDI boot & login storms while maintaining data protection per VM, desktop, file or application item

31. Technical details • Configuration • No additional software updates to install • Supported versions • All CS-Series arrays • Veeam Backup & Replication • iSCSI SAN

32. Best practices • Backup • Nimble for primary storage and short to mid-term snapshots • Veeam for longer term archival backup • Repurpose legacy storage as backup target • Restoration • Nimble for quick restoration within 60-90 days • Veeam for item-level recovery and long-term restoration

33. More information • www.nimblestorage.com • http://go.veeam.com/nimble-storage-and-veeam.html

34. Veeam & Nimble Storage Joint Promotion • The best VM backups – simple and economical! • 30-day FREE Trial of Veeam Backup and Replication bundled with Nimble CS-Series Array. • Link to the page will be provided following the webinar to all registrants. CS-Series Array

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36. Thank you • Questions? • alliances@nimblestorage.com • http://propartner.veeam.com/propartner/php/#hr:homePage.php