HIGH STAKES HIGH AVAILABILITY STORMAGIC WEBINAR SERIES Bruce Kornfeld, CMO, StorMagic Mark Christie, Senior Systems Engineer, StorMagic Huub Lambooy, Director of Technology, The Maho Group SIMPLIFYING STORAGE AT THE EDGE
INTRODUCING STORMAGIC SIMPLIFYING STORAGE AT THE EDGE • Storage software focus • Eliminate external SANs by virtualizing internal server storage • Enable hyperconverged infrastructure • Multi-site enterprises and SMEs 2
SvSAN SOLVES PAIN AT THE EDGE • Virtualizes disk, flash and memory • Software only: runs on any hardware • Start with 2 node clusters with no single point of failure SIMPLE COST EFFECTIVE FLEXIBLE Today’s needs, future proofed Set and forget Lightest footprint, lowest cost 3
A HIGHLY AVAILABLE CONFIGURATION • What is high availability? • Compute • Network • Storage • Cost vs. benefit 4
POWER SUPPLIES • Environment power • Node power resiliency • How to be green? 5
DISK TOPOLOGY • Disk resiliency • Hardware or software • Storage types • HDD • SSD • Memory • Failure rates of HDDs vs SSDs • Commodity or enterprise • Drive writes per day 6
NETWORK TOPOLOGY • Speed 1Gb vs. 10Gb • Switched vs. direct connect • SvSAN enables flexibility in network architecture 7
SERVER CONFIGURATION • Single socket vs. dual socket • Guest VM resiliency • Cost vs. benefit • Can I be green? • StorMagic witness manages quorum 8
STRETCH CLUSTERS • Benefits of a stretch cluster • Power • Fire • Disaster • Requirements • Synchronous : ≥1Gb • Latency: ≤30ms • Maximum 4,400km apart! 9
STRETCH CLUSTERS • Benefits of a stretch cluster • Power • Fire • Disaster • Requirements • Synchronous : ≥1Gb • Latency: ≤30ms • Maximum 4,400km apart! 10
FAULT TOLERANCE • High availability vs. fault tolerance • SvSAN enables datacentre features for the edge 11
END USER EXPERIENCE THE MAHO GROUP Huub Lambooy, Director of Technology Insights and experiences from an SvSAN deployment at a Caribbean hotel and resort company 12
END USER EXPERIENCE BUSINESS CHALLENGE • The Maho Group – leading leisure and resort firm in the Caribbean • Resorts, hotels, casinos and residential developments • IT team responsible for services to 25-30 buildings • Regular power outages, even with triple protection on equipment such as generators, etc • Susceptible to tropical storms and hurricanes 13
END USER EXPERIENCE SOLUTION • Wanted virtualized servers but couldn’t afford external SAN • Ambition to reduce downtime through high availability and redundancy • Solution would be responsible for: • Property and casino management systems (PMS) • Firewalls and remote desktop services • Deployed in 2012 on Dell servers, mostly hard disks with one SSD per server • Utilized stretch cluster capability by deploying across two buildings Building 1 Building 2 14
END USER EXPERIENCE WHY STORMAGIC? • Reliable, resilient solution – completely eliminated unplanned downtime • Avoided having to purchase external SANs, saving a significant amount of money • Allowed for improvements in business efficiency • Non-disruptive maintenance on hardware, software and firmware has removed the need to schedule application downtime • Consistent, confidence-inspiring support • Aided the design, performance testing and configuration 15
Q&A AND NEXT STEPS • Schedule a live demo Email: sales@stormagic.com • Request a quote Visit: stormagic.com/request-a-quote/ • Download a free trial of SvSAN Visit: stormagic.com/trial/ • Further information and documentation Visit: stormagic.com 16
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