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Changing The Economics of Bulk File & Content Storage
March 2009
2 Confidential
Powering Cloud Storage
EnterprisesOwn datacenter, own staff
Choose own hardware, re-purpose servers
Start small
MissionDelivering the software platform to address the exploding
requirements to store digital content and archival data
PrivateCloud
Service ProvidersDifferentiated services
Separate clouds – archives vs. video etc.
Large multi-tenant clouds & small hosted clouds
Public Cloud
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ParaScale: commodity servers, standard protocols
Software-only on standard hardware– Standard clients and protocols
– No agents
– Commodity hardware and networks
– Single file performance limited to performance of single node
Benefits– Transparent data migration
– Massive scalability, start small
– Economical
– Your choice of hardware
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Scalable File Storage Technology Landscape
Tightly Coupled / Custom OS Loosely Coupled / Standard OS
High cost
PanasasLustre (Sun)
Custom Clients, Protocols
and Network
High PerformanceComputing
High cost
Standard Clients and Protocols
Custom Network
Clustered NAS
IsilonNetApp GX
Low cost
Standard Clients, Protocols
and Network
Private CloudStorage
GoogleAmazon S3
Powered
Monthly cost
Custom clientsand protocols
Standard Network
Public CloudStorage
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ParaScale Technology
Asymmetric architecture– Massive parallel scaling and
performance
Enterprise features– Load Sharing
– Capacity balancing
– Thin Provisioning
– Replication
Many installations to date– Customers in ongoing trials
without downtime since 2006
– Deep team, 66 patents in storage and clustering
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Two Types of Nodes
Control Nodes– Metadata servers – Max of 2 per cloud
– Dedicated server(s) that maintains the configuration information for your storage cloud
– Orchestrates the replication and migration of files across the cloud
– Provides the central management of your Storage Nodes
– Data does not pass through the control node
Storage Nodes– Data servers – Max of 100 per cloud (this release)
– Dedicated servers that store and deliver data to clients
– Massive amount of flexibility in hardware choices
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Tune the Cloud for Performance or Capacity
Mid-tier nodes with faster disk
Massive I/O Requirements
Inexpensive nodes with lots of disk
Minimal I/O RequirementsCapacity
Scale Out
Performance Scale Out
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Scale Performance and Capacity
Incremental additions to bandwidth and storage– Scale the cloud based on individual
requirements
– No need to compromise on vendor-selected node options
Performance Scaling– Additional nodes provide linear
aggregate throughput• Modest configurations are capable of
70MB/s writes and 100MB/s reads per node
Capacity Scaling– Storage from the node is
automatically added to the cloud
Each node is independent and serves files directly to clients
Cloud Bandwidth
Physical Capacity
Attached disk is pooled
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Simplified Installation and Management
Download and GO– An application that runs in user space
• No custom kernels
• No specialty hardware
• No overpriced appliances
Self healing and configuration– Automatic node discovery
– Continued access upon node failures
– One click retirement of nodes
Exception only Management– No day-to-day configuration or
administration tasks
– Detailed monitoring and reporting
– A single administrator can manage 100’s of nodes
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Policy Engine for Data Redundancy
Automated system administration
– Simplifies management by synchronizing and administering hundreds of volumes and nodes
– Policy based administration of file replication for data availability
• Files are copied to one or more nodes for data protection or improved performance
• Detects failed or evacuated nodes and ensures new replacement copies are created
• Removes the need for expensive SAN data protection schemes
Files are automatically replicated
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Capacity Balancing and Incremental Scaling
System automatically balances capacity across nodes– Files are moved between nodes to address
utilization inefficiencies
– Supports nodes with different amounts of storage or different size disk drives
– Automatically balances when new nodes are added to the cloud
Add or remove storage as needed– Server vendor agnostic– Physical storage can be expanded on
demand• Via another node or added to an existing node
– One click decommission of nodes– Delay purchases to leverage increasing
capacity and reduced costs
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Global Namespace with Thin Provisioning
Consolidated view of network file systems– Each node presents the entire namespace
– Any user or application can access any file from any node
• Contingent to ACLs and file R/W locking
– Removes complexities of localized file administration
Present virtual file system sizes– Presentation not based on physical disk– Can be expanded or contracted without
disruption– Prevents asset over-allocation and
storage silos
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Load Balancing
Client redirection for load sharing– NFS mount redirection
• ParaScale intellectual property
– Clients redirected to nodes based on data locality and current conditions
– Data does not pass through the control node
Hot file system scaling– Policy based replication of files to
multiple nodes– Each node services client
requests independently
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Background
Team– Deep clustering, storage expertise (66 patents amongst the team)
– Team from Veritas, HP, Sun, Locus, Teradata, NetApp
History– Founded 2004,
– Alphas running software since early 2006
– Beta since mid-September 2008
Investors / Funding– Menlo Ventures, Charles River Ventures
• Successful track records within clustered storage (Spinnaker / EqualLogic)
– $11.37 Million to date, Series A - May 2008
For more information:
www.parascale.com
Changing the Economics of Bulk File and Content Storage