Protect the Hype: Backup Best Practices for Converged & Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016

Protect the HypeBackup Best Practices for Converged and Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Joe Noonan, VP Product Marketing


WELCOME TO THE LESS IS MORE WORLDIT has less time, money, downtimeIT faces more risks, work, projects

#AllinOne#IThappens

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016THE CONVERGENCE

ERAChassis &

RackCompute & Storage & Network

Multi-node, Interconnecte

d Systems

2009 TodaySource: Gartner 2015


($1135 - $2270)What does this range represent?

Cost of 1 Rack U in the data center


And then maybe…

Software-Defined Systems

Aggregated, Fabric-Based

Resource Pools

Hybrid IT / Cloud Pooling

Today 2020Source: Gartner 2015

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016Integrated System Growth

All Integrated Systems Hyperconverged Systems

19%

68%2014-2019 CAGR

Source: Gartner 2016

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016NUTANIX GROWS 87% WITH $445M OF REVENUE AND > $2B VALUATION Hyperconverged storage displaces servers, storage, hypervisor


SO IT’S ALL PERFECT THEN?


TOO MUCH CHANGE,TOO QUICKLY ADDS COMPLEXITY

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016KEY PLAYERSNutanixCisco: UCS, HyperFlexEMC: Vblock, VxBlock, VxRack, and VxRailSimpliVity

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016EVEN MORE DECISIONS: NEW BACKUP AND DR OPTIONS

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016NATIVE TOOLS• VM-level snapshots• Replication to second site• Copies to hyperscale clouds

(AWS/Azure)• DR automation (not widely available)


DO YOU STILL NEED BACKUP?

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016IT Professionals Expect to Have Less, Do More and Be More

No FingerPointing

MoreFlexible

More Confidence

LessManagement

More Free Time

MoreUptime

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016KEY REASONS YOU NEED BACKUPSimplify mixed environmentsRobust local and cloud continuityBackup data separationCost-effective retention and compliance


SIMPLIFY MIXED ENVIRONMENTSOne uniform infrastructure is rare


ROBUST LOCAL AND CLOUD CONTINUITYP+VGranularity, applicationsRecovery AssuranceEnterprise cloud options


BACKUP DATA SEPARATIONBroader storage failures can force unnecessary data loss or more painful recoveries


COST-EFFECTIVE RETENTION Long-term retention on non-production, less costly media

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016REAL LIFE EXAMPLESNashville Wire• 9 sites• Mixed Nutanix and physical

Windows• 9 Recovery Series

appliances• 66% footprint reduction


Hypervisor

VM

Nutanix Snapshots (optional)

VM

Hypervisor

VM


VM

Replication for Failover

(optional)

Backup Copies for Compliance, Failover, and Recovery Assurance

(optional)

1

2

4 5

3

Notes1 Acropolis protected with agents in the VMs

All other hypervisors via hypervisor APIs

2Recovery Series appliance integrates all backup components and accesses either the hypervisor, or guest agents, directly for protection

3

Optionally use Nutanix snapshots for short-term retention and local VM recovery4Optionally replicate Nutanix snapshots for DR (No failover automation or Recovery Assurance)

5

Optionally use WAN-accelerated backup copies for automated failover and Recovery Assurance on vSphere and Hyper-V to another Nutanix or Unitrends Cloud

VM VM

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016REAL LIFE EXAMPLESSligro Food Group• 70+ Nutanix nodes• Mixed Nutanix with VMware, physical

Windows and Linux• Unitrends Enterprise Backup

software• Nutanix for short-term system

recoveries• Unitrends for granularity,

compliance, and retention


Hypervisor

UEBVM


VM

DAS orNAS

Local Backup Storage

Hypervisor

UEB VM


VM

Nutanix or

NAS

Backup Copy Storage

Replication for Failover

(optional)

Backup Copies for Compliance, Failover, and Recovery Assurance

(optional)

1

2

4 5

3

Notes1 Acropolis protected with agents in the VMs

All other hypervisors via hypervisor APIs

2 Backup storage can be Nutanix storage connected directly or an external NAS

3

Optionally use Nutanix snapshots for short-term retention and local VM recovery4Optionally replicate Nutanix snapshots for DR (No failover automation or Recovery Assurance)

5

Optionally use WAN-accelerated backup copies for automated failover and Recovery Assurance on vSphere and Hyper-V to another Nutanix or Unitrends Cloud

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016All-in-One

Enterprise Backup andContinuity

Old World• More vendors; more finger pointing, more

management• More work setting up and constantly tuning• Limited continuity; little or no recovery assurance• Windows deployment malware susceptible• Fragmented & lower customer satisfaction; more

worriesNew World• One vendor; one throat to choke• Less work - rack, connect, and go• Local & cloud continuity with recovery assurance• More security; purpose-built hardened Linux• Unified & higher customer satisfaction; more

confidence

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016Have Less:

The Ruthless Pursuit of Simplicity

Old World New World

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016Best

Customer Satisfaction: One Support Call for Everything

Old World New World

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016Unitrends

CloudOld World• Third-party cloud vendors• Limited or no DRaaS• No recovery assurance• Limited retention; more worries• No SLAs, more worries• Network bottlenecks

New World• No finger-pointing; less management: single vendor• Physical & virtual DRaaS• Industry only physical & virtual recovery assurance• Infinite retention available; more confidence• 1 hour recovery SLA available; more confidence• WAN optimized & Rapid Data Seeding

WANOpenVPN

w/Throttling

OR


Unitrends Unique IntegrationAll-in-One Enterprise Backup and Continuity

Cisco UCS Manager

Service Profile

*Testing in progress

Nutanix Ready*Protects All Nutanix

Supported Hypervisors,

Including Acropolis

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016Have Less, Do More: Guide to the New World

Recovery Series Physical AppliancesAll-in-one physical backup appliances that deliver simple, enterprise backup and continuity. Transform how you protect physical and virtual environments with the industry’s leading hybrid cloud solution.

Unitrends Enterprise Backup SoftwareAll-in-one virtual appliances that deliver enterprise backup and continuity for all physical, virtual, and cloud workloads. Get maximum flexibility to deploy on your own hardware or in the cloud.

Office 365 Backup

Automatically protects Exchange, SharePoint, and One Drive with unlimited retention.

BoomerangIncredibly low-cost Disaster Recovery in AWS or Microsoft Azure for VMware virtual machines.


Integrated Backup Appliances

Hybrid Cloud Backup Appliances

TRUE DOMINANCEMore Recommended models than all other vendors combined

More Excellent models than all other vendors combined

Unitrends TopicPresentation Name | Date 2016 Unitrends Q4 Incredible Deal

Automatically get upgraded for free to the next larger appliance

Are you ready to never worry about recovery again?

Can you imagine not spending time on “backup”?

Are you ready to never worry about recovery again?

Can you imagine not spending time on “backup”?


THANK YOU

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