Shared Backup Service for
Ontario Education Institutions
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OUCC-2014 - Tuesday, April 29 2014
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Agenda
• How did we get here?
• Great Minds Think Alike
• Shared Backup Service Pilot
• Current Backup System Metrics
• Current Activities
• Production Services Overview/Pricing
• Next Steps
• Q and A
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How did we get here?
• OUCC – it’s where relationships are built
• Guelph and York looking to share Data Center space
• End up we have similar technologies
• Both Backup Systems both due for renewal
• Joint RFP in 2012
• End result:
• Same backup technologies and hardware, similar
deployment architectures
• Physically house each other's offsite backup copy
• Utilize ORION as the link to support backup traffic
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Great Minds Think Alike
• October 2013
• MTCU PIF Proposal Submitted
• Backup as a Service to consolidate the effort to manage
that infrastructure
• Leverage the York/Guelph relationship and infrastructure
• York, University of Guelph, OCADU, and Queen’s University
• December 2013
• Pilot technical team starts
• Deadline March 2014 for functional pilot and supporting
documentation
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Shared Backup Service Pilot
• Objectives
• Provide ability to extend full feature backup service to
other institutions
• Provide storage as a service to be used as a backup
target to other institutions
• Test Clients: OCADU and Queen’s University
• Results
• Utilized ORION network for inter-institution connectivity
• Identified idiosyncrasies in the original deployment
• Identified new requirements to incorporate into offerings
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Shared Backup Service Pilot
Storage as a Service
Full Cloud Backup
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Pilot Aftermath Results
• Some issues to address for production
• No showstoppers so … keep moving forward!
• Why Do It?
• We have the technology … let’s use it (and share it!)
• Do you want to run a backup system?
• Let’s extend what we have that other institutions can use
• Maybe someone can save money and time
• Greater volume = Better pricing for everyone!
• Wait … what does ORION utilization look like ….
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Current Backup System Metrics
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*Activity over ORION network
Current Backup System Metrics
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*York-based activity over ORION link
Close the Gap
Things to address in production:
• Specific client requirements need to be addressed
• Security profiles
• Encryption
• Service transition planning
• Storage as a Service gotchas
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Current Activities
• Developing Service parameters for production services
• Two main services:
1. Storage as a Service for use as a Backup Target
• Use as a Backup target for systems (CIFS/NFS)
• Optional replication to geo-diverse sites
2. Backup as a Service
Uses Commvault Simpana with NetApp back-end
• Option A: Fully in the “cloud” replicated to 2 geo-diverse sites
• Option B: On site backup copy and at least 1 off-site minimum
• Option C: On site backup copy and at least 1 off-site minimum
with full management services on-site
• Designing the solution and developing blueprints
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Production Services Overview
Storage as a Service for a backup target
Possible Fit
• You have an existing backup solution looking for an offsite copy
• Looking to store selective data
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Production Services Overview
Backup as a Service – Option A: Full Cloud
Possible Fit
• Small institution (< 3TB) or few client targets
• Backup solution is at capacity
• Strategic targets that require off-site
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Production Services Overview
Backup as a Service – Option B: 1 on site backup with at
least 1 off site copy
Possible Fit
• Large institution
• Requirement to retain a local copy
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• Restrictive bandwidth
Production Services Overview
Backup as a Service – Option C: 1 on site backup, at
least 1 off site copy, and ability to manage
backup/restore
without internet connectivity
Possible Fit
• Concerned with network availability
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Target Pricing for Services
1. Storage as a Service
$345 per TB/Year
2. Backup as a Service – Option A
1 week retention
~$2585 per TB/Year
8 week retention
~$2978 per TB/Year
3. Backup as a Service – Option B and Option C
Pricing model TBD
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Next Steps
• Formation of the Consortium
• Finalize Service Descriptions/Agreements/Pricing
• Determine Support Models for each Service
• Deploy Production Services
• Simpana 10 Upgrade
• Move to target architecture
• Target September 2014 to onboard new customers
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Q and A
Rick Smith
rvsmith@yorku.ca
416.736.2100 ext: 22059
Dave Bruce
dbruce@uoguelph.ca
519.824.4120 ext: 56352
Chris Russel
russel@yorku.ca
416.736.5858
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