SOLUTION GUIDE

Implementing Multi-Tenanted
Storage for Service Providers withCloudian HyperStore
Cost-effective, scalable storage platform forcloud storage services

The Challenge
Service providers (MSPs/ISPs/ASPs) are offering data storage
services such as Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) to their customers
to complement the traditional compute and application service
offerings. With the availability of off-the-shelf cloud storage
platforms, Service Providers of all sizes can now build cloud storage
services with very little risk. New services can be easily added toa Service Provider’s offerings with minimal cost, little deployment
time, and significant ROI.
As these services become more complex and increasingly adopted
by end users, Service Providers are looking at innovative ways toprovide storage services that are secure to the end customer, butleverages the investment in a multi-tenant shared platform that isvital to drive down costs of the offered services in order to staycompetitive in an extremely price sensitive market place.

Business Requirements
Some key requirements for a successful multi-tenant hosting solution are:• Use of shared IT resources to minimize capital and operational costs• Provide secure access to data for multiple end-users/customers using the same system• Data access permission management• Quality of Service (QoS) ensures customer Service Level Agreements (SLAs) can be met• Isolation of workloads so that a tenant workload is not affected by other tenants• Flexible capabilities from a single platform (performance, capacity, data protection, disasterrecovery, etc.)
Cloudian Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions enable hosting organizations to deliver storage
services with enterprise class storage provisioning and management capabilities with the freedomof choice of using best of breed hardware platforms whether the storage service is sensitive tocost, performance, capacity scalability or security needs.

Grow Your Business with New Service Offerings
Service Providers can now look at delivering valuable storage service offerings to their client basewith confidence that they can compete at a price level, not only with traditional storage platforms
but also with the large public cloud players as well.
Use cases for cloud storage include:

Big Data Analytics

BAnalyze in-place directly from storage andsave on time to insight and infrastructurecosts

Web Content Storage
Create a single global content repository that canbe accessed from anywhere, anytime, and from anydevice

File Collaboration

F Provide your global team with 24x7 access tocorporate data outside the firewall

Backup & Archive

BBuild cost effective easy to use backup andarchival solutions

Storage-as-a-Service

SDeliver Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS) to your end
users using Self Service IT and Automation File

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Cloudian HyperStore Overview
Cloudian HyperStore provides a pure Software Defined Storage platform that delivers industryleading data integrity and protection with massive storage capacity scalability from 1 to 1,000of nodes growing to support 100s of petabytes (PBs) with flexibility on storage access via theAmazon S3 Restful API.
It provides a multi-tenanted storage platform that segregates customers/users/applications fromeach other while using the same physical platform. The control of data is managed by buckets,
where access control and storage policies are applied. The following diagram shows how this canbe deployed on a single platform.

Key Benefits of Cloudian Hyperstore for Service Providers• Each S3 bucket would provide a unique, dedicated and secure storage environment for eachcustomer/user/application — no concerns about access to incorrect data sets.
• Each S3 bucket is configurable with a number of parameters to deliver multiple service levels fordifferent use cases.
• Customers can manage their own access permissions for their own buckets• Any industry standard server hardware can be used - offering greater freedom of choice forService Providers.
• Billing can be tied to capacity and/or performance usage.
• Multiple data protection policies can be configured according to customer needs. Billing is tied
to storage consumed, which takes data protection copies into account.
• QoS can be applied to eliminate the noisy neighbor issue, whereby one user or groups of users
can negatively impact the resources available for another customer.
• Short term “burst” capability, when customers demand more storage they are not immediately
limited by restrictions.

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Hyperstore Architecture
The Cloudian HyperStore platform provides the perfect storage solution for those workloads andusers that require to store large amounts of data at a low cost. The solution fits perfectly witha Service Provider’s model to deliver compute services. Typically the compute platform would
utilize high performance storage to deliver the best return on investment for performance metrics.
High performance storage platforms do not provide the best cost model for storing large datacapacities, therefore implementing a two tier storage strategy provides the ability to offer services
to cater for both requirements.

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S3-Ready Storage: The New Standard Protocol for Cloud Services
The S3 API connectivity is key to providing cloud based storage services, it can be viewed as amodern storage protocol that can be used across the internet and combines:• Connectivity• Access control• Data management• Reporting & Notifications• Advanced Functionality• Tiering• Encryption• Billing• Monitoring• Notifications• Replication• Time limited access

The S3 API offers so much more capability for managing your data over traditional storage
protocols such as Fibre Channel (FB), iSCSI, CIFS or NFS.

Traditional storage protocols
only offer Read/Writefunctionality

The S3 API delivers advanced data
management functionality such as billing,
replication, versioning, tiering alongside
the basic read and writes data operations

Cloudian HyperStore is the only platform on the market that offers 100% compatibility with AWS
S3 implementation, providing support for over 4,000 applications.

Multi-tenancy and Chargeback
Providing the perfect technology is only part of the solution for Service Provider’s to deliver thebest offerings at the right price. Due to the unique nature of the Service Provider’s business model,
services must be monitored, audited, provide detailed usage accounting and chargeback pertenant. Cloudian HyperStore was built with Service Providers and multi-tenancy in mind.
Service Providers can now quickly implement customer ready services that include:• Multi-tenant pooled managed infrastructure• Offer multiple service level options to their customers• Pay-As-You-Consume pricing model (with complete per tenant auditing)• Self-service administration for customers• Pay monthly on consumption of services with chargeback services

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Hyperstore Deployment Options
Cloudian provides Service Providers with a number of purchasing options so they can choose
the most suitable for their business. With our Service Provider customers we strive to find theoptimal model for your business environment. Our licensing choices include:

Software Subscription LicenseThis is an annual software license which includes softwareand support for the period of time. It is flexible and ServiceProviders can adjust their usage annually to reflect theirchanging business needs.

Software Perpetual License
Traditional software license which allows for perpetual use ofthe software. There’s an annual support fee required yearly.

HyperStore Appliances
HyperStore Appliances are storage servers designed forpetabyte scale. They are highly resilient storage systems withextreme data resiliency and no single point of failure. Built oncommodity server designs they dramatically lower the cost ofdata storage to a fraction of traditional storage systems.

HyperStore-Ready Partner Appliances
We have worked with a number of leading server
manufacturers to provide validated designs which have been
qualified to run optimally with our software. These vendors
include Lenovo, Quanta, SuperMicro, and Cisco.

ConclusionCloudian HyperStore provides Service Providers with a storage platform that delivers the samefunctionality and more compared to the leading cloud storage vendors in the market place today
at a lower price point (including software and hardware).
Service Providers can take advantage of the growing customer demand for cloud storage services
to augment their traditional lines of business with a profitable and growing use case.
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About Cloudian
Cloudian is a Silicon Valley-based software company specializing in enterprise-grade storage. Its
flagship product, Cloudian HyperStore®, is an S3-compatible storage platform that enables service
providers and enterprises to build reliable, affordable and scalable hybrid cloud storage solutions.

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