Content Addressed Storage (CAS)

Content Addressed Storage (CAS)
Module 3.5
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Content Addressed Storage (CAS)
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:
 Describe the features and benefits of a CAS based
storage strategy.
 List the physical and logical elements of CAS.
 Describe the storage and retrieval process for CAS data
objects.
 Describe the best suited operational environments for
CAS solutions.
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Lesson: CAS Description and Benefits
Upon completion of this lesson, you be able to:

 Define CAS.
 Describe the key attributes of CAS.
 List the features and benefits of CAS.
What is Content Addressed Storage (CAS)?
 Object-oriented, location-independent approach to data
storage.
 Repository for the “Objects”.
 Access mechanism to interface with repository.
 Globally unique identifiers provide access to objects.
 Extensible metadata that enables automated data
management practices and applications.
What Is Fixed Content?
Generate Improve Leverage
New Revenues Service Levels Historical Value
Digital Assets Retained For Active Reference And Value

Electronic Documents Digital Records Rich Media
• Contracts, claims, etc. • Documents • Medical
• E-mail and attachments – Checks, securities trades – X-rays, MRIs, CTI
• Financial spread sheets – Historical preservation • Video
• CAD/CAM designs • Photographs – News / media, movies
• Presentations – Personal / professional – Security serveillance
• Geophysical • Audio
– Seismic, astronomic, – Voicemail
geographic – Radio
Challenges of Storing Fixed Content
 A significant amount of newly created information falls into
the category of fixed content.
 Fixed content is growing at more than 90% annually.
 Often, long-term preservation is required (years-decades).
 Simultaneous multi-user online access is preferable to offline,
or near-line storage.
 New requirements and service level agreements have
created the need for faster access to records.
 Need for location independent data, enabling technology
refresh and migration.
 New regulations require retention and data protection.
 Traditional storage methods are inadequate.
Shortcomings of Traditional Archiving Solutions
 Tape is slow, and standards are always changing.
 Optical is expensive, and requires vast amounts of media
in order to store data of any size.
 Both solutions require 3rd party media management.
 Many times companies retire tape products without
warning.
 Many times recovering files from tape and optical is time
consuming.
 Data on tape and optical is subject to media degradation.
Benefits of CAS
 Immutability and authentication
 Location independence
 Single instance storage
 Faster record retrieval
 Record-level retention, protection, and disposition
 Technology independence
 Online (like Disk)
 Optimized TCO
 Scalability
Lesson: Summary
Key points covered in this lesson:
 CAS Definition
 CAS Description
 Benefits
Lesson: Elements of CAS
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
 Describe the Physical Elements of CAS.
 Describe the Logical Elements of CAS.
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Physical Elements of CAS
 Storage devices (CAS Based)
 Servers (to which storage devices get connected)
 Client
API
Client Server CAS-based

Storage
Logical Elements of CAS
 The Logical Elements of CAS include the Object-Level
Access Protocols.
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Content Address
API
Metadata CAS
Lesson Summary

 Physical Elements of CAS
 Logical Elements of CAS
Lesson: Data Object Storage and Retrieval
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

 Describe how data gets stored in a CAS environment.
 Describe how data is retrieved from a CAS environment.
How CAS Stores a Data Object 4
CAS authenticates the
Content Address and
2 stores the object
Unique Content
Address is calculated CAS
1
Client presents data
3
to API to be archived Object is sent to CAS
via CAS API over IP
Application Server
Client
API
Object ID
5
Acknowledgement
6 returned to application
Object-ID is retained
and stored for future use
How CAS Retrieves a Data Object
4 CAS
1 CAS authenticates
Object is needed by the request and
an application delivers the object
Application Server
Client
API
3
2 Retrieval request is
Application finds sent to the CAS via
Content Address of Object ID
CAS API over IP
object to be retrieved
Lesson: Summary
 How data gets stored in a CAS environment.
 How data is retrieved from a CAS environment.
CAS Healthcare example, Radiology PACS Solutions
Acquisition Image Review and

Station Analysis on Multiple
• Procedure room Workstations
• Viewing room
• Onsite office
• Surgical suite
• Offsite
Images acquired and moved
Short-term Online Long-term Online

Image Cache Image Archive
Most recent studies Entire patient history
accessible in milliseconds accessible in seconds
Financial Example: CAS Solution
Check images maintained in tier 1 storage for 60 days then

migrated via HSM to “active archive”
Module Summary
Key points covered in this module:
 Benefits of CAS based storage strategy.
 Overview of physical and logical elements of CAS.
 Storing and retrieving data from CAS.
 CAS application examples.
 Check Your Knowledge
 What are the key features of a CAS implementation?
 What are the benefits of a CAS Storage Strategy?
 What are 3 business applications that would benefit from
CAS technology?
 What are the logical elements of a CAS system?
 How does data get stored in a CAS environment?
Apply Your Knowledge
 After completing this topic, you should be able to describe
the features of a Centera CAS solution.
Effective Information Archive Must Address…
Business IT
 Cost Simple  Backups
 Access  Consolidation
 Availability  Disaster recovery
 Compliance  Ease of management
Affordable
 Compliance
 Scalability
 Focus needs to stay on
transactional information
Secure
Requirements for an Effective Information Archive
 Provide online access and assured authenticity

 Work with any application or any platform
Simple  Self-manage and self-heal
 Be future-proof
 Avoid archiving multiple copies of the same information

 Consolidate information silos into a unified archive
Affordable  Manage rapid growth in information without matching costs
 Provide the best overall total cost of ownership
 Protect information at an object level

 Safeguard access
Secure  Enforce retention and disposition intrinsically in storage layer
 Address business continuity and disaster recovery
EMC Centera
The World’s Most Simple, Affordable, and Secure Repository for
Information Archiving
 Purpose-built for information archiving

Simple
 More than 1,200 customers

 400+ partners—works with any application Affordable
from virtually any platform
 More than 30 PB shipped Secure
Centera 4-Node for

departmental use and
midsize enterprises Centera
Simple
Universal Access Makes Archiving Easy and…
CIFS FTP
NFS HTTP
Centera API Emulation
Centera
Anywhere, any time, any application, from virtually any platform

Centera Nodes
Disk Drives
Cooling Tunnel
Power Supply
Processor Card
Simple
Content Mirroring
Network Storage nodes

switch Œ
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Self-managed
private LAN
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Switch 
Power rails / ATS
Simple
Self-Healing

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Simple
Self-Healing

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Self-managed
private LAN
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Self-Managing and Configuring
No complex No filesystem No LUN / RAID

storage-area management Group carving
networking or allocation
management
A “black box” configuration


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Upon completion of this lesson, you be able to:

Digital Assets Retained For Active Reference And Value

Client Server CAS-based

Key points covered in this lesson:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

Acquisition Image Review and

Images acquired and moved

Short-term Online Long-term Online

Check images maintained in tier 1 storage for 60 days then

 Provide online access and assured authenticity

 Avoid archiving multiple copies of the same information

 Protect information at an object level

 Purpose-built for information archiving

 More than 1,200 customers

Centera 4-Node for

Universal Access Makes Archiving Easy and…

Centera API Emulation

Anywhere, any time, any application, from virtually any platform

Network Storage nodes

Network Storage nodes

Network Storage nodes

Self-Managing and Configuring

No complex No filesystem No LUN / RAID

A “black box” configuration

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