This was a very special session hosted by The Register. N2WS and Gett revealed how to go about putting an easy, efficient and secure start-to-finish Data Lifecycle Management plan in place for your AWS servers...*plus* how Gett saved 100K in the process... Find out more at https://n2ws.com

1. HOW TO SIMPLIFY DATA
PROTECTION
ON AMAZON WEB SERVICES
Optimise your costs and improve performance

2. Danny Michael
– Gett
Tim Phillips
– The Register
Sebastian Straub
– N2WS
MEET YOUR HOSTS

3. • How does N2WS add value to AWS Storage Services?
• The current state of recovery strategies in AWS
• Case Study: How Gett is saving $100k per year
• N2WS: the missing piece of the cloud puzzle
• See how it all works in a live demo!
WHAT’S ON THE AGENDA

4. In 2018, the world’s datasphere was 33 zettabytes.
By 2025, it is predicted to grow to 175 zettabytes.*
Data types are increasingly varied and require different:
*Source: The Digitization of the World (IDC)
Storage requirements Retention periods / compliance
Recovery options Frequency of backup
RTO/RPO SLAs Levels of criticality
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BIG DATA KEEPS GETTING BIGGER

5. “Failures are a given and
everything will eventually fail
over time”
*Source: https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2016/03/10-lessons-from-10-years-of-aws.html
PREPARE FOR EVERY SCENARIO
- Dr Werner Vogels, Amazon Web Services

6. THE AWS SHARED RESPONSIBILITY MODEL
*Source: Amazon Web Services https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/

7. THE CURRENT STATE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
*Source: N2WS Cloud Data Protection Survey https://n2ws.com/blog/aws-cloud/aws-cloud-data-protection-survey-2020
Over HALF rely on cross-region DR
Only 10% use cross-account DR
Nearly 20% had NO PLAN at all

8. THE CURRENT STATE OF DATA RECOVERY METHODS
*Source: N2WS Cloud Data Protection Survey https://n2ws.com/blog/aws-cloud/aws-cloud-data-protection-survey-2020
Over 40% still
using manual processes!

9.  On-demand mobility company that
connects customers with transportation,
goods and services
 Available in over 120 countries, including
UK, Israel, Russia and US
 Valued at $1.4 billion and have over 1,000
employees
 IT environment hosted on AWS
CASE STUDY: GETT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

10. THE GETT AWS ENVIRONMENT (SIMPLIFIED)
Production Account
Region 1 - Ireland
Internal IT
Infrastructure
Business
Intelligence
Backup Account
Region 1 - Ireland
Marketing Account / DR Site
Region 2 - USA
Production-
Marketing
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
SAP environment
instances
Resource Control
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
AWS EBS
Snapshots
Database QA
instances
Highly available backups

11. So how did Gett accomplish this (and save $100k)?
Increase scalability by
removing manual efforts
Improve storage efficiency
Ensure resources are
protected by eliminating
manual tagging
Simplify file-level recovery
WHAT DID GETT WANT TO ACHIEVE?

12.  Manage, simplify and monitor backup and recovery
– with alerts about unprotected resources
 Automates backups and mark snapshots for
deletion with total peace of mind
 Easy file-level recovery and restores that happen
almost immediately
 Over $100K saved by leveraging N2WS Backup &
Disaster Recovery – a 20X ROI
THE GETT SOLUTION: N2WS BACKUP & RECOVERY

13. FUTURE FORECAST FOR AWS OPTIMIZATION
Opportunities
for optimization
 Adopt strategic
DLM strategy to
archive snapshots
to save 60% on
storage costs
Gett is Here

14.  Founded in 2012 with a mission to simplify Backup
and Recovery for AWS
 Top rated AWS Marketplace Premier Partner
 Purpose-built for AWS & distributed via AWS
Marketplace
 Thousands of global clients with hundreds of
thousands of instances protected
 Winner of 18+ industry awards
A PIONEER IN DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
ABOUT N2WS

15. N2WS + AWS = BETTER TOGETHER

16. GET THE ULTIMATE PEACE OF MIND WITH N2WS
Cross-region DR
 Protect against
region failure

17. Cross-account DR
 Protect against
account compromise
GET THE ULTIMATE PEACE OF MIND WITH N2WS

18. No downtime,
no worries…
 Protect against BOTH
region failure and
account compromise
 Use BOTH cross-region
and cross-account DR
to create a highly
secure “vault”
GET THE ULTIMATE PEACE OF MIND WITH N2WS

19. Archive snapshots to
Amazon S3 + Amazon
Glacier
Save big on your AWS storage
bill by copying EBS snapshots to
Amazon S3 and/or Glacier for
long term retention
Start/stop instances on
demand
Stay compliant for
less
Store data for as long as you
need while paying a third of
the standard cost
Reduce your AWS bill by turning
off non-critical EC2/RDS
instances automatically or on-
demand
MORE WAYS TO OPTIMIZE COSTS WITH N2WS

20. Time to see N2WS Backup & Recovery
behind-the-scenes!
LIVE DEMO!

21.  Gett case study
 Get started with N2WS 30-day free trial
 Find N2WS on the AWS Marketplace
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