STORAGE AS. A SERVICE (STaaS) ELASTIC CLOUD STORAGE. global.de/cloud-storage MADE IN GERMANY

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1 STORAGE AS A SERVICE (STaaS) ELASTIC CLOUD STORAGE global.de/cloud-storage MADE IN GERMANY

2 HOW DOES OUR ELASTIC CLOUD STORAGE WORK? CUSTOM APPS PACKAGED APPS INTERNET OF THINGS ANALYTICS CLOUD BACKUP ARCHIVING FILE SHARE & SYNC HTTP/S (REST), S3, SMB, OpenStack Swift, Atmos, NFS, HDFS Global Access Elastic Cloud Storage 1

3 OVERVIEW How should you store, distribute and manage your data? If you re considering building your own repository, think twice before jumping into that tar baby. The ever-growing racks of dedicated hardware and software, the extra staff and maintenance costs, the inevitable performance and backup failures it s just not worth it. Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS) from Global Access gives you a cost-effective and scalable platform for big data, file share & sync, cloud backup, and data distribution & archiving all without the headaches of ballooning infrastructure and staff costs. Our cloud storage service is designed to provide modern applications with unrivaled protection, availability and scale. Oh sorry perhaps you already know the benefits of cloud storage but are eying the services of a few household names in Silicon Valley and Seattle. Let us highlight a few points that set us apart. Global Access ECS is housed solely in German data centers, which means it complies with the highest data security standards worldwide. In other words, we are out of bounds for the NSA, the Patriot Act and any other threats to your data. If security is not your concern, how about this: our ECS lets you seamlessly work with your data across multiple protocols (S3, HDFS, Swift, NFS, SMB, and Atmos). This is what puts the elastic into ECS you can combine the suite of services you need without wasting time making your data intelligible across protocols. Turn the page for the juicy specs. 2

4 THE MARVEL OF THE CLOUD If you re new to the cloud, let us give you a quick earful of this windfall for the industry. The cloud arose to meet the goliath demands of mobile, big data and social applications. Traditional storage platforms were simply not designed to handle these modern data-guzzlers. Data used to be structured like your tidy old Rolodex, with clear tags for easy querying. But no one has time for this anymore. Modern apps have to ingest masses of unstructured data and churn it out again in a sleek and understandable package. Using the cloud means you let the experts manage and protect your storage, compute and gateway servers so that you can focus on what matters: mining your data to grow your business. BIG DATA STORAGE & ACCESS ECS gives you an infinitely scalable platform to store, access and analyze massive amounts of structured and unstructured data. Compared to building your own storage center, it goes without saying that ECS is dramatically less expensive and time consuming. But what about accessibility? ECS lets you consolidate multiple storage systems and content archives into a highly efficient repository that you can access worldwide. These features are on par with Amazon S3 and Google Storage but at a better price and with German engineering and security. And we don t stop there. Read on to find out how our ECS far surpasses the current standard. 3

5 OVERVIEW BIG DATA ANALYTICS When working with big data, the main hurdle is running analytics to unlock business intelligence quickly. ECS lets you analyze all of your structured or unstructured object data using HDFS. No matter what protocol you use to upload and sync your data, you can use HDFS as an access protocol without any ETL process. So whether you re using Horton, Pivotal or Cloudera big data platform, our cloud provides all storage nodes without any additional costs for your compute and edge nodes to access!. As your need for storage and analytics grows, so do our ECS nodes. If you don t quite get this, tell it to your techies and we promise they ll be thrilled. MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS & API ACCESSIBLE In addition to the HDFS and S3 protocols, you can communicate in NFS for Linux OS, SMB for Windows OS, Atmos and Centera if you already use EMC stacks, or Swift if you re working with an OpenStack compute platform. Check out the protocol access sheet on pages 7 and 8 for details. INTERNET OF THINGS CLOUD STORAGE As your business goes deeper into the Internet of Things (IOT), you ll need fluid integration between the physical world and computer-based systems. ECS is able to absorb and analyze massive amounts of unstructured workloads made up of both small and large object data. It is the ideal platform to distribute, protect and manage your data, letting you scale up your IOT content exponentially in the coming years. 4

6 GERMAN SECURITY & COMPLIANCE Global Access is fully owned and operated within Germany, the world s leader in data security. We were the first cloud service provider in Germany with an information security management system certificated to the German IT-Grundschutz [IT baseline protection] the highest data security & compliance standards worldwide. We have the top certifications in place (ISO & BSI / ISO 9001) and can guarantee under German law that the US Patriot Act cannot be applied within our company. That said, if you would like to double-ensure your security, ECS lets you encrypt your data before you store it. You keep all the keys and we cannot read the data. This additional service allows you to centrally set up, manage and maintain all encryption policies yourself SCALABILITY A company should never be scared of growth, yet plenty are forced to be cautious so as not to overwhelm their data resources. ECS does away with these fears, providing your applications with global accessibility and operational efficiency at any scale. Our service scales in terms of both load and functionality, so you don t have to worry about preconfiguring a cloud storage package from the start. This means that you can maintain an agile business no matter how quickly your storage and computing needs expand. 5

7 ACCESS THROUGH THE INTERNET OVERVIEW You can access your ECS data through the Internet, through a private cloud connect line or from our data center. Of these options, the Internet is no doubt the most flexible, but it sometimes raises security concerns and might also be more expensive if you transfer a lot of data. We guarantee that your ECS always comes with Gateway Security Services for perimeter control to and from the Internet. HYBRID BILLING Our Hybrid Billing model is simple and adaptable to your Global Access ECS environment. a) The PAYG plan (pay-as-you-go) lets you select the resources you want to be billed per GB with no commitment. No usage no cost! b) The Reserved Billing plan lets you select the amount of fixed resources you need every month (over a 12-month period). This option gives you a higher rebate compared to the PAYG plan. (Note: If you go over your plan, we simply bill the extra resources at the PAYG rate). If you upgrade to add vdc to your portfolio of Global Access services, our unique Hybrid Billing option also applies to RAM, CPU, disk space, security services and networks. HIGH AVAILABILITY A service has high availability (HA) if it can remain accessible even if a system component fails. Global Access ensures HA for its customers by running a distributed storage platform. Each part is backed up by a built-in spare which can take over seamlessly. This process is fully automated, and enough resources are always reserved for emergency scenarios. 6

8 HOW YOU CONNECT multi-protocol access ELASTIC CLOUD STORAGE MULTIPROTOCOL ACCESS CLIENT, GATEWAY or APPLICATION S3 SERVER NFS SERVER SMB BIG DATA HADOOP COMPUTE HDFS ATMOS HORTO PIVOTA CLOUD SECURE REPLICATION OPENSTACK SWIFT OPENSTACK COMPUTE CLUSTER ADDITIONAL INFO CONNECTION VIA Internet Private Cloud Connect Cloud IaaS Data Center Connect

9 USE CASES... BACKUP OUTSOURCE REMOTE STORAGE SOLUTION DATA ARCHIVING + MANY MORE USES FILE SYSTEM FOR LINUX OS FILE SYSTEM FOR MS WINDOWS OS BIG DATA PLATFORM + MANY MORE USES ON AL DERA N DISASTER RECOVERY FOR EMC STORAGE SYSTEMS (this would include compute & storage services) STORAGE OR JUST A REPLICATION SERVICE (e.g. a second or third replication of your data) DATA ARCHIVING NON-ERASEABLE DATA ARCHIVING + MANY MORE USES OPENSTACK COMPUTE PLATFORM 8

10 HIGHLIGHTS EASE OF USE web-based management console integration with third party apps available HIGH PERFORMANCE 99.97% availability multi-part uploads to maximize network through-put and resiliency high data-transfer speeds discounted costs for all incoming traffic DURABILITY 99, % data durability co-location data centers based in Munich 24/7 x 365 AFFORDABILITY 9 simple pricing model Hybrid Billing: PAYG and/or Reserved Billing no upfront or cancellation fees low rates for incoming traffic (from 0.02 EUR/GB)

11 PRICING COMPARISON TABLE Storage Plan Protocols Object Availability SLA PRICES SPACE: First TB SPACE: Next 49TB/mth SPACE: Next 450TB/mth SPACE: Next 500TB/mth SPACE: Next 4000TB/mth SPACE: Over 5000TB/mth Traffic from Internet Amazon Google Microsoft GLOBAL ACCESS Amazon S3 Storage Azure Elastic cloud Storage Standard S3 Standard S3 99.9% 99.9% Standard Standard S3, SMB S3, SMB, NFS, HDFS, OpenStack Swift, Atmos % 99.9% 99.97% Without Plan up to 50TB From 5TB/mth plan * From 50TB/mth plan * From 500TB/mth plan * From 1PB/mth plan * From 5PB/mth plan * n.a. From 10PB/mth plan * Traffic from Internet Traffic in Internet Traffic to Internet: Without plan per GB Traffic to Internet: from 10TB/mth Traffic to Internet: from 10TB/mth Traffic to Internet: next 40TB/mth Traffic to Internet: from 50TB/mth Traffic to Internet: next 100TB/mth Traffic to Internet: from 150TB/mth Traffic to Internet: next 350TB/mth Traffic to Internet: from 500TB/mth each Class A Operations each Class B Operations Price Example each Class A Operations each Class B Operations TB data space/mth 400 GB outgoing network Internet traffic 40 GB incoming network Internet traffic Class A Operations Class B Operations Average price for each GB Price Example , , , , TB data space/mth 50TB outgoing Internet traffic 10TB incoming Internet traffic Class A Operations Class B Operations Average price for each GB The pricing comparison table was sourced and documented on September 3rd, Note: pricing above is subject to change as our competitors adjust their pricing models. *Cloud Storage packages are set up for a 3-month minimum contract period. Prices for traffic and space are in GB units. One price is offered for all listed access protocols. What are the advantages of using Global Access s Elastic Cloud Storage with respect to the mentioned competitors? No Patriot Act or Safe Harbor agreement to worry about Global Access is solely owned, run and serviced in Munich, Germany, and has no place of business in the US. No more DIY Global Access uses EMC ECS as the technical base for our Cloud Storage product, meaning that the client avoids the burden of infrastructure costs. Simplified pricing model With one price for all protocols and the Hybrid Billing option, there are no unpleasant surprises at the end of the month! Traffic in the Global Access Data Center, or vdc (IaaS), is only EUR 0.02/GB. We have no upfront costs or contract termination fees. Global Access customers can set up a contract that complies with the German data protection law (Section 11 BDSG). Your Cloud Storage system can be locally audited. The entire Global Access team is based in Germany. We are experts in data security and privacy. Our Cloud Storage product can be easily combined with a local data center and cloud services from Global Access. All support is available in German or English. We pride ourselves in maintaining transparent communications and frequent contact with our clients. 10

12 CLOUD STORAGE WE OFFER UP TO 100 GB CLOUD STORAGE - FREE! (each additional GB at 0.09 per Month) Low rates for incoming Traffic Outgoing Traffic at 0,10 per GB Read / Write operations are free of charge! Get in touch to take advantage of this offer: sales@global.de phone: web: global.de/cloud-storage