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Synchronizing Geo-Distributed SharePoint v
Larry Wolter
Director, Product Marketing, Metalogix
Daniel Cohen-Dumani
Founder and CEO, Portal Solutions
Pamela James Brooks
Solutions Engineer, Metalogix
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Agenda
Centralized SharePoint
SharePoint Global Architectures
SharePoint Availability
Distributed SharePoint and High Availability
Issues with SQL and Out of the Box SharePoint Solution
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Centralized SharePoint
Local users are happy. Collaboration increases.
What about distant or remote users?
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Central Farm Deployment
Source: Global Architectures for SharePont Server 2013, MicrosoftSource: Global Architectures for SharePont Server 2013, Microsoft
“Remote users who access content hosted on a Centralized SharePoint server must access across a WAN or other network link. This can result in a slow end-user experience and excessive bandwidth consumption charges for the organization.”
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What version of SharePoint are you using?
Insta-Poll
⃝ SharePoint Online⃝ 2013⃝ 2010⃝ 2007⃝ 2003⃝ Not sure
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Microsoft Recommends
Redesigning pages for faster downloads
Using WAN accelerators
Optimizing the entire network
Costly solutions that mask the real problem
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Disconnected Farms
Microsoft: “Deploying more than one farm greatly
increases complexity.”
Siloed content
Governance and Compliance harder to implement
Cost associated with managing each farm individually
Duplication of resources
No single source of truth
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SQL AlwaysOn Groups and Clusters
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Asynchronous
Synchronous (Real Time)
One-way only
Live, bi-directional mirroring within a farm
Microsoft says “Forcing failover is a last resort...”
Mission critical and non-essential content are treated equally
Effects SharePoint performance without fast network
Does not affect SharePoint performance
Active-Passive support only – Reduced RTO and RPO
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SharePoint Availability Options
In-farm Redundancy for Server Failures
Does not include database servers
No availability during power or network outages
No availability during system upgrades
Stretch farms introduced with SharePoint 2010
Costly network infrastructure requirements
Not supported in 2013 – availability delegated to DB
Limited Capability – Reduced RTO and RPO
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Do you have a distributed workforce (offices or
workers 300+ miles from headquarters)?
Insta-Poll
⃝ Yes⃝ No
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Replication Value
• Sync geographically-distributed SharePoint
− Data availability during communication loss
• 24x7x365 SharePoint availability
• Active fault-tolerance and fail-over (COOP)
• Limit content sync for security, privacy, and compliance reasons
• Sync between SharePoint versions
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Benefits
Keeping distant users engaged and active
Making content available during disruptions
Sharing information with agencies and partners
Supporting global access
Providing fast continuous access of content to all users
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Challenges
Remote offices need latest content
to be productive
Difficult to integrate content over multiple
SharePoint farms
Inability to quickly recover from outages
Low bandwidth and high latency slow
worker performance
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Impact
Downtime threatens key operations and
wastes money
Regulatory / compliance risks
Mission critical SharePoint apps
at risk
Unhappy remote users don’t fully
adopt SharePoint
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Common Replication Scenarios
Multi-homing
Sync across all SharePoint versions
On-premises / cloud sync
Intranet/extranet sync
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Sync between geo-distributed farms
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Content You Can Synchronize
Original Content
Structure, Collections
SecurityPermissions
Workflows
Web Parts Look and Feel Social Data Video & Data
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What system/solution have you deployed for
synchronization?
⃝ Third-party replication solution⃝ SQL Database Mirroring ⃝ SQL AlwaysOn⃝ Virtual machine replication solution⃝ Traditional backup and restore⃝ Other⃝ Not sure
Insta-Poll
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Major Use Cases
Geographic Synchronization- Fast reliable access to SharePoint for a global workforce• Sync critical operation centers and content• Deliver fast access to content to all users• Synchronize all geographically dispersed SharePoint farms• Extend SharePoint content to customers and partners• Sync content over poor or challenged networks
Always On - Ensuring high availability for SharePoint content• Decrease Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point
Objective (RPO)• Content available during planned and unplanned outages• Continuity of operations (COOP)
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Distributed SharePoint via Replication
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Distributed SharePoint via Replication
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Distributed SharePoint via Replication
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Replicated SharePoint
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OVERVIEW
SharePoint content from HQ to ships goes over satellite networks and requires high level of bandwidth
Satellite bandwidth is unreliable and at a premium since it competes with on-board internet cafes and phones
Stay in compliance with the International Safety Management (ISM) code
CHALLENGES
Better able to address deployment issues and concerns around metadeta and versioning
Metalogix Replicator ensured reliable connectivity even during network latency
Uses minimal bandwidth since only replicates changes, not entire documents
RESULTS
Norwegian Cruise Line
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U.S. Air Forces Central Command
Located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, U.S. Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) serves as the air component for a 27-nation area within the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility.
Their Areas of Responsibility include the Middle East and Central Asia and support the efforts of our deployed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
OVERVIEW CHALLENGE
Ensure continuity of operations (COOP)
Redundant farm failover capability during outages
Content is available during communication isolation
Increased productivity with faster access to content
Point of authority content maintained
RESULTS
Majority of staff have short tours and high turnover
Disjointed flow of information
Needed both a failover system and a way to give everyone access to each other’s files
Reconcile intranet, internet and extranet
Connect main base with 9 other bases across multiple countries, including some with satellite feeds
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Air Forces Central Command
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Demonstration
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Key Differentiators
Immediate, live, bi-directional replication for all SharePoint types
Replicate even over low bandwidth or challenged networks
Synchronize across larger, dispersed, multi-farm SharePoint
deployments
Replication across any combination of SharePoint version or
editions - 2007, 2010, 2013
Install and use within SharePoint - No additional software to run
and manage
Capabilities
Synchronize Multiple Farms across
Critical Operation Centers
Enable fail-over between farms to
provide High Availability to all
content during disruptions
Securely exchange content between
Domains, Intranets and Extranets
Synchronize. Replicate. Collaborate.The Most Powerful Way To Sync Multiple SharePoint Farms
Metalogix Replicator
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