In this presentation from the recent AWS Oil & Gas event in Aberdeen, Franz Esser from AWS Partner, Eurotech discusses the solutions that Eurotech have delivered to commom challenges faced by organisations operating in the oil and gas sector.

1. Cloud Solutions for Oil & Gas
Franz Esser – Strategic Business Manager
Eurotech Computer Services Ltd

2. About Eurotech
• 21 years in business
• Offices in England, Scotland, Norway & South Africa
• History of innovation in HPC, storage & tape technology; now a leader in the
development of Cloud solutions & services
• Trusted advisor with a strategic approach to implementing solutions
that deliver lasting business value

3. Customers & Partners
Our customers
• All the major seismic processing &
service companies
• Most of the super-major oil
companies (data management)
• Most mid-market oil companies
across EMEA
• Most of the major tape transcription
companies
• Customer footprint: England, Scotland,
Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Poland,
Russia, Hungry, Brazil, South Africa,
Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Tunisia,
Algeria, Dubai, Singapore, India

4. Eurotech Solutions & Services
Cloud Solutions & Services
• AWS consulting partner
• Cloud NAS, Cloud backup & archive solutions, Cloud DR
IT Solutions & Services
• Next generation datacentre technologies (Nutanix, Avere Systems)
• High performance computing & storage (Convey, IBM GSS)
• Archive systems (IBM Enterprise tape)
• Full portfolio of professional & support services
Data Management/Geoscience services
• Data management & Geoscience services

5. Intro: Evolution of the Datacentre
1990's
–
CLIENT-­‐SERVER
COMPUTE
NOW
–
UTILITY
COMPUTING
IN
THE
CLOUD
2000's
–
THE
“BIG”
DATACENTRE
ON-­‐PREMISE
DATA
CENTRE
PC
TERMINAL,
OWNED
BY
BUSINESS
CLOUD
COMPUTING
THE
COMMODITY
x86
COMPUTE
CLOUD
COMPUTE/STORAGE
SILOS
INTERNET
OR
WAN
BYOD,
MULTIPLE
DEVICES
PER
USER,
MOBILE
• SILOED
INFRASTRUCTURE
• RIGID,
NO
FLEXIBILTY
• EXPENSIVE,
UP-­‐FRONT
INVESTMENT
• NOT
SCALABLE
• COMPLEX
TO
MANAGE
• FIXED
TO
ONE
LOCATION
DATACENTRE
WAN
MULTIPLE
DEVICES,
CORP
OWNED
BLADE
COMPUTE SAN
/
NAS
STORAGE
• CENTRALISED
INFRASTRUCTURE
• VIRTUALISED
FOR
INCREASED
FLEXIBILITY
• EXPENSIVE,
UP-­‐FRONT
INVESTMENT
• LIMITED,
EXPENSIVE
SCALABILITY
• COMPLEX
TO
MANAGE
• REMOTE
WORKING
PREVALENT
OBJECT
STORAGE
• WEB-­‐SCALE
INFRASTRUCTURE
• SOFTWARE
DEFINED
FOR
COMPLETE
FLEXIBILITY
• OPEX
BASED
UTILITY
COMPUTE,
NO
CAPEX
• UNLIMITED,
HYPER-­‐SCALABILITY
• MANAGE
FROM
A
SIMPLE,
SINGLE
PANE
OF
GLASS
• MULTIPLE
DEVICES,
MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS

6. In the Cloud, the Possibilities are Endless
What if you could….
• Test workloads in the cloud before committing CAPEX to hardware that
might not be suitable?
• Store your data in the cloud without being limited by WAN performance?
• Access cloud data through standard NAS protocols so you don’t need to
re-write applications?
• Move away from a legacy NAS environment and to a next-generation
hybrid cloud environment – without the pain usually associated with such
a move?
• Have all the functionality of a physical DR site without the cost?

7. Case study: Centralised Cloud Storage
Customer Requirement:
• Store all technical data centrally for users at offices around the
world to allow for collaboration and centralised QA
• Reduce NAS costs and NAS sprawl
• Delivering high performance throughput to users of seismic
applications at remote offices
• Secure data
• Provide a WW Global Namespace to all users for ease of access and
administration

8. Solution: Eurotech Cloud NAS
PREMIER
LONDON
EUROTECH
DATA
CENTRE
Avere
3
Node
FXT
with
CloudNAS
100Mbps
Router
Internet
Core
Filer
(NetApp)
NFS
enabled
100Mbps
Avere
2
Node
FXT
with
NAS
Optimisation
100Mbps
Data
path
Internet
or
DirectConnect
Solution Benefits:
• Centralise WW
data in the
cloud with no
compromise on
performance
• Reduce NAS
costs & sprawl
• Storage becomes
OPEX-only

9. Case study: Low cost test and demo
Customer Requirement:
• Provide a complete test/demo environment for their software
• Must include high capacity compute nodes (32GB+ RAM each;
minimum 4 cores), block and object storage and networking
• Deliver a low cost solution that fits their usage model (only in use a
few hours a day)
• Must be rapidly scalable to demonstrate software’s scale-out
capability i.e. min 2 node clusters, growing up to 8+ nodes

10. Solution: EC2/VPC/S3 cloud environ
1.
Data
ingested
into
GridBank
from
source
based
on
policy
CUSTOMER
PRIVATE
NETWORK
AMAZON
VPC
EC2
COMPUTE
CLOUD
EBS
2.
Data
indexed,
deduped,
compressed
&
encrypted
3.
Encrypted
objects
stored
either
in
Amazon
S3-­‐based
storage
pools
or
in
EBS-­‐based
storage
pools
Internet
or
WAN
SAN
SharePoint
Exchange
File
Active
Directory
S3
OBJECT
STORE
Solution Benefits:
• No CAPEX
required to deliver
a fully cloud-based
test platform
• Turn test platform
on when you
need it, off when
you don’t

11. Call to Action
Your next step into the cloud:
• Visit the Eurotech stand outside
• Eurotech team available all afternoon for introductory discussions –
Please schedule a slot after this session to confirm availability
• Schedule a free 2 hour “Cloud Readiness Assessment” with
Eurotech for Jan 2015 to help you plan next steps on your journey

12. Thank you!
Franz Esser
Strategic Business Manager
Mobile: +44(0)7551 354 974
Email: franz@eurotech-computers.com