Confused by cloud? Logicalis at how and why to move to an enterprise cloud platform:
What type of Cloud do I need?
Cloud value elements
What does Cloud mean to you?
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Flavours of IaaS
There are two main flavours of IaaS Clouds:
Management
Server
Cluster
Server
Cluster
Server
Cluster
Enterprise Networking (e.g., VLAN)
Enterprise Storage (e.g., SAN)
Software Defined Networks
(e.g., Security Groups, EIP, ELB,...)
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Elastic Block Storage
Enterprise Class IaaS
(ECI)
Commodity IaaS
(Commodity Cloud)
...it’s very important which types of workloads you are planning to host and in which cloud
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Commodity IaaS
Intended for “Cloud applications” (web-scale applications)
Designed for scale
VM failure acceptable
Limited high availability in zones/ POD’s
(No guarantee on zone reliability)
Applications required to be distributed across availability
zones for redundancy
Applications to be designed to handle node level failure
Software Defined Networks
(e.g., Security Groups, EIP, ELB,...)
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Server
Racks
Elastic Block Storage
Concepts & highlights
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Enterprise Class IaaS
Intended for Enterprise class applications
Designed for performance
VM is protected
Highly availability network
Achieve significant reliability for applications running in
single zone
Achieve redundancy by replicating to secondary zone
Existing workloads will run reliably
Concepts & highlights
Management
Server
Cluster
Server
Cluster
Server
Cluster
Enterprise Networking (e.g., VLAN)
Enterprise Storage (e.g., SAN)
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Cloud Workloads
Traditional Workloads Distributed (Cloud) Workloads
Reliable Hardware platform
High performance
Provides Disaster Recovery
capability
Expect failure. Build apps that
can withstand infrastructure
failure
Build application for multi-site
redundancy across zones
Expect failure. Design app for it.Expect reliability. Protect entire cloud.
Possible to categorise workloads into two areas
Enterprise Class IaaS (ECI) Commodity Cloud
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Elements of Cloud Computing Value
Computing, Network, Storage and
Applications resources
providing Cloud platform
Utility
Pricing
Elastic
Resource
Capacity
3rd Party
Owned
Economic Elements
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-grow
No CapEx
Architecture
Elements
Simple
Abstract Environment
Critical Services
Strategic Elements
Focus on your core business
Management
Automation
Self Service
Provisioning
Managed
Operations
Virtualised
Resources
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Invested in a Vblock solution in 2010 and have consolidated a large
percentage of their server environment using VMware vSphere
Highly Virtualised with approx. 106 Virtual Machines
Organisation delivers $750M annual revenue
No Effective Disaster Recovery
Primary customer Data Centre inadequate due to unreliable power
Data Centre Infrastructure Refresh due September 2013
Overextended IT Operational team
Use Case – Virtual Private DC
Customer Background
Customer Challenges
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Risk mitigation strategy for existing Data Centre
Risk mitigation strategy for business continuity
Leverage operating model of cloud and value-add services
Use Case – Virtual Private DC
Customer Requirements / Strategy
Logicalis Solutions
Migration of entire on-premise environment to Logicalis VPDC
Leverage VM Replication, Backup and Operational service
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Consolidated a large percentage of their server environment using VMware vSphere
Highly Virtualised with approx. 150 Virtual Machines
Currently own and operate 2 x DC’s – Primary and DR
Use Case – DRaaS
Customer Background
Customer Challenges
No Effective DR
Existing DR compute platform doesn’t support the DR capacity requirements
DR Infrastructure scheduled for refresh Q1 2014
Data Protection Challenges
Overextended IT Operational team
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Short Term
Risk mitigation strategy for business continuity
Data Centre infrastructure refresh avoidance (DR Site)
Provide a DR platform that scales inline with the production environment
Mid Term
Leverage Operating & Commercial model of cloud and value-add services
Operational outsourcing of infrastructure management
Transparent pricing allowing price per project or dept. chargeback
Address Data Protection challenges
Use Case – DRaaS
Customer Requirements / Strategy
Logicalis Solution
Leverage Logicalis Hybrid DRaaS
Meet short-term goals while reducing TCO for DR
Roadmap to migrate to Logicalis VPDC to accommodate mid-term requirements in future
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VPDC – What Does it Mean to You?
Dynamic Shared
Infrastructure
Network Services
FW, VPN, IDS, VLANs, IP
Compute Services
CPU, Memory
Storage Services
Performance Tiers
Virtualisation Services
Hypervisors
Service
Management
Capacity
Management
Availability
Management
Security
Management
Performance
Management
Service
Level
Management
Event
Monitoring
Asset
Management
Configuration
Management
Usage
Metering
Service
Level
Management
Business
Management
Customer
Information
Incident &
Problem Mgmt
Service
Analytics
Customer
Management
Chargeback
Billing
Financial
Analytics
Financial
Management
Application Workloads
Orchestration & Automation Layer
Cloud Portal
Policy Based
Controls
Services
Catalog
Request
Management
SLA
Dashboard
Service Order
Management
Customer
Registration
Authentication
& Authorisation
Service
Provisioning
Account
Management
A p p A p p A p p A p p A p p
Complete
Enterprise
Data Centre
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Will it allow IT to be run as a business?
Evolve from reactive to proactive?
IT as a business partner?
Will it allow IT to deliver more innovation to
stakeholders?
Reduce operational cost?
IT to deliver more business value?
Will it allow IT minimise fire fighting and reduce risk?
Will it allow IT do more, faster?
VPDC – What Does it Mean to You?
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What we see!
Allows organisations to implement an entire Enterprise Data Centre without the
large capital expense
Provides access to mature service and business management systems to assist
in service evaluation and financial analytics
Leverage complimentary services such as backup, replication and operational
management to allow the right level of protection to your workloads without the
complexities
Allows organisations to remove commodity aspects of operational management
Maintain control and privacy through SLAs and secure multi-tenant architectures
Reduce TCO
VPDC – What Does it Mean to You?
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Cloud Service Provider Selection
1. Do they provide the Cloud Service that meets you
needs? Commodity v. Enterprise
2. Do they have in-house Professional Services to assist
/ perform Cloud migrations?
3. Flexible Offering? Connectivity Options?
4. Data Sovereignty
5. SLA’s? Do they align to your business?
6. Pricing? Can they financially justify?
7. Security. Does their offering assist you in meeting your
industry regulation compliance? PCI-DSS, etc.
8. Help Desk Support? Service Desk Certification (ISO
20000, ITIL)
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Criteria for Cloud Service Provider Selection
Security
Regulation Compliance
Data Ownership &
Transferability
Privacy
Provider Transparency
Auditability
Company and Facilities
Financial Stability
Data Centre Locations
3rd Party Certifications
(eg. ISO, ITIL)
Network Services
Help Desk Support
Pricing
Pricing Metrics Comparisons
Fixed vs Variable Rates
In Use vs Inactive
Software Licensing Costs
and Models
Compatibility
Help Desk Support
Network Connectivity &
Bandwidth
Software Supported
Programming Language
Offerings
Transaction Performance
Application Availability
Data Accessibility
Processing Speeds
Load Balancing
Scaling Capabilities
SLA Offerings
Storage Performance
Storage Availability
Storage Type
Scaling Capabilities
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Migration Strategy
Q. What is the best way to connect to the
cloud? MPLS, VPN, Point-2-Point?
Q. How do I migrate my server
environment?
- Limit Risk
- Limit migration outage
Q. Can I re-use my Licenses in the Cloud?
Q. How can I be sure that my environment
will work in the Cloud?
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Cloud Migration Methodology
Assess & Plan
Design
& Build
Pilot Commission
• Assess Networks and
Security architecture
• Assess Applications,
workloads and
dependencies
• Determine Migration
requirements, rollback
plan and risks
• Develop high level
network architecture,
migration strategy and
rollout plan
• Develop network and
security design
• Determine VM server
configuration design
• Network
• Storage
• Backup
• Replication
• Document migration
schedule
• Deploy and configure
network and security
design
• Define Pilot objective
• Document Pilot test plan
• Migrate pilot servers
• Configure servers as per
configuration design
• Perform user acceptance
testing (UAT)
• Document pilot results
What is the best way to
connect to the cloud and
how do we migrate my
server environment?
What’s the best design to
meet my requirements
and what is the migration
schedule timeline?
How do we deliver on
time, within budget, to
our organisation?
Will the design and
migration strategy meet
my success criteria?
• Migrate servers as per
migration schedule
• Configure servers as per
configuration design
• Perform user acceptance
testing (UAT)
• Optimise environment
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Summary
Different types and flavours of Cloud. Choose wisely
that best aligns to your workloads.
Seven (7) Elements of Cloud Value – What resonates
with you?
What does Cloud mean to you?
Complete (Turnkey) Enterprise Data Centre
Reduce Risk
Remove commodity aspects of operational management
Strategic value to business?
Notes de l'éditeur
WorkloadsTraditional Enterprise ApplicationsDev Labs & Test EnvironmentsHigh Performance Computing Batch ProcessingWeb / Mobile ApplicationsDisaster RecoveryCommodity CloudsApplication architected to take advantage of commodity cloudsTraditional applications are not particularly suited for commodity cloudsApplications can’t rely on infrastructure and they need to implement redundancy and high availability mechanismsEnterprise CloudsTraditional applications run reliably on Enterprise IaaSProvides highly available infrastructure to support applicationsProvides redundancy through replication
What is
A VPDC solution contains all the core elements to operate an enterprise-level data centre.A VPDC helps an organisation avoid the massive capital operational costs incurred for an in-house data center, while maintaining privacy and control over their cloud data center through service level agreements. Generally this includes % uptime and segregation of their rented data center resources from other clients.
Focussed on solving complex issues for customersVM Replication (DR) integrated into the core platform. Integrated Backup Optional Operational ManagementSingle pane of glass managementBased on Active / Active architectureBased on Enterprise grade equipment - Extension to current environment utilising common security and networking concepts.Certified Cisco Cloud Powered Cisco Virtual Context Firewall that either Logicalis, Customer or 3rd party can manageSelf service portal allows Customer to design their network / security preferred architectureGlobal Support Centre AccessAccess to a 24 hour, 7 day week manned Service DeskCentralised Call Management and Tracking, ensuring all IT related issues are accurately captured, controlled and monitoredISO 20000 (ITIL) auditable approach to service delivery