Mitigate common servers threats by adopting virtual data center

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Mitigate common servers threats by adopting virtual data center Saharudin Saat

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Mitigate common servers threats by adopting virtual data center

Saharudin Saat

Agenda

• Problems

• Objectives

• Significance

• Tools

• Way forward

ObsoletehardwareNo HA

Unpatched Systems

SlowRecovery Viruses

Problems

High powerconsumption

Obsolete hardware

• In case of hardware failure

– RAM,Hard disk,motherboard etc

– Order spare part from overseas

No HA

• Traditional approach

– One system One server (silo)

– Long down time

Slow Recovery

• Process of recovering

– Couples of hours

– Install os,install apps,hardening, etc

– Waste of time

Unpatched systems

• Subscription has expired

– Suse,Redhat (enterprise)

• Auto update disabled / not configured

– Windows server, GNU/linux

Viruses

• Unpatched systems are vulnerable

– Software problems (malware installed)

– DDOS attack

– Service interruption (intermittent)

High power consumption

• Unproductive Servers

– Ghost servers

Objectives

• To improve system availability (HA)

• To improve data center management

• To reduce operational cost

Significance

• Open source Tools• In house development• Base on Blue Ocean Strategy

“The aim of BOS is not to out-perform the competition in the existing industry, but to create new market space or a blue ocean, thereby making the competition irrelevant.

(quote : What is BOS? www.blueoceanstrategy.com/abo/what_is_bos.html )

Tools– Virtualization

• ovirt

Tools– Storage

• Gluster

Tools– Monitoring

• Nagios – notification on twitter

Tools– Backup

• Automysqlbackup

• Amanda

Tools• Patch management system

– Spacewalk

Way forward

• Disaster Recovery Center

• Hybrid cloud

• Green Data center

• Open source hardware