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Elasticity

• Expands

• Contracts

• Stretch it too thin….The New Network: Requirements and Challenges of the Dynamic Datacenter

Lori MacVittie

Sr. Technical Marketing Manager * F5 Networks

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The Challenge

Enable the means by which a dynamic infrastructure

supporting multi-component/tier applications can be

discovered, rapidly provisioned, scaled, secured, managed,

modified and migrated across disparate locations.

Automatically

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Virtualization to Cloud Maturity Model

Self-Managing Datacenters

Server Consolidation

Test and Development

CapacityOn Demand

Enterprise Computing Clouds On and Off Premise

Separate Consolidate Aggregate Automate Liberate

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Enterprise Objective: An IT Services On-Demand PlatformEnterprise Objective: An IT Services On-Demand Platform

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VIRTUALIZATION is PERVASIVE

VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK

VIRTUAL LAN (VLAN)

STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION

OS VIRTUALIZATION

NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION

SERVICEVIRTUALIZATION

VIRTUAL NETWORK ACCESS

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COMPLEXIFICATION

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NOITACIFIXELPMOC

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Adaptability

ReactionsReactionsReactionsReactions

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EventsEventsEventsEvents

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POLICIESPOLICIES

DEMANDDEMAND

MOVEMENTMOVEMENT

CHANGES

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Server VirtualizationLegacy Applications & InfrastructureSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Social ComputingMulti-ProtocolsCloud Services – Internal / ExternalMobility

People and Budgets

Services Infrastructure Gap

Network Infrastructure and Resources

EmployeesPartnersCustomersBranch OfficesOutsourcers

Adapted from Seeking Alpha, October 2008 – Greg Ness

The Need for Dynamic Infrastructure

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Shift the Burden to Bridge the Gap

TECHNOLOGY

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

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The Evolution of the Web Application

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CONNECTED MORE CONNECTED

The Evolution of Infrastructure

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An Evolutionary ProcessWEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS

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The Missing LinkINFRASTRUCTURE

TECHNOLOGY GAP

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dy·nam·iccharacterized by continuous change, activity, or progress

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Adaptation

the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.

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DYNAMIC(COLLABORATIVE)INFRASTRUCTURE

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You can’t react to what you can’t see

Intercept bi-directional application and data stream at all points of control

Each network device needs the ability to see all protocols

Reporting, notification, trending

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You can’t act on what you don’t understand

Put user application and data stream in context Understand and relate the context of the user, device,

location, network, application, virtualization, and resource

Constant optimization requires continuous feedback loop

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You can’t make decisions without feedback

Relate visibility and content to predetermined business policy

Determine and direct appropriate response

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You can’t collaborate if you don’t communicate

All strategic points of control synchronize, communicate and leverage functions & intelligence

Open, standards-based API for cross product integration and integration with 3rd parties.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

A Revolutionary Process

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What’s Needed

Dynamic Services Model:Reusable services that understand context

and can provide control regardless of application, virtualization, user, device,

platform or location

Resources

Physical Virtual Multi-Site DCs Cloud

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Thank You!

Contact Info:Lori MacVittie

l.macvittie@f5.com@lmacvittie

http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/