Towards the Network centric, Cloud Ready Data Center: Reduce Cost & Complexity

Vassilis Koulouris

1. Virtualization (Ranked No. 5 last year)

2. Cloud Computing (New to the list)

3. Computing fabrics (No. 8 last year)

4. Web-oriented architecture (New but similar to “the Web platform” No. 7 last

year)

5. Enterprise mashups (No. 6 last year)

6. Specialized systems (New to the list)

7. Social software and social networking (No. 10 last year)

8. Unified communications

9. Business intelligence (New to the list)

10. Green IT (No. 1 last year)

Gartner’s 10 Strategic Technologiesfor 2009

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The key attributes “usually” associated with Cloud Computing

1. Multi-tenant – the ability to process the needs of multiple users with shared resources in a dynamic and transparent fashion

2. Elastic and Scalable – resources can expand and contract as needed

3. Metered/Rented – some manner of “pay for only what you use”

4. Self-Provisioned – “self check-in” at least to some degree

5. Internet based – accessible using internet technology, usually over the public Internet

6. X as a Service – the details/concerns of implementation are abstracted for the customer

What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is an approach that enables organizations to leverage

scalable, elastic and secure resources as services with the expected

results of simplified operations, significant savings in cost and nearly

instant provisioning.

The seventh attribute sets Secure cloud computing apart

7. Secure – an overall decrease in risk due to greater security protocols and tools from the cloud provider for data in motion, data at rest and data in process.

Cloud Computing: Models

Enterprise

Data

Storage

Service

Office

Apps

On Demand

CPUsPrinting

Service

Cloud

Provider #1

Cloud

Provider #2

Internal Cloud

CRM

Service

…

Service 3

Backup

Service ILM

Service

Service

Service

Service

Business

Apps/Service

Employee

User

… …

… The

Internet

Examples of Delivered Services

How is your IT aligning to your Business?

Current:„Accidental Architecture‟

Siloed IT resources

Low utilisation, power inefficiency

Branch offices „mini data centers‟

How is your IT aligning to your Business?

Current:„Accidental Architecture‟

Siloed IT resources

Low utilisation, power inefficiency

Branch offices „mini data centers‟

How is your IT aligning to your Business?

Current:„Accidental Architecture‟

Siloed IT resources

Low utilisation, power inefficiency

Branch offices „mini data centers‟

Emerging:Web 2.0 Model

Virtualized DC & virtualized services

Significant new resource demands

Challenges with visibility, control, security

How is your IT aligning to your Business?

Emerging:Web 2.0 Model

Virtualized DC & virtualized services

Significant new resource demands

Challenges with visibility, control, security

Status Quo is Not an OptionCurrent Trends are Overwhelming Traditional Data Center Designs

• Storage growing at 40-100% per year

• Power & Cooling ~25-30% of total DC costs

• Operations taking another ~30% of total DC costs

• Asset Utilization averages ~20-30%

• New Applications can take 60-90 days to deploy

• 90% of Employees work away from Corporate HQ

Data Centers built with a 10+ year design

life are becoming obsolete within 5 years

1

2

Infrastructure needs to become more dynamic …

… to free budget for new investment and speed

deployment of new capabilities.

Facilities

Infrastructure

Production

Infrastructure

Mobility

Infrastructure

Technology

Infrastructure

Communications

Infrastructure

+ + + +

Flexible

Dynamic

On-demand

Efficient

CloudComputing

Trusted

Control

Reliable

Secure

Network Platform

Applications

Security

Virtualization

Information

Bring the Cloud to the Enterprise

Infrastructure

The Data Center Today

Today‟s Data Center• Component-

Centric

• 10,000s

componentsUtility

Servers

Firewalls

Network

Fabric

Application

Servers

Database

Servers

Storage

Storage

Fabric

Compute, Store, Connect,

Protect managed separately

Component Management

• Small disparate

resource pools per

component group

• Pools are

independently

managed

• Over-provisioned

Common Vision of the Future

Business Processes

Applications & ServicesMessaging, Databases, ERP, DSS, Content Management

Next Generation Virtualized Data Center

Automated

Infrastructure

Capacity Management

• Large Unified Compute, Store,

Connect & Protect Pool

• Automatically Meets SLAs

• Lean Infrastructure & Staffing

Requirements

• On-Demand

procurement

• Private Cloud

• Public Cloud

• Federated

Business Process

Centric

your applications

your information

enterprise IT resources

any device

any where

enterprise

infrastructureserver – network - storage

provider

infrastructureserver – network - storage

cloud operating system

virtual information infrastructure

cloud internetwork and unified computing

Building The Private Cloud

EMC

Cisco

VMware

UCS: Server Architecture for Virtualization

“carrier–class” virtualization platform

zero-touch capacity expansion

automatic rebalancing of resources

precise control when needed

massive workload consolidation

supports the most demanding service levels

all resources provisioned as services

supports today‟s and tomorrow‟s processes

transparent scaling

network-centric service delivery

Simplifying the Data Center

A simple solution• Embed management

• Unify fabrics

• Optimize virtualization

• Remove unnecessary – Switches

– Adapters

– Management modules

• Less than 1/2 the support

infrastructure for a

given workload

Mgmt Server

Unified Computing System

Key Differentiation

Embedded Management (UCS Manager)

Unified Fabric (FCoE)

StateServers and

Service

Profilesless

Virtualized Adapters and

VN-Link

Expanded Memory

Optimized Platform for Unified Computing

LAN SANMGMT

Up to 40 enclosures, 320 blades

Thousands of VMs

Unified Fabric

Stateless Computing

Single Management Domain

Reduced Points of

Management

Universal

Interconnect

Scalable

Infrastructure

Optimized

Virtualization

Scalable Virtualization

Unified embedded

management & service

processor

Unified Fabric to PCIe

bus

Fabric Extender for

wire once

connectivity

2 to 640 4 core processors per

cluster (Intel Nehalem chipset)

6 to 6000 Virtual Machines

per cluster

Open interfaces

accommodating existing

management investments

Seamless connectivity to

DCE, FCoE, & 10GE

Energy efficient

multi-core x86 (95W)

VMotion Network Optimized

for reliability

64 to 384 GB per processor

for in memory computations

Estimate of Benefits forVirtualized Infrastructure

Reduced capital expenditures: up to 60%Reduced operating expenses: up to 30%Higher service levelsIncreased responsive to the business

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Business

Applications

Mission-Critical

Applications

Universal Desktop

Everything virtualized

StrategicVirtualization

TacticalVirtualization

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TimeExpand StandardizeExplore

Server

Consolidation

Desktop

Virtualization

Back-up &

Recovery

Disaster Recovery

Business Cont.

Mission Critical

Applications

Private

Cloud

ManagementSecurity

vStorage vStorage

Every Scale, Protocol & Feature.

Every scale,Deploy efficiently

Back-up & RestoreFile, VM, Datastore

VMware SRM +

Recovery Point

DR/BC solutionsfrom one source

Deduplication

Accelerate, reduce risk, increase confidence,

Proven solutions

Line of sightVirtual-Physical

Extend sec.in virt world

IONIX RSA

All underpinned with Services Offerings

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Journey towards Virtualized Data Centre

Tactical Virtualization

Strategic Virtualization

Understand infrastructure actual usage:

visibility of actual server/Infra usage /

state of compliancy /

Cost per service usage

Simplify / Automate IT infra management:

Decouple command/business layer from underlying components

Automate IT management processes to serve business requirements

Improve underlying technologies independently from command layer

Reduce cost of the infrastructure

Servers: Virtualize and repurpose existing servers / Infra

Labour: Automate manual processes

Energy: Lower Energy consumption

Reduce risk for my services / better my SLAs:

Automate compliancy / change-patch-version management

Automate Disaster recovery process

Comprehensive fail-over mechanism

Reduce manual tasks

Increase Flexibility / Time to market for my new services

Repurpose infra in real time to support new services

Pool resources

Dedicate resources on demand

Cloud building blocks:Unisys Infrastructure Management Suite:

Unisystems Datacenter Automation Solutions

Beginning Data center transformation journey in addressing first existing pain points.

Quest

Aimed at SP’s

Rationalize /

pay per use

• Reduce Operational costs

• Increase business agility / time to market

• Compliance with Industry and Federal regulations

• Risk Mitigation / Service continuity

• Reduce IT complexity

CIO’s major concerns

IMS solutions ie Products & Services

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Continuous optimization / Cost control

Orchestrated resource provisioning

Automated service continuity

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Continuous optimization / Cost control

Orchestrated resource provisioning

Automated service continuity

Serv

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Cloud based Virtual Desktop

Orchestrated resource provisioning

Orchestrated resource provisioning

Shared services Management platform

ERL model

Assessment

End to end

Building block concrete example:uAdapt / Server repurposing

Web farm Test & Dev Citrix Farm

Pool of Physical and virtual servers

Dynamic allocation

of resources

Adaptation to load

requirements in real

time

Re-allocation of under-

used servers

Automatic fail-over /

N+1 mode

X

Switch off unused

servers

SERVICES

RESOURCES

Taking Your First Step into the Cloud with Unisystems

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Advisory and Assessment

Strategic

Cloud Feasibility & Workload Assessment

• Understand strategic implications that cloud might have for your business.

• Explore alternatives such as internal or private, external or public, or hybrid clouds and how a client might gain value from internally optimizing their processes and infrastructure based on the Unisys vision for a Real-Time Infrastructure (RTI).

• Examines the characteristics of business services that

have sub-components with the potential to be moved to the

cloud, and what positive impacts would be realized.

• Assesses the readiness of the client‟s infrastructure to

support the consumption of a cloud IT delivery model.

Infrastructure Solutions Overview

Access & Application

Delivery

Application Delivery

Solutions

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

WAN & WEB Optimization Thin Clients

Information & Storage

Management

Mid & High End Storage

Solutions

Data Protection

Email & File Archiving

Storage & Backup

Assessment

Business Continuity & Replication

Data CenterTransformation & Virtualization

Consolidation/Modernization

VirtualizationRelocation/Co-location/Manag

edServices

Data Center Automation

Energy & Space Efficiency/Green

IT

Enterprise Management

Application Discovery

Management

Service and IT Asset

Management

End-to-end management of

the back office of IT

Application Performance Management

Assessments

Business Continuity &

Disaster Recovery

Continuous Data Protection

Disaster Recovery concepts

Fault Tolerance / High Availability

Business Continuity Plans

Security &Compliance

Perimeter Security & End Point Security

Secure Remote Access,

Entitlement Management for High Risk Users

Compliance & Risk Assessment Web Application

Penetration Tests

ESSO, Smart Cards, PKI

Data Leakage Prevention

WEB Application Firewalling

Assessments

• Access Delivery Assesment (Already a succesfull solution with more than 32

customers)

• VDI readiness Assessment

• Server Virtualization Assesment

• Monitoring Service for Servers & Applications (Blueprint)

• Application Performance Monitoring & Stress Testing Assessment

• Wan Assessment, WEB Apps stress testing, Wan Emulation assessment

• Data leakage Prevention AssessmentDisaster Recovery Surveyor

• Windows 7 Migration readiness assessment

• Data Profiler Assesment

• Storage Assessment

• Backup and Recovery Assesment

The way forward

Unisystems together with our Technology Partners can assist you to:

Analyze your current infrastructure (Server, Desktop &

Application Delivery Readiness Assessment)

Help evaluate the Desktop & Application delivery technology

Design the new Data Center architecture (end to end)

Implement, manage and support the new virtual infrastructure

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