cloud – from conception to completion
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It’s not about “picking the right cloud” but choosing the right strategy that matches workloads to the most appropriate delivery model. Logicalis provides an overview of some of the challenges of moving to “the Cloud” and how we help customer determine the most effective cloud model.TRANSCRIPT
Cloud – from Conception to Completion
Rob GeeDatacentre Architect
What is your perspective of Cloud Computing?
“Once upon a time, there were six blind men. The blind men wished to know what an elephant looked like.The six blind men all perceived one aspect of the elephant and were each right in their own way, but none of them knew what the whole elephant really looked like.”
Your definition of something may depend on your perspective…
It’s like a rope!
It’s like a wall!
It’s like a fan!
It’s like a snake!
It’s like a spear!It’s virtualisation!
It’s automation!
It’s statelessness!
It’s on-demand computing!
Cloud Computing
It’s a self-service portal!
Its “Anything as a Service” (XaaS)!
“Once upon a time, there were six IT people. The IT people wished to know what cloud computing looked like.
The six IT people all perceived one aspect of the cloud and were each right in their own way, but none of them knew what the whole cloud really looked like.”
Elephant
It’s like tree!
Infrastructure Challenges
Poor DR and BusinessContinuity
Backup
Time to Provision
Physical Datacenter
Predictability
Poor DR and BusinessContinuity
Infrastructure Challenges
Predictability Time to provision
Backup Physical Infrastructure
Options?
Bolt on Aftermarket Extension’s Marginal Gain (if any) Increased Management
and Cost
Refresh Infrastructure Same Service Same Challenges Maybe Different Badge
Move to a Cloud Model Innovation Validated Infrastructure SLA Driven Reduce Cost / Service
Improvement Delivered via “As a
Service” models
Cloud Models – Logicalis Portfolio
Private Cloud FlexPod VSPEX
VPDC LVPDC
Shared Dedicated
Compute-as-a-Service
Public Cloud AWS Azure
- Web Apps & Test / Dev.- Application Resilience- Commodity Cloud
- Traditional Applications- Infrastructure Resilience- Off Premise Cloud / SP
- Traditional Applications- Infrastructure Resilience- On Premise Cloud
Workload Centric
Your Strategy Starts with ApplicationsO
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Strategic Value
ApplicationSilos
Zones ofVirtualization
Public CloudPrivate Cloud
Categorise requirements based on business needs
CRM Dev/Test
IT Apps
Custom Apps
App requirements unique to silo Dedicated and optimized hardware Static environment
Application Silos
Core IT application consolidation Moderately dynamic No self-service requirements
Zones of Virtualization
Noncore applications Adapt to dynamic demands Self-service and pay as you go Readily available cloud services
Public Cloud
Core-defined services Highly dynamic Self-service and metering
Private Cloud
Place Workloads in the Right CloudWorkloads Placement
Hosted Cloud
Workload Groups(Based on Attributes)
Compatibility
Service Levels
Protection
Levels
Security
Time To Market
Financial
PrivateCloud
PublicCloud
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Test / Dev
Workload Assessment - SampleRequirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public CloudCompatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓Service Levels 99.9% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓Protection 30 Daily Backups, DR ✓ ✓ ✗Security / Trust Model On Premise ✓ ✗ ✗Scalability N/A - - -Financial $ ✓ ✓ ✓
Requirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public CloudCompatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓Service Levels 99.9% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓Protection 30 Daily Backups, DR ✗ ✓ ✗Security / Trust Model Australian Data Sovereignty ✓ ✓ ✗Scalability Yes ✗ ✓ ✓Financial $ ✗ ✓ ✗
Requirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public CloudCompatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓Service Levels 99% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓Protection 30 Daily Backups ✓ ✓ ✓Security / Trust Model No Data Sovereignty ✓ ✓ ✓Scalability Yes ✗ ✓ ✓Financial (No commitment) $ ✗ ✗ ✓
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Logicalis ApproachDrivers PositionDiscover
Challenges- Inadequate DC- No Disaster Recovery- Over extended IT Team- DC Infrastructure at capacity- Desktop Management
Initiatives- Wants to remove Tape (effort)- Wants to offer Ops services to
other organisations- Implement Virtual Desktops
(future)
Requirements- Scalable platform aligning to
business demand- Data Remain in Australia
Reduce Risk- Data Centre Facilities- Implement DR
Scalable Platform- Meet business demand
Operations- Reduce Ops effort
Financial- Impending DC
Infrastructure Upgrades
Hosted Cloud
PrivateCloud
PublicCloud
Next Steps
Cloud Advisory Service- How do I determine what
applications are good for cloud?
- What type of cloud?- How do I compare cloud costs
to my current enterprise costs?- What is our reference
architecture?
Meeting with SA- Deeper Cloud Discovery- Cloud Presentations- LVDPC Demonstrations
It’s all about the right Cloud for each workload.