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Hybrid Cloud Strategy GuideInside this InfoBrief:

Benefits of a hybrid cloud strategy

Popular hybrid cloud use cases

Cloud selection framework

Hybrid cloud roadmap

Key hybrid cloud features

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Business Benefitsof Hybrid Clouds

Greater Scalability

61% of organisations say a

hybrid cloud strategy helps them

improve scalability. Source: RightScale 2017, State of the Cloud Report

54% of enterprises report

that hybrid clouds lower total cost

of ownership (TCO). Source: IBM Institute for Business Value Analysis

51% of organisations have

seen faster time-to-market thanks

to a hybrid cloud strategy. Source: RightScale 2017, State of the Cloud Report.

42% of enterprises say a

hybrid cloud approach enhances

operational efficiency. Source: IBM Institute for Business Value Analysis

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Hybrid Cloud: Combining the Best of Both Public and Private Clouds Why choose between a public or a private cloud when

you can have the best of both worlds? Hybrid clouds

leverage the strengths of private clouds and public cloud

services, resulting in a cloud strategy that lowers TCO;

enables greater scalability and higher performance;

boosts innovation and time-to-market; and improves

operational efficiency and business continuity.

Lower TCO

Faster Time-to-Market

Better Operational Efficiency

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Hybrid Cloud Benefits in Action

Greater Data ControlCloud service provider Calligo is implementing a

hybrid cloud strategy to comply with data

protection regulations, ensuring clients know

where their data resides geographically.

Higher Efficiency IT services provider Acuutech leveraged a hybrid

cloud and software-defined storage to sharpen its

competitive edge. Its clients now benefit from

lower data center costs, improved scalability, and

higher reliability and performance.

Faster ProvisioningA leading wealth management company in Australia and

New Zealand implemented a hybrid cloud, lowering

provisioning times from 2-3 weeks to 4 hours; and

achieving portfolio cost savings of about 30% per annum.

HYBRID CLOUD: BEST OF BOTH WORLDSA hybrid cloud strategy pools the benefits of both private and public clouds—and

excludes their disadvantages.

HYBRID

Scales on demand

Predictable cost

Improves regulatory compliance

Low opex at scale

Uncertain data security

Data jurisdiction challenges

High opex at scale

VM sprawl

PUBLIC

Elastic

Highly available

Low capex

Easily migratable workloads

Greater control over data

Limited elasticity

Capex intensive

Hard to scale

Over provisioning resources

PRIVATE


CHOOSING THE RIGHT CLOUD FOR DIFFERENT WORKLOADS This framework helps identify which type of cloud is best suited for different

workloads. In general, short-term workloads benefit from the public cloud, while

long-term workloads show better economics on private clouds. High-performance computing and

database workloads are best kept

in-house to ensure performance SLAs

Workloads that

require high

frequency of access

are better kept

in-house.

Workloads that require significant

resources are better hosted in-house.

(Processor or disk).

DevOps

Database

VDI

CCTV

FileServices

Test & Dev

Web Services

Analytics

Public, Better TCO

Hybrid

Private, Better TCO

FREQUENCY OF DATA ACCESS

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RESOURCE UTILIZATION

High

Email

HPC

Disaster Recovey


HYBRID CLOUD: POPULAR USE CASES

Companies can store business, sales, and

test data, among other, using a hybrid

cloud; and then run analytics in the public

cloud, which can scale to support

demanding distributed computing tasks.

Some countries require that their data be

hosted within their geographical

boundaries for governance or security

reasons. However, applications accessing

that data may reside outside those

countries. In these cases, using a hybrid

cloud strategy makes a lot of sense.

Enabling DevOps

Temporary Resource Expansion

Big Data Processing

Meeting Regulatory Requirements

Development/test workloads are highly

elastic, with the number of instances varying

widely based on the development phase.

Placing these on a public cloud allows for

scaling capacity to match demand

(bursting), and to pay only for what is used.

Hybrid clouds are perfect for

accommodating the additional computing

required to meet the needs of new product

launches, or peak season demands.

Applications that can burst to the public

cloud allow enterprises to pay only for

computing resources they need temporarily.


Security concerns: Multi-tenancy and transfers over the Internet.

Limited control over data center functions.

False sense of cost savings for steady-state workloads.

Reverse migration of data from public to private clouds.

Cons Pros

Public Cloud

Private Cloud

Economically efficient, especially for short-term workloads.

Ability to scale easily especially for test/development use cases.

Moving on-premise applications to the cloud is a major enabler.

IT organisation requires new skills.

Change management, if underlying workflows are changed.

Lack of reliable connectivity.

Hybrid Cloud

High operational flexibility: Run mission critical workloads on private clouds; dev/test on public clouds.

Scalability: Run peak and bursty workloads on the public cloud.

Seamless operations across platforms and public cloud service providers.

High capex required to purchase new hardware and software.

New operational processes are required; not all old processes are suitable for private clouds.

Time and costs associated with infrastructure management and upgrades.

Fewer security concerns compared to public clouds.

IT organisation retains control over the data center.

Higher performance compared to public clouds thanks to on-premise infrastructure.

THE PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT CLOUDS


HYBRID CLOUD ROADMAP

Create a roadmap that is specific to your organisation to kickstart your hybrid cloud journey.

Create Application Groups

Build an Optimization Matrix

Map Business Processes

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Vendor Analysis & Requirements

5

Define IT Services & On-premise Workloads

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• Each app group can

contain web, app, test,

etc. servers that form

a single group. These

will have similar

security policies.

• Within groups,

identify heavy- and

resource-light VMs.

• Recognize workloads

with compliance

requirements, or

attached software

licensing.

• Map out network

properties within

each group.

• Measure crucial

parameters for

success.

• Detect current

bottlenecks.

• Identify workflow

steps that need

optimizing.

• Create a matrix,

mapping application

groups to business

processes.

• Use the matrix to

identify best location

for workloads.

• Assess automated

systems for continued

suitability.

• Detect redundant

processes.

• Classify IT services

that need an upgrade.

• Re-check workflows for

legacy linkages.

• Use the framework

(Page 3) to classify

workloads.

• Define thresholds for

workloads to use

public cloud.

• Identify workloads that

should be left physical.

• Examine workflows

for data regulated by

geographical

restrictions.

• Size systems correctly

for required scale.

• Evaluate support

levels rated in surveys.

• Available platform

certifications are a plus.

• Using open standards

allows inter-operability.

• Proven reliability

helps with better

uptimes.

• Seamless integration

into the data center.


LENOVO: ENABLING A SEAMLESS HYBRID CLOUD

Seamless migration of workloads.

Proven reliability of underlying hardware.

Scalable and modular, resulting in low

acquisition costs.

Single point of support across private and public

clouds from Lenovo.

Deep understanding of key workloads and their

place in a hybrid cloud.

Thorough understanding of networking requirements

across public and private cloud implementations.

LENOVO SERVERS:

ADVANTAGES OF LENOVO THINKAGILE SX-M

Lenovo’s hybrid cloud solutions enable private cloud workloads to access public cloud services easily

and seamlessly. For example, Lenovo ThinkAgile SX-M, integrates into the Microsoft Azure stack.

ThinkAgile SX: Pre-Integrated Hybrid Cloud Solutions

Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud

All hardware is purchased as single

part number.

Scale from 4 to 12 nodes per rack.

Fully integrated and validated

solutions shipped directly from Lenovo.

Scalable and configurable based on

differing workloads.

Software

Storage

Compute

Networking

#1 in Reliability Among mainstream server hardware

platforms with 99.999% uptime. Source: ITIC 2016–2017 Global Server Hardware/OS Reliability Survey

#1 in VirtualisationIn terms of server performance per watt. Source: SPECvirt_sc2013 Benchmark Results, July 2017

#1 in Customer SatisfactionWith products, after-market technical

service and support. Source: ITIC 2016–2017 Global Server Hardware/OS Reliability Survey


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