Demystifying Clouds: A Practical

Guide

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Presentation to CIPS ICE November 3, 2010

Lynn Sutherland

Canada’s Compute and Storage Utility

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Overview

Cloud Value Infrastructure as a ServiceHow to get StartedAbout VRStormQuestions/Discussion

Cloud Value

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A Crisis of Complexity Exists The Need for Progress is Clear

85% idleIn most typical computing environments, up to 85% of computing capacity sits idle.

Explosion of information driving 54% growth in storage shipments every year.

1.5x

70¢ per $170% on average is spent on maintaining current IT infrastructures versus adding new capabilities.

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IT Requires Significant

Capital

Estimated capital cost of one cabinet of servers

$200,000

Expensive, Uncertain ROI, “Risky”

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Operating Costs• Power, cooling, network:

$100,000/year• HR: $100,000/year

Expensive during idle time• Consumes power• Requires cooling • Requires maintenance• Depreciates quickly (Moore's Law)

Poor Utilization Rate of 5-15%

Average Server Lifespan is 3 years

And more than Capital Expenses

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Users • simply log on through a website or

software application as usual• use resources as needed, when

needed IT Managers

• focus on enterprise IT applications, rather than supporting hardware infrastructure

• have access to automatic scaling, updating, backup, availability

Enterprises • only pay for what is used• operating expense tied to lines of

business rather than large capital expenditures

What is Cloud Computing?

Just like a utility – Turn on the tap when needed – off when not

HIGH PERFORMANCECompute, Storage,

Network, SecurityREDUCE CAPITAL EXPENSES

and LOWER OPERATING COSTS

The CloudComputing Solution

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Less Expensive, Superior Solution

The current market for cloud services is $46.4 billion. By 2013, the market will reach $150.1 billion - Gartner Group.

By 2011, early technology adopters will forgo capital expenditures and instead purchase 40 percent of their IT infrastructure as a service - Gartner Group.

By 2013, 12 percent of the world software market will be Internet-based form of SaaS and Cloud Computing - Merrill Lynch.

Cloud Computing- growing rapidly

2013$150B

2008$46B

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US: Apps.gov - save on their $75B/year

IT expenditure and expect to save

$5B/year on energy

Japan: Digital Japan Creation Project -

100 trillion yen in 5 years

Korea: Part of Government Green

Initiatives

European Union: RESERVOIR project

Government of Canada: Cloud

Roadmap

http://isacc.ca/isacc/_doc/ArchivedPlenary/ISACC-10-43305.pdf

Governments are Moving to Clouds

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Cloud Computing is Green IT

Infrastructure as a Service

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From: The Pragmatist’s Guide to Cloud Computing; rPath

Cloud Computing Adoption Model

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Types of Infrastructure as a Service

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Ref: Cloud Codex 451 Group

Off Internet

On Internet

Low-cost Self-serveClosede.g. Amazon

High-cost Single-vendorClosede.g. VMWare, CitrixMicrosoft Azure

VrStormCost-effectiveMulti-platform (Linux, Windows)Customer FocusCustomizableOpen

Same technologyCan be used for Private or HybridSolutions

How to get Started

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Challenges

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Standards - What system should I use?

Confusion - So many options

Complexity - How do I start?

Transition - What training is needed?

Solution: Pick a pilot project now

Transitioning applications/departments/systems

to the cloud

Commodity Public Cloud

Enterprise Public Cloud

Hosted Private Cloud

Community Private Cloud

Closed Private Cloud

Target apps

Help move applications up the cloud maturity curve over time, some private, some public

Cloud Type

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Off cloud

Level 4

Level 2

Level 5

Level 1

Level 3

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Types of Cloud Adopters that

VRStorm is Seeing

- Any Ebusiness- Bursty Loads

- Test & Development Sandbox- Licence Sharing- Retiring Co-los

- Render, Compute, Test Farms- Backup, Disaster Recovery

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About

Enterprise Public Cloud High performance shared

infrastructure, secure,

robust, available, reliable,

resilient, flexible and scalable

Enterprise Private Cloud Leverage private

infrastructure to achieve

substantial cost savings

VRStorm Services

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VRStorm Cloud

U.S. companies with Canadian Subsidiaries are

exposed to the U.S. Patriot Act

Compliant with Canadian Privacy Laws

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See http://www.forrester.com/cloudprivacyheatmap for Privacy regulation.

U.S. is “Caution due to government surveillance”

21User Interface with Windows and Unix images

and remote logins

Windows and Linux VMs

running

Remote Desktop to

Windows image

Remote ssh to Linux image

Creating a new VM

Multiple users can create VMs

VRStorm Cloud Interface

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VrStorm’s Interoperable Cloud Architecture

Red Hat RHEL – most robust, flexible, scalable operating system

Red Hat KVM virtualization is highest performance

VrStorm customizable cloud user interface

Callouts to other public clouds

Use other methods of virtualization if desired

VRStorm Advantage

Best of breedVirtual Machine

provisioningsoftware

for optimal performance

withoutvendor lock-in

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Conclusions

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Conclusions

Cloud computing is inevitable, happening globally

Potential to save Canadian Enterprises $ billions

Supports higher performance, flexible, scalable, robust, reliable, resilient, more mobile applications

Canadian companies must adhere to Canadian Privacy laws

Different types of cloud Infrastructure as a Service are suitable for different types of applications

Develop a roadmap for migrating to the cloud

Start a pilot project now

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Canada’s Compute and Storage Utility

Lynn Sutherland, COO lynn.sutherland@vrstorm.comwww.vrstorm.comDemo at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqdI94_LHw

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Questions / Discussion

TheVrSTORM

Canadian Cloud

Solution

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)• Virtual Machines on demand• Storage on demand• Web interface and API access• Secure• Robust, Reliable, Resiliant• Canadian Privacy• Flexible Pricing• Green IT• Interoperability - No vendor lock-in

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