IP Expo 2009 - Enabling Business with Cisco Data Centre Virtualisation

Enabling Business with Cisco Data Centre Virtualisation
Stacey Goldsmith
Data Centre Solutions Manager

What is Cloud Computing?
Multi Tenancy
Fast Time To Market
Lower Costs $
Scale Up and Down
Abstraction / Virtualisation
Source: A Break in the Clouds: Towards a Cloud Definition
Luis M. Vaquero, Luis Rodero-Merino, Juan Caceres, Maik Lindner

The Evolution of Computing Architectures
Virtualisation
Cisco
Unified Computing
Client Server
“The Cisco Unified Computing System offers a clean-sheet approach to solve data center challenges by offering a single holistic solution with integrated management and the critical support necessary for scaling virtualization,”
Vernon Turner, senior vice president of Enterprise Infrastructure,
Consumer and Telecom Research at IDC
Minicomputer
Mainframe
Cloud
Web
X
X
Datacentre
Components
Complexity

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Example – 3,000 Users69% Reduction In Components
1,380 fewer infrastructure components to purchase, provision, monitor, maintain, power, cool, repair…….

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Example 44% Reduction In Total Costs
$3.9m
$3.5m
$2.2m
$1.7m
$2.1m
$1.3m
$1.8m
$1.7m
$0.8m
The financial feasibility assessment projects a cost avoidance of $1.72 millionover 5 years with Cisco Unified Computing System

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Example Operating Costs Reduced by 48%
$404
$451
$1,165
$329
$1,106
$458

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ExampleAdministration Costs Reduced by 59%
$157
$314
$425
$268
$16
$253
$17
$229
$194
$330
$295
$230

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Example 448 Less SAN/LAN Switch Ports Required
144
256
432
256
80
32
16
16
16

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ExampleCapital Cost Reduced by 40%
$544
$550
$304
$1,640
$1,199
$997

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ExampleSpace and Power Reduction
DC Floor Space
Reduced by 4 Racks
Power Consumption Reduced by 11kW

Virtualised Data CentreCase Study #1
Challenge

Simplify Management
Reduce DatacentreOPEX
Ensure Application Availability

Solution

Unified Computing System
Cisco Advanced Services

Results

60% Reduction in Device Count
38% Reduction in Power
Rapid End to End Provisioning 22 ESX hosts – 3hrs

Unified Computing System

Virtualised Data CenterCase Study #2
SAN B
SAN A
Data Center Aggregation
Block
Nexus 7000
Network Services Block
Catalyst 6500
Cisco-on-Cisco
Simpler architecture
Consolidation of access and distribution layer
30% more power for servers
40% savings from cabling
50% more servers in same physical space
4x more VMs
Unified Computing System and Nexus

UCS at Cisco
Office of the Chairman
News@Cisco
Corporate Positioning applications
Legal applications
Finance applications