VRStorm_CIPS_03Nov2010

Demystifying Clouds: A Practical Guide
Lynn Sutherland
Canada’s Compute and Storage Utility
Presentation to CIPS ICE
November 3, 2010
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Overview
Cloud Value
Infrastructure as a Service
How to get Started
About VRStorm
Questions/Discussion
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Cloud Value
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70¢ per $1
70% on average is spent on maintaining current IT infrastructures versus adding new capabilities.
A Crisis of Complexity Exists The Need for Progress is Clear
1.5x
Explosion of information driving 54% growth in storage shipments every year.
85% idle
In most typical computing environments, up to 85% of computing capacity sits idle.
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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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And more than Capital Expenses
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
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What is
Cloud Computing?
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
Just like a utility – Turn on the tap when needed – off when not
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The Cloud
Computing Solution
HIGH PERFORMANCE
Compute, Storage,
Network, Security
REDUCE CAPITAL EXPENSES
and
LOWER OPERATING COSTS
Less Expensive, Superior Solution
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2013
$150B
Cloud Computing- growing rapidly
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.
2008
$46B
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Governments are Moving to Clouds
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
Cloud Computing
is Green IT
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Infrastructure as a Service
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Cloud Computing Adoption Model
From: The Pragmatist’s Guide to Cloud Computing; rPath
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Types of Infrastructure as a Service
Low-cost
Self-serve
Closed
e.g. Amazon
On Internet
VrStorm
Cost-effective
Multi-platform (Linux, Windows)
Customer Focus
Customizable
Open
Same technology
Can be used for Private or Hybrid
Solutions
Off Internet
High-cost
Single-vendor
Closed
e.g. VMWare, Citrix
Microsoft Azure
Ref: Cloud Codex 451 Group
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How to get Started
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Challenges
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
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Transitioning applications/departments/systems
to the cloud
Level 5
Level 4
Cloud Maturity
Help move applications up the cloud maturity curve over time, some private, some public
Level 3
Target apps
Level2
Level 1
Cloud Type
Commodity Public Cloud
Off cloud
Enterprise Public Cloud
Hosted Private Cloud
Community Private Cloud
Closed Private Cloud
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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
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VRStorm Services
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
19

VRStorm Cloud
Compliant with Canadian Privacy Laws
U.S. companies with Canadian Subsidiaries are exposed to the U.S. Patriot Act
See http://www.forrester.com/cloudprivacyheatmap for Privacy regulation.
U.S. is “Caution due to government surveillance”
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VRStorm Cloud Interface
Windows and Linux VMs running
Multiple users can create VMs
Remote Desktop to Windows image
Creating a new VM
Remote ssh to Linux image
User Interface with Windows and Unix images
and remote logins
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VrStorm’s Interoperable Cloud Architecture
VrStorm customizable cloud user interface
Red Hat RHEL – most robust, flexible, scalable operating system
Use other methods of virtualization if desired
Callouts to other public clouds
Red Hat KVM virtualization is highest performance
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VRStorm Advantage
Best of breed
Virtual Machine provisioning
software
for optimal performance
without
vendor lock-in
Performance, Flexible, Scalable
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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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Questions / Discussion
Lynn Sutherland, COO
lynn.sutherland@vrstorm.com
www.vrstorm.com
Demo at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqdI94_LHw
Canada’s Compute and Storage Utility
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The
VrSTORM
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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