On a Cloudy Day You Can Scale Forever Rob Tweed M/Gateway Developments Ltd

The Cloud What is it? What use is it? Why should I be interested in it? Is there a role for Cach é and Mumps in it?

What is it?

What use is it?

Why should I be interested in it?

Is there a role for Cach é and Mumps in it?

Cloud Computing Provision of remotely hosted computing resources, accessible via the Internet

Provision of remotely hosted computing resources, accessible via the Internet

Cloud Computing Provision of remotely hosted computing resources, accessible via the Internet Instead of running your own data center with all the associated costs and risks, let someone else do it for you

Provision of remotely hosted computing resources, accessible via the Internet

Instead of running your own data center with all the associated costs and risks, let someone else do it for you

Haven’t we done this for years? Leased servers Outsourced data centers Mainframe timesharing services

Leased servers

Outsourced data centers

Mainframe timesharing services

How does a Cloud Service differ? No up-front capital commitment Unlimited scalability Pure pay-as-you-go service Virtualised server provision HTTP/HTTPS-based web service focus On demand, self-service

No up-front capital commitment

Unlimited scalability

Pure pay-as-you-go service

Virtualised server provision

HTTP/HTTPS-based web service focus

On demand, self-service

How does a Cloud Service differ? No up-front capital commitment Unlimited scalability Pure pay-as-you-go service Virtualised server provision HTTP/HTTPS-based web service focus On demand, self-service Computing power as a service

No up-front capital commitment

Unlimited scalability

Pure pay-as-you-go service

Virtualised server provision

HTTP/HTTPS-based web service focus

On demand, self-service

Computing power as a service

What kind of services? Servers File storage Database storage Message Queue services Payment services

Servers

File storage

Database storage

Message Queue services

Payment services

Who are the main players? Top Tier: Amazon Web Services Google App Engine & Google Apps Microsoft Azure Salesforce.com

Top Tier:

Amazon Web Services

Google App Engine & Google Apps

Microsoft Azure

Salesforce.com

Who are the other key players? IBM Blue Cloud HP AiaaS 3Tera Box-Net EMC Mozy iCloud Joyent Nirvanix

IBM Blue Cloud

HP AiaaS

3Tera

Box-Net

EMC Mozy

iCloud

Joyent

Nirvanix

..and a host of value added players Providing services that make use of others’ cloud services Data storage services Backup and archiving services Server provisioning services Activity and availability monitoring services etc…

Providing services that make use of others’ cloud services

Data storage services

Backup and archiving services

Server provisioning services

Activity and availability monitoring services

etc…

Sounds interesting, but so what? It’s becoming huge

It’s becoming huge

Sounds interesting, but so what? In January 2008, Amazon Web Services overtook the entire global Amazon.com retail network in terms of bandwith usage Source: Amazon AWS

In January 2008, Amazon Web Services overtook the entire global Amazon.com retail network in terms of bandwith usage

Amazon’s Services Content Delivery service CloudFront Flexible Payments Service Leverages Amazon’s billing system as a service FPS Simple Queue Service Message Queue service SQS Web-service based schemaless hierarchical database SimpleDB Simple Storage Service Unlimited file storage S3 Elastic Compute Cloud On-demand virtual server provision EC2

Microsoft Azure Microsoft’s answer to Amazon AWS and Google Azure Platform Live Services (cf Google Apps) SQL Services (was SDS) (cf SimpleDB) Azure Storage (cf S3) .Net Services (cf Google App Server)

Microsoft’s answer to Amazon AWS and Google

Azure Platform

Live Services (cf Google Apps)

SQL Services (was SDS) (cf SimpleDB)

Azure Storage (cf S3)

.Net Services (cf Google App Server)

Microsoft Azure Much more of a complete service platform philosophy that you buy into .Net SQL Server

Much more of a complete service platform philosophy that you buy into

.Net

SQL Server

It’s about scalability, stupid Animoto Creating your own videos with your pictures and music Pretty popular Made do with 50 EC2 servers Then they launched a Facebook app….

Animoto

Creating your own videos with your pictures and music

Pretty popular

Made do with 50 EC2 servers

Then they launched a Facebook app….

Animoto: all hell breaks loose

It’s about scalability, stupid In the space of 3 days, Animoto required 3,500 EC2 servers Amazon happily obliged What “standard” data center would be able to provide 3,500 servers over a period of 3 days?

In the space of 3 days, Animoto required 3,500 EC2 servers

Amazon happily obliged

What “standard” data center would be able to provide 3,500 servers over a period of 3 days?

Why use Cloud Services? Startups Uncertain level of uptake of services Could be low Could be huge Could fluctuate widely Want to avoid big up-front capital costs Want to be able to scale quickly and easily if required Want to be able to quickly scale back again if necessary

Startups

Uncertain level of uptake of services

Could be low

Could be huge

Could fluctuate widely

Want to avoid big up-front capital costs

Want to be able to scale quickly and easily if required

Want to be able to quickly scale back again if necessary

Why Use Cloud Services? Reducing data center costs Benefiting from others’ economies of scale Someone else has to pay for: Skilled staff Networking services Redundant and secure systems Reliable fail-safe backup Power

Reducing data center costs

Benefiting from others’ economies of scale

Someone else has to pay for:

Skilled staff

Networking services

Redundant and secure systems

Reliable fail-safe backup

Power

Why Use Cloud Services? Testing and Demonstrations Bring up a bunch of servers As many as needed by your audience on the day Pay only while they’re being used Allows someone to try out your software in a low-cost, quick and simple way You know it’s set up the way it needs to be

Testing and Demonstrations

Bring up a bunch of servers

As many as needed by your audience on the day

Pay only while they’re being used

Allows someone to try out your software in a low-cost, quick and simple way

You know it’s set up the way it needs to be

Why Use Cloud Services? Anyone who needs Massive potential scalability Immediate and/or fluctuating demand for servers and/or storage Globally-available services with high levels of bandwidth

Anyone who needs

Massive potential scalability

Immediate and/or fluctuating demand for servers and/or storage

Globally-available services with high levels of bandwidth

EC2 Linux or Windows virtual servers Vanilla OS or pre-built customised servers “ Public AMI” pre-built by someone else “ Private AMI” built and customised by you Start and stop via a web interface 1,2,4,8 processor instances Multiples of $0.10 per hour 250Gb disk storage No persistence!

Linux or Windows virtual servers

Vanilla OS or pre-built customised servers

“ Public AMI” pre-built by someone else

“ Private AMI” built and customised by you

Start and stop via a web interface

1,2,4,8 processor instances

Multiples of $0.10 per hour

250Gb disk storage

No persistence!

EC2 + Elastic Block Storage Connect EBS to your EC2 instances Provides data persistence

Connect EBS to your EC2 instances

Provides data persistence

EC2 Control Elastifox Excellent, free Firefox plug-in Find AMIs Start/Stop AMI instances Monitor your active AMI instances

Elastifox

Excellent, free Firefox plug-in

Find AMIs

Start/Stop AMI instances

Monitor your active AMI instances

S3 Upload and download files via secure web services Unlimited storage Private, public or controlled access to your files Very low cost unless your volumes are very high Great, free Firefox plug-in S3 Organizer makes S3 easy to use

Upload and download files via secure web services

Unlimited storage

Private, public or controlled access to your files

Very low cost

unless your volumes are very high

Great, free Firefox plug-in

S3 Organizer

makes S3 easy to use

SimpleDB Schemaless, Hierarchical database Accessed as a web service Spreadsheet-like model Massively scalable “ Eventual Consistency” model Numerous browser plug-ins and viewers

Schemaless, Hierarchical database

Accessed as a web service

Spreadsheet-like model

Massively scalable

“ Eventual Consistency” model

Numerous browser plug-ins and viewers

I use Cach é. I don’t need the cloud Cloud services as an augmentation of your system Remote file storage with Cach é or Mumps providing local indexing Payment or queue services

Cloud services as an augmentation of your system

Remote file storage with Cach é or Mumps providing local indexing

Payment or queue services

I use Cach é. I don’t need the cloud Running in the cloud Cach é or GT.M can be run in EC2 servers Licensing! GT.M is no problem No official position regarding Cach é licensing in cloud services Allows you to deploy Mumps-based web applications EWD + GT.M + EC2 Linux servers Free Open Source platform, just pay as you go for EC2 server time

Running in the cloud

Cach é or GT.M can be run in EC2 servers

Licensing!

GT.M is no problem

No official position regarding Cach é licensing in cloud services

Allows you to deploy Mumps-based web applications

EWD + GT.M + EC2 Linux servers

Free Open Source platform, just pay as you go for EC2 server time

I use Cach é. I don’t need the cloud Mumps-based cloud services? M/DB Free, open source clone of SimpleDB Available as a pre-built Public EC2 AMI Loads of opportunities await GT.M is a perfect platform for such services

Mumps-based cloud services?

M/DB

Free, open source clone of SimpleDB

Available as a pre-built Public EC2 AMI

Loads of opportunities await

GT.M is a perfect platform for such services

I use Cach é. I don’t need the cloud A Cach é or Mumps-based Cloud Service? Massive scalability Very high performance Rapid application development Full support for HTTP/HTTP-based web services SOAP/WSDL REST

A Cach é or Mumps-based Cloud Service?

Massive scalability

Very high performance

Rapid application development

Full support for HTTP/HTTP-based web services

SOAP/WSDL

REST

Clouds on the Horizon Under-estimate Cloud Computing at your peril Growing importance Current economic conditions only enhance its applicability Huge opportunites for using Cloud Computing Huge opportunities for Cach é and Mumps as Cloud technologies

Under-estimate Cloud Computing at your peril

Growing importance

Current economic conditions only enhance its applicability

Huge opportunites for using Cloud Computing

Huge opportunities for Cach é and Mumps as Cloud technologies