HyperScale to MicroScale Data Centres using Open Compute vanity free hardware technologies

1. HyperScale to MicroScale Data Centres
using Open Compute vanity free
hardware technologies
1Marcin Kuczera, 11 March 2019, Warszawa

2. Marcin Kuczera
CTO @ Leon
CEO @ LeoLabs
marcin.kuczera@leon.pl
+48 605592617
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What do minds have in common with parachutes?
…they work better when they are open

4. Open Collaborative Commons & End of Patents
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“Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our
Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have
been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the
advancement of electric vehicle technology.”
Elon Musk 2014
:
open source collaborative communities innovate more and
develop products and solutions faster than
closed secretive groups

5. Another boring day yesterday in the OCP community
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The story
100TB SSD
100 petabytes
in single OCP rack
90% less racks

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7. Why we do what we do today?
a trip from sanity to insanity
Why 19 inch racks ?
Why cabling interfaces on the rear of servers ?
Why access false floors in computer rooms ?
Why tight control on relative humidity and temperature ?
Why centralised UPS and battery rooms and mechanical chillers ?
Why rapid break fix and hardware redundancy ?
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8. Why 19 inch relay racks ?
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Module Container

9. Why 19 inch racks… are not sacrosanct
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Module Container

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TOS = Terms Of Service

11. This human design makes sense
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Module Container

12. Why are cabling interfaces on the rear of servers ?
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LAN on front

13. This OCP Server requires no rear access
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One OCP server node &
45 nodes per OCP Open Rack
Four OCP server nodes &
180 nodes per OCP Open Rack

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Open Rack Unit innovations – large CPU heat sinks

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40 mm
Fans
EIA
“U”
80 mm
Fans
OCP
“OU”
Open Rack Unit innovations - Server fans “Cube Law”
50% slower seven eights less fan energy 50% less server energy

17. Why accessible false floors in computer rooms ?
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18. Why tight control on relative humidity and temperature ?
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19. 20th Century Dross removed by OCP :
2 x TOR Switches
4 x Pluggable optics
86 x PSU’s
208 x 40mm Fans
4 x AC Power Strips
86 x IEC rear power cords
120 x RJ45 rear patch cords
N+1 CRAC units
Access Floor
Cables in floor

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Gratuitous Differentiation – Server Power Supply Units

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Gratuitous Differentiation – Server Power Supply Units

22. Why rapid break fix and hardware redundancy ?
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Screws x nuts x washers = tools x tools
Complex = infinite rack configurations
Complex = maximum materials
Resilience = hardware redundancy
Green Touch points = no x tools
Simple = just six rack configurations
Simple = minimal materials
Resilience = chaos monkey proof

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a rack & ball story

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Gratuitous Differentiation - Server Telescopic Rails

26. 80 PSUs
Removed
2,560 balls
removed
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OCP Open Rack & 40 nodes
 Zero Server PSU’s
 Zero Telescopic Server Rails
 Zero Steel Balls

27. How far does a technician walk to rack a server ?
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28. Traditional +40 metres per lap for red rack
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18 m
4 m
18 m
How many +40 metre laps for red rack ?
So how far does technician walk to rack one server?

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OCP Gear

34. The trickle down effect of vanity free open source OCP gear
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OTT’s
Telcos (CORDs)
Enterprises**

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OTT - Over The Top Hyperscaller

36. Note: See OCP Colo Data Centre Facilities Suitability Guidelines & Checklist

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Note: See OCP Colo Data Centre Facilities Suitability Guidelines & Checklist

38. Telephone Exchange as open CORD Central Office Re-architected as Datacenter

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Micro Scale Pico Scale

41. Kubler-Ross Change Curve Resetting Intuitive Mindsets

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44. John Laban
Reset Catalyst
OCP Foundation
john.laban@opencompute.org
@rumperedis
+44 7710 124487
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Optimising resources through open sharing using Software
€ 5,500 per year for 38 million cars in France (10% of French GDP)
96% time stopped
0.5% in traffic jams
0.8% looking for parking
2.7% travelling from A to B (its Function)
3 out of 4 journeys have just one person in car
Radio 4 In Business interview
Frederic Mazzella
CEO & Founder
Bla Bla Car

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80% less
car
production
for
shared
autonomous
vehicles

48. Companies shall become software businesses
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49. Uber is a disruptive software technology
that will encourage stupid legislation
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"Red Flag Act“ 1865
4 mph maximum in the country
2 mph maximum in the city
The 1896 Act moved
maximum to 14 mph
Disruptive technologies
drive a coach and horses
through reactive legislation.
Once the technology has been
Invented it cant be un-invented.

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Blockchain is a disruptive open source software technology
that will encourage stupid knee jerk legislation

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Optimising resources through open sharing with software
Legacy server (car) owned by
and used exclusively by
that same user
Public Cloud server (car)
shared by numerous users
that do not own the server

53. Software eats hardware - Virtual Machines
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33%
less
66%
less
No VMs Heavy weight
Hypervisor VMs
2008
Light weight
Linux Containers “VMs”
2018
80% less server nodes

54. Software eats web servers
Hip Hop Virtual Machines & Hack language
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80% less server nodes
No HHVMs With HHVMs

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56. ARM OCP Server
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At the end of this decade what shall we use the surplus Colo White Space for in Europe?

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60. appendix
Further Information follows
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61. What is OCP ?
The Open Compute Project Foundation is a non profit open
source hardware community which since its formation in 2011
has been disrupting the 20th Century Data Century Industry
www.opencompute.org

62. Member makes a
contribution
Including technical
documents
Reviewed by
community
Voted by incubation
committee
Posted on
opencompute.org
Available to the
public
Technology Contribution Process

63. OCP Technology Principles
Scale out - Tool-less design, OCP compliant management
tools and documentation
Openness - Open Source, Open Interface, OCP
Compatible
Efficiency - performance, cost, conversion & cooling
Impact - Efficiency gains, new technology,
leverage/empower prior contributions and enhance supply
chain

68. OCP membership growth spurt
2011 to 2015 ………grew to 88 members
and back then community membership was free
2016 to now ………..grew to 200+ members
so what’s happening now? ..........
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71. Linux Foundation & Data Centre Software Adoption
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2000 2016
>90%

72. OCP Foundation & Data Centre Hardware Adoption
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2011 2025
>80%
2016
20%
50%
2020

73. What does OCP kill in Data Centres ?
Centralised UPS and Batteries and those rooms that house them
Access Floors
Intelligent Power Strips
Tools
Power Supply Units in ICT gear
20th Century Stupidity
Complexity
Hardware redundancy
Support Technicians
Money, energy and material waste
Low quality – open source provides better products
Proprietary hardware and user lock-in

75. Tool less servicing using OCP green touch points
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80. OCP Cost Savings
Energy
CERN analysis showed OCP servers using 29% less energy
Data Centre PUE’’s better than 1.1
Annual UK electricity savings >£5,000 per 40 server rack
CAPX
AT&T openCORD adoption showing 50% to 70% CAPX reductions in ICT gear
Data Centre Facility build & fit out reduced by up to 75%
OPEX
OTTs achieve one technician to 25,000 physical OCP server nodes
Highly automated - no rapid break fix required
See Yahoo Japan replacement/fix times video all less than 180 seconds
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81. Scandinavia Data Centre Industry Growth
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82. OCP Design and Operations Philosophy
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01 MARCH 2017
Worldwide Server Market Revenue Declines 4.6% in the Fourth Quarter
IDC

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For more information ask
John Laban
European Representative
OCP Foundation
+44 7710 124487
john.laban@opencompute.org
@rumperedis
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