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Citrix Synergy 2014: Going the CloudPlatform Way
The document presents an overview of InMobi's transition to a private cloud using Citrix CloudPlatform, focusing on the benefits of cloud environments for development and testing. Key points include the importance of scalability, customization, and regulatory compliance, along with a detailed architecture design for resource management and storage solutions like NexentaStor. The document concludes with lessons learned from the implementation process and future steps for migration and infrastructure evaluation.
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- 1. InMobi Private Cloud:Going the CloudPlatform Way Iliyas Shirol InMobi
- 2. #whoami • BigData/CloudEvangelist at InMobi • Working in CloudStack Since 2012 • CloudStack Community Gardener @iliyas_shirol
- 3. Agenda • AboutInMobi • Going Cloud Way • Architecture & Design • Questions
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- 7. Why Cloud ? • Development and Test Environment • Scalable Web Applications and Content Services • High Speed Server Resource Deployment • And More..
- 8. Why Dev /Test in the Cloud ? • Disconnected Tools, Servers, People • Slow Build and Release Cycles • Multiple Build and Test Systems Across Locations • Home-Built Systems are Brittle, Error-Prone, and Not Scalable • Difficult to Build, Test, and Recreate the Data • Difficult to Audit Processes and Predict Schedules • Time, Money Wasted on Broken Builds • Dedicated Build/Test Servers are not Fully Utilized
- 9. How Does aDev/Test Cloud Look Like ? • Self-Service Developers can provision their own environments • Usage Measurement We worry about VM sprawl • Isolated Networks Must not let dev/test interfere with the real world • Commodity As cheap as practical • May also House Production Workloads
- 10. Early Assessments &Results • Budget • Integration with Public Cloud • Scaling • Reconfiguration • Legacy Hardware
- 11. Why Private Cloud? • Leverage Existing Infrastructure • Customization and Control • Regulatory/Security Requirements • Cost
- 12. Why Citrix CloudPlatform? • Scalable Grow-as-you-need, expand across borders • Open Source Community Support Active user and development support base • Advanced Networking VLAN integrated, SDN ready • Multi-Tenancy • Multi-Hypervisor Support
- 13. Why Citrix CloudPlatform? • Easy to Deploy • Speed to Production • Documentation
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- 15. The Design Phase • Bring Everyone in the Room • Know the Fine Print • Understand Workloads • Understand Bottlenecks
- 16. Redundancy and Resilience • CloudStack Management Server • MySQL Servers • Primary & Secondary Storage • Hypervisor Farm
- 17. Management Layout &Design
- 18. Compute • DellPE R610’s & R720’s • 96 – 256 GB RAM • 40-80 CPU Cores • 2 Advanced + 1 Basic Zones • 1 Pod in Each Zone • 1 – 5 Clusters in Each Pod • XenServer 6.2
- 19. Network • Gigabytes • Management Uses 1 Bonded NIC • Public + Guest Uses 1 Bonded NIC • Storage Uses 1 Bonded NIC (10G) • Access & Storage Networks are Isolated • Dell 6248 • Dell 8132
- 20. Primary Storage Design(NexentaStor) • ZFS Filesystem, Based on OpenSolaris and Debian • Linux Open Source Code Bases ( Moving to illumos) • Software Only • Platform, Plugins and Adapters • Compelling Advantages over Proprietary Filesystems
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- 22. Advantages of NexentaStorStorage Appliance • Simple Installation and Management. • Optimized Base Configuration that Allows for: ‣ Easily reproducible configuration on a massive scale ‣ Generalized storage skill set required to maintain extensive infrastructure ‣ Little or no need for modification to achieve high performance
- 23. Primary Storage –Hardware List Head Nodes – 2 Numbers 2x Dell R720 with Onboard Intel 1Gbps NIC, Perc H710 4x Intel® Xeon® Hex Core – 2.3Ghz or higher 24x 16GB 1600Mhz Memory 4x 300GB 2.5" 10K RPM SAS disks (Nexenta Syspool Configuration) 4x 2port Dell (LSI) SAS HBA 4x 10Gbps Intel NIC's low profile
- 24. Primary Storage –Hardware List JBODs – 2 Numbers PowerVault(TM) MD1220 Disk Storage Enclosure, 2U 24 Disk Slots SSD Disks 30 x 2TB SSD Drives
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- 27. Provisioning Primary Storage • Expose a Volume Using NFS/iSCSI as per the Cluster Requirement • Add the Respective Volume as a ‘Primary Storage’ from the CloudPlatform Management Portal • CloudPlatform Provisioning with NexentaStor is Automated Using Enterprise Chef™ Cookbooks, using the Knife API Plug-ins
- 28. Secondary Storage Design • GlusterFS with One-to-One Replication • uCarp to Manage Floating IP • Hardware Specs • SuperMicro MBD-XS8DTE-F-O • 32GB Memory • 24x1TB SATA
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- 30. Current Workload •Cassandra Cluster • Client Facing Applications • Database Servers (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis etc.) • And More …
- 31. What We Learnt? • Preparation • Compatibility Testing • Stable Network • Pay Attention on HA • Staging Cluster • Schedule Backup Solution • Contribute Back to the Community
- 32. Steps Ahead •Migrate traditional data centers into Cloud • Evaluate and build a Hyper-V zone
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- 34. Thank You! mailto:iliyas.shirol@inmobi.com