The document summarizes a panel discussion on cloud transparency. The panel discussed defining cloud transparency, buyer concerns about transparency, seller limitations, and the role of the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA). The panel also addressed questions from polling attendees about the most pressing transparency issues, such as visibility into service provider controls. The document provides resources for learning about ODCA requirements and tools for RFPs as well as details about a conference reception networking event.

1. Rapid Fire Panel #2:
Cloud Transparency
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2. Rapid Fire Panel #2: Cloud Transparency
Moderator Krishnan Subramanian
Principal Analyst
Panelists Matt Estes Joe Houle
Director, Data Architecture Lead Technical Architect
Eric J. Kristoff Rens Troost
IT Director CEO
Marvin Wheeler
Chairman and Secretary
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3. Cloud Transparency
• Defining Cloud Transparency
• Buyer Side Concerns
• Seller Side Limitations
• ODCA’s Role
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4. General Migration Classes
Three generic classes from which specific
workload migration use cases can be built.
• Relocate: Implies the
workload can only be at
one place at a time. It can
be thought of as “moving”
WL
X
WL
the workload.
• Extend: Extends the
workload into new places.
It can be thought of as WL WL
“growing” the workload.
• Sustain: Sustains the
workload. It can be WL X
WL
thought of as “preserving” WL WL
WL
or “keeping” the workload. WL
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5. Which Migration Class Can be Used to
Address the Various Motivations
Migration Class
Motivation Relocate Extend Sustain
Business Disaster Recover Disaster
Continuity Avoidance
Resource Data Affinity Follow-The-Moon
Locality
Follow-The-Sun Follow-The-Sun Lazy-Follow-The-
Sun Variant
Dynamic Scaling Cloud Bursting
Data Center DC Closure
Migration Variant
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6. Workload Migration Business Drivers
• Business Continuity: Migrate or replicate workloads to ensure an
orderly evacuation of a data center that has, or is anticipated to,
experience failures, security breaches, or other disruptions. This
encompasses both Disaster Recovery and Disaster Avoidance. Seasonal
migrations of workloads in high-risk areas would also be included here.
• Resource Locality: It is impossible, impractical, or too costly to bring
data, or other resources, close to the compute environment. So, move the
application and services closer to the needed resources. This could be
driven by data volume, device requirements, power costs ("follow the
moon"), data residency requirements, or other legal/regulatory
restrictions.
• Follow-the-Sun: Move workloads close to users based on geographic
locations, time zone considerations, etc. This is performed on a proactive
and scheduled basis. Follow-the-Sun is a special variant of resource
locality where the users are the “resource” the workload needs to be close
to.
• Dynamic Scaling: May also be referred to as data center expansion or
cloud bursting. It is the need to dynamically and elastically acquire and
dispose of capacity. We include both real-time on-demand and proactively
scheduled scaling. The benefit is that the clients (Cloud Subscribers)
should no longer have to build for peak demand.
• Data Center Migration: Move workloads to a new facility because the
Cloud Subscriber is temporarily or permanently changing facilities. This
could be driven by a data center consolidation program, or by terminating
a relationship with a given Cloud Provider, for example.
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7. Polling Question:
Text the keyword to 22333 or tweet it to @OpenDataCenter
What is the most pressing item to consider for cloud transparency?
Operational interworking OPERATIONAL
Regulatory concerns REGULATORY
Visibility into service provider controls VISIBILITY
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8. Resources
Learn the latest about ODCA requirements
PRIORITIZE at www.opendatacenteralliance.org
Use ODCA PEAT Tool for Upcoming RFPs
DELIVER Explore the Latest Solutions at ODCA's
Cloud Expo Showcase Booth #411
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10. Backup
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