Infrastructure as a Service - ready for Mission Critical ERP ?

Are Cloud Infrastructure
platforms ready for hosting
Complex ERP solutions?
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Ravi Madabhushanam
Solution Architect
Apps Associate LLC
Certified Cloud Architect
NEW ENGLAND ORACLE APPLICATIONS USER GROUP
New England Joint User Group Meeting – November 19,2015
11/30/2015

About Presenter
Ravi Madabhushanam
– Solution Architect at Apps Associates LLC
– 10+ years of experience with hybrid cloud technologies and
enterprise applications
– Oracle Apps DBA with multiple years of experience across
implementations, upgrades and platform migrations – 11i to
12.2.x
– Cloud Solution Architect focused on enabling enterprise
applications on cloud platforms and big data solutions
– Certified Amazon Web Services - Solution Architect
(Professional)
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About Apps Associates
› Global Reach for Global Customers
› Founded in 2002 – 650+ employees
› US (Boston, NYC, Atlanta, Chicago, LA)
› Europe (Germany, Netherlands), India, Middle
East
› Strategic Partnerships, Certifications, Credentials
› AWS Premier Consulting Partner with Oracle
Competency and Managed Services Partner
› Oracle Platinum Partner, Oracle Specialized Across
Our Portfolio of Services
› Microsoft Certified
› Salesforce.com Certified
› CMMI Level
› SOC 1 / SSAE 16
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NEW ENGLAND ORACLE APPLICATIONS USER GROUP and NORTHEAST
ORACLE USERS GROUP − November 19, 2015

Agenda
Cloud IaaS – State of Market
Mission Critical Application – Cloud Evaluation Considerations
Case studies
Beyond IaaS
What’s next…
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What is Cloud
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It's a Mystery
Not any more….
No Copyright Infringement intended…

What is Cloud
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Cloud IaaS – Market leaders
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IaaS for General Business Applications
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Ref: http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-2QQX6UM&ct=151027&st=sb
• This use case includes all
applications that were not
designed with the cloud in
mind, but that can run
comfortably in virtualized
environments.

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Cloud Evaluation Considerations
Mission Critical Application
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Mission Critical Applications – Top Considerations
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Mission Critical
Apps
Security
Compliance
Hybrid Cloud
Connectivity
Licensing &
Supportability
Partner
Ecosystem
Performance

Cloud Security
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Cloud Security -Shared Responsibility Model
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Customer
IaaS
Provider
Managed
service
provider

Compliance
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Compliance
Requirements
– What compliance standards are required ?
– Data classification
Security & Compliance
– Security features are meant to enable security of data
– Compliance is the ability to audit, adhere to standards as per the
specifications and validate
Security is not turned on by default
– Enforcement and periodic audits
– Cost and Performance implications
– **Oracle Cloud is thought leader in this space**
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Comprehensive Security Capabilities (AWS)
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Access Control Encryption Networking Other
• Identity and
Access
Management
(IAM)
• Multi-factor
Authentication
(MFA)
• Security Groups
and Network ACL
• Dedicated
instances
• Amazon Key
Management
Service
• Amazon S3
Server-Side
Encryption (SSE)
• Amazon RDS
Oracle
Transparent Data
Encryption (TDE)
• AWS CloudHSM
• Client-Side SDK
Data Encryption
• AWS Virtual
Private Cloud
(VPC)
• SSL Certificate
Management
• AWS Direct
Connect
• VPN
• Service Health
Dashboard
• Cloudtrail
• Trusted Advisor
• Security Bulletins
• Signed API Access
• Amazon S3
Access Logs
• AWS Marketplace
Security Products
• Best Practices
• GovCloud

Hybrid Cloud Connectivity
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Licensing & Supportability
Licensing policies & portability
Authorized Cloud vendors
– Oracle on Amazon Web Services
– Oracle on other virtualization/ cloud technologies
Shared / Dedicated infrastructure
– Do I need to run my workload on dedicated servers for license
compatibility?
Supportability
– Supported ? Certified ? Validated ?
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Partner Eco-System
Ability to run *similar* components on AWS
Example partner solutions
– Netapp storage features
– Cisco Routes / security models
– Palo Alto Firewall
– Big-IP F5 Load Balancer
– Print servers / warehouse management terminals
– Middleware integrations
» CastIron ; Dell Boomi; MuleSoft; Oracle SOA etc..
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Performance
Storage Scalability
– SSD / PIOPS
– SAN like performance ?
Compute Scalability
– Vertical scaling – massive CPU cores ?
– Horizontal Scaling – clusters
– Oracle RAC on Cloud ?
Network Scalability
– Bandwidth constraints ?
– Leased lines to Cloud ?
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Customer Case Studies
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Extended Data Center .. In the cloud
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›Need for Utility model, geographical presence,
elasticity, low cost of entry
›Need for CAPEX/OPEX reduction for Data Center
Operations.
›Stop spending on Datacenter, power, cooling,
Cabling, Networking, servers, storage, resources etc.
›Reduced Capex/Opex
›Lower cost of Ownership
›Quick access from multiple countries.
›Reduce cost by scaling the Test/Dev env up
and down as needed
Problem Solution
Benefits
Global manufacturing company with operations in APAC, Europe & North America
›Complete infrastructure for North America on
Amazon Web Services
›Office locations and warehouses
connected via VPN to Virtual Private
Cloud on AWS
›Oracle EBS/OBIEE on Linux
›Complete in house infrastructure including SQL
Server, Oracle EBS, OBIEE and domain
controllers, Windows based applications ,
LACROSSE etc.
›Migrate from Tivoli tape backups to
S3/Glacier backups
›Integrated active directory with Salesforce.com,
Office 365, various file, print, fax services

Oracle EBS/ EPM Migration to Cloud
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› Migrate enterprise applications from current facility
to stable hosting platform
› Streamline infrastructure spend and optimize cost vs
performance
› Build a secure and scalable environment to meet
growing business needs
› Stable and scalable hosting platform using
Amazon web Services
› Lower cost of Ownership
› Complete Managed services
› Secure hosting platform to meet audit and
compliance requirements
Problem Solution
Benefits
world's premier equipment, procurement, and support solutions specialist to the military, law
enforcement, and the defense industry.
› Migrate complex enterprise application
footprint
› Start with Oracle E-Business Suite
› Integration with multiple on premise
applications like EPM and Salesforce
› Cloud advisory, analysis and migration followed
by managed services.
› Complete Cloud Managed Services for AWS
platform
› Reduced production Storage IOPS spend
by more than 50%
› Reduced overall AWS costs by
implementing combination of
automations, reserved instance purchase

Enterprise Application Migration
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› Need for Low CAPEX data center option to replace
current colocation facility
› End-to-End management capability from
Application-to-disk
› Stop spending on Datacenter, power, cooling,
Cabling, Networking, servers, storage, resources etc
› Reduced Capex/Opex
› Lower cost of Ownership
› Complete Managed services
› Move to a scalable infrastructure platform
to enable future growth
Problem Solution
Benefits
One of the largest and most diversified marine transportation and manufacturing companies in
United States
› Migrate complex enterprise application
footprint
› Start with Oracle E-Business Suite
› Integration with multiple on premise
applications like Business Intelligence,
Single Sign-on suites
› Cloud advisory, analysis and migration followed
by managed services.
› Production migration of Oracle E-Business
Suite completed

Technical Perspective
Migration Process
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Case Study – Oracle EBS to AWS
Migraton
Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1.3
– Oracle Database 11g (11.2.0.3)
» Database size – 1.5 TB
» OEL 5.8 64-bit
» 24 cores with 98GB RAM x 2
Nodes
» 11.2.0.3 RAC on ODA
– 2 - Middle tier application nodes
» 8 cores with 16Gb RAM
» RHEL 6.3 64-bit
Primary Datacenter
WAN
Production
DBTier
DB
11g
AppTier
via Internet
App Tier

Key Considerations
AWS Sizing – Compute &
Storage
• Right sizing Storage IOPS
• Instance type selection
• RAC vs Non-RAC
• Oracle ASM
Shared Storage
• Sharing batch job log &
out files across
applications
• Avoiding NFS as single
point of failure
Oracle Specific Techniques
for Migration
• Oracle Data Guard for
incremental data transfer
• Oracle Flash Cache with
ephemeral SSD volumes
RTO / RPO Considerations
• Build Data Guard based
local DR for better RTO
• Elastic Load Balancers
with EBS

Cloud Architecture
Primary Datacenter
WAN
Production
DBTier
DB
11g
AppTier
via Internet
App Tier
AZ-1
Private Subnet
US East
App
Node 1
DB Tier
M
App
Node 2
Private Subnet
DB Tier
S
App
Node 3
App
Node 4
AZ-2
Oracle
DataGuard

Beyond IaaS
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Cloud Migration - Opportunities
Cloud Migration is not just a lift and shift migration from one
datacenter to another..
Its an opportunity to
transform business applications…
optimize operations…
Explore opportunities…
Overcome constraints…
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Application Modernization
Build loosely coupled architectures
Implement micro services
Decouple customizations from packaged applications
Leverage Platform as a Service offerings
Leverage Managed Database offerings
Consider alternate database technologies
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Connect With Us
Web: www.appsassociates.com
Email: Ravi.Madabhushanam@appsassociates.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/AppsAssociates
LinkedIn: www.us.linkedin.com/company/apps-
associates
Twitter: @AppsAssociates
Facebook:
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