The document discusses the challenges and solutions related to multi-cloud load balancing, emphasizing the need for a unified cloud operating model to optimize application performance and reduce operational complexities. It outlines the principles of a successful hybrid cloud strategy and introduces VMware's NSX Advanced Load Balancer as a solution for enhancing application delivery across diverse environments. The presentation includes practical examples of automation and the integration of various cloud platforms, highlighting the efficiency and agility provided by a single management framework.

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One and Done:
Multi-Cloud
Load Balancing
Done Right
Lei Yang, Director of Product Marketing
Neeraj Dhulekar, Senior Product Marketing Manager

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Agenda o Overview
o 8 Principles for the Hybrid Cloud Model
o Load Balancing and the Cloud Operating Model
o VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
o API Abstraction and Automation
o Demo : Application centric multi-cloud simplicity
o Q&A

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The Application Landscape
Pervasive Multi-cloud Adoption
94% of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy1
Sources:
1 Flexera 2022 State of the Cloud
2 2021 survey by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
3 Gartner
Always on experience
Growth of Containers and Kubernetes
96%2 using or evaluating containers
70%2of enterprise use Kubernetes in production
Distributed Applications Worldwide
More than 75% of data to be created at the edge by 20253

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Challenges of Multiple Clouds
Siloed Apps and Data
Siloed Apps
and Data
Higher Cloud
Costs
Lack of
Automation
Limited
Visibility
95% of apps
in enterprises are
not monitored6
45% of companies
silo apps on
different clouds4
32% of cloud spending
are wasted7
31% of IT teams’ time
is spent on
manual tasks5
Sources:
4, 7 Flexera 2022 State of the Cloud
5,6 Dynatrace 2023 Global CIO Report
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App
App
App
Let’s Not Forget On-Prem
Cloud First to Cloud Chaos to Cloud Smart
• Public cloud not a fit for everything
42%1 migrating workloads back to on-prem
2,3 Trends in Organizations’ Hybrid and Multi-cloud Strategies, Enterprise Strategy Group by TechTarget, December 2022 (N=350)
1 IDC Cloud Pulse Survey 2022
4 Gartner 2022
• Lift and shift takes longer than expected
3.752 months to migrate a single workload to cloud
• Reassessment of costs and security
54%3 say public cloud is more expensive than similar on-
premises infrastructure
• Training challenges & tribal knowledge
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On-prem Public Clouds

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8 Principles of Cloud Operating Model for Hybrid World
Application
portability
Self-service
API driven
model
Consistent
tools and
controls
Single
operating
model
Maximizing
current IT
investments
1 2 3 4
5
Talent
investment
in skills
Minimal
disruption
Subscription
model
6 7 8
Cloud
Operating
Model

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Load Balancing Needs to Embrace the Cloud Operating Model
One and done – simple, consistent and cloud agnostic
SET AND
FORGET
SHIFT FROM INFRA
TO APP
ONE AND
DONE
Elastic scaling and simple
management
You focus on the app.
We worry about the infra
Cloud agnostic and policy
consistency
Load Balancing is YOUR last mile opportunity

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Overview of NSX Advanced Load Balancer (NSX ALB)
Elastic app delivery and web application security across on-prem and public cloud
Local Traffic Management
DNS and IP Address
Management (IPAM)
Web Application Firewall, Bot
Management, DDoS, API
Protection
Container Ingress Services
Analytics / Observability
Global Traffic Management
Universal Solution
for
Any App
across
Any Cloud
NSX
Horizon(VDI)
vSphere
VCF VMC
Tanzu
Aria (vRO/vRA)
CSP/vCD(
VCPP)

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Control Plane
Bare Metal Virtualized Containers
ON PREMISES
PUBLIC CLOUD
Distributed Architecture for Multi-Cloud Application Services
Centralized policies and full lifecycle management
Data Plane
Controller
(Customer-managed | SaaS)
ELASTICITY
Application Services Fabric
ANALYTICS /
OBSERVABILITY
AUTOMATION
RESILIENCE
Pulse
Cloud Service
CENTRAL
ORCHESTRATION

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Cloud Connector and API Abstraction
We take care of the Infrastructure, you focus on innovation
• Cloud agnostic API abstraction
• End to end automation (100% REST)
• Building blocks of “One and Done”
API
Consistent
Workflow
Virtualized Containers
Bare Metal
ON PREMISES PUBLIC CLOUD

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NSX ALB in Public Clouds
Amazon AWS
VPC
EC2
ROUTE 53
ADMIN CONSOLE
REST API
CONTROLLER
SERVICE ENGINES

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NSX ALB in Public Clouds
Microsoft Azure
IAM
Resource
groups
VNET
Azure DNS
Scale-sets
ADMIN CONSOLE
REST API
CONTROLLER
SERVICE ENGINES

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NSX ALB in Public Clouds
Google GCP
ADMIN CONSOLE
REST API
CONTROLLER
SERVICE ENGINES
Google Cloud DNS
IAM
VPC
Project
Instance Groups
Compute

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Automation / Self-Service
Built-in ecosystem integration/cloud connectors
Bare Metal Virtualized Containers
Operational Automation
vRO/vRA
Cisco
CloudCenter
Infrastructure Automation
Controller
(Customer-managed | SaaS)

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NSX ALB Automation Example
Creating a new virtual service
“I want to create a virtual service”

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NSX ALB Automation Example
Creating a new virtual service
W E E K S
LB Exists? Correct env? Perf? Capacity? Dependencies?
WITHOUT NSX ALB

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NSX ALB Automation Example
Creating a new virtual service
LB Exists?
Correct env?
Perf?
Capacity?
Dependencies?
W E E K S
Config Auth
Config Alerts
Reserve IP
Repeat for
standby
Sizing
Identify HW
Config LB
Routing, FW policy

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LB Exists?
Correct env?
Perf?
Capacity?
Dependencies?
Config Auth
Config Alerts
Reserve IP
Repeat for
standby
Sizing
Procure HW
Config LB
Routing, FW policy
NSX ALB Automation Example
Creating a new virtual service
Decision
Automation
WITH NSX ALB
M I N U T E S
Declare vs
Attributes
Done

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NSX ALB Automation Example
Creating a new virtual service
M I N U T E S
Declare vs
Attributes
Done
1) Checks existing capacity
•
2) Spins up a new Service Engine (if needed) by
talking to vCenter/AWS/K8S/... etc.
•
3) Allocates VIP address
•
4) Configures network interfaces on the SE
•
5) Provisions policies on the SE
•
6) Registers DNS
•
7) Monitors performance
•
8) Goes back to #1 and scales out as needed
Decision
Automation

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NSX ALB Use Cases and Ecosystems
Universal solution – a single platform approach
vCenter /
NSX / VCF
Bare Metal
OpenStack
On-prem /
Private Cloud
VMC on AWS,
AVS, GCVE,
OCVS
Native AWS,
Azure, GCP,
OCP, IBM Cloud
GSLB
Public /
Hybrid Clouds
WAF
DDoS
Bot Management
API Security
IP Reputation
Malware
protection
Web App Security
(WAAP)
Kubernetes
VMware Tanzu
OpenShift
AKS, GKE, EKS
Cloud Foundry
Modern Apps
Ingress
Horizon VDI
Horizon Cloud
on Azure
Workspace One UEM
Workspace One
Access
EUC / VDI
4G/5G
Telco Cloud
Platform
IPv6
vCD for
VCPP partners
Telco/SP

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IDC Business Value of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Source: "IDC Business Value Snapshot, sponsored by VMWare, Business Value of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer, DOC# US49589722_BVS, August 2022.”

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Simplicity is the glue - DEMO
Application
centric
Prescriptive
Proactive
Lower TTR

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Demo
A single application
services fabric across
multicloud environment
1. Multicloud
2. Visibility
3. Simplicity
Virtualized Containers
Bare Metal Virtualized Containers
Virtualized Containers
On-premises

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How to Engage
LEARN
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chedule-a-demo
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orkshops
TRAIN

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