Loosely Coupled Tightly Integrated Approach Loosely coupled our infrastructure resources (networks, servers and storages) then tightly integrated them with open standard technology to get the most benefit private cloud infrastructure. Less vendor lock-in / more flexible to vendor choice More Efforts to implement and to operate and maintain

1. 1
One small step to private cloud
Infrastructure : An End User PerspectiveAn End User Perspective
Taufik KurniawanTaufik Kurniawan
Head of IT InfrastructureHead of IT Infrastructure
Royal Court of BahrainRoyal Court of Bahrain
taufik.kurniawan@rc.bhtaufik.kurniawan@rc.bh
29/02/2012
Cloud Computing World Forum
MiddleEast&NorthAfrica2012

2. 2
Agenda
n Background and Introduction
n How cloud infrastructure can help
organization’s goals and objectives
n An implementation approach to cloud
infrastructure
n Q and A

3. 3
Background and Introduction
n RC [Royal CourtRoyal Court] Vision Statement
q To pro-actively provide efficient and effective service to meet all of the
requirements of HM The King, His Majesty’s Families and Other Members of
the Royal Family and establish the Royal Court as a model service
organization in the Kingdom of Bahrain
n RC-ISD [Information System DirectorateInformation System Directorate] Vision and Mission
q To establish the Private Information System Directorate as a model service
organization within Kingdom of Bahrain, Utilizing the latest developments in
Information Technology which would directly support and benefit the Royal
Court as a whole.
q In line with the Royal Affairs organizational mission – to provide the highest
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) experience to support
Royal Court’s Business Objectives.

4. 4
n Excellent Service to Support RC VisionRC Vision and
ObjectivesObjectives
n Increase EfficiencyEfficiency and EffectivenessEffectiveness of RC
Business and Social Activity/Process
n Integrate TechnologyTechnology to support RC’s humanhuman
resourcesresources to conduct their business processprocess to
accomplish organization’s Vision and Objectives
n Build RC Private Cloud Infrastructure to be high
performanceperformance, highly reliablereliable , SecureSecure and Cost-Cost-
EffectiveEffective
Background and Introduction

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Strategy and Technology
n State CIO Priorities 2012
q Strategy and Solution :
n Consolidation/Optimization
n Budget and Cost Control
n Governance
q Technologies
n Virtualization
n Legacy Application Modernization/Renovation
n Cloud Computing

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Business and Technology
n Gartner top 10 business and technology
Priorities 2011
q Business:
n increase enterprise growth (1)
n attract and retain new customer (2)
n reducing enterprise cost (3)
q Technologies
n Cloud Computing (1)
n Virtualization (2)
n Mobile Technologies (3)

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Doing More with Less
n (2012) UK Study of CIO : cloud computing
and virtualization technology had the biggest
positive impact on businesses in 2011
n Gartner Report 18 May 2009 : Introducing
Second Network Vendor Saves Money and
Solidifies Operations: Second ServerSecond Server
Vendor?Vendor? Second Storage Vendor?Second Storage Vendor?
n Doing More with Less : More positive outcomes, fasterMore positive outcomes, faster
with less resourceswith less resources

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Cloud Computing
n Characteristics
q On Demand – Self Services
q Broad Network Access
q Resource Pooling
q Rapid Elasticity
q Measured Services

9. 9
Cloud Computing
n Deployment / Type
q Public Cloud
q Private Cloud
q Hybrid Cloud
n Services Model
q IaaS
q PaaS
q SaaS

10. 10
Cloud Computing
n Road Map to Cloud Computing
q Standardization/Consolidation
q Virtualization
q Automation
q Self-Service

11. APPS1APPS1
APPS3APPS3
APPS2APPS2
APPS4APPS4
Network Layers
Before
OSOS OSOS OSOS OSOS
Infrastructure Framework
Server
Storage
Application

12. Organization’s Strategic Business ObjectivesOrganization’s Strategic Business Objectives
Others
ERP
Business Process Management Layer
Business Application Services Layer
GIS
ECM,BW
Applications
PM,QM
Technology and InfrastructureTechnology and Infrastructure
FrameworkFramework
Organization’sOrganization’s
Vision & MissionVision & Mission
Infrastructure Framework

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Virtualization Implementation
n Vendor-driven Solution
q HP Converged Infrastructure
q Cisco Unified Computing
q IBM
q Fujitsu
q Ecosystem Approach:
n VCE (Vmware, Cisco, EMC) Vblock
n IVA (Cisco, NetApp, Vmware) FlexPod
n Gartner Report : Try to avoid vendor lock-in

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Virtualization Implementation
n End User Customized Solution
q Network Infrastructure
q Server Infrastructure
q Storage Infrastructure
n Gartner Report :
q Introducing Second Network Vendor Saves
Money and Solidifies Operations
q Reduced up to 30% Capex while minimal
increase of OPEX

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The Approach to Private Cloud
Infrastructure
n Loosely coupled our
q Network (Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, Force10 etc.)
q Servers (IBM, HP, DELL, FUJITSU)
q Storage (EMC, NetApp, HP, Fujitsu etc.)
n Tightly Integrated with standard technology
q IP
q iSCSI
q LACP (802.3ad)
q Ethernet ( 10, 100, 1G, 10G, 40G, 100G )

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the Approach
n Loosely Coupled Tightly Integrated Approach
qq Loosely coupledLoosely coupled our infrastructure resources
(networks, servers and storages) then tightlytightly
integratedintegrated them with open standard technology to
get the most benefit private cloud infrastructure.
q Less vendor lock-in / more flexible to vendor
choice
q More Efforts to implement and to operate and
maintain

17. Logical Network
Layout
Physical Network
Layout
10G Base T
Stack and Cluster
Virtual Chassis or VSS or MLAG
8x 10G Base T
Uplink Bonding
8x 10G Base T
Uplink Bonding
Network Infrastructure
Area Discussion:
-Stack and
Cluster
-Layer 2 and
Layer 3
redundancy
- Virtualization
Aware
Area Discussion:
-Security
Implementation
-VLAN and QOS
- Design
Topology

18. Server year -1
Server year –N
And Growing
Physical Servers Layout
Logical Layers Layout
Network Layers
Server Layers Layout
Virtualization Layers
Server Infrastructure
Area Discussion:
-Blade Server Vs Rack Server
-Network Connection
-Processor and Memory
-No. of VM per HW Server
-HA, FT and DRS
-Virtualization OS

19. Storage
year -1
Storage
year –N
And Growing
Network Layers
Server Layers Layout
Virtualization Layers
Storage Layers Layout
Storage Infrastructure
Area Discussion:
-NAS vs SAN
-iSCSI, FC, FCOE
-NFS, CIFS
-Scale Up vs Scale Out
-Scalability
-Network Connection
-Storage Cluster / Redundancy/
-High Availability
-Disaster Recovery

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Virtualization OS
n Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization
Infrastructure (26 May 2010)
q Vmware
q Microsoft
q Citrix
q Oracle VM
q Red Hat
q Novell
q Parallels

21. Network Layers
Server Layers Layout
Virtualization Layers
Storage Layers Layout
OS Layers LayoutOSOS OSOS OSOS
APPS1APPS1
APPS3APPS3
APPS2APPS2
APPS4APPS4
ETCETC
After
Infrastructure Framework

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the Conclusion
n Loosely Coupled Tightly Integrated Approach
qq PROsPROs
nn Based on Open standard technologyBased on Open standard technology
nn Less Vendor Lock-inLess Vendor Lock-in
nn More Flexible to Vendor/Technology choiceMore Flexible to Vendor/Technology choice
nn Comprehend and Understand the Technology betterComprehend and Understand the Technology better
nn Relatively Lower CAPEXRelatively Lower CAPEX
qq CONsCONs
nn More efforts and resources to implement, operate andMore efforts and resources to implement, operate and
maintainmaintain
nn Relatively higher OPEXRelatively higher OPEX

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Q? and A.
THANK CLOUD !THANK CLOUD !
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