The Cloud Services at RNP

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The Cloud Services

at RNP

July/2012

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Quick Overview

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Cloud Services in other NRENs

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What is Cloud Compu/ng?

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“Cloud computing is the delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a heterogeneous

community of

end-recipients.” (Wikipedia).

"Cloud computing is a universal collection of data which extends over the internet in the form of resources (such as information hardware, various platforms, services etc.) and forms individual units within the virtualization environment. Held together by infrastructure providers, service providers and the consumer, then it is semantically accessed by various users." (CLUSE 2012), Bangalore, April 2012 - Dr. Biju John and Dr. Souheil Khaddaj

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Why Cloud Compu/ng?

Cloud compuJng relies on

sharing of resources

to

achieve coherence and

economies of scale

similar to a

uJlity (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically

the Internet). At the foundaJon of cloud compuJng is

the broader concept of

converged infrastructure

and

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Cloud Service Enablers

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Virtualiza/on

technology allows servers and storage

devices to be shared and uJlizaJon increased.

ApplicaJons can be easily

migrated

from one physical

server to another.

High bandwidth

with the current availability of dark ﬁber

and dedicated wavelenghts (lambdas) from telecom

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Cloud Systems Beneﬁts

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Agility

improves with users' ability to re-‐provision

technological infrastructure resources.

Resource sharing and costs across a large pool of users,

allowing for:

centraliza/on of infrastructure

in locaJons

with

lower costs

(such as real estate, electricity, etc.).

Device and loca/on independence

enable users to access

systems using a web browser regardless of their locaJon or

what device they are using (e.g., PC, mobile phone, tablet).

As infrastructure is oﬀ-‐site (typically provided by a third-‐

party) and accessed via the Internet, users can connect

from anywhere.

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Cloud Systems Features

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Scalability and Elas/city

via dynamic ("on-‐demand")

provisioning of resources on a ﬁne-‐grained, self-‐service basis

near real-‐Jme, without users having to engineer for peak loads.

Reliability

is improved if mulJple redundant sites are used,

which makes well-‐designed cloud compuJng suitable for

business conJnuity and disaster recovery

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Security

is oZen as good as or be[er than other tradiJonal systems,

in part because providers are able to devote resources to solving

security issues that many customers cannot aﬀord. However, the

complexity of security is greatly increased when data is distributed

over a wider area or greater number of devices and in mulJ-‐tenant

systems that are being shared by unrelated users. In addiJon, user

access to security audit logs may be diﬃcult or impossible. Private

cloud installaJons are in part moJvated by users' desire to retain

control over the infrastructure and avoid losing control of

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Service Models/Types

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INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IaaS)

In this most basic cloud service model, cloud providers oﬀer computers – as physical or more oZen as virtual machines –, raw (block) storage, ﬁrewalls, load balancers, and networks. IaaS providers supply these resources on demand from their large pools installed in data centers. In this model, the cloud user is responsible for patching and

maintaining the operaJng systems and applicaJon soZware. Cloud providers typically bill IaaS services on a uJlity compuJng basis, that is, cost will reﬂect the amount of resources allocated and consumed.

Examples of IaaS include:

Amazon CloudFormaJon (and underlying services such as EC2), Rackspace Cloud, Google Compute Engine, and RightScale.

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Service Models/Types

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PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PaaS)

In the PaaS model, cloud providers deliver a compuJng pladorm

typically including operaJng system, programming language execuJon environment, database, and web server.

ApplicaJon developers can develop and run their soZware soluJons on a cloud pladorm without the cost and complexity of buying and

managing the underlying hardware and soZware layers. With some PaaS oﬀers, the underlying compute and storage resources scale

automa/cally to match applicaJon demand such that cloud user does not have to allocate resources manually.

Examples of PaaS include:

Amazon ElasJc Beanstalk, Heroku, EngineYard, Google App Engine, and MicrosoZ Azure.

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Service Models/Types

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SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SaaS)

In this model, cloud providers install and operate applicaJon soZware in the cloud. Cloud users access the soZware from cloud client

applicaJons. The cloud users do not manage the cloud infrastructure and pladorm on which the applicaJon is running.

What makes a cloud applicaJon diﬀerent from other applicaJons is its elas/city. This can be achieved by cloning tasks onto mulJple virtual machines at run-‐Jme to meet the changing work demand.

The pricing model for SaaS applicaJons is typically a monthly or yearly ﬂat fee per user.

Examples of SaaS include:

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Cloud Service Modes

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NRENs Cloud Services

Build or Buy?

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Low risc – commodity services like email for students, document sharing

outsourced to public clouds (SaaS model);

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Joint contracts – NRENs can act as a cloud contract broker to negoJate with

the market for the universiJes and research centers;

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Outsourcing infrastructure services to third parJes may be a risc , specialy

considering the service itself (operaJon, security, data privacy);

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In the IaaS model, NRENs can operate as service provider since universiJes

already have a long term trust relaJonship with their NRENs. In this case

NRENs are more likely to build and operate their own infrastructure or act as a

proxy for public cloud infrastructure, when applicable.

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NREN País Status Inicia/va

GRNET Grécia Em produção Oﬀering Cloud Services to the Greek R&E Community RedIRIS Espanha Em produção Commodisa/on of Services

SURFnet Holanda Em produção Working with commercial cloud service providers NIIF/Hungarnet Hungria Em produção Private IaaS cloud solu/on

HEAnet Irlanda Em desenvolvimento HEAnet is acJvely thinking of providing 'cloud' service

ARNES Slovênia Em produção ARNES oﬀers Virtual Private Servers, mostly for schools

ACOne Áustria Em desenvolvimento University of Salzburg was starJng a pilot with Google apps for

students.

CARNnet Croácia Em produção CARNet will oﬀer Microso\ services to primary and secondary schools

in Croa/a, star/ng in December (2010).

FUNET Finlândia Em análise FUNET is keenly following the developments in other countries.

CESNET República _Checa -‐ CESNET currently sees no strong demand for this from their users, but

they have started to talk to service providers

SANET Eslováquia -‐ SANET does not currently have any resources to devote to cloud

services

BELNET Bélgica Em análise E-‐mail services might be interesJng for some of the smaller insJtuJons.

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NREN País Status Inicia/va

SWITCH Suíça Em análise

SWITCH was discussing these topics with the community and were

starJng to oﬀer soZware as a service. They felt that cloud services would become an issue in the future.

CYNET Chipre Sem planos -‐

SUNET Suécia Em análise Currently much discussion about this subject in Sweden.

UNINETT Noruega Em análise The topic of clouds is much discussed in Norway.

UIIP / NASB Bielorússia Em análise There is interest in cloud services in Belarus and that there are plans for

a cross-‐border project with Vilnius University

SigmaNet Letônia Sem planos SigmaNet is hoping to use European Structural Funds to enable work in

this area

LITNET Lituânia Sem planos For the Jme being, things are leZ to the individual insJtuJons.

ANAS Azerbaijão Em análise A supercompuJng centre had been established in Azerbaijan and that

the Academy of Sciences was currently studying cloud services. UNI-‐C Dinamarca Em análise In Denmark there are serious problems raised by the data protecJon

agency which is reportedly suspicious of cloud services.

EENet Estônia Em análise There have been some discussions in Estonia, but no big projects.

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NRENs Cloud Services

17 Atuais estratégias adotadas nas NRENs Européias SaaA Desenvolvimento de aplicações In-‐house Desenvolvimento colabora/vo Outsourcing Broker para demanda nacional Broker para demanda con/nental IaaS Construção de nuvem privada Desenvolvimento de infraestrutura nacional Desenvolvimento colabora/vo Contratação de nuvem pública Agregação de demanda nacional Agregação de demanda con/nental SURFnet contrato com Google e MicrosoZ JANET contrato com a Logicalis

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In Brasil

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More than 300 public universities and research centers

• all currently connected to RNP backbone (rede Ipê);

• +72K teachers and researchers;

• +250K admin and tec personnel;

• +1.3M students.

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What are the demands?

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What can go to the cloud?

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How our institutions are using or plan to use

cloud services?

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How to share cloud contracts?

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Can we share computing centers resources in a

cloud model for the universites and research centers?

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RNP Cloud Services Strategy

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RNP Cloud Services Strategy

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Jose Luiz Ribeiro Filho

Diretor de Serviços e Soluções

The Cloud Services at RNP