The Role of Nutanix in the
Public /Private / Hybrid
Cloud Spectrum
Chris Howard
Vice President, Nutanix Federal Phil Ditzel
Public Cloud
Let’s start with the definition
NIST’s Defini-on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-‐demand access to a shared pool
of configurable compu;ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica;ons, and
services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management
effort or service provider interac;on.”
Public Cloud
Key attributes
NIST’s Defini-on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-‐demand access to a shared pool
of configurable compu;ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica;ons, and
services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management
effort or service provider interac;on.”
Public Cloud
Not a Point…a Spectrum
NIST’s Defini-on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-‐demand access to a shared pool
of configurable compu;ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica;ons, and
services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management
effort or service provider interac;on.”
NIST’s Five Essen-al Characteris-cs of the Cloud
On-‐demand
Self-‐service Network Access Broad Resource Pooling Rapid Scalability & ElasAcity Measured Service
Public Cloud
Not a Point…a Spectrum
So the Public Cloud offers us these features:
• Self-‐service
• Access from a broader geography
• U;lity Compu;ng
• Scale or Reduce on demand (“Elas;city”)
• Consump;on-‐based billing
• Share/bill IT costs based on u;liza;on
• Resource Pooling
• DR/COOP…no longer ;ed to a ‘primary’ datacenter
• Convenience
• Minimal management
• Cost savings…in some cases?
…and Public Cloud eliminates these datacenter challenges:
• Floor & Rack Space
• Power for IT infrastructure
• Cooling for IT infrastructure
• Costs of IT infrastructure
• Performance Concerns
• Complexity of IT infrastructure
• Poli;cs
• Many IT “rice bowls” go away
• Specula;on and Overprovisioning
• Guessing at where your requirement will be in 18 months
• “Rounding up” to be on the safe side
Public Cloud
Not a Point…a Spectrum
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Informa@on Assurance
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Informa@on Assurance
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Informa@on Assurance
…but in most cases today, par@cularly within the federal government, the following concerns trump all offered features or eliminated challenges:
Public Cloud
Not a Point…a Spectrum
If the public cloud leaves you with concern about data security or availability, it is simply not an op@on, no maDer its benefits.
Enter…the Private Cloud
Enter…The Private Cloud
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUMPRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
The Private Cloud is merely an aDempt at Public Cloud characteris@cs, in a more comfortable IA spot
Just as with the Public Cloud, there is a Private Cloud Spectrum
But where Public Cloud adds features and eliminates datacenter challenges, Private Cloud adds features but – without focus -‐-‐ retains (or adds) datacenter challenges.
Moving right on the Private Cloud
Spectrum
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
So how does one move their Private Cloud along the Spectrum? First: Enable Cloud Features
• Self-‐Service
• Consump@on-‐based billing
• Broad network access
• Resource Pooling
• Dynamic Elas@city
• Convenience
• Minimal Management
Some cloud characteris-cs All cloud characteris-cs
Second: Eliminate Datacenter Challenges
• Minimize Rackspace requirements
• Minimize Power requirements
• Minimize Cooling requirements
• Minimize Infrastructure Spend
• Pay as you go, not in advance!
• Maximize performance per Rack-‐U
• Minimize poli@cs and complexity
• By elimina@ng layers
Moving right on the Private Cloud
Spectrum
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
Some cloud characteris-cs All cloud characteris-cs
Second: Eliminate Datacenter Challenges
• Minimize Rackspace requirements
• Minimize Power requirements
• Minimize Cooling requirements
• Minimize Infrastructure Spend
• Pay as you go, not in advance!
• Maximize performance per Rack-‐U
• Minimize poli@cs and complexity
• By elimina@ng layers
VIRTUALIZE!
Wait! This makes no sense.
Enterprise Virtualiza@on requires 3-‐Tier Architectures …and Server + Storage Fabric + SAN
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Rackspace Power draw Cooling drawBig CAPEX & OPEX Big Complexity Lots of Rice Bowls
Moving right on the Private Cloud
Spectrum
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
Some cloud characteris-cs All cloud characteris-cs
Not so…not anymore.
Enterprise Virtualiza@on no longer requires SANs, Servers, and Storage Switch Fabric “Web-‐scale IT” is changing datacenters
Gartner introduced the term in May 2013:
“What is web-‐scale IT? It’s our effort to describe all of the things happening at large cloud services firms such as Google, Amazon, Rackspace, NeWlix, Facebook, etc., that enables them to achieve
extreme levels of service delivery as compared to many of their enterprise counterparts.”
Moving right on the Private Cloud
Spectrum
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
Some cloud characteris-cs All cloud characteris-cs
More from Gartner on Web-‐scale IT: hJp://blogs.gartner.com/cameron_haight/2013/08/21/all-‐in-‐with-‐web-‐scale-‐it/
Gartner’s Cameron Haight, August 2013:
“I’ve seen the impact of conven-onal wisdom on IT (and especially on IT opera-ons which is my direct area of coverage) and frankly it isn’t delivering. Maturity levels are ‘stuck’ and costs, even with the advent of cloud, remain too high.”
“So what’s the model to follow? Look to the large cloud services providers such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. In other words, it’s not the cloud per se that will save enterprise IT, but thinking and ac@ng like the major cloud providers across all the key dimensions of IT that will.”
Observations on the Private Cloud Spectrum:
Conclusion
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
Some cloud characteris-cs All cloud characteris-cs
More from Gartner on Web-‐scale IT: hJp://blogs.gartner.com/cameron_haight/2013/08/21/all-‐in-‐with-‐web-‐scale-‐it/
Not everyone can move 100% of their IT to the Public Cloud.
Those who can’t, s@ll seek Public Cloud aDributes and benefits. They build Private Clouds.
Private Clouds are not a ‘point’, they are a spectrum.
Those who seek to have Private Clouds that are most like Public Clouds need to know that datacenter challenges can be eliminated as part of the move to Private Cloud.
3-‐@er architectures (SANs, Servers, and Storage Fabric) are obsolete, complex, and expensive.
Hybrid Cloud
Ability to move between Public and Private as Needed
What if you had the flexibility to move between between Public and Private Clouds based on your workload requirements?
Enter…the Private Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Ability to move between Public and Private as Needed
What if you had the flexibility to move between between Public and Private Clouds based on your workload requirements?
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Nutanix platform has the ability to leverage the following Public cloud
providers for backup targets:!
Amazon AWS (Public)! Amazon AWS (Gov Cloud)! Microsoft Azure!
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Coming soon! Convert your backed up VM images to running
For more information, contact:
Chris Howard
Vice President, Federal and FSI Sales
Cell: 703-731-3899
Email: ch@nutanix.com Twitter: @chwvu
www.nutanix.com