Building the Private cloud
Yiannis Psichas
Senior Technology Consultant Psichas_yiannis@emc.com
IT Infrastructure Needs to Change
Too much complexity.
Too hard to change.
The business is frustrated.
IT is frustrated.
New thinking is emerging.
23% delivering
new capabilities
77% ―keeping
the lights on‖
42%
Infrastructure
Maintenance
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ENTERPRISE
DATACENTER
TODAY
Internal
Cloud Cloud
Computing
Efficient
Flexible
Dynamic
Trusted
Reliable
Secure
The Path to IT as a Service
External
Cloud
Private Cloud
App
Loads
Federation & Choice
Standards
Simple • Efficient • Reliable • Flexible • Secure • Dynamic
Scales with Business needs
VCE – Imagine the Power of Three
The Virtual Computing Environment coalition. Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, have committed to extensive and on-going collaboration to lead the
journey to pervasive virtualization and private cloud with technology innovation, business partnership, venture investments and partner ecosystem leverage.
Technology Innovations
Vblock Infrastructure Packages. Integrated best-of-breed packages from Cisco and EMC,
together with VMware – engineered, tested, and validated to deliver revolutionary TCO and
pervasive virtualization at scale in today’s most demanding use cases.
Integrated Pre-Sales, Services and Support
Vblock Unified Customer Engagement. Dedicated pre-sales, professional services and single
support experience to provide a seamless, end-to-end customer experience.
Solutions Venture and Investment
Acadia. A Cisco-EMC joint venture to build, operate, and transfer Vblock infrastructure to
organizations who want to accelerate their journey – available Q1 CY2010.
Partner Ecosystem Leverage
Vblock Partner Ecosystem. A select group of partners, growing over time, which augment, sell
and deliver Virtual Computing Environment solutions to enable the journey to pervasive
virtualization and private cloud.
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Vblock Infrastructure Packages
A New Way of Delivering IT
 Rapid deployment model
of virtualized infrastructure
 Pre-integrated and validated
solutions reduce total cost
of ownership
 Service-level driven through
predictable performance
and operational characteristics
 Improved compliance/security
and reduced risk
Compute
Network
Virtualization
Storage
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
Solution Packages
Accelerate Time to Results—Reduce TCO
Operating Systems
Applications
Information
Solution Packages
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
A New Way of Delivering IT
Benefits:
 Accelerate the journey to pervasive
virtualization and private cloud
computing while lowering risk
and operating expenses
 Ensure security and minimize risk
with certification paths
 Support and manage Service Level
Agreements
Resource metering and reporting
Configuration and provisioning
Resource utilization
 Vblock is a validated platform
that enables seamless extension of
the environment
Rich APIs
Security
Resource
Management
Secure, Extensible, SLA-Driven Infrastructure
Network
Compute
Virtualization Storage
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Vblock Infrastructure Packages
Core platform details
Vblock 2 (3000 – 6000+ VMs)
• A high-end configuration that is completely
extensible to meet the most demanding IT
needs of large enterprises or service
providers
Vblock 1 (800 – 3000 VMs)
• A mid-sized configuration to deliver a broad
range of IT capabilities to organizations of
all sizes
Vblock 0 (300 – 800 VMs)
• An entry-level configuration to meet the IT
needs of small datacenters
• Test/development platform for Partners and
customers
Imagine the power of three …
Scaling virtualized datacenter infrastructure backed by single support model
Unified Vblock Element Management
Vblock
vCenter UCS Manager
Symmetrix
Management Console or
Navisphere
Unified Vblock Element Management
Single Point of Management, Extensible Integration Framework
ï‚Ÿ Unified Vblock Management
Interface
Consolidated view into all Vblock infrastructure
Single integration point
ï‚Ÿ IT self-service portal
Mini service catalog and dashboard for self-
provisioning
ï‚Ÿ Policy-based management
Fine-grained tracking, traceability, reproducibility
System-wide compliance and remediation
ï‚Ÿ Automated discovery and
deployment
EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM)
Policy-Based
Management
Unified
Provisioning,
Config & Change
Vblock Self-Service Portal
Configuration
Compliance
Analysis
Infrastructure
Recovery (DR)
Enterprise Management Platforms
Configuration and
Compliance Events
Availability and
Performance Events
Vblock Service Profile Catalog
Vblock
vCenter UCS Manager
Symmetrix
Management Console or
Navisphere
Vblock
vCenter UCS Manager
Symmetrix
Management Console or Navisphere
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Virtual Computing Environment
Dedicated pre-sales and post-sales expertise
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
with Virtual Computing Environment
and/or Partner Services
Value
Added
Resellers
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
with complex integration services
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
in a Build – Operate – Transfer (BOT)
consumption model
System
Integrators
Acadia
Imagine the power of three …
Dedicated go to market professionals delivering end-to-end accountability
Un ifi ed pr e -sa les enga gement model Un ifi ed se rvices and su ppor t
Rich APIs Management
Availability
Scalability Performance
Security
Private Cloud
Database
os
Virtual
Desktops
os
os
Custom
os
Web
os
Balancing Business Choice and IT Control
Business
Simplicity
and Choice
y our SLA
Flexibility
Aligning
IT to the
Business
IT
Governance,
and Security
Control
Service
Level
Agreement
The Foundation for Private Clouds
Vblock Infrastructure Packages
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intelligent
storage
information
management
resource
management
information
security
widest set of
storage choices
―single giant
array‖
fully automated
storage tiering
full VMware
integration
deduplication
for VMware
archiving of
virtualized data
optimized vClient
solutions
SRM-integrated
business cont.
vCenter
plug-ins
VM-aware
ITIL workflows
VM-aware
IT compliance
VM-aware
discovery
encryption and
key mgmt
data loss
prevention
auditing and
compliance
advanced
authentication
EMC Enabling Technology
Intelligent Storage
CLARiiON CX4 Celerra NS Symmetrix DMX-4 Symmetrix V-Max
FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVITY: DEDICATED PROTOCOLS OR UNIFIED
CAPACITY SCALABILITY: ~1,000’S OF DISKS IN A SINGLE SYSTEMS
IN THE ARRAY TIERING: FLASH DRIVES, FIBRE CHANNEL, SATA
REPLICATION: LOCAL AND REMOTE REPLICATION OPTIONS
SIMPLE, EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT: VIRTUAL PROVISIONING, QOS
DATA MOBILITY: VIRTUAL LUN, HETEROGENEOUS COPY OVER SAN
FCoE is available today across all EMC arrays
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The Impact of Storage Architecture
start small
ï‚Ÿ 8 ports
ï‚Ÿ 8 processor cores
ï‚Ÿ 64 GB of memory
ï‚Ÿ 48-256 drives
engine
virtual
matrix
can be uniquely
assembled into
extremely large arrays
+
The Impact of Storage Architecture
get big
ï‚Ÿ hundreds of ports
ï‚Ÿ hundreds of cores
 TB’s of memory
ï‚Ÿ thousands of disks
engine
virtual
matrix
engine
engine
engine
engine
engine
build a large array
from smaller ones
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The Impact of Storage Architecture
get really big
ï‚Ÿ thousands of ports
ï‚Ÿ thousands of cores
ï‚Ÿ hundreds of TB of memory
ï‚Ÿ tens of thousands of disks
ï‚Ÿ multiple frames, multiple
locations virtual
matrix
a single, giant enterprise array
Res ponse T im e Mill is e c ond
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Workload – IOPs
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
15K FC Drives
Flash Drives Shatter Performance Barriers
Unprecedented application performance characteristics
ï‚Ÿ +30x IOPS improvement
ï‚Ÿ 10x faster response time
ï‚Ÿ 38% less power per drive
ï‚Ÿ 98% less power per IO
ï‚Ÿ 58% less weight per TB
ï‚Ÿ No moving parts for high reliability
OLTP Workload
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Fully Automated Storage Tiering
SATA
drives
FC
drives
flash
drives
tiered storage
automates
movement and
placement of data
based on
changing needs
FAST
VMware Infrastructure
Virtual Datacenter OS from VMware
Infrastructure
vServices vCompute vStorage vNetwork vCloud
Native New VMware Features
• VMFS can be extended (without
extents)
• VMDK extension and hot-add
• Paravirtualized SCSI
• Enhanced iSCSI
• Enhanced Storage VMotion
• Enhanced VM storage
management
• Linked Clones
• Thin Provisioning
• VMDirectPath
Multipathing
PowerPath
Thin Provisioning
• vStorage APIs for
Multi-pathing
• vStorage SRM
APIs
• vStorage Backup
Framework
• vStorage VAAI
Storage Viewer
Ionix Control
Center
Consistent
Snapshots
Replication Manager
VM object
awareness.
IO Dedupe
SRAs across
replication product
lines
Backup Source
Target Dedup
Storage VSAs
Information Management
Archiving of
Virtualized Data
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Resource Management
Dependency Mapping
• Discovery, modeling & mapping
• Audits & blueprinting
• Consolidation, DR, & virtualization
planning
• Automatically stay in synch with
VMotion changes
Service Management
• Service desk & ITSM
• Service catalog
• Workflow
• CMDB
IT Operations Insight
• Monitoring & analysis
• Application performance
• Root cause, rapid triage
• Cross-domain
• Virtual & physical
Data Center Automation &
Compliance
• Server & network configuration
• Storage management
• Configuration analytics
• Best practices & compliance
• IT Service Management
• Process Workflow
• Virtual to Physical Storage
Mapping
• VMware Compliance
Visibility & Remediation
• Virtual Root Cause Analysis
• Physical Root Cause
Analysis
• Cross-Domain Analysis
• ESX Servers
• Virtual Machines
• Applications and Databases
• Virtual Relationships
vCenter
APIs
ESX CIM
API
vCenter
Application
Management
Infrastructure
Management
Chargeback,
Config Control
EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM) for VBlock
vCenter Integrated Compliance,
Log Analysis
Integrated with vCenter and
VMware View – VM Appliance
Encryption – at rest, in motion, in
transit
Deep inspection at vmkernel of
every action
Security
Securing
vSphere
VMSafe
• vCenter API
• ESX CIM API
• VMsafe
Envision
integration
Authentication
Manager
VM Encyption
Flow-based
security
Information Security
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