new york city open source solutions lab

New York City Open Source Solutions LabNew York City Open Source Solutions Lab

Open Source: Going Mainstream and

Powering the Cloud

CUNY Technology DayDecember 14, 2010


Panel Members

o Dr. Ted Brown -- Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD)

o Matt Jamison -- Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat

o Richard Marine – Senior Account Executive, Northeast Education and Government Accounts, Red Hat


AgendaAgenda

o OSSL overview and functionalityo Open source software (OSS) in

educationo OSS and the cloud todayo State of the cloud tomorrowo Q&A


NYC Open Source Solutions Lab (OSSL)

o Joint Project of CUNY, Red Hat, Intel and HP

o Available to examine and test open source solution stacks

o On site at the CUNY Graduate Center or via VPN

o No cost to user communityo All new, cloud ready HP/Intel hardwareo Simple reservation process:

– http://www.cisdd.org/ossl/?q=request

New York City Open Source Solutions Lab

Open Source in Education: The State of the State

o Becoming pervasive for many reasons:– Interoperability is enhanced—open standards– Cloud enablement is simplified– TCO is proven– Application developers release in Linux first– Eliminates vendor lock-in

o A few examples - moving to Open Source – CUNY – migrated from Unix– NYU – migrated from Unix– Yale – migrated from Unix and proprietary

middleware– Harvard – migrated from Unix and LDAP– UCONN – migrating from Unix, proprietary virtualization– Cornell – migrating from Unix


Why Virtualization? Why Cloud?

o IT Infrastructure is at a breaking point:– 67% of IT budgets slashed in 2009– 85% of computing capacity idle – 70% of IT budget spent maintaining legacy

infrastructure, not delivering new capabilities

– 50% of CIOs say they're understaffed– 46% of IT execs say meeting SLAs “more

or much more” difficult and costly– 14% decline in IT execs who say they are

becoming “more strategic” to their organization


An “Official” Cloud Definition

“...a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurableconfigurable computing resourcesresources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidlyrapidly provisionedprovisioned and released with minimal management effort or with minimal management effort or service provider interactionservice provider interaction.”

- National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)


A Report Worth Reviewing

o State of Public Sector Cloud Computing

o May 20, 2010 o Vivek Kundra o Federal Chief Information Officer ohttp://www.cio.gov/documents/StateOfCloudComputingReport-FINALv3_508.pdf


Characteristics of the Cloud

o On-demand self-service– A consumer can unilaterally provision

computing capabilities, such as server time and network storage, as needed automatically without requiring human interaction with each service’s provider.


Characteristics of the Cloud (Cont)

o Resource pooling– The provider’s computing resources are

pooled to serve multiple consumers using a multi-tenant model, with different physical and virtual resources dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand. ….Examples of resources include storage, processing, memory, network bandwidth, and virtual machines.


Characteristics of the Cloud (cont)

o Broad network access – Capabilities are available over the network

and accessed through standard mechanisms that promote use by heterogeneous thin or rich client platforms (e.g., mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs).


Characteristics of the Cloud (cont.)

o Rapid elasticity– Capabilities can be rapidly and elastically

provisioned, in some cases automatically, to quickly scale up and rapidly released to quickly scale down. To the consumer, the capabilities available for provisioning often appear to be unlimited and can be purchased in any quantity at any time.


Characteristics of the Cloud (cont.)

o Measured service– Cloud systems automatically control and

optimize resource use by leveraging a metering capability at some level of abstraction appropriate to the type of service (e.g., storage, processing, bandwidth, and active user accounts). Resource usage can be monitored, controlled, and reported providing transparency for both the provider and consumer of the utilized service.


Software-as-a-Service(applications, processes, and information)

Platform-as-a-Service(virtualization-optimized middleware)

Infrastructure-as-a-Service(virtualized servers, storage, networks)

Cloud service types

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

Types of Clouds


Enter Cloud + Proprietary APIs

But beware:“With the level of industry hype about cloud computing, executives may get the impression that adopting cloud-based offerings is a sure path to business benefit. As a result, architects may be asked to create a separate strategy specifically for cloud. This type of siloed technology strategy is bad practice.”

- Randy Heffner, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Top Priority For Cloud Planning: Integrate Cloud Computing Into Existing Architecture Strategies; Forrester Research; Randy Heffner; May 18, 2010


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Clouds (can) increase productivity

o Business processeso Different workloadso Audit requirementso SLAso Complianceo Latencyo Bandwidtho Security procedureso Risk mitigationo Legal exposureo Legacy appso Staff skillso Competitive differentiatorso Uptime needso Cost focuso Industry partnershipso Legal requirementso Government mandates


OSS and the Cloud Today

o Open source tools are prime enablers of Cloud – Linux virtualization (KVM)– DeltaCloud (Apache Foundation)

o Modern open standards chip technology is vital (Intel)– Multi-core, multi-thread– Increasing processing speed– Increasing RAS


Portability Matters

“In our extensive research, we've found that open APIs and interoperability are essential to customers considering the cloud... With Cloud Foundations, Red Hat is on the right track with cloud by accelerating interoperability and portability to prevent cloud lock in.”

- Gary Chen, Research Manager, Enterprise Virtualization Software, IDC


Portable & Open Services


Open Programming Models


Proprietary Cloud APIs

o Vendors seek new methods of lock-in

o Weigh down the benefits of open source and cloud enablement


And Remember…

Both are made of “fabric”.

Choose wisely.

Questions/Comments

For more information or questions:Email: [email protected]: 877-RHAT-DLTWebsite: www.dlt.com/Redhat/Cloud


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