the weather ahead: clouds

The Weather Ahead:
CLOUDS

Intro

Courtesy of Windows to the Universe, http://www.windows.ucar.edu

Cloudy JackalopesStormy Karmic

Agenda

Who am I

WTF? Is cloud computingWhy do I care?

What is UEC?

Public-Private-Hybrids

What's next?

Questions?

About me

ZookeeperMonkey on my back pic?

What is cloud computing?

No freakin' clue.

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Cloud Computing is...

Seriously....

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/the_cloudelectr.html

Cloud Computing is...

A disruptive changeTowards a service based economy

FactorsCommoditization

Technology

Business factors

Scalability

http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/15/animoto-when-scalability-becomes-a-matter-of-prosperity-or-death/

Pay per use

Fast time to market

Scalability

http://thenextweb.com/2008/05/15/animoto-when-scalability-becomes-a-matter-of-prosperity-or-death/

Types of cloud offerings

Delivery modelsThe *aaS's


Delivery modelsThe *aaS's.

S = Landscape

P = Azure or Google

I = Amazon, GoGrid


Delivery modelsThe *aaS's.

S = Landscape

P = Azure or Google

I = Amazon, GoGrid

Deployment ModelsPublic

Private

Hybrid

Ubuntu Clouds

Public cloudsAre clouds that are run on external infrastructure.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is an example of a public cloud.

Ubuntu Server Edition on Amazon EC2Official Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for Ubuntu are to be released on EC2.

Combines the power of Ubuntu with the flexibility of Amazon's cloud computing service.

Offers over 20,000 packages and additional third-party applications.

Delivers a comprehensive range of applications and development frameworks that are easy to install.

The images are tuned so that instances have the maximum resources available.

Support is provided by Canonical.

Ubuntu images are free to use, including security and bug fixes.

Ubuntu Server Edition and Cloud Computing


Xen Based HypervisorVirtual MachinesPublicCloud(EC2)

Guest O/S

Amazon Technology

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal Public clouds exist outside the firewall.

They offer many benefits including economies of scale, but there are risks involved.

Ubuntu is provided as a guest operating system on Amazon EC2

Firewall

Private cloudsAre clouds that are run on an internal infrastructure and behind the firewall.

Enable companies to test, deploy and experiment with cloud computing concepts.

Ubuntu 9.04 includes a technology preview of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC)Enables a company to build a private cloud using internal infrastructure.

Overcomes Enterprises No. 1 concern: data security

Powered by Eucalyptus the leading open source platform for private clouds.

Matches the Amazon EC2 API, the de-facto standard for public cloud provision.

Provides a longer-term route towards portability between internal and external clouds.

Is free to use, including security and bug fixes.

Provides 24x7 support and installation consultancy from Canonical and Eucalyptus Systems.



Private clouds exist behind the firewall.

They offer fewer benefits but the risks are mitigated.

Ubuntu enables users to build their own private clouds that match the Amazon EC2 API.

Firewall

KVMVirtual MachinesPrivateCloud(UEC)

Guest O/S

Eucalyptus + Ubuntu Server

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Set-up of Ubuntu Enterprise CloudSimple package deployment and configuration on Ubuntu Server Edition.

Ability to configure multiple clusters into a single cloud.

Logging and diagnostic tools.

Features of Ubuntu Enterprise CloudInterface compatibility with EC2.

An extensive range of services including an elastic block storage (EBS) and S3-equivalent.

Support for elastic IP assignment.

Secure internal communication using SOAP with WS-security.

Support for new instance control operations such as reboot instances.

KVM hypervisor provides users with best-of-breed virtualization technology.




Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Management of Ubuntu Enterprise CloudBasic 'Cloud Administrator' tools for system management.

Web-based interface for cloud configuration.

Interface compatibility with popular cloud management tools.



Future releases will includeFurther integration with common management tools.

A fully-built rack that can be plugged into a network to provide a private cloud quickly and easily.

A range of standard appliances for simple deployment to Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.

Portability of running virtual machines within a cloud and between clouds.

Ability to suspend and resume physical infrastructure according to virtual demand.

By matching the emerging standard of Amazon EC2, Canonical intends to simplify infrastructure portability between internal and external cloud environments.

Xen Based HypervisorVirtual MachinesPublic Cloud(EC2)

Amazon Technology

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal



Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Bare Metal

Increased Portability

Firewall

What's next?

Refine the Ubuntu Enterprise CloudPolish

Finish AWS apiMessage queue

SimpleDB or equivalent support

portability

UDSLots of discussion

Remember...

Cloud computing is changing the face of computing

Ubuntu/Canonical is in a UNIQUE position

Coordinated execution will bring HUGE success

See myself or Simon Wardley for more information!

May the cloud be with you!