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Virtual Appliances for Applications High Performance, High Density & Operationally Efficient Java Virtualization

Axel GrossePrincipal Sales ConsultantServer Technologies Competence Center – FMW Mitte

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The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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Cloud auf dem Peak der Hype Kurve

Source: Gartner "Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, 2009" Research Note G00168780

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SaaS, PaaS und IaaS

Anwendungen als Service für Endbenutzer im Netzwerk

Infrastructure as a Service

Platform as a Service

Software as a Service

Entwicklungs- und Deployment Plattformen als Service im Netzwerk

Server, Storage und Netzwerk Hardware samt dazugehöriger Software als Service im Netzwerk

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Public Clouds und Private Clouds

INTERNET

Public Clouds

IaaS

PaaS

SaaSINTRANET

Private Cloud

Benutzer

• Externer Anbieter

• Weniger Aufwand

• Weniger Einfluss auf

•Sicherheit

•Verfügbarkeit

•...

• Eigene IT als Anbieter

• Mehr Aufwand

• Mehr Einfluss

IaaS

PaaS

SaaS

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Cloud Computing: Oracle’s Perspektive

• Basiert auf neuen Ideen und Möglichkeiten, basiert jedoch auf etablierter Technologie

• Interessante Vorteile begleitet von ernstzunehmenden Bedenken

• Unternehmen werden einen Mix von Public und Private Clouds nutzen

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Application Infrastructure Evolving From Silos to Grid… Physical to Virtual

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EnterpriseApplications

Middleware

Database

OperatingSystem

Virtualization

Oracle Virtualization

Platform as a ServiceProducts

Infrastructureas a ServiceProducts

Software as a ServiceOfferings &Infrastructure

Oracle Virtualization Strategy

• Only vendor to provide an integrated solution• Virtualization and enterprise

workloads managed together

• End-to-end management • Enterprise Manager integration

across virtualized portfolio

• Optimized full stack performance• Optimizing application, middleware,

and database virtualization

EnterpriseManager

E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD E, Oracle Fusion

WebLogic Server, SOA Suite, WebCenter,

Coherence

Oracle Database,Oracle TimesTen

Enterprise LinuxSolaris

Oracle VM

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Oracle Cloud Platform für PaaS

Platform as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service

Oracle VM for x86

Operating Systems: Oracle Enterprise Linux

Cloud Management

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Configuration Mgmt

Lifecycle Management

Application PerformanceManagement

Application QualityManagement

Database Grid

Application Grid

Shared Services

Integration SecurityProcess Mgmt User Interaction:WebCenter

OELinuxOracle SolarisOracle VM for SPARC (LDom)Solaris Containers

Servers

Storage

Physical and VirtualSystems Management

Ops Center

Oracle ApplicationsThird Party Applications

ISVApplications

JRo

ck

it V

E

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Oracle Application Grid

EfficiencyLowest operational

costs

CompetitivenessOutperform with speed and

flexibility

SimplificationBest foundation for entire software stack

Coherence

TuxedoWebLogic Server

Application Grid

ApplianceSOA

ServicePackaged

AppLegacy

Custom App

C /C++ / Cobol

Virtual

Enterprise Manager

Physical JRockit / Hotspot

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Oracle Virtual Environmentfor Fusion Middleware

EfficiencyLowest operational

costs

CompetitivenessOutperform with speed and

flexibility

SimplificationBest foundation for entire software stack

Application Grid

ApplianceSOA

ServicePackaged

AppLegacy

Custom App

C /C++ / Cobol

OEL

Enterprise Manager

JRockit Virtual EditionJRockit / Hotspot

WebLogic Server

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Operational complexity

Customer Challenge

Product MotivationHigh Performance, More Dense and Efficient Virtualized Java

Simplified and efficient Java EE

virtualization

Oracle’s Solution Product

Poor virtualization performance

High performance and high density

Java virtualization

WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual

Edition

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Oracle JRockit Virtual EditionOptimized Java Infrastructure

• Runs natively on hypervisor• More efficient use of hardware

resources• Higher density• Better performance

• Reduced operational cost• Simpler patching• Improved security

• Custom Java appliances• Building blocks for larger

assemblies

• Simple deployment

Traditional Virtualized Java Execution Stack

Guest Operating System

Hypervisor

Bare Metal Hardware

Java Virtual Machine

WebLogic Server

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Oracle JRockit Virtual EditionOptimized Java Infrastructure

• Runs natively on hypervisor• More efficient use of hardware

resources• Higher density• Better performance

• Reduced operational cost• Simpler patching• Improved security

• Custom Java appliances• Building blocks for larger

assemblies

• Simple deployment

Bare Metal Hardware

Optimized Java Execution Stack

Oracle VM

JRockit Virtual Edition

WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

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JRockit –VE f

WebLogic Server

with JRockit Virtual Edition

Oracle VM

Bare Metal Hardware

WebLogic Server

JRockit Virtual EditionHow does it work?

• TCP/IP: Network communication• Scheduler: Runs Java threads. Single

process• File System: Local [virtual] disk• HW: Hardware device interaction. Network

card, virtual screen, etc.

JRockit –VE OS Layer

TCP/IP File System

Scheduler H/W

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HowToCreate a JRockit VE for OVM

• Step 1 of 3• Create a sample brief configuration file by

running the following command.

java -jar jrockitve-imagetool.jar -c [config.xml] [vm_name]

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HowToCreate a JRockit VE for OVM

• Step 2 of 3• Modify

configuration file with your Requirements

<jrockitve-imagetool-config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="jrockitve-imagetool-config.xsd" version="5.0"> <jrockitve-config memory="256 MB" cpus="1"> <storage> <disks> <disk id="root" size="256 MB"/> </disks> <mounts> <mount> <mount-point>/</mount-point> <disk>root</disk> </mount> </mounts> </storage> <vm-name>default-vm</vm-name> <java-arguments>HelloWorld</java-arguments> <network> <nics> <nic type="bridged"/> </nics> </network> </jrockitve-config></jrockitve-imagetool-config>

Full Config File Example

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HowToCreate a JRockit VE for OVM

• Step 3 of 3• To assemble a virtual machine image,

run the following command:

java -jar jrockitve-imagetool.jar -a config.xml output_dir ovm

• A virtual machine image, which consists of two files – system.img and vm.cfg,

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WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

• Standard WebLogic Server • Running on JRockit VE

• Simplified and efficient virtualized Java EE• Administration and management

is virtualization aware

• Increased performance and density• Virtualized Java EE

applications run faster and with more instances on the same hardware

Virtualized Managed

Server

Virtualized Managed

Server

Virtualized Managed

Server

JRockit VE JRockit VE JRockit VE

WebLogic Cluster

Hypervisor

Virtualized Resource Pool

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Builds on Customer’s WebLogic Investment

• Leverage existing tools and scripts• WLST Scripts• JRockit Mission Control• JRockit Real Time• Enterprise Manager

• Lifecycle management integrated into Oracle VM Manager• Node manager integration

• Re-use of existing skills• Identical programming paradigm

(Java EE)

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Simplified: WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

(Approximate Numbers) Linux JeOS WebLogic with

JRockit VE

Config. Files 1000 200 1

Commands 3000 500 10

Command Params. 50,000 10,000 100

Admin Tools 500 200 1

Boot Time (s) 50 30 1

Size (MB) 1000 200 2

Reduction Ratio from Linux 1 ~2 ~300

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Performance: WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

Performance Issue StandardJVM / OS

WebLogic with JRockit Virtual

Edition

Java Aware Scheduling? No Yes

Kernel Mode Transitions? Many Very few

Shorter Switching Times? No Yes

Optimize size of Heap No Yes

Shorter I/O Path? No Yes

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Operational complexity

Deployment complexity

Uncontrolled configuration

Customer Challenge

Product MotivationHigh Performance, More Dense and Efficient Virtualized Java

Simplified and efficient Java EE

virtualization

Virtual Assembly

Builder

Oracle’s Solution Product

Poor virtualization performance

Application-aware virtualization

Virtual appliances & assemblies

High performance and high density

Java virtualization

WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual

Edition

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Assembly of Appliances

Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder

• Application-aware virtualization• Package software components into

collections of software appliances

• Standardized building blocks• Create multi-tier application

assemblies using virtualized appliances

• Simplified and rapid provisioning• Single step, template-based

deployment of multi-tier applications to virtualized environments

WLS WLSSOA Svc

Web

RAC RAC

WebWeb

Cache

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Assembly of Appliances

Why an Assembly of Appliances?

• Repeatedly provision entire application environments• Allowing customization without adding

complexity

• Reduce configuration errors• Change only what needs customization

• Reuse standardized building blocks• Turn infrastructure into appliances

• Accelerate deployment of new applications• Single step, template-based

deployments

WLS WLSSOA Svc

Web

RAC RAC

WebWeb

Cache

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Assembly Structure

Assembly

Metadata…….…….

Assembly Metadata Appliance Metadata

• Component-specific default config. params.

• User-specified & dynamic late binding parameters

• Input/output connections

• Scaling requirements

• VM resource requirements

• Deployment plan for entire N-tier application

• Wiring connections describing relationships of multiple Appliances

• Appliance start-order dependencies

• SLA and policy framework

• Input/output connections

Appliance

• Bootable VM disk image containing all necessary s/w required to run single component instance

• Optimized for Oracle software

• Templatized for repeatable deployment into Assembly

• Final configuration completed upon start-up

Appliances

Web Server

WebLogic Server

Database

Assembly Metadata

Appliance Metadata

Software Component

JRockit VE

Operating System

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Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Tool

Assemblies,Appliances

Catalog

Deployment Resource

Pools

Assembly Editor

PropertiesInspector

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Oracle Virtual Assembly Process Flow

Development& Test Production

Assembly Catalog

WLS

WLS

SOA

Svc

Web

RAC

RAC

Web

Select Appliances Introspect System

Create Assembly

Publish Assembly

Deploy Assembly

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Support for Standards

• Infrastructure layer• Ongoing standardization of

the IaaS layer formats (OVF), models and protocols

• Application platform layer• Direction going forward• Natural step to application

centric deployment and management

• Java Community Processopportunities

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Customer Proof Points WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

• 1000’s of WebLogic Server instances currently in production• Successful migration test application• Debugging with JRockit Mission Control• Configuration with WebLogic Server Administration Console

• Developed comprehensive performance benchmark for WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition

• CERN keen on reducing patching efforts / costs through the use of assemblies

Oracle Confidential – Do Not Distribute

TP Group

• Currently running critical WebLogic Server apps on VMWare• Considering switching to Oracle VM• Tested complex network configurations with multiple NICs with

VLAN and 4 server cluster configurations and live migrations

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CERN and WebLogic Server Virtual Edition

"We have tested the Oracle WebLogic Server with Oracle JRockit Virtual Edition in the context of the CERN Openlab partnership and we have found impressive benefits for our organization. This solution significantly simplifies the maintenance of our middleware solutions and provides a cost-effective scalability on demand as it runs without a guest operating system. Overall, WebLogic Server with JRockit Virtual Edition will allow us to respond faster to the request of our users”

- Carlos Garcia Fernandez, Computer Scientist, CERN

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Key Takeaway Messages

• Application aware virtualization• Virtual appliances & assemblies• Simplified and operationally efficient Java

EE virtualization• Higher performance, higher density for Java

virtualization

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Oracle Cloud PlatformA future Hardware View

Exadata

Oracle VM for x86

Cloud Management

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Configuration Mgmt

Lifecycle Management

Application PerformanceManagement

Application QualityManagement

Database Grid

Oracle Enterprise Linux

Servers

Storage

Physical and VirtualSystems Management

Ops Center

Oracle Applications

Data as a ServiceISVApplications

JRockit VE

Application Grid

Virtual Assembly Mgmt

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