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Hybrid IT with SoftLayer®

Dr. Khoa Huynh, Cloud Integration ArchitectSmart Cloud Innovation Lab, IBM Global Technology Services 06/17/2014 v4.2

2 IBM Federal Cloud Innovation Center © 2014 IBM Corporation

Agenda

IT Trends & SoftLayer Hybrid IT VMware@D/A <-> VMware@SoftLayer Video Demo (COOP/DR & VDI)

Also Contributing: Naeem Altaf Egan Ford Michelle Swenson Scott Winters


IT Trends & SoftLayer


The server market is shifting from a “Box” business to a “Box” and IaaS business (Hybrid)

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*Notes:1.Includes: x86 Server, Storage, and Networking2.“On Premise” includes the portion of x86 hardware that is not part of cloud spending for components or for consumption services3.“Total” includes “On Premise” plus IaaS spend as “services” for the combination of “measured” or served servers, storage, and networking hardware in lieu of the actual hardware being purchasedSource: IBM MI, GMV

On PremiseInflection Point

Cloud Wedge = IaaS Spend

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Why are customers moving to the cloud?Cheaper & faster is a powerful value proposition!

Federal Departments / Agencies

Broadly purchase IT services in utility-based model– Focus on Operational Expenditures (OpEx)– Pay for services consumed (rather than buying IT based on capacity)

Improve operational efficiencies, resource utilization, innovation across IT portfolio– Deliver better mission services & higher returns on American taxpayers’ money– Budget pressure to reduce costs

Implement “Cloud First” policy– White House’s 25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology

(December 2012) & Federal Cloud Computing Strategy (February 2013)


SoftLayer – A Global Hosting Leader

Customers 21,000 in 140 countries

Servers 110,000

Data Centers 14 (May 2014) + 14 more(2 with pending FedRAMP certification)


Standardized, Modular, Resilient InfrastructureOne platform, myriad solutions to serve a broad range of customer requirements for performance, isolation

• Each data center delivers the same portfolio of services

• Each pod is built to same specifications• Triple-network architecture

• Secure, fast, and unmetered private network within data center (server-to-server VLANs, server-to-services, VPN to VLANs, out-of-band management)

• Secure, unmetered connectivity between data centers

• High-performance public network

• One platform for public cloud servers, private clouds, bare-metal servers – all managed from single pane of glass

• Unified system management & APIs• Support for broad range of operating systems

and virtualization platforms

x86 Server

Bare Metal

Private Clouds

Virtual Servers

Public Clouds

Hybrid Clouds

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Full Range of ServicesFrom Dedicated Servers, Network Security Services, to Auto-Scaling

Advanced Services: Virtual Private Cloud+, Auto-scaling, MapReduce-as-a-Service


Infrastructure MattersSoftLayer vs. the Competition

‘Public Cloud’ Shared virtual infrastructure

Dedicated virtual infrastructure

‘Private Cloud’ Virtual Private Cloud

Build your own Hosted Private Cloud

Bare metal with your own stack

Bare metal (non-virtual) infrastructure

Dynamic-hybrid cloud Mix virtual, bare metal cloud, and on premise infrastructure

•Triple-network architecture•Unmetered private network bandwidth within and between data centers


Hybrid IT


Hybrid Cloud vs. Hybrid ITHybrid Cloud = A Subset of Hybrid IT

Hybrid Cloud = coordination / management of multiple clouds (public, private)

Hybrid IT = combination of internal IT models (cloud and non-cloud) with external cloud environments

Hybrid Cloud = a subset of Hybrid IT

Hybrid Clouds

Private Clouds

Public / Private Clouds

Extend

ApplicationsWorkloadsApplications

WorkloadsApplicationsWorkloads

Traditional, non-Cloud ITExtend

Hybrid IT


Hybrid ITSeamless Extension From Existing IT Infrastructure to Clouds

Cloud DataCentersTraditional IT Infrastructure / Private

Cloud

Existing & New Apps

Seamless Networking

Common Management

Common Support


Maximize value of existing IT investments and seamlessly extend into SoftLayer Cloud infrastructure – Seamlessly extend VMware®, OpenStack and

Citrix® environments into the SoftLayer cloud– Extend sanctioned security policies into SoftLayer– Reuse existing management tools, processes,

people, expertise– Leverage industry standards

Eliminate major barriers of entry– Improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs– Add cloud capabilities (e.g. social, mobile apps,

services, etc.) while not increasing complexity– Focus on operational expenditures – agility and

flexibility of a startup

Two new data centers (Dallas and Virginia) with pending FedRAMP certification

Why Hybrid IT with SoftLayer?

Onboardingto ESP

Intelligent Capacity Mgmt.

Cloudbursting

Consolidation/Migration

Availability/DR

Onboardingto ESP

Intelligent Capacity Mgmt.

Cloudbursting

Consolidation/Migration

Availability/DR

Hybrid IT

Private Clouds SoftLayerExtend



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* Source: Gartner Presentation: High-Tech Tuesday Webinar, May 2013, Authors: Laurie Wurster, Donna Scott

Top Hybrid IT Use Cases*


VMware@D/A VMware@SoftLayer


VMware@SoftLayer VMware@D/A

Why VMware & Why VMware@SoftLayer?

VMware is the dominant virtualization platform for Federal agenciesvCloud Suite addresses many hybrid use casesCommon vCloud Suite Tools between sites (ESX hypervisor & up)Common VM images between sitesSeamlessly extend existing processes, policies (e.g. security) into SoftLayerSelf-service portal & API-driven provisioning of bare-metal servers, storage & network constructs great flexibility in vSphere designMore choices & control of tools & architectures than vCloudUn-metered private network bandwidth


•Licensing•SoftLayer Provides vSphere Licenses

•vSphere & vCenter can be provisioned via SoftLayer’s Catalog and upgraded to vCenter 5.5 (using SoftLayer’s VSPP Licensing)

•Tenant’s own licenses

•Planning – physical infrastructure•Self-service portal & API-driven provisioning of Bare Metal server, network constructs, and storage Unique in Market place for VMware Customers

•Deployment•vSphere can be provisioned from SoftLayer portal or deployed via ISO (remote KVM/IPMI) or at scale via PXE •See VMware@SoftLayer cookbooks: http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/deploy-vmwaresoftlayer•SoftLayer Services & Support team can provide guidance and management assistance or vSphere can be deployed via ‘Self Service’

Licensing , Planning, Provisioning, Deployment


vSphere ESX VMDK StorageSoftLayer provides the following storage options: •iSCSI storage via self-service EqualLogic (EQL) targets or QuantaStor (QS) option•NFS storage via QuantaStore (QS) option•VMware vSAN-compliant storage provisioned on SoftLayer ESX servers (self-service)

VM Guest Access Storage•SoftLayer provides scalable and cost-effective NAS storage that can be accessed via FTP or CIFS•Object Storage service provided by SoftLayer utilizing OpenStack Swift

Data Encryption•Data at rest:

•Vormetric, SafeNet, Porticor, etc.•In-guest options (BitLocker, eCryptfs, etc.)

•Data in transit:•L2TP/IPsec, VPN, TLS/SSL (https), etc.

Storage (iSCSI, NFS, vSAN, NAS)

Note: •VMware@SoftLayer enterprise-grade architectures can be deployed and linked with VMware@On-Premise


Network & Security

SoftLayer-Provided Security Services• Leverage SoftLayer-provided security services (e.g. IPS/IDS, AV Scan, and Vulnerability Assessments) with vSphere implementations

Flexible Design•Direct links between D/A internal networks and SoftLayer – fast, secure, and unmeteredhttp://www.softlayer.com/direct-link•18 PoPs worldwide (incl. Dallas and D.C)•Access & manage private networks through SoftLayer VPN:http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/topic/vpn


•OVF (Open Virtualization Format) Transfer• OVF transfer of VMs and VM templates can be done with

NO modification to the VM Guest OS or the VM itself•VMware vCloud Connector

• Can be deployed and utilizes OVF transfer to automatically keep VM template catalogs in sync & even provide VPN

•vSphere Host-Based Replication• ESX Hosts replicate running VMDKs regardless of

underlying physical storage tier•VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

• SRM can provide a fail-over / migration mechanism utilizing host-based replication or storage replication

• SRM can also be used to migrate workloads back and forth

•vSphere Storage vMotion• Multi-site clusters can be deployed and traffic optimized to

allow vMotion events.

VMware@SoftLayer Cookbooks:http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/deploy-vmwaresoftlayer

Migrating Workloads to VMware@SoftLayerWith Un-metered Private Network Bandwidth


All existing on-premise IT control and management platforms can be seamlessly extended into VMware@SoftLayer

• Cloud Provisioning/Management Platform• Cloud Monitoring• Cloud Security & Compliance

Note:SoftLayer Services & Support Team can assist integrating existing cloud management environments and Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BCDR) strategies with your vSphere environments @ SoftLayer or help architect one that suits your business model/needs.


Managing VMware@SoftLayer


SoftLayer-Provided BURA Services•eVault (VM guest/agent-based)

•Centrally managed backup service•Managed by SoftLayer•Billed per volume of data stored•Requires agent access for VMware environments (not VADP enabled)

• idera (VM Guest/Agent Based)•Backup service implementation licensed & supported by SoftLayer but administered by the tenant•Requires agent access for VMware environments (not VADP enabled)

Tenant-Provided BURA Services 3rd Party (VADP-enabled and/or Agent-based)

•vSphere Data Protection (VDP)•Customer can implement/extend existing VDPA and/or VMware Partner based solutions to VMware@SoftLayer


Backup Archival & Recovery (BURA)eVault, Idera, 3rd Party

SoftLayer Service - Agent Based

3rd Party - VADP Based


VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) can be leveraged to implement a workload ‘Failover’ / ‘Failback' architecture:

• VMware@On-Premise <-> VMware@SoftLayer• VMware@SoftLayer <-> VMware@SoftLayer• One to One or One to Many

IBM Business Continuity / Resiliency Service (BCRS) can be leveraged to build custom COOP/DR scenarios with vSphere workloads:http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/it-services/business-continuity/disaster-recovery/

Note: FREE private network traffic!


Continuity Of Operations / Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR)VMware SRM, IBM BCRS


SoftLayer is the best platform for Hybrid IT Preserve existing IT investments – Seamlessly extend into

SoftLayer cloud platform

Add cloud capabilities without increasing complexity

Improve operational efficiencies, reduce costs

Focus on operational expenditures – not capital expenditures

What You Can Do Next Explore SoftLayer Portal (http://www.softlayer.com/)

Join us for upcoming SoftLayer and Bluemix Events:– Washington DC Bluemix MeetUp (June 26th)– TEC: Federal Bluemix Day (August 6th)

Further Information / Questions?Khoa Huynh – [email protected]

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