Apps Associates - Insmed INNOVATE16- EBS on the AWSCloudREV
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The document summarizes Insmed's migration of their Oracle E-Business Suite environment to AWS cloud hosting. It describes Insmed's drivers for moving to AWS including flexibility, pay-as-you-go costs, and future plans for additional AWS applications. It outlines Insmed's journey working with Apps Associates to implement the migration over six months, establishing environments in AWS. It also discusses operational considerations for hosting Oracle ERP on AWS and Insmed's positive observations since the migration such as lower costs and improved disaster recovery capabilities.
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Apps Associates - Insmed INNOVATE16- EBS on the AWSCloudREV
- 1. Migrating and Hosting Oracle E-Business Suite on the AWS Cloud Thiru Sadagopan Apps Associates LLC Chris Colucci Mark Pellegrino May 19, 2016
- 2. Today’s Speakers • Thiru Sadagopan • VP, Cloud Services • Apps Associates LLC • Chris Colucci • Head, Enterprise Applications • Insmed CIO of the Year 2016 Public Company • Mark Pellegrino • Sr. Director, IT (CIO) • Insmed
- 3. • Insmed is a biotech pharma company with 147 employees • We have offices in the US and in six other countries • Our mission is to transform patients’ lives battling serious rare diseases • We are conducting the INS-212 CONVERT ™ Study throughout the world • Randomized, phase 3 open-label study in adult patients with NTM
- 4. Prior to AWS Migration and Hosting • Insmed decided to deploy an ERP solution to meet growth plans • Oracle, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics were considered • Oracle eBusiness Suite was chosen • Considered Oracle Cloud ERP but felt hosting in AWS aligned with strategy • Apps Associates chosen as the Oracle ERP Implementation partner • Deep strengths and references across industry verticals and Life Sciences in particular • Apps Associates introduced AWS platform as an option • Experience in helping organizations to adopt this method
- 5. Drivers for Considering AWS • Platform flexibility • Grow or shrink footprint and environments • Rapidly launch, archive, re-launch entire environments • Desire to limit additional investment in on-premises data center • Also considered Rackspace, Savvis and Terremark for this solution • Pay as you go • Not just a OpEx vs. CapEx argument • Pay for what you use • Future AWS-based applications in our plans
- 6. Journey to AWS • Chose an AWS Partner offering Oracle solutions • Apps Associates, AWS Partner with experiences deploying Oracle solutions to AWS • Managed hosted solution for Oracle E-Business Suite • Oracle competency—recognized by AWS Partner program • Managed Services Provider Competency – AWS Accreditation after Independent audit • Six month implementation of ERP • AWS Infrastructure launched in minutes • Direct Connect established through Light Tower to AWS East Region • Phased deployment of Dev, Test, QA and Prod environments • Utility Cost model let us pay for just what we used
- 7. Solution Description Thiru Sadagopan, VP Cloud Services Apps Associates LLC
- 8. “[Enterprise customers are] skipping the years of early getting-their-feet-wet, and immediately jumping in with more significant projects, with more ambitious goals…”
- 9. “Increasingly, organizations are asking what can’t go to the cloud, rather than what can…”
- 10. Why Oracle Applications on AWS Lower Cost of Operations • Pay for Use • Capex to Opex • Service Availability at minimal operational costs Flexible Contract Terms • No commitment for specific hardware configuration • Storage separate from Compute • Provision and Release as needed Scalability • Expand capacity with growth • Release under utilized capacity Agility to meet Business needs • Provision in minutes • Automation • Additional instances for development • Adapt easily to changes in business needs Backup and Disaster Recovery • Robust RTO and RPO • Low operational costs for DR solutions
- 11. Operational Considerations – Oracle ERP • Network access • Instance types, AMI, Oracle DB and Applications tier • Storage considerations • Security and controls • Housekeeping functions – Cloning, patching specific to Oracle ERP – Backups, monitoring configurations • Migration approach to AWS
- 12. AWS Locations Hosting E-Business Suite environment at multiple geographic location – regions • US-East for Primary Site • US-West for Failover/Disaster Recovery
- 13. Network Access • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) – Private subnet for DB and Apps tiers – Public subnet if public facing modules such as iSupplier • Reverse proxy often leveraged – Security groups for data firewalls – IPSEC tunnels commonly leveraged • AWS Direct Connect an option depending on other workloads Internet
- 14. Instance Types and AMI • High memory instances – R12 64-bit environments are well covered for performance requirements – 32 bit for Version of 11i of Oracle E-Business Suite is a challenge • Oracle maps to AWS cores for licensing options • Oracle or Red Hat Linux AMIs – Apply prerequisite rpms, kernel updates – Create custom AMI for future deployments – PV and HVM considerations
- 15. Database and Application Tiers • Same versions of OS is best practice • Shared file systems common for load balanced deployments – Single Database tier (non-RAC) – Single or multiple Applications tier • Cluster file systems • NFS is an option as well • Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
- 16. Elastic Cloud Computer (EC2) Basic unit of compute capacity Range of CPU, memory & local disk options 17 Instance types available, from micro through cluster compute to SSD backed Feature Details Flexible Run windows or Linux distributions Scalable Wide range of instance types from micro to cluster compute Machine Images Configurations can be saved as machine images (AMIs) from which new instances can be created Full control Full root or administrator rights Secure Full firewall control via Security Groups Monitoring Publishes metrics to Cloud Watch Inexpensive On-demand, Reserved and Spot instance types VM Import/Export Import and export VM images to transfer configurations in and out of EC2
- 17. Storage Options Simple Storage Service Highly scalable object storage 1 byte to 5TB in size 99.999999999% durability Elastic Block Store High performance block storage device 1GB to 16TB in size Mount as drives to instances with snapshot/cloning functionalities Glacier Long term object archive Extremely low cost per gigabyte 99.999999999% durability
- 18. Security
- 19. It’s a Shared Responsibility You and/or Your Service Provider IaaS Provider (AWS)
- 20. Access Control Encryption Networking Other • Identity and Access Management (IAM) • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) • Security Groups and Network ACL • Dedicated instances • Amazon Key Management Service • Amazon S3 Server- Side Encryption (SSE) • Amazon RDS Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) • AWS CloudHSM • Client-Side SDK Data Encryption • AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) • SSL Certificate Management • AWS Direct Connect • VPN • Service Health Dashboard • Cloudtrail • Trusted Advisor • Security Bulletins • Signed API Access • Amazon S3 Access Logs • AWS Marketplace Security Products • Best Practices • GovCloud Comprehensive Security Capabilities
- 21. Security Attestations, Reports and Certifications
- 22. Housekeeping Functions • Cloning for Oracle E-Business Suite – AMIs and snapshots can be leveraged with AWS CloudFormation scripts and bootstrapping to automate cloning • Monitoring – Easy to extend monitoring agents – Amazon CloudWatch metrics can be useful – Cloud based OEM 12c (optional) • Rapid deployment • Fully managed service
- 23. Migration Approach – EBS Suite Understanding present Infrastructure – Resource requirements Design & Build EBS Architecture Security design for EBS Suite Infrastructure build – Servers & Storage EBS DEV Applications build Clone form PROD Backup Infrastructure, Monitoring & Restore Validation Test/UAT Migration, UAT , Stress Testing, Regression Test Production Migration
- 24. Sample AWS Infrastructure for Oracle Apps US East AZ-1 Public Subnet Private Subnet Internet VPN Tunnel Production Test/Dev NMS NAT Corporate WAN US West Public Subnet VPC Private Subnet Internet Snapshot Replication or Data Guard Backup Snapshots App AppApp App CRP Backup Snapshots
- 26. Post AWS Observations • Lower infrastructure costs • Costs easily tracked on AWS invoices • Uptime equivalent to private third-party data center • Reconsidered our disaster recovery needs and capabilities • Expanded our network architecture to cover AWS regions • As well our current data center and business locations • Have deployed additional workloads to AWS • Card access, LAB Information Management System, LogRhythm
- 27. Future Plans Relative to AWS • Continued general migration to AWS instead of on-premises hardware replacements • Amazon WorkSpace was an asset for European operations • Used for consultants accessing data • Partners assisting with Accounting in the EU • Increased performance from standard VPN
- 28. Q & A Thiru Sadagopan Apps Associates LLC Chris Colucci Insmed Inc
- 29. Special Offer Oracle EBS Cloud Hosting Assessment • Assessment of Oracle EBS Environment • Overview of AWS Architecture • Migration roadmap and TCO analysis for Oracle ERP on AWS Complimentary for session attendees
- 30. Thank you