Cloud Computing Services And The Data Center
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The document discusses cloud computing services and their impact on data centers. It begins with definitions of key cloud computing concepts like clusters, grids, service-oriented architecture, and virtual data centers. It then outlines various cloud services like SaaS, PaaS, and DCaaS. The document considers who should and should not use cloud services based on factors like predictable demand. It profiles several major companies involved in cloud computing and their offerings. It also examines how cloud services affect reliability and what they may mean for data centers, which could see a shift to fewer, larger, and hardened facilities.
Cloud Computing Services And The Data Center
- 1. Cloud Computing Services and the Data Center Timothy M. Kunau, MS Senior Enterprise Architect Reliable Resource, Inc. 5510 Feltl Road Minnetonka, MN 55343 USA +011 1 (612) 279-0415 www.relres.com
- 2. Agenda • Definitions • Services • Who should use Cloud Services • Companies Involved • How Cloud Services affect reliability • What does it mean for the Data Center • Questions
- 3. “The rise of the cloud is more than just another platform shift that gets geeks excited. It will undoubtedly transform the IT industry, but it will also profoundly change the way people work and companies operate.” —The Economist, “Let it Rise,” 10/3/08
- 4. Definitions • Cluster • Compute (HPC) • High Availability • Grid • Smart Grid • SOA (services) • SaaS A collection of services and • Cloud supporting systems operating as a single resource. • VDC
- 5. Definitions • Cluster • Compute (HPC) • High Availability • Grid A geographically distributed • Smart Grid collection of services and • SOA (services) supporting systems dedicated to • SaaS a community of users, designed • Cloud and configured to operate as a single resource. • VDC
- 6. Definitions • Cluster • Compute (HPC) Service Oriented Architecture: • High Availability A set of Interfaces (APIs) built on • Grid a dynamic IT infrastructure • Smart Grid which can automatically adapt to • SOA (services) changing needs without • SaaS disruptions to running • Cloud applications. • VDC
- 7. Definitions • Cluster The Cloud • Compute (HPC) • High Availability • Grid • Smart Grid Applications, data, compute, and • SOA (services) storage resources are managed • SaaS as an abstraction. This • Cloud collection of virtualized services is • VDC the cloud.
- 8. Definitions • Cluster • Compute (HPC) Virtual Data Center • High Availability • Grid • Smart Grid • SOA (services) • SaaS Virtual Data Center, provides • Cloud infrastructure on demand with little • VDC or no capital expense.
- 9. Services •Software As A Service (SaaS) •Processing As A Service (PaaS) •Storage As A Service (SaaS) •Information Technology As A Service (ITaaS) •Data Center As A Service (DCaaS)
- 10. Services •Software As A Service (SaaS) •Processing As A Service (PaaS) •Storage As A Service (SaaS) •Information Technology As A Service (ITaaS) •Data Center As A Service (DCaaS)
- 11. “In this architecture, the data is mostly resident on servers ‘somewhere on the Internet’ and the application runs on both the ‘cloud servers’ and the user’s browser.” —Eric Schmidt in ‘Information Factories’, by G. Gilder
- 12. Who should use Cloud Services? Yes No Is IT demand reasonably constant? Data Center Cloud Are growth predictions accurate? Data Center Cloud Is scaling predictable and planned? Data Center Cloud Is your user-base local? Data Center Cloud Is infrastructure agility a core strength? Data Center Cloud
- 13. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T Founded: 1994 • Enomaly Location: Seattle, WA • Google • GoGrid Services: Amazon Web Services • Microsoft including Elastic Computing Cloud • NetSuite (EC2) and Simple Storage Service • Rackspace (S3) for on-demand storage capacity. • Sun
- 14. Companies Involved • Amazon Founded: 1983 • AT&T Location: Dallas, TX • Enomaly • Google Services: Synaptic Hosting, an • GoGrid application hosting service. Pay • Microsoft for use of virtual servers and • NetSuite storage. Purchased • Rackspace USinternetworking in 2006 with presence in 30 countries. • Sun
- 15. Companies Involved • Amazon Founded: 2004 • AT&T Location: Toronto • Enomaly • Google Services: Elastic Computing • GoGrid Platform (ECP) integrates • Microsoft traditional data centers with cloud • NetSuite services. Manage internal and • Rackspace external resources from a single console. • Sun
- 16. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T Founded: 1998 • Enomaly Location: Mountain View, CA • Google • GoGrid Services: Google Apps, including • Microsoft Email, Calendar, and Word • NetSuite processing. Google App Engine • Rackspace provides dev groups with Platform as a Service. • Sun
- 17. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T • Enomaly Founded: 2008 • Google Location: San Francisco, CA • GoGrid • Microsoft Services: GoGrid web-based • NetSuite storage and Windows and LINUX • Rackspace virtual servers with Open Source tools: Apache, MySQL, and PHP. • Sun
- 18. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T • Enomaly Founded: 1975 • Google Location: Redmond, WA • GoGrid • Microsoft Services: Azure, Windows as a • NetSuite Service platform. • Rackspace In beta until Q3 2009. • Sun
- 19. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T • Enomaly • Google Founded: 1998 • GoGrid Location: San Mateo, CA • Microsoft • NetSuite Services: Business software suite • Rackspace including e-commerce, ERP, CRM, and accounting. • Sun
- 20. Companies Involved • Amazon • AT&T • Enomaly • Google Founded: 1998 • GoGrid Location: San Antonio, TX • Microsoft • NetSuite Services: Rackspace Cloud, aka • Rackspace Mosso, consists of Cloud Sites, Cloud Files, and Cloud Servers. • Sun
- 21. Companies Involved • Amazon Founded: 1982 • AT&T Location: Santa Clara, CA • Enomaly • Google Services: Professional services • GoGrid designed to build global • Microsoft customers' clouds. "The Network • NetSuite is the Computer". • Rackspace Recently purchased by Oracle. • Sun
- 22. How Cloud Services affect reliability • Customization is limited, simplifying and reducing the number of interface dependencies. Dependencies become explicit. • Applications must be designed to take advantage of cloud service fault tolerance. Current services may not support your application architecture. • Support for regulatory DR and RTO requirements? • Internal SLAs covered by external customer service? • “Where is my data?”, logically and geographically? • Connectivity becomes critical.
- 23. What does it mean for the Data Center? • An open question. • Data Center on demand. • Little or no capital investment. • Services will be additive. • Privacy concerns, network bandwidth, and political hurdles will slow adoption as the segment matures. • Ultimately, cloud services may drive a move to fewer, larger and hardened data centers.
- 24. Questions
- 25. Thank You Timothy M. Kunau, MS timk@relres.com