The IBM Platform Cloud Service
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The IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service offers a high-performance solution for managing distributed systems with exceptional scalability and reliability, catering to over 2000 customers, including major commercial and financial enterprises. It addresses common challenges in cloud deployment such as performance, privacy, security, and cost transparency through dedicated infrastructure, hybrid cloud flexibility, and robust support services. The service is designed for organizations needing to economically scale computing capacity for high-performance applications.
The IBM Platform Cloud Service
- 1. The IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service Solution Overview
- 2. Industry-leading workload management • 20 years managing distributed scale-out systems with 2000+ customers in many industries • High performance workload management combined with intelligent resource scheduling engine • Unmatched scalability (small clusters to global grids) and production-proven reliability • Heterogeneous – manages System x and Power plus 3rd party systems, virtual and bare metal, accelerators / GPU, cloud, etc. • Shared services for both compute and data intensive workloads • Integrated solutions with vertical reference architectures 23 of 30 largest commercial enterprises 60% of top financial services companies Over 5M CPUs under management 2 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 3. Customer Challenges § Spikes in demand Demand over time Capacity 3 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 4. Customer Challenges § Spikes in demand § Limited staff or CapEx budget 4 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 5. Customer Challenges § Spikes in demand § Limited staff or CapEx budget § Need to focus on priority projects 5 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 6. But … Deploying high-performance applications in the cloud can be harder than it seems! 6 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 7. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance Clients may experience poor or unpredictable performance making it impossible to guarantee service levels 7 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 8. Exceptional performance § Bare-metal, dedicated infrastructure § Fast networks, specialized hardware § Advanced data management Meet performance goals in less time at a lower cost 8 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 9. Exceptional performance Benefit from continual technology refresh Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Performance Cloud resources Benefit from continuous infrastructure upgrades Onsite resources Performance remains fixed for the life of the assets 9 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 10. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance § Privacy & security concerns Concerns about placing sensitive data on a shared infrastructure where it may be visible to others, legal requirements, geographic boundaries etc.. 10 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 11. Security and data integrity § Dedicated, isolated environment § Each cluster isolated on private VLAN § Secure, encrypted tunnel § Secure, reliable file system § Decomissioned disks scrubbed with DoD approved methods 11 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 12. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance § Privacy & security concerns § Lack of cost transparency Concerns about escalating costs and being locked into a “public cloud only” approach without the freedom to run applications locally as needs evolve 12 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 13. Cost transparency & flexibility assured § Dial resources up and down as needed § Retain flexibility to deploy on-premise or in the cloud § Burst to cloud resources based on business policies § Reporting, usage-based accounting On-premise On-cloud 13 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 14. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance § Privacy & security concerns § Lack of cost transparency § Local points of presence Local in-country presence for better network performance, or to meet specific legal or regulatory requirements 14 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 15. Massive, global datacenter footprint India China Tokyo Hong Kong Singapore Melbourne Seattle San Jose Los Angeles Denver Houston Mexico City Chicago Dallas Toronto Montreal New York City Washington D.C. BRAZIL Atlanta Miami Amsterdam London Frankfurt Paris Sydney New Data centers in 2014 Data center and Point of Presence Network Point of Presence 15 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 16. Massive, global datacenter footprint § 100,000+ servers § 21,000 customers § 20,000,000 active domains § 40 data centers, 5 continents § Global DNS, DDOS mitigation 16 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 17. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance § Privacy & security concerns § Lack of cost transparency § Local points of presence § Unique requirements Some applications have unique requirements – fast interconnects, parallel file systems, specialized hardware 17 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 18. Challenges deploying applications in the cloud § Performance § Privacy & security concerns § Lack of cost transparency § Local points of presence § Unique requirements § Support You are an expert in your application, but you don’t want to be an expert in cluster and workload management. Also, you may not have budget for additional required infrastructure 18 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 19. 7x24 Platform Computing Cloud Operations Team 7x24 proactive support, automated alerting / notification HW usage accounting, flexible reporting & billing Extensive pre-delivery testing – flex up / flex down Secure VPN tunnel, hybrid cloud configuration IBM® Platform LSF ® or IBM Platform™ Symphony deployment Optional parallel file system for data management OS Installation & configuration Physical provisioning of bare-metal infrastructure 19 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 20. Introducing … The IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service – Delivering a versatile, application ready cluster in the cloud for organizations that need to quickly and economically add computing capacity. 20 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 21. IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service Application Application Application Application Application IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service (SaaS) IBM® Platform LSF ® IBM ® Platform™ Symphony Elastic Storage based on GPFS technology SoftLayer, an IBM Company Infrastructure 24X7 Cloud Ops Support 21 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 22. Private, public or hybrid clouds On-premise infrastructure IBM Platform Computing on-premise clusters, grids or clouds – IBM Platform LSF (technical computing), IBM Platform Symphony (analytics) On-cloud infrastructure Deploy on-cloud or burst as needed to consume unlimited high-performance bare-metal resources in the IBM Softlayer cloud 22 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 23. The IBM Platform Computing Cloud Service § Purpose-built for high-performance applications § Deployed and managed by the experts § Best-in-class cluster and workload management § Dedicated infrastructure for outstanding performance § Hybrid cloud for cost transparency and flexibility § Multiple points of presence and additional security § Proactive, top quality support 23 © 2014 IBM Corporation
- 24. Thank You 24 © 2014 IBM Corporation