Agile Infrastructure built on OpenStackBuilding The Next Generation Data Center with OpenStack

John Griffith, Senior Software Engineer, SolidFire, @jdg_8

Public Cloud Has Raised the Bar

…driving the transformation of enterprise IT globally

The Silo’ed Infrastructure Model Is Unsustainable

Source: http://www.wired.com/2012/05/stuck-in-silo/

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Legacy Data CenterSingle Tenant

Isolated work loadsDedicated Infrastructure

Scale-upPre-provisioned capacity

Hardware definedProject Based

Manual Administration

Next Generation Data CenterMulti-tenant Mixed workloadsShared infrastructureScale-outCapacity on demandSoftware definedSelf serviceAutomation

Entering a whole new world…

Regardless of the name, desired outcomes are the same

Next Generation Data Center

Software Defined Data Center Infrastructure 2.0 Cloud Computing

Private Cloud IT-as-a-Service

Agile Scalable Automated Predictable

A Fundamental Shift In App Design & Delivery

Apps span VMs

Data stored in scalable DBs, cached in memory tiers

Interaction via API, web or mobile

Apps run on a computer

Data stored in files

Interaction via UI

Legacy Data Center Next Generation Data Center

The entire datacenter has become one big computer

…is the operating system

The “Community” is what makes it work

Users

Service Providers

Vendors

Distributions

Expanding the Reach of The Next Generation Data CenterAgile

Scalable

Automated

Predictable

There are costs however• Shift in how we think about resource

availability• Best practice requires change in how we

design and write our apps• Dizzying number of options and choices,

need to invest time and effort to sort it all out

It’s up to you!

Block Storage in OpenStack / Cinder

Architected to provide traditional block-level storage resources to other OpenStack services

Presents persistent block-level storage volumes for use with OpenStack Nova compute instances

Manages the creation, attaching and detaching of these volumes between a storage system and different host servers

Ability to choose

Plugin architecture, multiple choices for backend storage

Don’t have to choose just one Use the storage that fits your needs Mix of proprietary and open-source choices

Multiple Back ends together

What you build on matters

Considerations for what to build with• High-level of integration and support with OpenStack• Flexible scalability for ever-changing environments• Automation integration via APIs• Resiliency for increased reliability and uptime• Predictable performance (not just fast)• What will I be using it for• What *might* I be using it for

SolidFire Storage and SolidFire AI• A different kind of Reference Architecture

• Flexibility• Options• On ramp to OpenStack

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Commodity hardware Horizontal scale-out design Optimized for mixed workloads

Software Dev. Lifecycle Web-scale apps Persistent block storage Database consolidation

SolidFire AI for OpenStackPre-validated converged infrastructure design

Software Defined pools of compute, networking & storage

Operational Benefits of AI

Agile

<30 minutes to provision from bare metal to OS<30 minutes to install and configure OpenStackAutomated

Linear Scalability of compute & storage nodesScalable

Maintain consistent performance via Guaranteed QoSPredictable

Integrated Effiency with cluster wide dedupe & compression27U rack footprint - 360 cores, ~1000 vCPUs, 250k IOPS, 60TBs

Efficient

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Leading Converged Performance and Economics

• 2.5x IOPS per GB • 80% less footprint• 50% lower cost

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…but best of all

• Completely open architecture• No lock-in on compute, storage,

networking or software• Fully leverage the OpenStack

ecosystem over time

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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You

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Location MonthLondon June

Chicago July

Herndon, VA August

New York, NY September

Boston, MA October

Charlotte, NC November

Seattle, WA December

OpenStack & Enterprise Roadshow

Accelerating The Journey To The Next Generation Data Center

The Block Storage Choice for OpenStack