architecting scalable private clouds
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“Architecting Scalable Private Clouds”
Thomas Brenneke – President – Network Redux
FundamentalsWhat, Why and How of Private Clouds
o System Architecture
o Scalability
o Fault Tolerant
o Let’s Build One…
System Architecture5 Ingredients: Network Edge to Storage Backend
1) Network
2) Appliance
3) Virtualization
4) Storage
5) Management
NetworkThe Access Level
o High Availability
o Redundancy
o Segmentation
AppliancesExternalized Resources
o Firewalls
o Load Balancers
o Caching and Acceleration
o Appliances vs. VM’s
VirtualizationHypervisors, Hosts and Fault Tolerance
o Hypervisors
o Dynamic
o Work Load Balancing
o Fault Tolerance vs. HA
StorageOptions to Consider
o SAN vs. No SAN
o DRBD
oiSCSI/FC
o Speed
ManagementMaking Life Easier
o Provisioning
o Monitoring
o Backups
o DR
ScalabilityHorizontal and Vertical, Together
o Baking it in
o Horizontal vs. Vertical
o Assumptions
o Changing Technologies
Fault ToleranceAnd High Availability
o Expect No Less Than 4 Nines
o N+1 Everywhere
o Overhead vs. Uptime
Client ProfileStory of Building a Network
o Network
o Appliances
o Virtualization
o Storage
o Management
Questions?networkredux.com | @networkredux | @tbrenneke