creating and managing a private or hybrid cloud: a strategy session
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Private and Hybrid Cloud: A Strategy Session
February 16, 2011
Your Panel Today
Bill Claybrook
is a marketing research analyst with 35 + years of experience in the computer industry with the last dozen years in Linux and Open Source. From 1999 – 2004, Bill was Research Director, Linux and Open Source, at The Aberdeen Group in Boston.
Marten Mickos
is the CEO of Eucalyptus. Mickos builds global disruptive businesses. As CEO of MySQL AB for seven years, Mickos grew that company from a garage start-up to the second largest open source company in the world.
Michael Crandell
is the CEO and a founder of RightScale. Crandell is a frequent speaker at cloud computing industry conferences, and he has played a major role in helping establish and promote openness and transparency in the cloud market.
Agenda
• Welcome• Market dynamics• Cloud use cases• When to consider private or hybrid• The importance of cloud management• Q&A
Please use the questions window to ask questions anytime!
Private and Hybrid Cloud on the Rise
• 48% using/planning to use
private clouds in 2011 (Osterman Research)
• Enterprise survey found that:o 44% have private cloud plans o 15% looking at public cloudso 21% focusing on hybrid clouds (Unisys)
• 70% of cloud systems management purchases in 2010 were for private clouds --- market will reach $2.5B by 2015 (IDC)
The Natural Rise of Hybrid Clouds
Typical Cloud Models• Public
o External to data centero Low investment hurdleo Security concernso Loss of control issues
• Privateo Internal to data centero High investment hurdleo Few security concernso Retain control
Typical Cloud Models• Hybrid
o Combination of public and private cloudso Operational flexibilityo Dynamic scalabilityo Flexible security managemento Retain controlo Best bang for dollar
Place applications and data on most appropriate cloud
Image source: CloudAve.com
About Eucalyptus• The world’s #1 open source private cloud platform• Infrastructure software that gives you the elastic power of
cloud on your own servers, within the security of your firewall• API-compatible with Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, EBS)• Supports all major hypervisors• Use cases: bursty workloads & transient apps• Users: leading brand owners with web/mobile presence, large
enterprises and government agencies• Just in 2010, over 25,000 Eucalyptus clouds were started up
all over the world
Eucalyptus partners
RightScale • The world’s #1 cloud management system• Managing cloud deployments for 4 Years – globally • More than 40,000 users; launched over 2MM servers• Powering the largest production deployments on the cloud
Cloud Management
• No lock-in• Utilize existing data centers• Geo-location• Price/performance• Compliance• ‘Single pane of glass’
• Private clouds• Public clouds
Unified management
Drivers and Use Cases?
“Lilly is leveraging RightScale's infrastructure management interface and services against appliance/application stacks in a ‘vending machine’ concept that allows self-service to infrastructure.”
- Dave Powers, Assoc. Information Consultant, Eli Lilly & Co.
Top 25 Information Managers 2010
Eli Lilly
The IT Vending Machine
When to consider private or hybrid?
Application Portfolio
Requirements Filter
Resource Pools
App 1
App 2
App N
Performance
Cost
Compliance
Reliability
VPC
Private Cloud:Internal DCColocated
Public Cloud
Security
App 1
App 2
App N
Workload deployment freedom
Why Cloud Management?
• Automation
• Agility & cost reduction
• Predictable, resilient
• Library of Solutions
• ‘App Store’ for the cloud
• Portable Solution Packs
• Control
• Sharing & permissions
• Accountability
• Tracking costs, audits
Get more with less
What to Consider – the Top 3
• How do I start?• Find enthusiastic groups with suitable use cases
• Bring Operations and Applications people together• The promise of cloud will materialize in the most powerful way if the
Ops and the Apps people realize they:• Can slightly modify their behavior to achieve fantastic gains• Success comes from working together on planning and coordination tasks
• Pick tools and systems that give you freedom of choice and the ability to go hybrid at any time• Avoid lock in
Why Eucalyptus + RightScale?
• Eucalyptus creates clouds• RightScale manages clouds • Two options:
o Open source: Register your Eucalyptus cloud w/ RightScale (no commercial offerings on RightScale)
o Commercial: Equivalent features, functionality and commercial offerings to that with RightScale & AWS
• Get started with a Proof of Concept engagement
+
1. Download Eucalyptus: open.eucalyptus.com
2. Get a RightScale Free account: www.RightScale.com
3. Schedule an evaluation for a Proof-of-Concept
Contact Info:
Eucalyptus: [email protected]; (866) 456-3822
RightScale: [email protected]; (866) 720-0208
More Info:
Eucalyptus: www.eucalyptus.com
Webinar archive: www.RightScale.com/webinars
Q&A - Getting Started
Thank You!