high-performance data center for service providers solution brief

8/8/2019 High-Performance Data Center for Service Providers Solution Brief

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High-Performance

Data Center solutionsfor service providers

Solution Overview

Nortel Networks


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In the 1970s, corporate data lived in monolithic mainframes accessed by select gurus

behind locked doors. In the 1980s, that mainframe kingdom dissolved into a democracy

of desktop PCs, available to anyone with a shrink-wrapped box of software. In the

1990s, the Internet bonded those renegade PCs into networks that could now share

central, server-based applications.

Seeing a trend? The evolution is coming full circle, with a twist. Enterprises are reining

their information assets back in again... replacing desktop software with client-server

applications, consolidating information delivery into server farms, and exploiting the

Internet for critical data center requirements.

Given that IT managers are trying to do more with less, service providers have a key

opportunity at hand.

High-PerformanceData Center

solutions

If youre a service provider looking forthe right way to leverage your existingnetwork and move beyond commodityservices, Nortel Networks has theanswer with High-Performance DataCenters. Take advantage of innovationsin networking, content management,and security to provide IP-based data

center services as managed servicesoffered to enterprises.

Enterprise IT managers are primedto turn to service providers forpay-as-you-play data center services.Managed data center services wouldenable them to transition effectivelyfrom legacy to IP-based infrastruc-tures... from renegade computing todistributed computing with full

control, security, and accountability...and from individual desktops toconverged data centers equipped forfull business protection and continuity.


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The High-Performance Data Center isdefined more by its characteristics thanspecific architecture, because service-specific components can be mixed andmatched as needed. From customer

premises to data center core, NortelNetworks has developed new ways todeliver value and operating efficien-cies...new ways to create and propagateservices across managed IP networksand the global Internet. Our solutionincludes industry-leading componentsfor a comprehensive range of datacenter functions and managed serviceopportunities:

Ethernet switching with intelligent

management of traffic amongservers and devices

Virtual private networks connectingbranch offices and road warriors toheadquarters

High-performance security protec-tion without performance penalty

Intelligent routing and redirectionfor premium response times andresource utilization

High-speed optical connectivity

across metro and wide-areanetworks, or between data centers

High-availability content storage,caching, distribution, management,and accounting

You could start by adding an AlteonWeb Switching Module to an existingNortel Networks Passport 8600Routing Switch for Layer 2-7 trafficclassification, filtering, forwarding, and

routing to offer local and global serverload balancing as a managed service.Add a Nortel Networks Alteon SSLAccelerator to offer a service thatspeeds up processing-intensive secureconnections. Or add an AlteonSwitched Firewall to offer managedgigabit-speed firewalls as a serviceenhancement or stand-alone service.

Distributed intelligence and Web-optimized components transform the

IP intranet or Internet from a simpletransport infrastructure into a dynamic,efficient, flexible, manageable entitythat delivers specialized services andcontent.

With our High-Performance DataCenter infrastructure, you can supporthigh-value, high-margin contentdelivery, caching, Web hosting,eCommerce solutions, and more.Think big and start small, or think

early mover advantage and start big.Revenue and market-share benefitsscale with the solution.

What is a High-Performance Data Center?

From customer premises to data center core, Nortel Networks

has new ways to deliver value and operating efficiencies...

new ways to create and propagate high-value, high-margin

services across managed IP networks and the global Internet.


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Service providers can use High-Performance Data Center solutionsas the foundation for a new range ofmanaged services. The data centerarchitecture can be configured tosupport any or all of these solutions:

Secure Hosting Data Centerssupport a wide range of managedservices for enterprisessuch asnetwork-level security and relia-bility for critical eBusiness applica-tions, consolidation of servers andnetwork resources, and high-performance security withoutperformance penalties.

Massive processing throughput andtransport bandwidth now make itfeasible to store primary and dupli-cate sets of critical data in multipledata centers, in real timeto extendbusiness continuity services, real-time storage mirroring, and livebackup across service providernetworks.

Sophisticated security and content-management/delivery componentssupport managed firewalls, virtualprivate networks, hosted applica-tions, storage services, contentdelivery of static and streamingmedia, and moreas premiummanaged services.

Figure 1. High-Performance DataCenters benefits

New service opportunities onIP networks and the Internet

Offer end-to-end securityas enhancements or stand-alone services, with noperformance penalty.

Cost-effectively delivermassive content over the Webfor eLearning, Web hosting,and corporate Webcasts

Think beyond transport;use managed IP networksto deliver high-value, high-margin services and content.

Offer secure, managed IPVPN services to extend thereach of private corporatenetworks.

Maximize network efficiencywith caching, intelligentrouting, local/global serverload balancing, serveracceleration, and more.

Combine innovations inconnectivity, contentmanagement, and security todifferentiate service offerings.

Connect data centers atup to 10 Gbps for storagenetworking, data centerconsolidation, andbackup/recovery.

Migrate enterprise functionsonto the network, turn upservices on demand, extractnew value from existinginvestment.

High-Performance

Data Centers


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Optical Ethernet networked datacenters provide LAN-speed, highavailability interconnect servicebetween data centers for storagenetworking, data center consolida-tion, or backup/recovery.

This proven enterprise LAN tech-nology is now also the reliable, cost-effective, and speedy workhorse ofthe metropolitan area networkideally suited for high-performancedata center applications. WithOptical Ethernet, service providerscan provision data-center connec-tivity services in 1-Mbps incre-ments, from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps and10 Gbpsrunning over reliable,high-speed optical networks.

Content Delivery Networks(CDNs) efficiently and cost-effec-tively deliver massive volumes ofstatic and streaming-media contentover the Web for enterprise applica-tions, such as eLearning, Web sitehosting, and corporate Webcasts.

For service providers seeking tooffer content delivery as a managedservice, CDNs offer key advantages.By pre-positioning content close tothe users likely to request it, CDNssignificantly reduce bandwidth usageon the wide area network (WAN).Through caching, load-balancing,routing optimization, and otherstrategies, CDNs increase contentavailability and protect against serveroverload. By providing a faster andmore reliable access to content, thissolution drives popularity of newapplications.

In short, by empowering thenetwork to manage, share, anddistribute content more effectively,CDNs reduce hosting costs whileproviding premium-value service.


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New service opportunities. Deliverdifferentiated services such as high-quality, high-bandwidth data centerconnectivity and managed contentdelivery, support end-to-end securityfar beyond firewalls, turn up servicesand applications on demand, migrateenterprise functions onto the network,and extract new value out of existinginvestments.

Versatility in applications andnetworking. Far from being aprescribed architecture, the High-Performance Data Center is the nucleusfor delivering multiple traffic typesvoice, data, video, streaming mediausing multiple routing and securityprotocols, over multiple wireless andwireline transport mechanisms.

Customer value.Your enterprisecustomers benefit from higher-qualitybandwidth at lower cost, end-to-endsecurity for their valuable informationresources, better application responsive-ness and availability, reduced capital andoperating costs, and new ways to usethe Internet as a strategic tool.

Low-risk, modular service growth.Service providers can deploy select,high-performance service vehicleswhere they offer the greatest advan-tage, add complementary services/components at any point, and reapnew revenues on a schedule that suitstheir business case.

Premium security without a perfor-mance penalty. Usually the trade-off

for more stringent security is the latencythat comes with more processing over-head. Our unique approaches acceleratesecurity processing so performance isnot impacted.

High performance and resiliency.Optical connections between centraldata centers and networked storagecenters provide gigabit bandwidth andself-healing capabilitiessuch asResilient Packet Ringswhich recoverfrom network issues in less than asecond.

Lower capital and operating costs.The managed services model fordata center services provides unusualeconomy and scalability by sharinginfrastructure among multiple applica-tions and customers. Operationalcosts are further reduced by tightintegration of components, withcentral administration.

Support for quality of service (QoS).Network managers can define multipleclasses of servicehigh priority fordelay-sensitive applications and lowerpriorities for delay-tolerant applica-tionsalong with detailed proof ofperformance to support service levelagreements (SLAs).

More effective utilization of networkresources. Intelligent routing and load

balancing make optimal resource allo-cation decisions, locally or globally,based on up-to-date knowledge ofnetwork conditions and service expec-tations. New content delivery strate-gies, which place frequently usedcontent closer to users, can reducebandwidth requirements by 35 percentor more.

Carrier-class reliability. Our High-Performance Data Center componentsare designed for the rigors of thepublic service provider arena, withthe redundancy and recovery featuresrequired for premium five-ninesreliability.

Benefits of High-Performance Data Centers

High-Performance Data Center-enabledManaged Services: Web hosting Load balancing Global load balancing Server monitoring Firewalls SSL acceleration

IP-VPNs Content delivery/streaming media Intrusion detection Storage Backup/restore

Nortel Networks role in buildingHigh-Performance Data Centers:

High-speed switching

Enabling effective disasterrecovery

Secure connectivity

Optimizing the data path


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Who better to lead the evolutiontowards provider-based data centerservices than the company that hasbeen developing the worlds leadingservice provider networks for 100

years?

Nortel Networks is uniquely posi-tioned to provide High-PerformanceData Center solutions for serviceproviders. Our DWDM (dense wave-length division multiplexing) opticaltransport systems consistently top thechartsgarnering nearly 37 percentof the market in the third quarter of2001 (DellOro). Our next-generationSONET solutions led the market with

more than 48 percent share for thefirst three quarters of 2001 (YankeeGroup).

Nortel Networks was first to demon-strate WAN-compatible 10-GigabitEthernet, first to integrate DWDMand next-generation computing over10-Gigabit Ethernet, and first to carrylive video across 6,000 miles ofOptical Ethernet. Our robust Passport8600 platform captured the #2 spot in

its category with a 17.6 percent marketshare in 2001 (DellOro Group).

Nortel Networks Alteon WebSwitchesdeployed by more than5,000 service providers and enter-priseshas led the fixed market forfour years straight (DellOro). Our

Alteon SSL security platform captured61 percent of its worldwide marketin 2001, according to Infonetics. OurContivity VPN platforms have beenthe #1 choice of service providers andenterprises for several years in a row(Synergy Research Group) and wererecognized by Information Securitymagazine as a 2002 InformationSecurity Excellence award winner.

Service providers and enterprises in

45 countries have already deployedsolutions based on our High-Performance Data Center portfolio.For more information, visit our Website at: www.nortelnetworks.com/hpdc

Nortel Networks as your allyfor High-Performance Data Center solutions


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Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the worldcommunicates and exchanges information. The company is supplying its service provider andenterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-added

IP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Metro Networks, Wireless Networks, and OpticalLong Haul Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries.More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the web at:

www.nortelnetworks.com

For more information, contact your Nortel Networks representative, or

call 1-800-4 NORTEL or 1-800-466-7835 from anywhere in North America.

*Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the globemark design, Passport, OPTera, and Alteon are trademarks ofNortel Networks. All other trademarks are the property of their owners.

Copyright 2002 Nortel Networks. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subjectto change without notice. Nortel Networks assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document.

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