strategies to architecting ultra-efficient data centers

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Strategies to architecting ultra-efficient data

centersVinay Rathore

Sr. Director, Cloud & Data Center Marketing


Why care about Cloud?


Cloud is taking over

Access

AnywhereVideo Explodes

XaaS

2025: Total Annual Economic Impact of Cloud Technology up to $6.2 trillion

Today: 3x monthly cost of

owning DC vs. renting in cloud

Source: McKinsey 2013 Disruptive Technologies Report

Data Center Interconnect

Service

Provider

Network

1 HTTP request:

930x internal

network traffic

Search query:

1500 miles


ICP’s: Moving forward fast• Greenfield advantage

• No holdbacks from legacy

• Focus on innovation, speed &

performance

Telco’s: Forced to respond• AT&T Domain 2.0 – cloud based

architecture

• Verizon acquisition of Terremark

• NTT, Telefonica investment in SDN

Cloud Centric players are ramping their networks…Fast!

Source: ISI Group Report on Hyper-scale Capex Trends, Feb 2014

Big 7 ICP

Spend

ATT, VZ

Spend

2014


Cloud needs fast innovation• Technology is a tool to drive price down

• Leveraging Moore’s Law is a necessity

Speed to Market is essential• ICP’s: Sacrificing features for speed

• Operational simplicity is paramount

The Goal• Maximize profitability

This is a market truly driven by fast innovationC

ost

$

/Gb

Sa

les P

rice

The Innovation Gap

Need to shrink innovation gap

Time to Market --

Innovation Gap

t=time

Moore’s law expectation

Innovation

Reality


Market Trends Driving

Technology


The Challenges Data Center Operators will face

Power/Space

Bandwidth

Competitive

Advantage


Data Center Connectivity is Essential for Cloud

SP Neutral

Space +

Power

VPN

Connectivity

Value-Added

Large Enterprise Best Practice is solid movement to Cloud

Optical Network between

Data Centers is critical

Utility

Computing

(VM services)

Cloud Enabled

DCI/Cloud

Services

Advanced Cloud Architectures


Virtual Data Centers• Close to end user (customer)

• Act as single logical DC

• Shared compute& storage

Why VDC or Build New?• Customer demand

• Capture enterprise build opportunity

• Create stickiness/lower costs

Large enterprise • Executing this strategy as private builds

Data Centers: Getting closer to customers


What Cloud Operators Need for Network Infrastructure

Key Operational Pain Points:

> Scale > Floor Space > Power > Operational Complexity

ComputeStacked blades

StorageRacked units

MIPS GB

Need a rack & stack

solution for metro

cloud networks

NetworkBandwidth

Tb/s

?

Rack & Stack:

• Density

• Power

Efficiency

• Simplicity


So…how can transport vendors help

Cloud Operational

Model is Rack & Stack

• Space

• Power

• Simple install

ComputeStacked blades

StorageRacked units

MIPS GB

Data Center

Operators

Need Simple

Transport

Appliance

NetworkBandwidth

Tb/s

?

Scalable

Technology

Purpose-built

Platforms


Future Proof Technology:

Photonic IC’s (PIC’s)


Photonic Integration: Technology that scales with Cloud

100G PIC10G

1st GenRegional

100G PIC10G

2nd GenUltra long-haul

500G PIC100G CoherentSuper-channels

3rd Gen 4th Gen

1T PICCoherent

Super-channels5th Gen

2T PIC

4T PIC

8T PIC

ITU Fixed Grid ITU Flex Grid

Unparalleled Engineering600 discrete optical functions integrated

250+ fiber connects eliminated

2004 2009 2012

PIC

Ca

pa

cit

y

“As we move to the 100G era and beyond,

the use of photonic integration becomes

more pervasive and, ultimately, mandatory.”

– Sterling Perrin, Heavy Reading


Evolving to smaller/lower power 100G client optics

10W

15W

5W

CFP CFP2 CFP4 QSFP28

50cm2

100cm2

150cm2

Less Power

& Space

Data Center Operators need truly optimized technology


Optical SuperChannels• Single Fiber, Terabit capacity

• Scale & Simplicity

• Ultra-fast deployment

Photonic Integration enables scale & ease of use

Optical Super channels

SDN Enabled

On Demand Architecture

On-demand Architecture• Plug & Play, Point-n-click

• Automated, Simple user interfaces

• SDN Ready


Operational simplicity is essential in all elements

CLI &

SNMPv3

Vendor

Specific

NMS

SDN

APIs

Manage discretely or as a cluster

Login to System

CLI, NMS, SDN1

Assign IP/System

Name2

Provision circuit

and Activate

billing

3

Eliminates the need for specialized personnel


500GCapacity Example

2 RU space

~800 W MAX power

Passiv

e M

ux

11 RU space

1.8 KW MAX power

How PIC’s Drive Better Cloud Solutions

Discrete

(Traditional)

Optics

Photonics(Optical)

3rd party optics = ∑components

New Generation PIC – 500G

Maximal Integration of Amps

Electronics(DSP)

High Performance Coherent

Non-optimalCoherent

Photonic

Integrated

Circuit


Photonic integration = Less Space & Power

1Assumptions: 10Tb/s point to point connection, Cost of Power = $0.20/Kwh, Cost of

Rack Space = $1000/mo, Costs are CA colo power & space avg costs2Leading competitor as measured by ACG small form factor high capacity segment

0%

50%

100%

150%

200%

250%

300%

NON-PIC DCI Solution PIC based DCI Solution

60% Lower

Opex

4x

Space

1.9x

Power

Annual power costs

Annual space costs

PIC Based DCI

solution• 75% less space required

• 48% less power required

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An

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Conclusions

Can’t bet against cloud & Cloud PlayersThe Demand

Innovation will drive market leadersThe Winners

Choose the right technology & trade-offsThe Dynamics


Thank You

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