Simplicity as a ServiceCure Server Sprawl with Enterprise Cloud

Today’s Virtual Private Cloud Expert

Bryan Thompson, Tier 3VP of Product ManagementBryan oversees the development and delivery of Tier 3’s platform and services.

Tier 3Tier 3 unleashes business agility through unique, enterprise-class cloud services and software that puts global companies on the path to IT as a Service.

Today’s Agenda

Cloud is a Top Priority

What is Server Sprawl?

The Solution: Tier 3 Enterprise Cloud

Combating Server Sprawl: A Step-by-Step Plan

Summary & Questions

CIOs Rank Cloud as a Top Priority

* = New Response Category, Top categoriesSource: Gartner - The 2011 CIO Agenda

Perception has gone from vendor hype to IT priority

20092010

Cloud Computing 1 2 16 *

Virtualization 2 1 3 3

Mobile Technologies 3 6 12 12

Web 2.0 10 3 15 15

2011 2008

Business and IT Leaders Say Cloud Enables Agility

SOURCE: Global Business Agility Survey, February 2011

80%+ associate business agility with revenue growth, cost reduction, and risk management

63% agree cloud can have a significant impact in making business more agile and responsive

Companies with enterprise-wide cloud deployments are 3x more likely to achieve business agility that is “much better than competition”

Cloud Computing

IT Agility

Business Agility

Business Performance

Business Agility with Virtual Private Cloud

Back Office Applications

Proof of Concept / Lab

Line of Business Applications

Web Front End

Disaster Recovery

Using Cloud to Achieve True “IT as a Service”

On-Premise Infrastructure

ControlHas full control over

environment

SecureKnown security,

predictable performance

LeverageInvestment in technology,

people and process

Public Cloud

AgilityRespond quickly to the

demands

CostTransparent and

controllable costs

ElasticityScalable Capacity

Economics and agility of cloud without sacrificing control

Connection

InternetDirect Connect

VPN

Datacenter/Cloud

Server sprawl occurs when physical or virtual servers are overprovisioned or running at a low usage rate, wasting datacenter and/or server resources.

What is Server Sprawl?

ExcessExcess

AppApp

Idle Server or VM

“On average, an environment of 150 VMs has anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 locked up in redundant VMs.”

Source: CIO.com

Procedural and Computing Inefficiencies Lead to Server Sprawl

Traditional Physical Systems× Future-proofing requires

excess compute capacity

× Long lead time to provision and scale resources

× Servers often left running even after app is retired

Traditional Cloud Systems× Not enough visibility into, or

control over, compute resources

× No policy-based management to optimize resource usage

Planned Capacity

Actual Usage

Time

Com

pute

Pow

er

Traditional Provisioning

Simple scaling and VM spin-down through abstraction and automation

Visibility and controls to optimize resource utilization, while retaining cloud agility

Enterprise features such as automated build-outs mitigate extraneous resources

Control costs through policy-based management

The Server Sprawl Solution: Tier 3 Enterprise Cloud

Intuitive, Robust Provisioning

• Provision Linux and Windows servers in any global data center

• Create reusable server templates and upload unique software packages

• At-a-glance utilization, performance and billing information

Integrated Advanced Orchestration

• Author system Blueprints from any combination of servers

• Publish Blueprints for public or private use

• Incorporate software and scripts into the build pipeline

Superior Operational Management

• Perform bulk maintenance, software installation activities

• Set inherited access permissions & performance monitors

• Define default server resource profiles and capacity thresholds

Cloud-enabled Operational Agility & Efficiency

Tangible ROI: reduce time to market, complexity, and operational burden

Cloud Group Server Management

Save Time

Make servers easy to find by logically arranging them

Trigger maintenance activities on all servers at once

Install software on all servers within a Group

Set inherited monitors and analyze Group performance

Increase Security

Restrict access using per-Group permission policies

Use inherited permissions in nested Group structures

Save MoneySet preferred machine size through default settings

Prevent over-provisioning by defining resource limits

Tier 3 Group Server Management Examples

Scheduled Tasks

Shut down non-critical environments at the close of business and start up the next day to cut down idle resource costs.

Monitoring Policies

Apply an overarching set of monitors and alert settings that track resource utilization, allowing VMs to be provisioned with less capacity and scaled on the fly as needed.

Bulk Updates

A system administrator runs a PowerShell script to turn off the Windows Firewall service on 35 servers that have other protection agents in place.

1. Audit your company’s applications. Determine where your apps are running and what machines are idle or overprovisioned.

2. Establish policies and a service provider mentality. The right approach makes comprehensive compute management an easy decision for the business.

3. Leverage predefined templates to ensure proper VM sizing. Optimize resource usage across applications and environments.

4. Take advantage of monitoring and scheduled tasks. Automatically spin down idle resources and scale VMs on the fly.

5. Establish an ongoing review process. Ensure proper resource utilization at a regular cadence.

Top 5 Recommendations to Combat Server Sprawl

Reduces Management Complexity and Cost• Group management and internal chargeback capabilities

Exceeds Security and Compliance Requirements• Direct connection to SSAE16 audited environment• Can help customers achieve PCI and HIPAA compliance

Increases Business and Operational Agility• One-click deployment of best practice-enabled environments• Automated monitoring, reporting, patching, and scaling

Keeps your Business Running• Disaster recovery and client backup always standard• Risk mitigation for 99.999% uptime SLA across all layers• Enables geo targeted solutions

Finding the Right Enterprise Cloud Partner

Tier 3 Enterprise Cloud Services

Secure, High Performance Infrastructure as a Service

Platform as a Service for Developer Agility

Data Fabric (DBaaS) Plus Additional Unified Cloud Services

… All Built on Tier 3’s Enterprise Cloud Platform

Technology Partners