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Data Centers and Cloud Computing Data Centers
Data Centers and Cloud Computing Data Centers • Large server and storage farms – 1000s of servers • Intro. to Data centers – Many TBs or PBs of data • Virtualization Basics • Used by – Enterprises for server applications – Internet companies • Intro. to Cloud Computing • Some of the biggest DCs are owned by Google, Facebook, etc • Used for – Data processing – Web sites – Business apps Computer Science Lecture 22, page 2 Computer Science Lecture 22, page 3 Inside a Data Center MGHPCC Data Center • Giant warehouse filled with: • Racks of servers • Storage arrays • Cooling infrastructure • Power converters • Backup generators • Data center in Holyoke Computer Science Lecture 22, page 4 Computer Science Lecture 22, page 5 Modular Data Center Virtualization • ...or use shipping containers • Each container filled with thousands of servers • Can easily add new containers • Virtualization: extend or replace an existing interface to – “Plug and play” mimic the behavior of another system. – Just add electricity – Introduced in 1970s: run legacy software on newer mainframe hardware • Allows data center to be easily • Handle platform diversity by running apps in VMs expanded – Portability and flexibility • Pre-assembled, cheaper Computer Science Lecture 22, page 6 Computer Science Lecture 22, page 7 Types of Interfaces Types of OS-level Virtualization • Different types of interfaces – Assembly instructions – System calls • Type 1: hypervisor runs on “bare metal” – APIs • Type 2: hypervisor runs on a host OS • Depending on what is replaced /mimiced, -
Deploy, Operate, and Evolve Your Data Center: HP Datacenter Care
Brochure Deploy, operate, and evolve your data center HP Datacenter Care The data center is evolving—shouldn’t Improve agility, scalability—react at the your support keep pace? speed of business Historically, business-critical IT has been delivered on dedicated, HP Datacenter Care service is designed to support this homogenous, and proprietary infrastructures. In this siloed results-oriented approach by providing an environment-wide IT model, performance, uptime, and security outweighed support solution tailored to your needs. HP Datacenter Care considerations of speed, agility, and cost. Now, however, the trends is a flexible, comprehensive, relationship-based approach to of mobility, big data, and cloud computing are fundamentally personalized support and management of heterogeneous data changing how you deliver information, and how technology is centers. Datacenter Care is a structured framework of repeatable, implemented, moving closer to unconstrained access to IT. tested, and globally available services “building blocks.” You have an account support manager (ASM) who knows your business and your IT is delivered as services anywhere, across hybrid deployments of IT environment, and who can help you select the services you need private, managed, and public cloud, as well as traditional IT. It’s what from an extensive portfolio of support and consulting services. The HP is developing as the Converged Cloud, and it can finally allow ASM leverages our experience in supporting complex environments, enterprises to achieve business agility, with choice and improved global support partnerships, and technical expertise. ROI. Today, HP is a leader in the industry for support services, for customers worldwide who need to keep their systems running, So you get exactly the services you need—when and where you reduce costs, and avoid issues. -
Beyond Agility: How Cloud Is Driving Enterprise Innovation
Beyond agility How cloud is driving enterprise innovation IBM Institute for Business Value Executive Report Cloud How IBM can help IBM Cloud enables seamless integration into public and private cloud environments. The infrastructure is secure, scalable and flexible, providing tailored enterprise solutions that have made IBM Cloud the hybrid cloud market leader. For more information, please visit ibm.com/cloud-computing. 1 The cloud revolution Executive summary has advanced Five years ago, enterprises were implementing cloud What if your organization could sharpen its competitive edge by becoming more nimble? primarily to streamline IT infrastructure and cut costs. What if your enterprise could shift industry economics in its favor? What if your company Today, organizations are unleashing the power of could foresee a new customer need and dominate the market? cloud as business optimizers, innovators and The cloud revolution is here now, delivering true business value to organizations. In disruptors. Where companies choose to direct their enterprises around the world, cloud adoption has moved beyond the stage of acquiring cloud initiatives depends on a variety of factors. technological agility and is now powering business innovation. These factors include their goals and strategies, how much risk they are willing to assume, their current In our 2012 cloud study, only a third of the senior executives we spoke with when developing competitive context and their customer needs. In this our report, “The power of cloud,” said they were planning, -
The Cloud-Enabled Data Center
A Revolutionary Technology Extending the Ultra-Broad Functionality of Ethernet White Paper May 2013 The Cloud-Enabled Data Center The Cloud-Enabled Data Center Introduction A growing number of organizations are adopting some form of cloud computing to meet the challenges of rapidly deploying their IT services and addressing their dynamic workload environments while maximizing their IT return on investments (ROIs). Cloud computing gives users the ability to access the IT resources faster than traditional and virtual servers. It also provides improved manageability and requires less maintenance. By deploying technology as a service, your users access only the resources they need for a specific task, which prevents you from incurring costs for computing resources not in use. In addition, developing a cloud-enabled data center can improve operational efficiencies while reducing operational expenses by 50%. Panduit, the leader in Unified Physical Infrastructure offerings, and IBM, a pioneer in delivering cloud computing solutions to clients, have joined forces to deliver optimized, custom and preconfigured solutions for the cloud- enabled data center. This white paper describes how network, storage, compute and operations are important factors to consider when deploying private and public cloud computing in the data center. Specifically, it examines integrated stack/pre- configured and custom cloud deployments. It also explains the importance of the physical infrastructure as the foundation in successful cloud deployment and maintenance. Finally, it showcases how IBM’s depth of experience in delivering systems and software for cloud solutions when combined with Panduit’s physical infrastructure expertise, provides a tremendous impact on room-level data center environmental and new-age topology. -
Cloud Computing Bible Is a Wide-Ranging and Complete Reference
A thorough, down-to-earth look Barrie Sosinsky Cloud Computing Barrie Sosinsky is a veteran computer book writer at cloud computing specializing in network systems, databases, design, development, The chance to lower IT costs makes cloud computing a and testing. Among his 35 technical books have been Wiley’s Networking hot topic, and it’s getting hotter all the time. If you want Bible and many others on operating a terra firma take on everything you should know about systems, Web topics, storage, and the cloud, this book is it. Starting with a clear definition of application software. He has written nearly 500 articles for computer what cloud computing is, why it is, and its pros and cons, magazines and Web sites. Cloud Cloud Computing Bible is a wide-ranging and complete reference. You’ll get thoroughly up to speed on cloud platforms, infrastructure, services and applications, security, and much more. Computing • Learn what cloud computing is and what it is not • Assess the value of cloud computing, including licensing models, ROI, and more • Understand abstraction, partitioning, virtualization, capacity planning, and various programming solutions • See how to use Google®, Amazon®, and Microsoft® Web services effectively ® ™ • Explore cloud communication methods — IM, Twitter , Google Buzz , Explore the cloud with Facebook®, and others • Discover how cloud services are changing mobile phones — and vice versa this complete guide Understand all platforms and technologies www.wiley.com/compbooks Shelving Category: Use Google, Amazon, or -
Comparison of Availability Between Local and Cloud Storage Leviathan Security Group
Comparison of Availability Between Local and Cloud Storage Leviathan Security Group limitless innovation. no compromise. Introduction The U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology denes cloud computing as having ve essential characteristics: on-demand self- service for provisioning, network access, the use of virtual machines to provide servers, rapid elastic provisioning and release of servers, and metering capability on the service provided.1 This paper seeks to answer whether, from the perspective of availability of data, especially in the face of natural or manmade threats to data and access, cloud computing is able to provide a greater benet than local data storage. For the purposes of this discussion, local data storage will include arrangements where data is kept on business premises or in a nearby datacenter, such as a colocation facility or other rigidly-provisioned resource. We will rst examine the signicant dierentiator that cloud computing provides in this space, and then examine dierent scales of threats to availability to see whether local data storage or cloud data storage fares better against known historical threats. 2 The Cloud Dierentiator: Geographic Redundancy At its heart, cloud computing and cloud storage are exactly the same as computing and storage provided through a datacenter or SOHO server; the cloud is made of computers. The dierence between cloud- based storage and local storage is that using cloud-based storage allows replication between separate geographic regions. Indeed, the key feature of -
Understanding the Cloud Computing Landscape
Chapter 1 Understanding the Cloud Computing Landscape Lamia Youseff, Dilma M. Da Silva, Maria Butrico, and Jonathan Appavoo Contents 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................2 1.2 Cloud Systems Classifications ......................................................................2 1.3 SPI Cloud Classification ...............................................................................2 1.3.1 Cloud Software Systems ...................................................................3 1.3.2 Cloud Platform Systems ....................................................................3 1.3.3 Cloud Infrastructure Systems ...........................................................4 1.4 UCSB-IBM Cloud Ontology .......................................................................4 1.4.1 Applications (SaaS) ...........................................................................5 1.4.2 Cloud Software Environment (PaaS) ................................................7 1.4.3 Cloud Software Infrastructure ..........................................................8 1.4.4 Software Kernel Layer .......................................................................9 1.4.5 Cloud Hardware/Firmware ...............................................................9 1.5 Jackson’s Expansion on the UCSB-IBM Ontology .....................................10 1.6 Hoff’s Cloud Model ...................................................................................11 1.7 Discussion ..................................................................................................13 -
Ovirt Storage Overview
Ovirt Storage Overview Jun 8 th, 2012 Barak Azulay Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 1 Agenda ● Defining the problem ● Roadmap ● Storage Domain ● How to contribute ● Storage Pool ● Q&A ● Example ● Domain Classes ● Domain Types ● File Domains ● Block Domains ● SPM ● Thin Provisioning Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 2 Defining the problem ● The requirements ● Manage tens of thousands of virtual disk images ● Each image potentially accessible from hundreds (thousands?) of nodes ● Support both file based storage as well as raw block devices ● The assumptions ● Exclusive access when used ● Big (X GBs) ● Centralized manager (can be HA in and by itself) Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 3 Defining the problem - guidelines ● High level, image centered API ● Cluster safe ● High performance (not in data path) ● Highly available ● no single point of failure ● Continues working in the absence of the manager ● Backing storage agnostic Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 4 Storage Domain ● A standalone storage entity ● Stores the images and associated metadata (but not VMs) Only true persistent storage for VDSM Domain Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 5 Domain Classes ● Data ● Master ● ISO (NFS only) ● Backup (NFS only) ● Domain classes are planned for deprecation Storage overview – oVirt workshop 2011 6 Domain Types ● File Domains (NFS, local dir) ● Use file system features for segmentation ● Block Domains (iSCSI, FCP, FCoE, SAS, ...) ● Use LVM for segmentation ● Very specialized use of LVM Storage overview – oVirt workshop -
The Cloud V. Data Center Decision
SPECIAL REPORT The cloud v. data center decision COPYRIGHT ©2017 CBS INTERACTIVE INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE CLOUD V. DATA CENTER DECISION TABLE OF CONTENTS 03 Cloud v. data center: Key trends for IT decision-makers 11 Infographic: Cloud use is growing, but the data center isn’t dead yet 12 Understanding the pros and cons of five cloud types 16 Five major pitfalls to avoid in a cloud migration 19 Multi-cloud is a messy reality, but there’s hope 23 Six reasons why companies hang on to their data centers 27 Has IT’s default setting switched from data center to cloud? 30 How hybrid cloud is strengthening Fitness First 2 COPYRIGHT ©2017 CBS INTERACTIVE INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE CLOUD V. DATA CENTER DECISION CLOUD V. DATA CENTER: KEY TRENDS FOR IT DECISION-MAKERS BY CHARLES MCLELLAN Cloud-based compute, networking and storage infrastructure, and cloud-native applications, are now firmly on the radar of IT managers—be they in startups, small businesses or large enterprises. So much so that, whereas a few years ago the question facing CIOs was “Which workloads should I move to the cloud?”, it’s now becoming “Which, if any, workloads should I keep on-premises?”. While most organisations will probably end up pursuing a hybrid cloud strategy, it’s worth examining this turnaround, and the reasons behind it. The general background, as ZDNet has explored in recent special features, is the competitive pressure for organisations to undergo a digital transformation based on cloud-native applications and methods such as DevOps, in pursuit of improved IT and organisational performance. -
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Is Committed
The Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to running our business in the most environmentally friendly way possible and achieving 100% renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure. AMAZON SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT 44 Learn how AWS is working to achieve Amazon’s goal of 100% renewable energy. JAN 2016 JAN Amazon launches Wind Farm JUL 2015 AWS announces Fowler Ridge, marking the first that it has contract- of our four announced renew- APR 2015 Amazon announces joining ed with Iberdrola able energy projects to move the American Council on Renewables, LLC into full operation. Renewable Energy (ACORE) to construct and op- and will participate in erate Amazon Wind JUN 2016 AWS and Dominion the U.S. Partnership for Farm U.S. East. Virginia Power join forces Renewable Energy Finance on a landmark renewable (U.S. PREF) to increase our energy delivery deal. work with state and federal NOV 2015 NOV With this, Dominion Vir- policymakers and other AWS announces that it ginia Power will manage stakeholders to enable more has contracted with EDP and integrate the energy renewable energy opportu- Renewables to construct produced from various nities for cloud providers. and operate Amazon Wind Amazon wind and solar OCT 2016 Farm U.S. Central. Amazon Solar Farm U.S. farm projects onto the East is now in production grid that serves AWS in Accomack County, data centers. Virginia. 2014SEP 2015 2015 2016 Amazon joins The Buyers’ Princi- NOV 2016 NOV ples to collaborate with more than AWS announces five new solar farms across the Common- NOV 2014 NOV AWS shares 40 other companies on making wealth of Virginia. -
IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks Data Sheet
IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks Data Sheet IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks IBM Storage Suite for Cloud Paks offers Highlights a faster, more reliable way to modernize and move to the cloud • Flexible sofware-defined data resources for easy Today, 85% of enterprises around the world are already container deployments operating in a hybrid cloud environment.1 At the same time, • Reduce risk and complexity more than three-quarters of all business-critical workloads when moving mission- have yet to make the transition to the cloud.2 These metrics critical apps to the cloud suggest that for all the benefits conveyed by cloud • Market-leading Red Hat and computing, many organizations still face plenty of challenges award-winning IBM ahead to fully incorporate cloud-native solutions into their Spectrum Storage software core business environments. Containerization is a key enabling technology for flexibly delivering workloads to private and public clouds and DevOps. Among their many benefits, containers allow legacy applications to run in almost any host environment without being rewritten – an enormous advantage for enterprises with numerous applications, each composed of thousands of lines of code. To facilitate deployment of containerized workloads and development of new cloud-native applications, companies large and small are modernizing around platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift. IBM has developed a series of middleware tools called IBM Cloud Pak solutions designed to enhance and extend the functionality and capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift. The solutions include Cloud Pak for Data, Business Automation, Watson AIOps, Integration, Network Application, and Security, and give enterprises the fully modular and easy-to- consume capabilities they need to bring the next 80% of their workloads into modern, cloud-based environments. -
All About Cloud
Everything as a service HP’s point of view on cloud computing and cloud services Rebecca Lawson April 2010 1 Everything as a Service A world of information, opportunities and experiences—from computing power to business processes to personal interactions, are delivered wherever, however and whenever you need it. 2 It’s All About the Service Service providers Service consumers Field engineer Business Finance services executive Campaign director Application Sales person services Logistics manager Data Call center services representative App developer Infrastructure QA engineer services Service manager 3 Driving Outcomes That Matter Technology- Business enabled Business Outcomes Strategy services Improve value Become more agile Enable innovation 4 Source and Govern Services That Result in Outcomes That Matter Cloud service IT organization Outcomes that providers Strategic service broker matter Hosted/managed Accelerate growth service providers Services Service Services Lower costs Network service sourced portfolio delivered providers Mitigate risk Internal service providers 5 Perspective on the IT Service Supply Chain Cloud service provider IT organization Global-class Service portfolio software Business users Massive scale-out infrastructure S S S S S Business S outcome Enterprise-class Hosted, managed, software outsourced service provider S Dedicated / shared Enterprise-class infrastructure software Dedicated / shared infrastructure 6 The Real Question: Which Services, From Which Source? Corporate website service Sales forecasting service E-mail service Linux Dev lab service Supply Chain service 7 Cloud Services Deliver New Kinds of Value Service providers Service consumers Cloud services are highly scalable and elastic technology-enabled services, delivered and consumed over the internet through an as-needed, pay-per-use business model.