The Role of Nutanix in the Public /Private / Hybrid Cloud Spectrum
Chris Howard Vice President, Nutanix Federal
Phil Ditzel Senior SE Public Cloud Let’s start with the definition
NIST’s Defini on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable compu ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica ons, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interac on.” Public Cloud Key attributes
NIST’s Defini on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable compu ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica ons, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interac on.” Public Cloud Not a Point…a Spectrum
Some cloud characteris cs NIST’s Five Essen al Characteris cs of the Cloud All cloud characteris cs On-demand Broad Resource Rapid Scalability Measured Self-service Network Access Pooling & Elas city Service
NIST’s Defini on:
“A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable compu ng resources (networks, servers, storage, applica ons, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interac on.” Public Cloud Not a Point…a Spectrum
Some cloud characteris cs All cloud characteris cs So the Public Cloud offers us these features: • Self-service …and Public Cloud eliminates these datacenter challenges: • • Access from a broader geography Floor & Rack Space • • U lity Compu ng Power for IT infrastructure • • Scale or Reduce on demand (“Elas city”) Cooling for IT infrastructure • • Consump on-based billing Costs of IT infrastructure • • Share/bill IT costs based on u liza on Performance Concerns • Complexity of IT infrastructure • Resource Pooling • • DR/COOP…no longer ed to a ‘primary’ datacenter Poli cs • • Convenience Many IT “rice bowls” go away • Specula on and Overprovisioning • Minimal management • • Cost savings…in some cases? Guessing at where your requirement will be in 18 months • “Rounding up” to be on the safe side Public Cloud Not a Point…a Spectrum
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…but in most cases today, par cularly within the federal government, the following concerns trump all offered features or eliminated challenges:
• Informa on Assurance • Informa on Assurance • Informa on Assurance Public Cloud Not a Point…a Spectrum
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Enter…the Private Cloud
If the public cloud leaves you with concern about data security or availability, it is simply not an op on, no ma er its benefits.
Enter…The Private Cloud
PUBLIC CLOUD SPECTRUM
YOUR FIREWALL (OR IA COMFORT)
PRIVATE CLOUD SPECTRUM
Some cloud characteris cs All cloud characteris cs The Private Cloud is merely an a empt at Public Cloud characteris cs, in a more comfortable IA spot
Just as with the Public Cloud, there is a Private Cloud Spectrum
But where Public Cloud adds features and eliminates datacenter challenges, Private Cloud adds features but – without focus -- retains (or adds) datacenter challenges.
Moving right on the Private Cloud Spectrum
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Some cloud characteris cs All cloud characteris cs So how does one move their Private Cloud along the Spectrum? First: Enable Cloud Features Second: Eliminate Datacenter Challenges • Self-Service • Minimize Rackspace requirements • Consump on-based billing • Minimize Power requirements • Broad network access • Minimize Cooling requirements • Resource Pooling • Minimize Infrastructure Spend • Dynamic Elas city • Pay as you go, not in advance! • Convenience • Maximize performance per Rack-U • Minimal Management • Minimize poli cs and complexity VIRTUALIZE! • By elimina ng layers Moving right on the Private Cloud Spectrum
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Wait! This makes no sense. Enterprise Virtualiza on requires 3-Tier Architectures Second: Eliminate Datacenter Challenges • Minimize Rackspace requirements …and Rackspace • Minimize Power requirements Power draw • Minimize Cooling requirements Server Cooling draw • + Storage Fabric Minimize Infrastructure Spend = Big CAPEX & OPEX • Pay as you go, not in advance! + SAN Big Complexity • Maximize performance per Rack-U Lots of Rice Bowls • Minimize poli cs and complexity VIRTUALIZE! • By elimina ng layers Moving right on the Private Cloud Spectrum
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Not so…not anymore. Enterprise Virtualiza on no longer requires SANs, Servers, and Storage Switch Fabric “Web-scale IT” is changing datacenters
Gartner introduced the term in May 2013:
“What is web-scale IT? It’s our effort to describe all of the things happening at large cloud services firms such as Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Ne lix, Facebook, etc., that enables them to achieve extreme levels of service delivery as compared to many of their enterprise counterparts.”
Moving right on the Private Cloud Spectrum
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Gartner’s Cameron Haight, August 2013:
“I’ve seen the impact of conven onal wisdom on IT (and especially on IT opera ons which is my direct area of coverage) and frankly it isn’t delivering. Maturity levels are ‘stuck’ and costs, even with the advent of cloud, remain too high.”
“So what’s the model to follow? Look to the large cloud services providers such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. In other words, it’s not the cloud per se that will save enterprise IT, but thinking and ac ng like the major cloud providers across all the key dimensions of IT that will.”
More from Gartner on Web-scale IT: h p://blogs.gartner.com/cameron_haight/2013/08/21/all-in-with-web-scale-it/ Observations on the Private Cloud Spectrum: Conclusion
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Some cloud characteris cs All cloud characteris cs Not everyone can move 100% of their IT to the Public Cloud.
Those who can’t, s ll seek Public Cloud a ributes and benefits. They build Private Clouds.
Private Clouds are not a ‘point’, they are a spectrum.
Those who seek to have Private Clouds that are most like Public Clouds need to know that datacenter challenges can be eliminated as part of the move to Private Cloud.
3- er architectures (SANs, Servers, and Storage Fabric) are obsolete, complex, and expensive.
Web-scale products eliminate their challenges.
More from Gartner on Web-scale IT: h p://blogs.gartner.com/cameron_haight/2013/08/21/all-in-with-web-scale-it/ Hybrid Cloud Ability to move between Public and Private as Needed
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Enter…the Private Cloud
What if you had the flexibility to move between between Public and Private Clouds based on your workload requirements? Hybrid Cloud Ability to move between Public and Private as Needed
What if you had the flexibility to move between between Public and Private Clouds based on your workload requirements?
•Nutanix platform has the ability to leverage the following Public cloud providers for backup targets:! Amazon AWS (Public)! Amazon AWS (Gov Cloud)! Microsoft Azure! ! •Coming soon! Convert your backed up VM images to running instances on the Public Cloud, all via Prism! For more information, contact:
Chris Howard Vice President, Federal and FSI Sales Cell: 703-731-3899 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @chwvu www.nutanix.com
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