There's a lot of buzz about the cloud, primarily around business value. But, what about the care and feeding of that private cloud? This presentation explores some of the critical storage processes to automate to feed that storage-thirsty cloud.

1. Feeding Your
Storage-Thirsty
Cloud
Critical Storage Processes to Automate
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2. Today’s Agenda
Reduce storage delivery and request times using storage
automation
Deliver storage services that can be consumed by cloud
orchestration workflow tools
Identify top 4 critical storage automation processes needed to
feed the thirsty cloud
Add service fulfillment flexibility using intelligent storage
policies
Demonstrate integrated cloud and storage automation solution
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3. The Driver: Automated Server Provisioning
45 Minutes 8 Minutes
SANS
3-5
days
Request Approval Network Server Storage Patching Backup Notify
Provisioning & App
Config
Source: Financial Services Company
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4. A Deeper View: Manual, Complex,
Sequential Processes
Network Server Storage Patching/Application Back-up
Source: Public Cloud Provider
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5. CIO Spotlight is Focused on “Storage”
SANS
3-5 days
• 74% of companies are using cloud services
• 28% of organizations are actively implementing or
maintaining a cloud computing service
• 5.75 million new Servers are installed every year for new
online services
• 63% of data center staffs are flat or decreasing
• 67% companies are using or planning to use cloud-based
storage
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/Zenoss/100-best-cloud-data-stats-of-2011so-far #thirstycloud
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6. Reducing Storage Request Times
Request Backlog Options Available
New Cloud Hire
Storage
Requests Outsource
Automate
Delegate
Service Provider: 2000 servers over 260 days = 8 new requests per day
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7. Delivering Automated Storage - 5 W’s
 Who: Support range of end users
– End users, Dev/QA, Cloud Team, Internal IT, DBAs, Projects
 What: Catalog of storage services (use cases) to be
consumed by cloud provisioning workflow
– Provisioning, Workload, Lifecycle, DR, BU
 When: Real-time or within maintenance windows fulfillment
of “standard” requests
 Where: Within the existing storage environment, formal
storage procedures and change processes
 Why: Storage is now on the critical path of your private cloud
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8. AND Solution Must “Fit” the Cloud
Model
Multi-Tenant
Self-Service Portal
Chargeback
Automation/Orchestration
Services Service Catalog
Automated Fulfillment
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9. The Storage Provisioning Process
Find Best
•Performance Available •Change Approval Provision •User Notification
•Capacity Storage •Scheduling Storage •Chargeback
•Compatibility •Maint. Windows •Asset Mgmt
•Usage Profile •Resource
•Data Protection •Tier/ Service Reservation •Storage Provisioning
Level
•Fabric Configuration
•Storage Array Complete
Analyze •Host Configuration
•Device Group Request
Storage •Application
•Device Type Approve & Configuration
Request •Data Path Schedule
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10. Storage Automation Components
Analyze Find Best
Approve & Provision Complete
Storage Available
Schedule Storage Request
Request Storage
Service Catalog, Intelligent Storage Services Service Tracking,
Services and API Storage Policy Execution Engine Notification and
Selection Chargeback
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11. Storage Automation Options/Limitations
Storage Cloud Virtualization
Limitations
• API – offloads to storage
vendor
• Lack of physical host support
• Lack of formal storage
execution process
Limitations • No end user support
• Workflow-driven (time & $)
Limitations • Lack of storage expertise
• Single vendor/product • Lack of support for policy-
based storage automation
Custom Solutions
• Array only Limitations
• No ITSM process integration • Single vendor/product
• Ongoing dev/support costs
• MC APIs, scripting & plug-ins • Lack of formal storage
• Delivery time/tribal
• Cloud process understanding execution process
knowledge
• No end user support
• HW/SW/process expertise
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12. Ideal Storage Automation Solution
 Services API/Portal
 Service Abstraction
 Heterogeneous
 Full Storage Process
 Role-based Access
 Rule-based Policy
Control
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13. Critical Processes for Feeding a Storage
Thirsty Cloud
1. Provision Storage and Create Datastore
2. Provision Storage for Virtual Server (RDM)
3. Extend Existing Datastore or Mapped Drive
4. Remove RDM, Data Store and Supporting
Storage
(BONUS Points) Provision Storage for a Physical
Server
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14. Where Storage Admins Spend Their Time
Find Best
Available Provision
Storage Storage
Complete
Analyze
Request
Storage
Approve &
Request
Schedule
Typical storage provisioning processes takes 3 – 25 business days in large organizations
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15. Adding Storage Automation Intelligence
Rule-Based Policy Selection
Rules-Based Policies Infrastructure
Storage  Application & Host • Tier Fulfilled
Request Storage Profiles Request
– Performance • Capacity
– Protection
• Tenants
 Application Affinity
• Protection
 Service Levels
• Accessibility
 Cost
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16. Relationship of Policies & Services to
Storage Automation Control
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17. Delivering a Storage to Your Private Cloud
Reduce storage delivery and request
times using storage automation
Deliver storage services that can be
consumed by cloud orchestration
workflow tools
Identify top 4 critical storage
automation process needed to feed a
thirsty cloud
Add service fulfillment flexibility using
intelligent storage policies
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18. Q&A
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Now available: 5 Keys to Delivering Storage-as-a-Service without Losing Control
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19. Integrated
Cloud &
Storage
Automation
Demonstration
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