Cloud Expo - The Challenge of Workload Portability in a Multi-provider Cloud
1. The Challenge of
Workload
Portability in a
Multi-Provider
Cloud
Kevin Linsell
Director, Strategy & Architecture, Adapt
Steve Bianciardi
Solution Architecture Manager, Adapt
Cloud Expo 2015
Software Defined Data Centre and Networks Theatre
2. Kevin Linsell
Director, Strategy & Architecture, Adapt
The Challenge
The Challenge of Workload Portability in a Multi-Provider Cloud
5. 05
Source: Cloud Industry Forum, 2014
Are We Comfortable Yet?
53%
of UK businesses
agree that one cloud
provider cannot do it all
(and 62% are already using more
than one)
6. 06 In Pursuit of Multi-Provider
> Inflexible contracts
designed to tie you
down
> Difficult to migrate
between platforms
> Difficult to
integrate platforms
> Resource
overheads of
managing different
providers at once
> Complex billing
processes
> Impact of having
multiple short term
contracts
> Strategic advice
and alignment is
limited as each
provider has an
incomplete picture
of the estate
Provider
lock-in
Management
overhead
No single point
of contact
Incomplete
picture
> Difficult to migrate
between platforms
> Difficult to
integrate platforms
7. 07 Portability: What Has To Be Moved?
Internal & external
data.
Size & speed is
everything!
Compatibility,
licensing &
dependencies
Virtual hardware,
storage, network,
etc
Impact on end user
#1
State
#2
Configuration
#3
Applications
#4
Operating
System
#5
Data
8. 08 #5 Data
Key considerations:
Volume/ size of data
Rate at which that data is changing
Security considerations around that data
Speed at which it must be accessed
#5
Data
How big a pipe do you need to
move the data?
The laws of physics always win!
9. 09
Key considerations:
Operating System licensing: Can it be used on a shared
platform?
Application licensing: Will it be cost effective?
Per CPU/ socket; per hour options
Dependencies: What else do the OS & applications need?
AD & DNS; middleware, database or web server
#4 Operating System & Applications
Software licensing can be
very confusing
#3
Applications
#4
Operating
System
10. 010 Configuration
Key considerations:
VM config: vCPU, RAM, vNICs, etc
Storage: Size, Speed, Tiers, Replication, Backup
Network: VLANs, Firewalls, IP Addressing, etc
Monitoring
Policies & controls
#2
Config
Different clouds speak
different languages.
Who will translate for you?
11. 011 #1 State
Key considerations:
Impact on the end user
DNS updates: time to update
Load balancing
Scheduled downtime
#1
State
Like changing an engine
mid flight…
13. 013 Zerto
Hypervisor-based replication
Compatible with VMware and Hyper-V and AWS
Full orchestration to move between hypervisors
Continuous data replication to your chosen cloud provider:
AWS, Azure, VMware
Granular movement of VMs
Disaster Recovery or Workload Migration
14. 014 Cisco ICF
Intercloud Fabric
Extend network into AWS / Azure / Intercloud enabled provider
No vendor lock-in
Any Hypervisor to any provider
End-to-end secure fabric
Extend VLAN/VXLAN with TLS tunnel
15. 015 VMware
vCloud Air
Ability to move workloads from a vSphere environment to VMware
public cloud
Common toolset
Use of NSX allows transparent movement of networking at the
Hypervisor layer
Security travels with the VM
16. 016 Alert Logic
Cloud Defender
Provides Security-as-a-Service for Hybrid, Private & Public Clouds
Certified on all major cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, vCloud
Air
“Single Pane of Glass” for monitoring multi-cloud environments
Consistent level of detection & protection that moves
with the workload
17. 017 Bringing It All Together
> Inflexible contracts
designed to tie you
down
> Difficult to migrate
between platforms
> Difficult to
integrate platforms
> Resource
overheads of
managing different
providers at once
> Complex billing
processes
> Impact of having
multiple short term
contracts
> Strategic advice
and alignment is
limited as each
provider has an
incomplete picture
of the estate
Provider
lock-in
Management
overhead
No single point
of contact
Incomplete
picture
Facing the risks & challenges
19. Get in touch:
T: 020 3714 4666
W: www.adapt.com
E: domore@adapt.com
@The_Adapters
@domore_Adapt
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Notas del editor
Cloud Adoption
Large private enterprises are showing the highest rates of adoption at just over 80%, whilst the sub 200 employee organizations are tracking at around 75% and public sector specifically is lagging at around 68% despite the increased focus on this sector to improve efficiency.
This is where the why needs to be further addressed albeit briefly; how does multi-provider offer greater efficiencies?
Raise-of-hand audience poll:
Who is looking to use cloud to host a range of workloads that require varying levels of performance, availability, and security?
Whoever raises their hand is at the right seminar, as they are likely to benefit from a multi-provider strategy. This session will provide some key insights as to the why’s, what’s and how’s of multi-provider cloud.
See if we can repeat the question at the end.
Security, shadow IT, and transparency of costs are high on people’s minds.
The perception of shadow IT and the organiation ability to handle it.
Have you got the ability to manage multiple providers whilst governing and security
With the rise of shadow TI, how confident are you to be able to manager multiple prviders?
Would you know how to
Are you assured that you are sure the security of IT
Portability -> mobility -> overcome that entirely – software?
Portability -> mobility -> overcome that entirely – software?
Need to have a think about the transition here and whether we would need to add in a title slide in between