It’s not about “picking the right cloud” but choosing the right strategy that matches workloads to the most appropriate delivery model. Logicalis provides an overview of some of the challenges of moving to “the Cloud” and how we help customer determine the most effective cloud model.

1. Cloud – from Conception
to Completion
Rob Gee
Datacentre Architect

2. What is your perspective of Cloud Computing?
“Once upon a time, there were six blind men.
The blind men wished to know what an elephant
looked like.
The six blind men all perceived one aspect of
the elephant and were each right in their own
way, but none of them knew what the whole
elephant really looked like.”
Your definition of something may depend on your perspective…
It’s like a rope!
It’s like a wall!
It’s like a fan!
It’s like a snake!
It’s like a spear!
It’s virtualisation!
It’s automation!
It’s statelessness!
It’s on-demand computing!
Cloud
Computing
It’s a self-service portal!
Its “Anything as a
Service” (XaaS)!
“Once upon a time, there were six IT people. The IT
people wished to know what cloud computing looked
like.
The six IT people all perceived one aspect of the cloud
and were each right in their own way, but none of them
knew what the whole cloud really looked like.”
Elephant
It’s like tree!

3. Poor DR and
Business
Continuity
Infrastructure Challenges
Predictability Time to
provision
Backup Physical
Infrastructure

4. Options?
 Bolt on Aftermarket
Extension’s
 Marginal Gain (if any)
 Increased Management
and Cost
 Refresh Infrastructure
 Same Service
 Same Challenges
 Maybe Different Badge
 Move to a Cloud Model
 Innovation
 Validated Infrastructure
 SLA Driven
 Reduce Cost / Service
Improvement
 Delivered via “As a
Service” models

5. Cloud Models – Logicalis Portfolio
Private Cloud
 FlexPod
 VSPEX
VPDC
 LVPDC
 Shared
 Dedicated
 Compute-as-a-Service
Public Cloud
 AWS
 Azure
- Web Apps & Test / Dev.
- Application Resilience
- Commodity Cloud
- Traditional Applications
- Infrastructure Resilience
- Off Premise Cloud / SP
- Traditional Applications
- Infrastructure Resilience
- On Premise Cloud
Workload Centric

6. Your Strategy Starts with Applications
OperationalFlexibility
Strategic Value
Application
Silos
Zones of
Virtualization
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Categorise requirements based on business needs
CRM
Dev/
Test
IT
Apps
Custom
Apps
 App requirements unique to silo
 Dedicated and optimized hardware
 Static environment
Application Silos
 Core IT application consolidation
 Moderately dynamic
 No self-service requirements
Zones of Virtualization
 Noncore applications
 Adapt to dynamic demands
 Self-service and pay as you go
 Readily available cloud services
Public Cloud
 Core-defined services
 Highly dynamic
 Self-service and metering
Private Cloud

7. Place Workloads in the Right Cloud
Workloads Placement
Hosted
Cloud
Workload Groups
(Based on Attributes)
Compatibility
Service Levels
Protection
Levels
Security
Time To Market
Financial
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Test / Dev

8. Workload Assessment - Sample
Requirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public Cloud
Compatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓
Service Levels 99.9% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓
Protection 30 Daily Backups, DR ✓ ✓ ✗
Security / Trust Model On Premise ✓ ✗ ✗
Scalability N/A - - -
Financial $ ✓ ✓ ✓
Requirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public Cloud
Compatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓
Service Levels 99.9% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓
Protection 30 Daily Backups, DR ✗ ✓ ✗
Security / Trust Model Australian Data Sovereignty ✓ ✓ ✗
Scalability Yes ✗ ✓ ✓
Financial $ ✗ ✓ ✗
Requirements Metric Private Cloud Hosted VPDC Public Cloud
Compatibility x86 - Intel ✓ ✓ ✓
Service Levels 99% Uptime ✓ ✓ ✓
Protection 30 Daily Backups ✓ ✓ ✓
Security / Trust Model No Data Sovereignty ✓ ✓ ✓
Scalability Yes ✗ ✓ ✓
Financial (No commitment) $ ✗ ✗ ✓
Test/dev
workloads
Critical
Business
Apps
Core
Business
Apps

9. Logicalis Approach
Drivers PositionDiscover
Challenges
- Inadequate DC
- No Disaster Recovery
- Over extended IT Team
- DC Infrastructure at capacity
- Desktop Management
Initiatives
- Wants to remove Tape (effort)
- Wants to offer Ops services to
other organisations
- Implement Virtual Desktops
(future)
Requirements
- Scalable platform aligning to
business demand
- Data Remain in Australia
Reduce Risk
- Data Centre Facilities
- Implement DR
Scalable Platform
- Meet business demand
Operations
- Reduce Ops effort
Financial
- Impending DC
Infrastructure Upgrades
Hosted
Cloud
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Next Steps
Cloud Advisory
Service
- How do I determine what
applications are good for
cloud?
- What type of cloud?
- How do I compare cloud costs
to my current enterprise costs?
- What is our reference
architecture?
Meeting with SA
- Deeper Cloud Discovery
- Cloud Presentations
- LVDPC Demonstrations

10. It’s all about the
right Cloud for each
workload.