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Feeding Your Storage-Thirsty
Cloud
Critical Storage Processes to Automate
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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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The Driver: Automated Server Provisioning
Request Approval Network
Server Notify Storage Provisioning
Patching & App Config
Backup
Source: Financial Services Company
45 Minutes 8 Minutes
SANS 3-5 days
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A Deeper View: Manual, Complex, Sequential Processes
Network Server Storage Patching/Application Back-up
Source: Public Cloud Provider
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CIO Spotlight is Focused on “Storage”
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/Zenoss/100-best-cloud-data-stats-of-2011so-far
• 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
SANS 3-5 days
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Reducing Storage Request Times
New Cloud Storage Requests
Options Available
Hire Outsource Automate Delegate
Service Provider: 2000 servers over 260 days = 8 new requests per day
Request Backlog
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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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AND Solution Must “Fit” the Cloud Model
Services Service Catalog
Self-Service Portal Chargeback
Automation/Orchestration
Multi-Tenant
Automated Fulfillment
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The Storage Provisioning Process
•Performance •Capacity •Compatibility •Usage Profile •Data Protection
Analyze Storage Request
•Tier/ Service Level
•Storage Array •Device Group •Device Type •Data Path
Find Best Available Storage
•Change Approval •Scheduling •Maint. Windows •Resource Reservation
Approve & Schedule
•Storage Provisioning •Fabric Configuration •Host Configuration •Application Configuration
Provision Storage
•User Notification •Chargeback •Asset Mgmt
Complete Request
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Storage Automation Components
Service Tracking, Notification and Chargeback
Intelligent Storage Policy Selection
Storage Services Execution Engine
Service Catalog, Services and API
Analyze Storage Request
Find Best Available Storage
Approve & Schedule
Provision Storage
Complete Request
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Storage Automation Options/Limitations Storage Cloud
Limitations • Single vendor/product • Array only • No ITSM process integration • MC APIs, scripting & plug-ins • Cloud process understanding
Virtualization
Limitations • Workflow-driven (time & $) • Lack of storage expertise • Lack of support for policy-
based storage automation • Single vendor/product • Lack of formal storage
execution process • No end user support
Limitations • Ongoing dev/support costs • Delivery time/tribal
knowledge • HW/SW/process expertise
Custom Solutions
Limitations • API – offloads to storage
vendor • Lack of physical host support • Lack of formal storage
execution process • No end user support
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Ideal Storage Automation Solution
Services API/Portal
Service Abstraction
Heterogeneous
Full Storage Process
Role-based Access
Rule-based Policy Control
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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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Where Storage Admins Spend Their Time
Analyze Storage Request
Find Best Available Storage
Approve & Schedule
Provision Storage
Complete Request
Typical storage provisioning processes takes 3 – 25 business days in large organizations
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Rules-Based Policies
Application & Host Storage Profiles
– Performance – Protection
Application Affinity
Service Levels
Cost
Infrastructure
• Tier
• Capacity
• Tenants
• Protection
• Accessibility
Storage Request
Fulfilled Request
Adding Storage Automation Intelligence Rule-Based Policy Selection
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Relationship of Policies & Services to Storage Automation Control
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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
A recorded version of this presentation will be available at: www.iwavesoftware.com
or email us: events@iwavesoftware.com
Now available: 5 Keys to Delivering Storage-as-a-Service without Losing Control
Q&A
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Integrated Cloud & Storage Automation Demonstration
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