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Toby Owen Senior Product Manager, Hybrid Cloud Solutions Rackspace Hosting
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Toby Owen Senior Product Manager, Hybrid Cloud Solutions Rackspace Hosting
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Dedicated, Secure
More control, Centralized
Slow, High Costs
Inflexible,Not scalable
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Lower Costs
Scalable, Distributed Security, Peace of Mind,
Less Control
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Security Performance Time to recode apps Compliance Not all the features I need
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New web-‐based apps New web-‐based companies More nimble startups
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I have a better option?
THE ANSWER? HYBRID CLOUD Definition: an application or workload that incorporates
cloud with other platforms
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SECURITY BENEFITS OF HYBRID CLOUDS
Compliance requirements? Keep confidential data on dedicated storage and DB Add cloud for public portions of site (images, public content, leverage CDN)
Need better security? Add a dedicated FW, IDS, DDoS prevention to a cloud backend VPN to encrypt site-to-site traffic
Need to know where your data is? Keep your customer data on-site, bridge to cloud for processing Data Protection Act
Need to ensure Business Continuity or Data Security? Enterprise storage for data replication, cloud for compute Block based encryption and other data security tools still work better on traditional gear
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TIMING BENEFITS OF HYBRID CLOUDS (AGILITY)
No time or budget to rewrite your entire app? Move a piece to the cloud (web tier, batch process, test/QA environment) Gets you using cloud sooner, get some of the benefits sooner (cost reductions, flexibility)
Dedicated for average loads, spike into the cloud Scale horizontally, add a lot of capacity quickly Only pay for the peak during loads
Time to market Reduce dev time , faster QA testing Improve speed to market, make $$$ sooner on your new app
Save on admin costs Dev Ops developers can program the system management tasks now, you can do more job sharing
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* Assumes average workload mix and profile; 15% of total peak workload hours shifted to public cloud in an on-demand model; does not include application migration costs Source: Everest Group Cloud Value Assessment Model , http://www.everestgrp.com
Virtualized/ Private Cloud
Public Cloud
65%
60-65%
Relative Workload Cost* $ / GHz hrs
Dedicated
100%
Hybrid Cloud
Base Load -‐Private Cloud
Peak Load -‐ Public Cloud 25%
Hybrid Cloud economics more disruptive than virtualization Principal driver for cost savings is mix of fixed and utility pricing
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HYBRID CLOUDS
Own the Rent the peak
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AN EXAMPLE OF HYBRID CLOUD FROM RACKSPACE
gives you the freedom to choose the best platform for your applications by unifying the breadth of the Rackspace portfolio into a single solution.
Combine traditional and cloud hosting - put workloads where they perform best Centrally define Network Security Policies - automatically applied to your entire configuration Add the security of a dedicated firewall to your cloud configuration Securely move workloads between your data center and Rackspace over an encrypted VPN tunnel or private link
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: startup business Problem: no funding Solution: Cloud Servers
Day 1
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: launching first product Problem: needs security Solution: add a firewall
Day 2
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: rapid growth Problem: database slowing down Solution: move DB to physical server cluster
Day 3
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: seasonal traffic Problem: big spikes Solution: load balance cloud and physical servers
Day 4
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: app growing complex Problem: need secure flexibility and fast storage Solution: add Private Cloud and SAN storage
Day 5
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: very busy site Problem: constantly adding and removing servers Solution: Rightscale Server Templates and AutoScaling
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Day 6
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: very busy site Problem: constantly adding and removing servers Solution: Rightscale Server Templates and AutoScaling
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Day 6
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GROWING A BUSINESS USING HYBRID CLOUD
Situation: very busy site Problem: constantly adding and removing servers Solution: Rightscale Server Templates and AutoScaling
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Day 6
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Problem: Large online events with unpredictable spikes up to 15X normal traffic load
Rackspace Solution: Run high I/O Database on Dedicated Servers, bursting CPU intensive application servers into the Cloud
- Brian Corrigan, CTO, Major League Gaming/Agora Games
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TECHNICAL BENEFITS OF HYBRID CLOUDS
Public Cloud + Hosted Cloud: utility price, deploy in seconds, expand rapidly = agile Dedicated: customizable, performance, security, compliant, feature/product rich, familiar/comfortable
Public Cloud + Private Cloud Internal IT as a service provider + more capacity in public Single tenant + multitenant Portability of images = test/dev in public, promote to prod in private
My DC + cloud DC Keep my customer data here, use cloud for public workloads Out of space? Bolt on a cloud Need to park your data while you refresh? Rent some storage DR on the cheap? Try a cloud
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RACKCONNECT DESCRIPTION
RackConnect is a unique solution designed for customers who require the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud, as well as the enhanced security and performance characteristics of traditional hosting the best of both worlds. In essence, RackConnect enables customers to realize the power of Hybrid Hosting. For Enterprises:
Enterprises trust their mission critical applications on highly available and high performing traditional hosted infrastructure, using products such as high speed SAN storage, single tenant virtualization and high capacity load balancers. RackConnect can enhance this infrastructure with rapidly elastic cloud compute and storage resources, allowing you to flex your capacity at a
For Small and Midsized companies:
Customers with smaller dedicated hosting footprints can realize cost savings by shifting certain components of their application to a cloud platform, such as the web or application tier. Moving image libraries to cloud storage, for example, reduces the dedicated storage requirements and allows faster content distribution via the CDN capability of Cloud Files. For customers using Cloud Servers, RackConnect can allow you to add in a custom-built, high performance database or app server to provide a more secure, single tenant backend for your app. Or layer on a dedicated firewall, Web App Firewall, or DDoS mitigation to help protect your entire solution.
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How RackConnect Works Choose an F5® BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager or any Cisco® ASA firewall to connect your traditional hosted infrastructure to the Rackspace Cloud Cloud Servers can be automatically added to your load balancer, enabling you to scale on demand Connect to Rackspace with an encrypted VPN tunnel, turning the Rackspace Cloud into an extension of your datacenter or existing IT infrastructure Add Cloud Files for easily scalable storage
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DEDICATED FIREWALL FOR CLOUD SERVER
Add the security of a dedicated physical firewall to your Cloud Servers environment. Suitable Use Cases
Move from Hosting to Cloud Improve security of Cloud environment VPN access to Cloud Servers
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COST EFFECTIVE USE CASE
Dedicated firewall protecting your cloud servers, and a high performance physical server for your Database back-end. Leverage the CDN to distribute your static content worldwide.
Suitable Use Cases
eCommerce sites High traffic blogs Content Management Systems Database-driven web applications
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VPN CLOUD BURSTING USE CASE
Encrypted VPN tunnel creates a secure connection between your existing data center or IT infrastructure and the Rackspace Cloud
Extend your IT infrastructure to the Rackspace Cloud
Shift workloads to the cloud (OPEX) to free up valuable data center space
Suitable Use Cases Collaboration or messaging solutions, such as SharePoint® and MS Exchange® Secure administrator access to Cloud Servers via VPN Test and development in the cloud Employ cloud as a data replication target Use the Rackspace Cloud as a target for your disaster recovery solution
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LOAD BALANCED HYBRID USE CASE
Hardware based, dedicated Load Balancer and Dedicated Firewall. Load balance dedicated and Cloud Servers together. Size your environment to your average capacity, and use utility-priced Cloud to handle peak traffic needs.
Suitable Use Cases Unpredictable Traffic Marketing campaigns Rich Media Seasonal traffic apps, such as eCommerce Applications
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ENTERPRISE HYBRID USE CASE
Highly Available solution for large, complex configurations. High Speed Dedicated Storage Hosted Private Cloud Multiple security layers Meets various levels of performance needs
Suitable Use Cases
Mission Critical Deployments requiring multiple levels of redundancy Complex Enterprise applications with specific technology requirements