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About Nemertes
What is Data Center Agility?
Adoption Trends, the Sourcing Spectrum, & Success Correlations
Technology Trends and Roadmap
Business Trends
Case Study
Recommendations
Agenda
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Quantifies the business impact of emerging technologies
Conducts in-depth interviews withIT professionals
Advises businesses on critical issues such as:
Unified Communications
Social Computing
Data Centers & Cloud Computing
Security
Next-generation WANs
Cost models, RFPs, Architectures, Strategies
Nemertes: Bridging the Gap Between Business & IT
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Abstract Data-Center Model
Data Center
Power + Bandwidth in
Services (+ heat!) out
User Computing
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Agile Data Center
Blade servers
More storage!
Virtualization
servers
Autonomous
management!
Virtual
Desktops
Optimized
communications
Green!
Identity-based
security
Request Fulfillment
Getting through the box faster
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Data Center—2000s and Beyond
Before 2000
Complex, layered, purpose-built
Application silos
Manual
Which Meant
Inflexible and slow to change
Over-provisioned (under-utilized)
Inefficient and wasteful
Power-hungry
Over-cooled
Out of capacity
2000 and Beyond
Consolidated
Virtualized
Optimized
Automated
Which Means
Flexible (technology)
Agile (business)
Multi-purpose/adaptable
On-demand
Efficient
Low power
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Data Center: Key Trends
Outsourcing: more than half (53.2% ) use hosting or co-lo, either in addition to (36.2%) or instead of (17%) owned facilities.
Success correlates most highly with using a mixed (owned plus co-lo) solution.
Power and HVAC: Most (59%) have some form of HVAC or power challenges.
Virtualization: Slowing server acquisition
30% projecting declining number of servers this year. Benefits: Power, Cooling, Hardware, Space conservation
Typical virtualization host: more RAM, more CPUs
Storage Growth continues Unabated
FC is king now,through 2010, through 2011 ISCSI on the rise, especially among smaller and more aggressive companies. FCOE: Less than 2% penetration in the next 2 years.
10G: Gaining Momentum
Half use it in the core, or plan to in the next 2 years. Elsewhere, only about a third use it or plan to in the next 2 years
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The Sourcing Spectrum
Data Center Environment
Physical Hardware
IT Physical Infrastructure
Virtual Infrastructure
Operating System
Application
BYODC Colocation Managed Hosting IaaS PaaS SaaS
OwnershipManagement &
SecurityWorkload Movement
Middleware
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Outsourcing Adoption
Greatest data center success correlates to owning data center and outsourcing
Security and compliance concerns hold back cloud adoption
Data Center Outsourcing Adoption
Leasing Colocation Managed
Hosting
SaaS Cloud (PaaS &
IaaS)
2009 12% 29% 23% 42% ~ 2%
2010 35% 52% 9%
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10G Adoption in the Data Center
34.4%
4.9%
9.8%
50.8%
2009
Core
2010
No Plans
18.5%
5.6%
66.7%
9.3%
Dist
15.1%
5.7%
15.1%
64.2%
Edge
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Success Correlates With…
Some (but not total) outsourcing: Success correlates most highly with using a mixed (owned plus co-lo) solution
Use of multiple carriers to provide WAN bandwidth
NOT leasing equipment
Having an ―aggressive‖ IT culture (more likely to have enough power)
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Management
Technology Architecture & Evolution
Intelligent Power and Cooling Infrastructure
Secu
rity
Element Mgmt
SLM
Provisioning
Virtualization Mgmt
Power Mgmt
Resilient Storage and Computing Hardware
Dynamic Network Infrastructure
Virtualized OS and Applications
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Enabling Technologies
Technology Lowers Cost
Increases Capacity
Improves Agility
Adds Reliability
Supports Sustainability
Multi-core CPUs ● ● ● ● ●
10 Gig Ethernet ● ● ● ● ●
Storage over Ethernet ● ● ● ● ●
Intelligent power ● ● ● ● ●Environmental sensors ● ● ● ● ●Optimized cooling ● ● ● ● ●Asset and capacity planning software ● ● ● ● ●Heat exchangers ● ● ● ● ●Flywheel technology ● ● ● ● ●
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In-rack cooling
10 Gig Enet
Technology Outlook
Network consolidation
20122011 2014+20132010
Virtualization
Multicores
Server pool consolidation
Power metering
Storage consolidation
Environmental sensors
In-row cooling
Autonomic facilities
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Storage Enet In-chassis cooling
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Is Outsourcing the Answer?
Risk Averse
Latency Sensitive
Capital Available
Skills Available
Power/Space/HVAC Available
Location Sensitive
Redundancy Sufficient
Time Available
Risk Tolerant
Latency Insensitive
Capital Scarce
Skills Unavailable
Power/Space/HVAC Unavailable
Location Insensitive
Redundancy Insufficient
Time Lacking
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Business Case: Data Center Consolidation
―Best thing we ever did! It met all our needs: capacity, reliability,
flexibility. It really set us up to take advantage of the technologies now
available.‖ – Senior VP for IT
Global financial services company with 52 data centers globally and endemic power, space, cooling problems!
So, built 3 new DCs(US, EMEA, APAC)
Virtualized servers, centralized storage, used WAN optimization
Hot zones with targeted cooling
Power designed to 75W/ft2 (using less than 50); cooling designed to 150W/ft2
Now measure power at wall, PDU, power strip, track PUE – now 1.63
Down to 14 DCs with room to grow
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Global Financial Services Outsourcing Spectragram
Build
Risk Averse
Latency Sensitive
Capital Available
Skills Available
Power/Space/HVAC Available
Location Sensitive
Redundancy Sufficient
Time Available
Risk Tolerant
Latency Insensitive
Capital Scarce
Skills Unavailable
Power/Space/HVAC Unavailable
Location Insensitive
Redundancy Insufficient
Time Lacking
Host CloudColo
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Case Study – Healthcare Startup
Small startup where time to market is critical
Limited capital resources
Delivering healthcare IT services and electronic medical records
Staff is mostly developers
Limited power resources
No redundancy in-house
Privacy of data is a big issue
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Healthcare Startup Outsourcing Spectragram
Build
Risk Averse
Latency Sensitive
Capital Available
Skills Available
Power/Space/HVAC Available
Location Sensitive
Redundancy Sufficient
Time Available
Risk Tolerant
Latency Insensitive
Capital Scarce
Skills Unavailable
Power/Space/HVAC Unavailable
Location Insensitive
Redundancy Insufficient
Time Lacking
Host CloudColo
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Don’t Forget—Get Help!
Selected Vendors
APC
Bruns-Pak
Constantin Walsh-Lowe LLC
CS Technology Inc.
Hewlett Packard Data Center Services
IBM Corp.
Layer 1 Design
Liebert
NetStructures Inc.
Seda Engineering
Syska Hennessy Group
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What Should You Be Doing?
Urgent: Act NowTechnology has become mainstream. R&D for predecessor technology has dried up. Competitors will gain advantage.
Short-Term PlansTechnology is becoming mainstream. Business benefit too large to ignore. Implement within 1 year.
Long-Term PlansTechnology can provide some benefits. Some may be too new for business adoption. Implement in 1-3 years
Specific NeedsTechnology is relevant for certain companies. Implementation is case-by-case, depending on industry or size.
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What Should You Be Doing?
Urgent: Act NowPower metering, multicore computing, server consolidation, server virtualization, services subnet, Gig Enet
Short-Term PlansStorage consolidation, storage networking, storage virtualization, in-row or overhead cooling, asset & capacity mgt
Long-Term PlansAutonomic facilities, sustainability strategy, in-chassis cooling
Specific NeedsHosted data centers, IaaS, specialty consulting/engineering firms, cloud computing, in-rack or in-chassis cooling