OpenStack Management at HyperscaleAndrew Hendrickson, VerizonSanjay Mishra, Talligent

August 24, 2016

• Andrew Hendrickson, Verizon

• Sanjay Mishra, Talligent

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Topics

• The Verizon Cloud Platform• Hyperscale• Why do this?• Finding focus• The Orchestration issue• Challenges• Managing hyperscale for cloud• Facilitating self service

Verizon Cloud Platform

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Define

• large scale cloud with built with OpenStack

• defined by services – not tenants

• give users ability to quickly deploy and support applications

• a common interface for infrastructure

• on-demand // self service

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Hyperscale

• it is large (relatively speaking)• lots of instances• lots of projects• lots of users• distributed• elastic• easy to use• predictable• tells you the truth

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Why VCP?

• The network is the most valuable asset• Get new features to customers faster• Improve agility for developers and

suppliers• Reduced costs – upstream and

downstream

• Distributed• Disposable• Dependable

FOCUS is not easy

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First level

Secondary

TertiaryNFV

Stack

Infrastructure

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Challenges

• hype-rscale• repeatable build – break• community maturity• resiliency in carrier grade• user experience• demonstrating Value• operations ≠ operations• organization

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Hands Free

• Version control everything• Machine readable files• No physical configuration

• Bare metal• Servers• Network gear

• The stack• Web style serialization/delivery• Declarative is fun• Version control everything• Bots

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Managing Hyperscale

• Infrastructure• Pre-requisites• Storage• Stack Build• Monitoring• Security• Upgrade // patch• Products• Data Retention• Identity• Metering• Self service experience

Facilitating Self-service

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Self-service requirements

• Instant• Real-time visibility• Easy - Simple• Distributed• Fun

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Stakeholders

• Operators• Project owners• LOB managers• Executives

• Utilization• Capacity• History• Forecasts• Service adoption• Budget performance• Tenant/customer size

KPIs

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OpenStack Metering/Integration

• OpenStack Service APIs• A note about Ceilometer

• Resolution• Creating a historical record• Metering at scale• Reporting and Openbook APIs

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Results To Date/Lessons Learned• User experience is key!• Keystone v3/Authentication• Tracking DBaaS/NFV• SLAs• Organizational/User buy-in

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Summary

• The Verizon Cloud Platform• Hyperscale• Why do this?• Finding focus• The Orchestration issue• Challenges• Managing hyperscale for cloud• Facilitating self service

Thank YouAndrew.Hendrickson@verizonwireless.comSanjay@Talligent.com

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