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Transcript of RightScale Webinar: Build a Better Way of Delivering IT for Increased Choice and Flexibility
#rightscale
April 11, 2013
Build a Better Way of Delivering IT
Watch the video of this presentation
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Today’s Panel
Q&A • Parker Terlaak, Account Manager, RightScale
Please use the “Questions” window to ask questions any time!
Ryan Geyer, Cloud Solutions Engineer, RightScale
Paul Mourani, Business Development, RightScale
Niki Acosta,Cloud Evangelista,Rackspace
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Agenda
• The Open Cloud Model with Openstack
• Why Build Cloud-aware Applications?
• Make the Cloud Your Own – The Hybrid IT Model
• Leveraging Unified Management and Automation
• Demo
• Q&A
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Our Vision: A Global Open Cloud
ALL BACKED BY FANATICAL SUPPORT
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The Rackspace Portfolio
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LEVERAGING RIGHTSCALE TO MANAGE MULTIPLE CLOUDS
RACKSPACE DATA CENTERS CUSTOMERSITE
DATA CENTERX
PUBLIC OR PRIVATECLOUD
PRIVATECLOUD
PRIVATECLOUD
PUBLICCLOUD
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Application Centric Model
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Cloud Approach Traditional Approach
ApplicationFocused
InfrastructureFocused
Apps
RightScale
Rackspace Private Cloud powered
by OpenStack
KVM
Infrastructure
Apps
vCloudConnector
vCloudDirector
Infrastructure
ESX
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Applications & Data
RightScale Cloud
Management Platform
Cloud Infrastructure Software
Virtual Servers & Networking, Cloud & Storage Controller
Hypervisor
Cloud Infrastructure Software
Host Servers – CPU, Memory, Networking, Storage
Web Apps, Dev/Test, Self-Service, etc.
CommodityHardware
Define Your Cloud
• What customization do you need for your business?
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Unified Management
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Case Study
Behance is a platform to showcase and discover creative work.
CHALLENGES:Fast-growing company with huge amount of images to store, process, and deliver.
RACKSPACE and RIGHTSCALE SOLUTION:Rackspace® Dedicated Servers, Cloud Servers, RackConnectTM, Dedicated Network Attached Storage (dNAS) all managed with RightScale Cloud Management
BUSINESS OUTCOME:Company can rapidly scale its business; able to store lots of user-generated content; saves time and money; allows their development team to focus on building a better product.
“Rackspace Cloud Servers and RightScale allow us to add capacity the moment
we need it, and not a moment later.”
Chris Henry, Head of Technology at Behance (an Adobe company)
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Workload Liberation Preserves Choice
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Cloud Management Platform
InternalPrivate
ExternalPrivate
Public
Multi-Cloud filters
GeographyCostPerformanceFeaturesComplianceSecurityExisting Vendors
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CLOUD MATURITY
Low High
Provisioning Time
High
Server Automation
Multi-Cloud
ApplicationAutomation
Continuous Optimization
Launch through OS ImageBootstrapping
Launch servers via scriptsUse of Chef or Puppet
Use of TemplatesCode once, use everywhereGovernance
HASelf-healingAuto-scaling
Dynamic workloadsHA ProductionSDLC Test/Dev to ProductionBC/DR
Ma
turi
ty
Value to Business
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DEMO
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RightScale and Rackspace Onboarding
Scoping & Design
Project Planning & Guidance
Go-liveSupport
ActivitiesProject scoping
Rackspace and RightScale architects and engineeris assigned toyour team
DeliverablesArchitecture designdocument
Step-by-stepwork plan
ActivitiesDedicated projectmanagement and scrums Technical guidanceto track progressand troubleshoot
DeliverablesTracking of projectwork plan
ActivitiesTesting & Optimization assistance andguidance
Pre-launchdeployment review Launch day support
Account Managers assigned
DeliverablesLive System
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Scoping & Design
• Commitment to new Philosophy• Willing to “break-the-glass”• Identifying appropriate next-gen
architecture• Decouple application layer• Transformation of data layer• Enhancing & evolving personnel skillset
• Hardware• Tailoring compute, storage & networking
resources to your application needs
• Identifying appropriate targets for on-demand capacity
Activities
• Kick-off call
• Project scoping call
• Rackspace + RightScale architect and engineer is assigned to your team
Deliverables
• Architecture design document
• Step-by-step work plan
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Project Planning & Guidance
• Use of pre-built RightScale Templates, Alerts, Escalations and Monitoring
• Advise on application deployment and management best practices
• Openstack Training
• RightScale Training
Activities• Dedicated project
management and scrums
• Technical guidance to track progress and troubleshoot
Deliverables• Tracking of project
work plan
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Go-Live Support
• Testing, Optimization and Automation Test
• Rackspace 24x7 “Fanatical Support• Access to OpenStack expertise• Monitoring• Remote Patches & Upgrades
• RightScale/Rackspace Support• “No Hand Off” policy• Infrastructure and Application support
unified
• Post Evaluation Review• Next Phase Planning
Activities• Testing &
Optimization assistance and guidance
• Pre-launch deployment review
• Launch day support
• Account Manager is assigned
Deliverables• Live System
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Why RightScale and Rackspace?• Keep the “why” in mind
• We believe in a new and better way to deliver IT to your business• We will help you get there• You’ll escape the drudgery, flakiness and inflexibility of the old way• You’ll become the person who moves your company forward
• Tap into the RightScale & Rackspace Braintrust • Work with the cloud experts• RightScale is the first cloud management platform and has launched over
5 million cloud servers through it’s platform • Rackspace is known as the leader in providing choices for customers,
starting the OpenStack initiative and Fanatical Support. • You won’t find a better team to work with
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Resources and Q&A
Call RightScale:Toll Free: 1.866.720.0208
Int’l: 1.805.855.0265
Try RightScale Free Edition:www.rightscale.com
Attend our sessions at the OpenStack Summit next week
Learn at the RightScale Conference:In-depth sessions with RightScale and Rackspace
http://www.rightscalecompute.com/