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SUSE® OpenStack CloudHow SUSE OpenStack Cloud helped
transform i-Layer's Service Provision
Gareth Chillingworth
Director
I-Layer Ltd
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Introduction
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Journey through the Clouds
Introduction to i-Layer
Our relationship with SUSE
Artizan Cloud
SUSE’s OpenStack offering
Benefits realised through SUSE OpenStack
Demonstration
Conclusions
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About i-Layer Ltd
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Background
Solution Consulting
• Procurement Services
• Co-Location
• Cloud Service provision
Infrastructure Implementation specialists
Business Support
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Why SUSE for i-Layer?
Enterprise Class solutions
Proven reliability
Broad systems compatibility
Extended support coverage
Implicit Openness
No “lock-in” approach
Innovation Leaders
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Evolution to Cloud Service provision
Historic business infrastructure implementation & support
Early deployments of on-premises virtualisation solutions
Natural path to Cloud for all our clients
Built to address demand
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Artisan Cloud
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Successes, Expansion and augmentation
Trusted first step for many client businesses to “their” Cloud
Platform flexibility seized by client base
Success development of Hybrid Cloud opportunities
● Expeditious delivery out paces internal IT for ITIL-heavy clients
Confidence inspiring platform stability (SUSE)
Performance gains through Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Resource utilisation benefits through Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM)
High VM uptime through KVM LiveMigrations on share storage hosts
Solution growth across connected European data centres
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Artisan Cloud, anatomy of ours
● Nodes
● Networking
● Storage
● Management
● Billing
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Compute Nodes
● IBM BladeCentre
● IBM xSeries Rack Servers
● Resilient and reliable OS
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Networking Topology (Physical)
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Networking Topology
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Network Interfaces
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Shared Storage
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Client Networks
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The Result:Communities of Hybrid Cloud
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Glass Ceiling
“Pets orientated Cloud” intrinsically rigid
Client abstraction from actual VM management
Increasingly overhead intensiveNetworking provisioning
Storage management & growth
Hands-on “managed” VM builds
Liaison as 3rd party with hosted client’s clients
Protracted problem detection
Fault resolutions
De-centralised management issues
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…and errant client workloads!
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SUSE
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SUSE Comment
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Journey through the Clouds
Introduction to i-Layer
Our relationship with SUSE
Our experience with Cloud to date
SUSE’s OpenStack offering
i-Layer’s implementation of OpenStack, business benefits
Demonstration
Conclusions
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Forward with SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
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SUSE OpenStack experience
What differs?
Similarities found?
Build Experiences
Benefits to our client base
Benefits to us
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Similarities
Nodes
Networking
Network Interfaces
Shared storage integration (NFS)
Management
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Network Topology
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Network Interfaces
Bond aggregated multi-
Network VLAN tagging
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So what IS different?
>The sublime Automation<
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Demonstration
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Old versus New: process transition
Demonstration (possibly video, possibly live) of the differences in
provisioning now versus then for our client base.
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Questions?
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Conclusions
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SUSE OpenStack 6 – Operational Conclusions
Rapid deployment through automation
Greater ease of management
Transformation of our client’s experience
Immediacy of resource availability for in-house cloud users