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Architecting for Data Center Agility

Ted Ritter

Senior Research Analyst

www.nemertes.com

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What is Data Center Agility?

Adoption Trends, the Sourcing Spectrum, & Success Correlations

Technology Trends and Roadmap

Business Trends

Case Study

Recommendations

Agenda


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


What Is Data Center Agility?


Abstract Data-Center Model

Data Center

Power + Bandwidth in

Services (+ heat!) out

User Computing


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


Adoption Trends


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


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


Data Center Growth Plans


Data Center Ownership: Outsourced or Not?


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


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%


Data Center to Data Center Bandwidth - 2009


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


Data Center: Growth in Servers Slowing


Average SAN Storage by Company Size (Revenue)


SAN per Virtualized App (Revenues)


Success Factors


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)


Technology Trends


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


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 ● ● ● ● ●


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


Storage Enet In-chassis cooling


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


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


Global Financial Services Outsourcing Spectragram

Build

Risk Averse

Latency Sensitive

Capital Available

Skills Available


Location Sensitive


Time Available

Risk Tolerant

Latency Insensitive

Capital Scarce

Skills Unavailable




Time Lacking

Host CloudColo


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


Healthcare Startup Outsourcing Spectragram

Build

Risk Averse

Latency Sensitive

Capital Available

Skills Available


Location Sensitive


Time Available

Risk Tolerant

Latency Insensitive

Capital Scarce

Skills Unavailable




Time Lacking

Host CloudColo


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



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.


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

Thank You

Ted Ritter

Senior Research Analyst

www.nemertes.com

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