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WhatareourCloudCompu/ngStacks?FeaturesandDesignBuildYourOwnCloudCloudInfrastructureAuto-ScalingCloudStorageArchitectureHighAvailabilityEnhancedSecurityManagedSupport
Cloud Computing Stacks
What are the Cloud Computing Stacks?
CloudCompu/ngisabroadtermthatdescribesawiderangeofservices.Aswithmanyothersignificantdevelopmentsintechnology,manyvendorshaveseizedtheterm“Cloud”andareusingitforproductsthatsitoutsideofthecommondefini/on.
InordertotrulyunderstandhowtheCloudcanbeofvaluetoyourorganiza/on,itisfirstimportanttounderstandwhattheCloudreallyis.
InfrastructureasaService(IaaS)PlaQormasaService(PaaS)
Ac/veSTAKCloudPlaQorms
Active|STAK Features
§ ServesasaPaaSandIaaSutilitycomputingserviceforon-demandserverdeployment
§ TrueMul/-ArchitectureDesignandaLargeVarietyofOSPlaQorms:
• WindowsServers–2008,2012R2,2016
• Linux–RedHatEnterpriseServers,CentOS,Fedora,openSUSE,Debian,Ubuntuand
virtuallyanyotherLinuxdistribu/on.
• OracleSolaris
• IBMiOSPowerSystems
§ HighAvailabilityenvironmentwithinaTier3N+1DataCenter
§ TrueFlexibilityofVPU’s,vMemory,vStorageandvNetworks
§ AccesstoyourveryownPrivateNetworkIntegra/on–VPN,Point-to-Point,MPLS,etc.
§ CustomizableOSDeploymentsandISOFileManagement
§ SecurityandPrivacyAudits–CompliantwithHIPAA(US),PHIPA(Canada),PIPEDA(Canada),
SafeHarbor(US)andPCI(PaymentCardIndustry)
§ ScheduledCloudServerBackupOp/ons
§ AlertsandNo/fica/onsManagement
ActiveStak Cloud Key Features
Build Your Own Cloud
Ourcloudhos/ngmodelconsistsofflexibility,mul/-architectureplaQorms,enhancedsecurityandnetworkintegra/oncapabili/es.Tradi/onally,hos/ngcompaniesprovideapre-configured‘fastfood’stylemethodtotheirhostedserviceswithlifleornoop/onsavailable.Oursupportmodelisratedasoneofthebestintheindustry.Ourcer/fiedITprofessionalsmanagedeachaccountwithgreatcareandthoroughness.OurCloudenvironmentu/lizesahos/ngmodelwhichallowsforeveryconfigura/ontobeasuniqueasthenext.
It’sSimple.Wehelpyoubuildyourcloudenvironmenteachstepoftheway.Then,wemanageiteachstepoftheway.
Cloud Infrastructure Topology
CloudManagement
IaaS&PaaSController
CloudGovernance
Iden/tyManagement
PaaS
WindowsServer2012R2
SQLServer2014Database
SybaseDatabase
RedHatEnterpriseServerWebServer
ERPEMR
CentOS
PowerModules
StorageClustersIaaS
LoadBalancers NetworkInterfacing
Security
FileStorage
VirtualHosts
Auto-Scaling
Ourcloudhos/ngenvironmentenablesourclientstodynamicallyassignresourceswheretheyareneeded.ResourcessuchasMemory,VirtualProcessingUnits(VPU)orStoragecanbeassignedon-demandtoanyvirtualenvironmentasneeded.Thisdynamicenvironmentalsoprovideson-demandcustomiza/onstoCloudNetworks,VirtualPrivateNetworkandMPLSintegra/ons.Alloftheseop/onscanbecustomizedbyourengineeringteam,andaremaintainedbyournetworkopera/onscenter.
Auto-Scaling Strategy
TheAc/veStakCloudAutoScalingGroup(ASG)allowsdynamicandflexibleresourcedistribu/onwithinyourhostedenvironment.
Benefits of Auto-Scaling
§ Provideselas/cityforserverresourcesandcloudapplica/ons§ FlexibilityandEfficiencyforTime-to-Market§ Asresourcedemandsfluctuate,thecloudenvironmentcompensatesbyspinningupmoreVPU’sandMemoryfromotherphysicalhosts,aswellasreduceresourceswhentheyarenolongerneeded.§ ImprovedAgilitywithinAutoScalingGroups(ASG)§ ControllingCostsperResource
Ac#ve|STAK Auto Scaling Logic
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Groups
CloudCompu/ngBuffer
§ ASGappliesonlytoInstancesorServers§ EC2auto-scalingexcludesapplica/on-aware
triggers
How does Active|STAK Differ?
VPUvMemoryvNetwork
Cloud Storage
OurCloudStorageispoweredby/eredvolumearraysandclusters.Withacombina/onofSSDandHDDstorage,ourenterprisestoragesolu/oncanprovidefulldedicatedSSDstorageorhybridSSD+HDDsolu/onsasdesired.OurSSD+HDDhybridstorageprovidesanintelligentcachetechnologyforbeferinput/outputdataprocessing.Thismaximizesyourdataaccessandwritespeedsthroughoutyourcloudenvironment.
Cloud Storage
Storage Architecture
SSD
SSD+HDD
§ SSD+HDDHybridstoragetoaccommodatehotandcoldstoragemechanisms
§ SSDcacheallowsforbeferread/writeperformancefor‘Hot’data-sets
§ HigherIOPS(Input/OutputOpera/onsPerSecond)§ Increasedoverallrandomandrepeatedread/
writeperformance
Withour/eredstorageenvironment,thedatacanbestoredinoneoftwoop/ons–SSDonlyorSSD+HDD.
Op/onA
Op/onB
SSD Cache: Hot and Cold Data Uponreceivingareadrequest,thesystemfirstchecksifrelevantdataislocatedinthesystemmemorycache,whichstoresthemostrecentlyaccessedinforma/on.Iftherequesteddataisabsent,readprocessesontheharddrivediskswillbetriggered.Thisprocessdescribesthedis/nc/onbetween‘Hot’and‘Cold’data.
SSD Cache: Hits and Misses
High Availability
Ac/veStakCloudisbuiltonself-healingandperformanceenhancingarchitecturesthatuseautoma/chypervisorfailoverfeaturestokeepyourserversonline.Withthistypeoftechnologyyou’llhavemul/plelevelsofredundancy,performancestability,truehighavailabilityandserverresilience.
High Availability
§ VirtualHostRedundancyandBackupOp/ons§ Tier3EMEAN+1DataCenters§ AutomatedSelf-HealingandPerformanceEnhancingEnvironment§ StorageRedundancythroughAc/ve-PassiveSANTechnology§ CloudNetworkLoadBalancing
Ourcloudenvironmentcanensurethatonlyauthorizedtrafficissenttoandfromyourserverswithmulti-layeredprotectionincludingadvancedfirewalltrafficshaping,monitoring,anti-sniff/anti-spooffirewalldefensesonallenvironmentsandhypervisorsecurityfeatures.OurcloudsupportteamispartofaninternalNetworkOperationsCenter(NOC)withpersonnelthatareresponsibleformonitoringallpotentialsecurityrisksandintrusionafemptsonthenetwork.OurDataCentersarelocatedinCanada,andcomplywithanumberofvariousregulatoryprivacystandardssuchasHIPAA(US),PHIPAOntario,eHealthInfowayCanada,PIPEDA,US-EUSafeHarbor,PCI,FERPAandGLB.Duetoseveralprivacyandsecurityregula/ons,trafficoranyformofcommunica/onwillneverbesharedbetweenCanadaandtheUS.
Enhanced Security
Let’sfaceit,evenforanexperttherecanbea/mewhenalifleextrahelpisneeded.OurcloudenvironmentprovidesmanagedsupportservicesforanyofourcloudhostedenvironmentsandtheirPlaQorms/Opera/ngSystems.
Support
Someofourcommonsupportservicesare:§ ServerMigra/onthroughvirtualiza/onintoAc/veStakCloud(PhysicaltoVirtual)§ CloudMigra/onfromavirtualenvironmenttoAc/veSTAK(Citrix,VMware,PowerVM)§ DataMigra/ons§ SystemAdministra/onforyourserverinfrastructure§ CloudBackupManagementandAdministra/on
WW Future-State Cloud Environment
Active|STAK CloudIaaS Proposed ArchitectureAuthor: Lorenzo SpadaDate: 12/22/2016Rev: 1.4
Active|STAK Private/Hybrid Cloud
Office A
Windows 2012 R2 ServerWindows Server 2016
Linux DistributionsOracle Solaris
Microsoft SQL Server 2016MySQL
Oracle DB
FirewallEncrypted VPN
Office B
FirewallEncrypted VPN
End-Users
End-Users
RDP RDP/SSH
& Web Control
RDP/SSH& Web Control
Managed Security Gateway
Self-Healing Environment –!Full HA Automation and Auto-Scaling Capabilities
SSH
MPLS
MPLS
MPLS
Storage A Storage B (High Availability)
DataCenter:Site2OptionalSecureHAModetoadditionalActive|STAKDataCenter
Web Control
AccessController
VirtualPrivateNetworksandMPLScanbeintegratedtoActiveSTAKCloud
MPLS
WWRegina
WWCalgary
WWBudapest,Hungary
WWVancouver
WWHalifax
VPNSecureCloudTraffic(SSL)Option
WilliamF.WhiteProposedCloudNetworkArchitectureRevisionDate:December29,2016Author:LorenzoSpadaDocRevision:1.2
WWToronto Active|STAKCloud
MPLSNetworkOption
WWWinnipeg
WWSudbury
100MBFiber
100MBFiber5-10MBFiber
5-10MBFiber
5-10MBFiber(maynotberequiredbasedondiscussion)
5-10MBFiber
5-10MBFiber
5-10MBFiber
DedicatedSecurityGateway
DedicatedSecurityGateway
