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PERFORMANCE & SLA’S

OUR NEW “ALWAYS ON” WORLD NOW DEMANDS 100% UPTIME,BUT BEING UP DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN YOU ARE MEETING SLA’S

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THE NEED TO MANAGE

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE

AND AVAILABILITY SLA’S HAS

UNDERGONE A FUNDAMENTAL

SHIFT IN THE LAST DECADE

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Once upon a time we’d have a single server running multiple services and monitoring life was relatively straight forward..

Is the server up and responding

Is the operating system online

Are the applications up and running

Are the app services responding

Can users connect to the services

Is the helpdesk phone ringing

Who’s turn is it to get doughnuts

WHEN THINGS WERE A LOT SIMPLER

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The time when a few good application, systems, network and database admins could meet performance SLA’s is long gone..

By 1996 database driven apps transformed with the Internet boom

In the early 2000’s we had to cope with the Dot Com boom

Then Web 2.0 caused yet another upward spike with smartphones

In 2016 we’re now faced with a quagmire of Cloud, Big Data & Mobility

Next we need to address real-time M2M, Smart Buildings & Smart Cities

Then the next big wave is the heady challenge of the Internet of Things

And we’re also now building A.I. & Cognitive Computing into everything

WE CAN’T DO IT BY HAND ANY MORE

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THE COMPLEXITY OF TODAY’S

STANDARD APPLICATION

STACK IS FAR BEYOND

HUMAN CAPABILITIES

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Applications & databases, have become so large, and so complex, that managing performance is a science in itself..

On-site / Off-site / Data Centers

Physical servers / Virtual servers

Cloud / IaaS / PaaS / SaaS

SDN / NFV / Micro Services vs Apps

Kubernetes / Docker / Swarms

Traditional DB / Hadoop Big Data

Mobility / BYOD / M2M / IoT / I.A.

HYPERSCALE, COMPLEXITY & SPEED

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MANAGING PERFORMANCE

SLA’S AT TODAY’S SPEED AND

SCALE REQUIRES TOOLS AND

SYSTEMS, BY DEFAULT !!

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This is a high level application design diagram for the OpenStack open source software defined Cloud stack.. Yes.. High level !!

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS !!

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BIG DATA TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE

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EXPLODING VERTICAL LANDSCAPES - 1/2

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EXPLODING VERTICAL LANDSCAPES - 2/2

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NO HUMAN CAN ENSURE SLA’S HERE