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Determining your data center strategy is critical in this expanding world of big data, cloud and mobility. Should you build your own data center, consider a wholesale arrangement, colocate with another carrier or transfer your critical information to the cloud? Or, does some combination of these options best suit your needs? Where do you even begin when planning these large enterprise decisions?Join Randy Ortiz, VP of Data Center Design and Engineering, from Internap as he breaks down the steps you need to take to achieve a successful outcome for your data center initiatives.Key topics include: *Important decision-making considerations *Why flexibility matters *Top trends to watch today
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Top 10 Data Center Strategy Success Criteria Build, Buy, Colocation or Cloud? May 16, 2012
Randy Ortiz VP, Data Center Design and Engineering
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Agenda
What are your data center options?
Top ten criteria to analyze your needs
Why flexibility matters
Questions?
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Platform
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Flexibility
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IT Vendor
IT Vendor
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Platform Flexibility
Performance to the End user
IP Connectivity • Enterprise IP • TCP Acceleration
Colocation
Hosting
Cloud
• Space, Power, Cooling • Interconnection
• Managed Hosting • Dedicated Hosting
• Private Cloud • Public Cloud • Cloud Storage
Content Delivery Network • Media Delivery, Transparent
Caching, Mobile Delivery • Analytics
We live and breathe a full range of intelligent IT Infrastructure services
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What are my options?
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Where do I start? Where am I headed?
Internet start-ups tend to migrate toward more dedicated infrastructure
Build, Wholesale, Retail Data Center
Managed Hosting
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Enterprises tend to migrate their infrastructure toward the cloud
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Four options: many considerations
Build your own data center
• Time to market • Capital
investment • Capacity • Security and
asset control • Redundancy • Core business
focus
Wholesale considerations
• Consistently high-occupancy in large pods
• Power and cooling cannot be scaled
• Strong presence in key markets
• Cash flow stability
• Lower operating costs
• Lower price points
Colocation considerations
• Cost-effective alternative to build your own
• Flexible footprint up to certain dimensions
• Service level agreements
• Reduce and eliminate costs
• Meets compliance requirements
• Customize your requirements
Cloud considerations
• Scalability • Zero provisioning
cost • Reduction of IT
staff • Availability of
cloud data centers
• Overestimating your needs in the cloud
• Does it meet compliance and security requirements
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Definitions
Generally, greenfield, brownfield and powered shells are traditional real estate models
Turn-key is the core wholesale model, but some wholesalers will offer real estate solutions
Colocation is the most basic retail data center model
Hosting/cloud matches demand most closely, but higher opex per unit
Real Estate Wholesale Retail
Greenfield Brownfield Powered
Shell Turn-key Colocation Hosting/Cloud Definition A grassy field An
unimproved building
An improved building
A data center An improved multi-tenant data center
Fully outsourced, no physical equipment
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Poll question
How will you handle demand for more Data Center Infrastructure over the next 12-18
months?
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Topic: Data center demand trends
Uptime Institute Symposium Survey: May 2012 “How will you handle demand for more Data Center Infrastructure over the next 12-18 months?”
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10%
24% 29% 30%
42%
66%
Deploy Modular Solution
Lease Colocation
Space Build a New Data Center
Deploy to Cloud
Update Infrastructure
Consolidate Servers
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Top 10 Criteria to Analyze Your Needs
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1. Required availability: commonly known as the Uptime Institute’s Tier level
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Have your carefully evaluated your availability needs to avoid over sizing and over designing your data
center?
The more available your site, the larger the expense.
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2. Anticipated day one loads and incremental growth
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Do you know the power profile of your existing equipment and its longevity?
Track your IT equipment patterns.
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3. Location impacts
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Can you rank what is most critical: close to headquarters, DR site, energy rates, power/cooling,
carrier diversity?
Decide on the most important factors.
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4. Design and construction consulting and vendor selection
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How will you go about choosing a vendor/partner?
Selecting the correct team can make or break your project.
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Have you considered your variables for computing, facility and financial impacts?
5. Life cycle cost modeling
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Data center lifecycles include many components.
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PUE
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6. Green evaluation to PUE
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Have you quantified the costs associated with going green? What are your business requirements for this
certification?
It isn’t easy being green.
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7. Modular approach
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What are your sizing needs now and later?
Build with the future in mind and allow for easy transitions.
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8. Staffing capabilities
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Do you have the personnel needed to operate your facility?
Building a data center is complex.
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9. Budget analysis
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Who makes these decisions? What about CAPEX vs. OPEX?
Corporate expectations and goals need to be aligned.
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10. Regulatory impact
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Do you need to meet industry compliance requirements such as HIPAA or data center-specific
needs such as SOC?
Costs and time increase with specific regulatory specifications.
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Why Flexibility Matters
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Have a clear goal but be flexible in
how you achieve it.
Flexibility
Flexibility The Importance of
Money
Expertise
Risk
Speed
Regul- ations
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Questions?
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