3 November 2011: Australian Government Data Centre Strategy 20102025
Slide 1: Title slide
Image: Coat of Arms – Australian Government, Department of Finance and Deregulation (repeated
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3 November 2011: Australian Government Data Centre Strategy 2010-2025
Geoff Mether
Australian Government Information Management Office
Slide 2: Welcome
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Data Centre Strategy
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Projects Delivered
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Facilities Panel
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Migration Services Panel
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Data Centre Optimisation Target Policy
Current Focus
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Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)
Slide 3: Data Centre Strategy
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Coordinated procurement for facilities and services
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Standardised data centre infrastructure
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Trigger points
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Mandatory for all FMA agencies
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Year 1 – 3 funded from ICT BAU
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From Year 4 charge back to agencies
Slide 4: Strategy Drivers
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Electricity becomes a key cost driver
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Limited market supply sufficient for immediate needs
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New data centres waiting on committed lessees
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Building a government data centre not timely
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Cost avoidance through agency data centre investments
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There is scope for collective action
Slide 5: Data Centre Strategy Program 2010 – 2025
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First five years…
• Aggregate whole of government demand
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Establish data centre facilities and services panels
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Assist the first agencies to move
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Define standards to ensure maximum efficiencies
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Work with smaller agencies to consolidate requirements
Second five years…
• Further cost avoidance through shared technology solutions
Last five years…
• New opportunities from changes in technology & processes
Slide 6: Benefits realisation
Image: runner with torch
Sources of avoided costs
• Increased efficiency in the use of electricity
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Reduced data centre floor space
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Increased efficiency of data centre ICT assets
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Improved matching of ICT facilities to needs
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Standardised ICT Infrastructure Architecture
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Reduced agency procurement costs
Slide 7: Projects delivered
Whole of Government Data Centre Panels
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Data Centre Facilities
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Data Centre Migration Services
Data Centre Optimisation Target Policy
Slide 8: Australian Government Data Centre Panels
Image: Data centre
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Use of the Panels
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Processes
Slide 9: Use of the Panels
Data Centre Facilities and Data Centre Migration Services Panels
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Mandatory for use by FMA agencies
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Opt-in use by
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CAC agencies
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Other Commonwealth agencies; and
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State and Territory agencies
Slide 10: Use of the Panels – placing orders
Finance has entered into Head Agreements with the facility providers
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Finance may place orders with providers on behalf of agencies
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Agencies may place orders directly with providers (subject to meeting minimum
requirements)
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Agencies may place orders directly with providers for other agencies
Slide 11: Getting Started
Trigger Point identified, for example
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Lease expiry
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Outsourced contract expiry
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Major asset replacement
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Building move
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End of data centre life
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Increase in data centre capacity required
Slide 12: Defining requirements
Contact AGIMO Data Centres Team
datacentres@finance.gov.au
Initial Requirements definition
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Timelines
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Space required (in square metres)
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Power required (kW per rack)
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Location preference
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Dependencies
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Will Migration Services be required
Slide 13: Data Centre Migration Services Panel
The Data Centre Migration Services Panel is used in conjunction with the Data Centre Facilities Panel
to assist an agency’s move into a new facility
This Panel can also be used for
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Improved utilisation of capacity within a data centre
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Relocation of ICT infrastructure between data centres
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Other modifications to data centres that are consistent with the strategy
Slide 14: Data Centre Migration Services Panel
Panellist
Requirements
Definition
Procurement
Design
Data centre
project
management
and logistic
planning
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Dell Australia
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Dimension
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Fujitsu
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Hewlett
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Installation
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logistics
Commissioning
data centre ICT
infrastructure
Decomissioning
vacated data
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Data centre
metrics &
capacity
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Requirements
Definition
Procurement
Design
Data centre
project
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Installation
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logistics
Commissioning
data centre ICT
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vacated data
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Slide 15: Data Centre Facilities
Map of Australia with overlayed lists of data centre facilities:
Perth
 Fujitsu (Malaga)
Melbourne
 EDC (Mitcham)
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Metronode (Derrimut)
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Primus (Melbourne)
Canberra
 ADC (Mitchell – 2 sites)
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CDC (Hume)
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Fujitsu (Fyshwick)
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Metronode (Mitchell)
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TransACT (Dickson)
Sydney
 Datacom (North Ryde)
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EDC (Bella Vista)
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Equinix (Alexandria)
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Fujitsu (Greystanes)
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Global Switch (Ultimo – 2 sites)
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Macquarie Telecom (North Ryde)
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Macquarie Telecom (Sydney)
Brisbane
 iseek (Airport)
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NEC (Springfield)
Slide 16: Choosing a facility
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The agency informs Finance of their draft requirements
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Finance provides a shortlist of data centre facilities aligned to the draft requirements
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The agency and shortlisted facility(s) discuss requirements
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The agency requests quotations from a suitable shortlisted facility(s)
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The agency chooses a preferred facility if applicable
Slide 17: Forming a Work Order and Lease
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Finance provides the Head Agreement and standard Lease documents for the selected
facility
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The agency drafts a Work Order and Lease
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Finance approves the Work Order and Lease as compliant with the Terms and Conditions of
the Head Agreement
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The agency and preferred facility execute their Work Order and Lease.
Slide 18: Becoming operational
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A Migration Services Panel Member moves the agency to the facility, were applicable. If an
agency can move themselves, all fine, other use the panel.
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The agency attends quarterly tenant meetings in Canberra
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The agency attends user group meetings at the facility
Slide 19: Data Centre Panels Introduction
Albert Hall, 10:45 – 3:30, 29 November 2011
RSVP by 8 November to datacentres@finance.gov.au
Slide 20: Data Centre Optimisation Targets
PUE targets to be achieved by July 2015, current baseline estimated to be > 2.5
If an agency doesn’t report, they will have a default PUE of 3
Server utilisation targets to be achieved by July 2014
PUE
Applies
Target
Weighted individual agency average
1.9
Individual agency data centre
1.7 – 2.2
Utilisation
Item
Applies
Wintel
30% monthly average
UNIX
30% monthly average
Mainframe
75% of monthly average
Hypervisor
70% of monthly peak
Slide 21: Current focus
Management of panels
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Assisting agencies
Funding Model for 2013-14 and on
Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)
Slide 22: Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)
Image: cables (2)
Objectives
• Achieve efficiencies in data centre use
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Enhance the operational performance of agencies
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Improve agency efficiency
Slide 23: DCaaS Survey results
Image: Data Centre as a Service diagram split into the following segments: Hosting; Shared rack
space; Shared floor space; Specific apps provided by an external provider; Desktop applications
delivered via the Internet; Platform as a Service; Disaster Recovery site hosting and support;
Recovery and Configuration management; Shared technical support; Shared back-up and restore
facilities; Shared storage; Shared help desk services and Facilities management services.
Slide 24: DCaaS - Current Status
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Workshops conducted with agencies
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Industry briefing on 11 November 2011
Slide 25: Questions?
Project mailbox:
DataCentres@finance.gov.au