Build a low-touch, highly scalable cloud
with IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
Academic Initiative
© 2011 IBM Corporation
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Build a low-touch, highly scalable cloud with
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning is a true infrastructureas-a-service cloud, reducing cost and providing a highly
scalable, rapid-deployment environment with near-zero
downtime and automated recovery across
heterogeneous platforms.
Key benefits:
 Rapid scalable deployment designed to meet business
growth with near-instant deployment of 100s of virtual
machines
 Reliable, non-stop cloud capable of automatically
tolerating and recovering from software and hardware
failures
 Save IT labor resources at scale by enabling self-service
request and highly automated operations
 Reduce complexity through ease of use and improve
time to value
 Control image sprawl and reduce business risk through
rich analytics, image versioning and federated image
library features
Get unparalleled scalability,
speed and fault tolerance
It’s fast
• Can start 100 VMs in under 3 mins
• Can start a single VM and load OS in
under 10 seconds
• Can go from bare metal to ready for
work in under 5 minutes
It’s scalable
• Add capacity by simply plugging in a
blade or server
• Writes only the data you change
• Peer-peer architecture to avoid
traditional bottlenecks
It's fault-tolerant
• “Live Update” capability to patch or
upgrade the cloud
• No single point of failure
• Automatic failure recovery
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Driving adoption of IBM SmartCloud Provisioning in the
academic community
 IBM SmartCloud Provisioning allows quick implementation of a cloud to run university
virtual computing labs and provide students easy access
 It enables teaching cloud skills that help students to be competitive with knowledge on
new delivery models, breakthrough technology and industry-proven best practices
1. Download IBM SmartCloud Provisioning from
the Academic Initiative Website
2. Set up a cloud quickly and easily
• No-charge, unlimited-term access to the latest release
of IBM SmartCloud Provisioning with Academic
Initiative membership
• No additional pre-reqs such as databases,
app servers, messaging middleware
• Production-ready software to run and manage a cloud
• Supporting documentation and materials to learn
about the solution and teach it in curriculum
• Start small and scale up based on need
• Freedom of choice for hypervisors:
• Avoid expensive vendor lock in
• VMWare ESX, KVM, Xen
Measuring success:
• Number of universities using SCP in
their virtual computing labs and in
curriculum
• Determine if references and case
studies are possible, eg. NCSU
IBM Academic Initiative access – IBM SmartCloud Provisioning V1.2.0 for RHE Linux Multilingual eAssembly (CRGF5ML)
Additional resources
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for the Academic community (code: aCRFL5EN)
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning product-related content
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning product documentation and information center
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning datasheet
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning quick demo
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Join the community: Tivoli Service Management Connect - Cloud and Virtualization
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning 30-day trial
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IBM SmartCloud Provisioning community edition
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Join the Open beta program
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Learner portal: IBM SmartCloud Provisioning Self Paced Virtual Class
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More Tivoli education: www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/education