Point of View on Cloud
Suresh K
Cloud Computing:
Dell’s working definition and characteristics
A style of computing where dynamically
scalable and often virtualized resources
are provided as a service.
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“Unlimited” processing and storage
Abstracted/pooled resources
Elastic: scale up or down
On demand, Self-service
Highly automated
Consumption-based billing
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However you define it, we believe…
It’s about evolving IT to enable
greater responsiveness to business
needs while at the same time
driving greater efficiencies.
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But why cloud now?
The key elements have matured:
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Virtualization
SOA
Broadband Networks
Browser as a Platform
Open Source Software
Horizontal Scaling/“Fail in place computing”
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How the Cloud can help
The State of Enterprise IT today
TODAY’S IT
REALITY
20%
EFFICIENT
POSSIBILITIES
DRIVE UP
Strategic spending to
improve the organization
50%
80%
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DRIVE DOWN
operational and data
management costs
50%
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What types of clouds are there?
Software
as a Service
Platform
as a Service
Infrastructure
as a Service
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Target: End users
• Collaborative applications
• ERM, CRM, Supply chain apps
• Ops and manufacturing apps
• Engineering applications
Target: Developers
• Development tools
• Database, Middleware
• Infrastructure software
Target: Developers, Sys Admins
• Server, Storage, Network
• OS, Virtualization, File system
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How Is “Cloud Computing” Delivered?
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
• Accessed by a single
enterprise
(On or Off-premise)
• Not a commercial offering
• Open to use by multiple
organizations
• Location of data and
resources “unknown”
Hybrid Cloud Model
• “Bursting” from Private to Public
• Split by tier
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A shift in Compute models towards cloud
Traditional
Virtualized
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Today
IT will manage a portfolio of compute models
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A shift in Compute models towards cloud
Traditional
Virtualized
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Today
3–5 Years
from now
IT will manage a portfolio of compute models
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Getting to Cloud: two approaches
The Evolutionary approach – traditional apps
Traditional
Virtualized
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Building on
Virtualization
Two complimentary ways of getting to private cloud
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Getting to Cloud: two approaches
The Revolutionary approach – cloud native apps
Traditional
Virtualized
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Greenfield
Solutions
Building on
Virtualization
Two complimentary ways of getting to private cloud
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What does this mean for internal IT?
• Your choice: Lead or follow (and be circumvented)
• Opportunity: reestablish IT’s relevance to the
business
• Internal IT looks more like a service provider
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Enable self-service for biz users, bill by usage
Further automate system administration
Still responsible for policy, security, best practices
Outsource appropriate functions to public cloud
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Where does Dell play in the Cloud?
Building Blocks for
the Cloud
• Virtualization
• Evolutionary solutions
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Cloud-based
Services
• IT management
as a service
• Revolutionary solutions
• Virtual Desktop
• Custom Solutions
• Virtual Data Center
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Building Blocks– Virtualization
Given the challenges most enterprises face, one of the best paths to the cloud is
virtualized infrastructure.
Traditional
Virtualized
Application
App
App
App
OS
OS
OS
OS
Hardware
Virtualization
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
VM
VM
VM
Company A VM
VM
VM
VM
Company B VM
VM
VM
VM
Company C VM
Hardware
Dell provides high-performance
virtualization platforms, software
and services
Diagram Source: Based on Goldman Sachs Research
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Building Blocks -- Dell’s Virtual Integrated System
An Evolutionary Approach
VIS Delivery
Center
VIS Integration
Suites
VIS
Infrastructure
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Accelerate delivery of
strategic IT services with
groundbreaking new
capabilities
Integration of the most
common infrastructure
activities into VMM
+ Drag-&-drop image creation
+ Self-service workload
deployment
+ Advanced monitoring
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Monitor and manage hardware
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Configure hardware for hypervisor
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Basic hardware diagnostics
+ Multiple Hypervisors
Intelligent infrastructure
that enables rapid resource + Advanced Infrastructure Mgmt
deployment, optimized
+ Virtualized, intelligent,
operations, and planning
infrastructure
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For the last three years, we’ve been working
hand-in-hand with—and learning from—the
revolutionaries
#1
Provider of cloud
infrastructure today
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Learning from the Revolutionaries
Building out Hyperscale Cloud Environments
Data
Center
Solutions
Software
Resiliency &
Availability
HyperScale
PowerEdge
Core
Hardware
Resiliency &
Availability
Single
Machines
* Conceptual, not to scale
Broad Usage
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Learning from the Revolutionaries
Building out Hyperscale Cloud Environments
Data
Center
Solutions
Software
Resiliency &
Availability
HyperScale
PowerEdge
Core
Hardware
Resiliency &
Availability
Single
Machines
* Conceptual, not to scale
Broad Usage
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Specialized Customized
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Building Blocks:
New Hyperscale-Inspired PowerEdge C
POWEREDGE C1100
POWEREDGE C2100
POWEREDGE C6100
HIGH MEMORY CLUSTER
OPTIMIZED COMPUTE NODE
HIGH PERFORMANCE
ANALYTICS AND CLOUD
SERVER
CLOUD AND CLUSTER
OPTIMIZED, SHARED
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVER
Target Usage Models
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Cloud Builders (Public & Private)
HPC
Web 2.0 & Gaming
Large scaled out Web Farms
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Extreme Optimization
 Performance
 Power
 Density
 TCO
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Building Blocks: Dell Cloud Solutions
Open, capable and affordable cloud infrastructure
Integrated Solutions
“A la Carte”
Dell Implementation &
Support Services
Evolutionary
Solutions
Revolutionary
Solutions
ISV Partner
Program
Infrastructure
Oriented
Application
Oriented
Traditional apps
Cloud-native
apps
Components
and Vertical
Solutions
Optimized Servers and Storage
(PowerEdge C / R/T/M, EquaLogic, PowerVault)
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Building Blocks: Dell Cloud Solutions
Open, capable and affordable cloud infrastructure
Integrated Solutions
“A la Carte”
Dell Implementation &
Support Services
Evolutionary
Solutions
Revolutionary
Solutions
ISV Partner
Program
Infrastructure
Oriented
Application
Oriented
Traditional apps
Cloud-native
apps
Components
and Vertical
Solutions
Targets
Customers
- Private Cloud
- Hosters
- SaaS providers
- Social Media
- Search
- Gaming
- Data Analytics
- HPC
Optimized Servers and Storage
(PowerEdge C / R/T/M, EquaLogic, PowerVault)
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Building Blocks: Dell Cloud Solutions
Open, capable and affordable cloud infrastructure
Planning for the Cloud
Integrated Solutions
“A la Carte”
Cloud Enablement
Cloud Assessment
Cloud Workshop
Dell Implementation &
Support Services
Evolutionary
Solutions
Revolutionary
Solutions
ISV Partner
Program
Infrastructure
Oriented
Application
Oriented
Traditional apps
Cloud-native
apps
Components
and Vertical
Solutions
Targets
Customers
- Private Cloud
- Hosters
- SaaS providers
- Social Media
- Search
- Gaming
- Data Analytics
- HPC
Optimized Servers and Storage
(PowerEdge C / R/T/M, EquaLogic, PowerVault)
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Building Blocks: Dell Cloud Partner Program
Dell has done the hard work to create best of breed modular and turnkey
• Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud • Enterprise Data Cloud
cloud solutions
• IaaS: EC2-like private cloud • Self-service data
nCluster Premier
Edition
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Big data analytics w/ map •
reduce for data mining
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Powered by Eucalyptus
warehousing & analytics
• Easy to purchase, deploy and run: one vendor, solution blueprints and
deployment guidelines
• Peace of mind: Dell and partners stand behind solutions via cloud
certifications and support relationships
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Building Block + Cloud Services
Our recent announcement with Microsoft
1) Cloud-based Services
Dell will offer cloud based
services, both public and
private, based on the Azure
platform.
2) Appliance
Dell will enable customers to
deploy their own clouds
based on the Azure platform
by developing a cloud
“appliance” in partnership
with Microsoft.
A Strategic partnership between Dell and Microsoft to bring the
Azure Platform to the enterprise market.
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Cloud-based
Services
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Cloud-based Services:
Ways of attacking the 80% of the spend
Dell IT Management as a Service
• Service delivered via public Internet
• Automatic scaling
• Typically billed by usage
Strategic Acquisitions
Remote monitoring
& management
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Client IT
management
Email continuity,
archiving; Crisis mgt/alert
3rd party SW licensing;
SW usage & inventory
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Cloud-based Services:
A portfolio of options attacking the “80%”
Dell IT Management software as a service
• Distributed Device Management
• Software Inventory & Usage Management
• Laptop Data Encryption
• Online Backup & Restore
• Crisis Management & Alerting
Anti-Malware &
Virus Management
• Remote Infrastructure Monitoring
• Email Management Services
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Vulnerability Scanning
Emergency Notification
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Cloud-based Services
Over 5,000 customers and millions of users
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Cloud-based Services: Virtual Desktops
• Physical desktops converted to virtual desktops:
• Processing moved from the desktop to the data center
• Only the presentation layer is processed on the enduser device
• Access from anywhere from a variety of devices
• Desktop and data management is centralized:
• All management and support is centralized
• No field resources required to support the desktop
device
• Data and security is controlled centrally
• Financials converted to pay-per-use:
• No up-front capital to implement virtual desktop
infrastructure
• End-user computing costs scale dynamically
• One bundled monthly price
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Cloud-based Services:
Virtual Data Center – Baseline Features
• Dell owns and manages the hardware and virtualization
software of the infrastructure supporting the Cloud
Virtual Data Center offering.
• Microsoft servers are licensed by Dell utilizing SPLA
(Services Provider Licensing Agreement).
• All servers, storage, and networking resources in the
psCloud infrastructure have built-in redundancy.
• VMware’s High Availability virtualization software
provides automatic restart within minutes of a virtual
server failure.
• VMware’s Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) software
ensures that the compute profile for a virtual server is
fully available to the application.
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How to Get Started with Dell and the Cloud
1. Traditional Apps: Virtualize everything
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Prep for internal service model
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Create a cloud-ready foundations
2. Cloud-native apps : Evaluate Dell Cloud solutions
3. Work with Dell on a cloud assessment of your
environment
4. Pick some easy areas to try Public cloud
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Employ SaaS-based IT management -- spend less
keeping the lights on
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Email Archive/Recovery
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Thank
ThankYou
You
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