2. IT Services
Katarzyna Dziedziniewicz-Wojcik
IT-DB

3. any services or infrastructure.
Safe Harbor Statement
This presentation is intended to outline our general service direction. It is intended for information purposes only. It is not a commitment to deliver
any services or infrastructure.
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4. Agenda Operating Systems Virtualization Network Databases
Repository management
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5. OS – Windows 7 Until 14. 01. 2020 LS2 upgrade Windows 10
Pilot version available
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6. OS – Windows Server Windows 2008 Server Until 14. 01. 2020 LS2 upgrade
Windows 2016 (recommended)
Release date 2016
Windows 2012
Until
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7. OS – Scientific Linux SLC 6 Cern CentOS7 Red Hat based
Until
LS2 Upgrade
CC7
Cern CentOS7
CentOS based
Greater flexibility in adapting to scientific needs
Regular support until 2024
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8. OS – SLC: Docker
Automates the deployment of applications inside software containers
Still in requirement phase
Images will be provided for SLC6 & CC7
SLC Hepix Presentation:
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9. Cloud infrastructure - status
Based on the OpenStack
~5000 compute nodes hosting ~16000 VMs
VMs spread between Meyrin and Wigner
Images: Windows, CC7 and custom
Persistent block volume storage (CEPH)
Infrastructure updates every 6 months
OpenStack release upgrades
OpenStack Heat
Orchestration module
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10. Cloud infrastructure - plans
“top-level” for projects
delegation of administration privileges
OpenStack Magnum
Under investigation
Container orchestration
Solutions for custom use cases
Additional info
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11. CERN Virtual Infrastructure (CVI)
Phase-out
No new VMs
Old VMs to be migrated
Before end of 2015
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12. Network 2016-17 802.11ac WIFI deployment on surface
WIFI guest network
Support for VLANs on switches
Datacenter evolution
Support for Virtual Domains
3rd link to Wigner
Support for High Availability setup
Redundant switches and routers
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13. Network 2016-17 Network security Central firewall load balancing
Port-based access limitations between TN and GPN
High granularity
Netflow
Network traffic information gathering
All external traffic
DNSsec
Authentication of data origin
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14. Network 2017-18 GPN routers and switches hardware upgrade
Switch uplinks upgrade to 10G
Routers link upgrade to 25G/40G/50G
Backbone routers link upgrade to 100G
Switch user ports upgrade to 1G/2.5G/5G
Plan for new network hub
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15. Network LS2 Experiments’ links upgrade
External connectivity bandwidth increase
Numerous HW upgrades
Deployment of new DNS/DHCP servers and router upgrade in TN
Move of redundant routers to New Network Hub
Openflow Openlab firewall
Being designed
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16. Databases 3 main pillars Oracle Database on-demand Hadoop
For critical, transactional load
Administered by experts (DBAs)
Database on-demand
Different database engines
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Administered by users
Hadoop
For analysis where DBs are not suitable
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17. Databases - Oracle Oracle 11.2 and 12.1
Until 2020 and 2021 respectively
LS2 upgrade
Oracle 12.2 (recommended)
Release date 2016
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18. Databases – Oracle 12 Main new feature In-Memory database
Real-time responsiveness
We cannot forget…
… bug fixes
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19. Databases - Oracle Online Replication – no changes foreseen
Considered migrations
CMS Online DB to new HW
LHCb Online DB between racks
Replication – no changes foreseen
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20. Databases – On-Demand MySQL CE 5.7 PostgreSQL 9.4.5
Q1/Q2 2016
To stay for next 3 years
PostgreSQL 9.4.5
Before the end of 2015
Oracle as for General Service
Upgrades require database reboot
Planned:
Database cloning for testing
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21. Hadoop Useful for Advantages Hadoop Service in IT
Logging systems, controls dashboards, archives
Advantages
Distributed storage and processing
Architecture scales horizontally
High throughput on sequential data access
Hadoop Service in IT
Setup and run the infrastructure
Provide consultancy
Build the community
Contact: Hadoop Users Forum, SNOW
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22. GIT family GitLab Git.cern.ch Github.com In production and recommended
Collaboration and code review features
Librarians can move repositories from git.cern.ch to Gitlab
Git.cern.ch
No longer recommended
Github.com
For open source and external collaborators
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23. SVN and JIRA SVN JIRA Will continue for established projects
Maintenance updates but no additional development
JIRA
Regular updates and improvements
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24. Acknowledgments Manuel Gonzalez Berges Colleagues from: IT-CS IT-DB
IT-OIS
IT-PES
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25. Questions?
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