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Agile Infrastructure built on OpenStack Building The Next Generation Data Center with OpenStack John Griffith, Senior Software Engineer, SolidFire, @jdg_8
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Public Cloud Has Raised the Bar …driving the transformation of enterprise IT globally
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The Silo’ed Infrastructure Model Is Unsustainable Source: http://www.wired.com/2012/05/stuck-in-silo/ Purchasing Marketing SalesDevelopment
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Legacy Data Center Single Tenant Isolated work loads Dedicated Infrastructure Scale-up Pre-provisioned capacity Hardware defined Project Based Manual Administration Next Generation Data Center Multi-tenant Mixed workloads Shared infrastructure Scale-out Capacity on demand Software defined Self service Automation Entering a whole new world…
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Regardless of the name, desired outcomes are the same Next Generation Data Center Software Defined Data Center Infrastructure 2.0 Cloud Computing Private Cloud IT-as-a-Service Agile Scalable Automated Predictable
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A Fundamental Shift In App Design & Delivery Apps span VMs Data stored in scalable DBs, cached in memory tiers Interaction via API, web or mobile Apps run on a computer Data stored in files Interaction via UI Legacy Data CenterNext Generation Data Center
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The entire datacenter has become one big computer …is the operating system
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The “Community” is what makes it work Users Service Providers Vendors Distributions
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Expanding the Reach of The Next Generation Data Center Agile Scalable Automated Predictable
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There are costs however Shift in how we think about resource availability Best practice requires change in how we design and write our apps Dizzying number of options and choices, need to invest time and effort to sort it all out
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It’s up to you!
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Block Storage in OpenStack / Cinder Architected to provide traditional block-level storage resources to other OpenStack services Presents persistent block-level storage volumes for use with OpenStack Nova compute instances Manages the creation, attaching and detaching of these volumes between a storage system and different host servers
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Ability to choose Plugin architecture, multiple choices for backend storage Don’t have to choose just one Use the storage that fits your needs Mix of proprietary and open-source choices
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Multiple Back ends together
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What you build on matters
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Considerations for what to build with High-level of integration and support with OpenStack Flexible scalability for ever-changing environments Automation integration via APIs Resiliency for increased reliability and uptime Predictable performance (not just fast) What will I be using it for What *might* I be using it for
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SolidFire Storage and SolidFire AI A different kind of Reference Architecture Flexibility Options On ramp to OpenStack
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#SolidFireAI Commodity hardware Horizontal scale-out design Optimized for mixed workloads Software Dev. Lifecycle Web-scale apps Persistent block storage Database consolidation SolidFire AI for OpenStack Pre-validated converged infrastructure design
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Software Defined pools of compute, networking & storage Operational Benefits of AI Agile <30 minutes to provision from bare metal to OS <30 minutes to install and configure OpenStack Automated Linear Scalability of compute & storage nodes Scalable Maintain consistent performance via Guaranteed QoS Predictable Integrated Effiency with cluster wide dedupe & compression 27U rack footprint - 360 cores, ~1000 vCPUs, 250k IOPS, 60TBs Efficient #SolidFireAI
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Leading Converged Performance and Economics 2.5x IOPS per GB 80% less footprint 50% lower cost #SolidFireAI
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…but best of all Completely open architecture No lock-in on compute, storage, networking or software Fully leverage the OpenStack ecosystem over time #SolidFireAI
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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You #SolidFireAI LocationMonth LondonJune ChicagoJuly Herndon, VAAugust New York, NYSeptember Boston, MAOctober Charlotte, NCNovember Seattle, WADecember OpenStack & Enterprise Roadshow Accelerating The Journey To The Next Generation Data Center
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The Block Storage Choice for OpenStack
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