1. Private and Personal Cloud Examining the options of private and personal cloud SharePoint Saturday Calgary Presented Jun.06.2015 Version 1.1

2. Slide 2 Introduction Section 1

3. Slide 3 Thank-you to our Sponsors Introduction CalSPUG With special thanks to:

4. Slide 4 Session Overview Introduction This session examines cloud from the perspective of building and running your own. It considers the principles of private cloud both from an enterprise perspective and what it takes to run a personal cloud. It will investigate the challenges around backup and restore, redundancy, encryption, and availability... and how to overcome these challenges on a small scale but in an enterprise way. This is a 200-300 level session intended for system administrators, technical business decision makers, and IT enthusiasts who are serious about their data.

5. Slide 5 Session Objectives Introduction To examine the option of private cloud and where it makes sense. To discuss the key considerations of designing, building, and operating a private cloud. To provide a walkthrough of my personal cloud journey.

6. Slide 6 Introduction Session Agenda Introduction 5 min Designing a Private Cloud Building a Private Cloud Managing a Private Cloud Seeing it Work Closing Thoughts 10 min 5 min 10 min

7. Slide 7 Designing a Private Cloud Section 2

8. Slide 8 Why Private Cloud Designing a Private Cloud Ownership. Granularity. Simplicity. Control. Cost.

9. Slide 9 Ownership Understanding the Data Designing a Private Cloud Usage patterns Type of data Growth rates

10. Slide 10 Requirements Designing a Private Cloud Trustworthiness. Highly available. Resilient. Recoverable. Device agnostic.

11. Slide 11 Contingency Planning Designing a Private Cloud Service failure. Accidental data loss. Drive failure. Device failure. Power failure. Catastrophic failure. System hack / security breach.

12. Slide 12 Building a Private Cloud Section 3

13. Slide 13 Hardware Required Building a Private Cloud NAS. UPS. Firewall.

14. Slide 14 Services Required Building a Private Cloud Internet access. NTP. DDNS.

15. Slide 15 Configuration Required Building a Private Cloud Data separation. Directory services. Security model.

16. Slide 16 Managing a Private Cloud Section 4

17. Slide 17 Required Management Services Managing a Private Cloud Backup and restore services. Patch management and upgrade services. Operational monitoring services.

18. Slide 18 Seeing it Work Section 5

19. Slide 19 Technical Overview Seeing it Work

20. Slide 20 Private Cloud Demonstration Seeing it Work File save / file upload / file synchronization.

21. Slide 21 Closing Thoughts Section 6

22. Slide 22 Session Objectives Revisited Closing Thoughts To examine the option of private cloud and where it makes sense. To discuss the key considerations of designing, building, and operating a private cloud. To provide a walkthrough of my personal cloud journey.

23. Slide 23 Cost Breakdown Closing Thoughts NAS appliance x 2: $400 + $270 ESATA SAN drives x 4: $120 x 4 UPS: $400 DDNS Service: $40 / year

24. Slide 24 Lessons Learned Closing Thoughts Taking the time to develop a naming convention and configuration standards. Seeking perfection. Trusting the solution. Replication vs remote access to files. Remembering to plan for system hacks.

25. Slide 25 Recommendations Closing Thoughts Figure out your requirements. Figure out your tolerance for risk. Find a balance between cost and effort. Tell someone else how it works.

26. Slide 26 Years of operation: 4 Supported users: 6 Supported devices: 12 System upgrades: 2 Support cases: 2 Unplanned service outages: 0 Statistics Closing Thoughts Data capacity: 3 TB Data volume: 724 GB ( ~24% ) Weekly change frequency: ~1.2% Annual growth rate: 15-18% Number of backups weekly: 4 Number of data restores: 3 Number of system restores: 0 Data recovery tests: 4 System recovery tests: 2 Average update frequency: monthly Average update duration: 15 minutes Average outage during maintenance: 2 minutes Frequency of internet attack: Every 25 min

27. Slide 27 Continuing the Discussion Closing Thoughts sag.baruss@avepoint.com | sb@sapling.ca | ca.linkedin.com/in/sbaruss | sbaruss.wordpress.com | @SBaruss DryIcons ( http://dryicons.com ) used in this presentation.