Becloud vContainerChristophe GAUSSIN

Product Manager Cloud SolutionsChristophe.gaussin@belgacom.be

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Becloud vDatacenter

Flexible & customised design Multiple server environments

Standardized offer / Fast time to marketSmall server environment

vContainer, a service

facilities

network

server & storage

virtual environment

backup & restore

operating system

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vContainer, a service

facilities

network

server & storage

virtual environment

backup & restore

operating system

middleware

(business) applications

vContainer approach

vContainer

vContainer

customer proprietary environment

vContainer, a service

operating system

middleware

(business) applications

Definition vContainer

Environment that provides the ability to build secure, multi-tenant clouds by POOLING Belgacom RESOURCES (cpu – memory – storage – network - security)

into VIRTUAL DATACENTERS

and exposing them to users through WEB-BASED PORTALS and CATALOG –based services

vContainer conceptual architecture

vCloud API

Private CloudsProgrammatic Control and Integrations

VMware vCloud Director

Users

Organization 1 Organization m

VMwarevShield

Secure Public Cloud

VMware vCenter Server

VMwarevCenter Server

VMware vSphere VMware vSphere

User Portals

Virtual Datacenter n (Silver)Virtual Datacenter 1 (Gold)

SecurityCatalogs

vContainer architecture details

vContainer customer implementation use case

External network – subnet (/26)

Virtual datacenter

Organization ABC

Internet – public ip address

3,5 GHz

8 GB

158 GB

3 Vlans

12 Vms

Resources

Vapp network – subnet (/24)Vapp network – subnet (/24)

Direct connect network – subnet (/26)

Vapp network – subnet (/24)

vshield firewall rulesNat internal/external address

vshield firewall rulesNat internal/external address

vshield firewall rulesNat internal/external address

Vapp 1 Vapp 2

Shared vsysExternal firewall rulesNat external address/public address (internet only)

vContainer redundancy

• HA/vMotion from hypervisor layer• Storage virtualization from storage layer (optional)

vContainer user interface

Web basedAuthentication screen

vContainer user interface

Create a vApp

A vApp consists of one or more virtual machines that communicate over a

network

vContainer user interface

Parameterize the vApp

vContainer user interface

Create virtual machine from :

• Public catalog• Private catalog• From scratch

vContainer user interface

Deploy the vApp

vContainer user interface

vContainer user interface

Create vApp network

vContainer user interface

Connect vApp network to outside world

vContainer user interface

Configure VM and connect it to network

vContainer user interface

Configure edge gateway NAT

vContainer user interface

Configure edge gatewayFirewall rules

vContainer user interface

Start the vApp

vContainer user interface

Access VM console

Define your vContainer

Do not think about products, operational complexity, technology and so on.

Think about the service you need, think about your functional

requirements

Define it : Compute & storage

• vCPU (Virtual Processing power) :– Quantity of vCPU required, the underlying type of CPU’s (nr of cores etc) is

no longer relevant

• vRAM (Random access memory):– Amount of memory expressed in GB

• vStorage (Storage):– Amount of net storage required (GB or TB)– Located in 2 physically separated Belgian datacenter – Several tiering :

• Capacity disks (sata disks): Disk used to store large amount of data with limited (I/O) performance.

• Performance disks (FC Disks): Disk used to store data with high (I/O) performance. • Virtual Storage : storage replication and synchronization between physical

separated datacenters presented to customer as a virtual storage

Define it : Back-up & restore

• Back-up is offered as a service and not one of the functionalities within the vContainer• Block-based backup

• Virtual machine level granularity• Daily incremental back-ups • Weekly full back-ups (one month retention time) • Restores are considered as a change and are performed respecting the SLA

timers

• File based backup • Organized by the customer inside his vContainer• Can be provided as an additional service from STAAS portfolio (server backup

advanced)

• Snapshot function available inside vContainer

Define it : Security

• Network security• Network topology built by customer• 2 layered firewalls :

• External firewall under Belgacom control• Edge gateway inside vContainer under control of the customer

• Access to the vContainer: • HTTPS • SSL VPN • Belgacom Explore• Password protection

• Application security• Inside the vContainer ... responsibility of the customer

Define it : vContainer flavors

Shared vContainer

• Shared physical platform

• Shared management infrastructure

• Standardized• Redundant on 2 DC• Delivery time

reduced

Dedicated vContainer

• Dedicated physical platform

• Dedicated management platform

• Tailored made

Mixed vContainer

• Dedicated compute/security platform

• Shared management platform

• Tailored made

vContainer shared architecture

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vContainer mix architecture

Shared infrastructure

Dedicated infrastructure

Shared infrastructure

Define it : SLA

Service availability*: Availability of servers expressed as a monthly percentage and calculated as follows (excluding planned interventions): ((total service hours per month – total service hours downtime per month)/total service hours time per month)*100%.

Objectives Silver Gold

Service days working days + saturdays

7/7

Service hours 7h00 - 22h00 24/24

Service desk availability 24/7 24/7

Service availability* 99,5% 99,9%

Incident response times (hours³)

P1² 1 30min

P2² 2 1

P3² 4 2

P4² 8 6

Incident resolution times (hours³)

P1² 8 4

P2² 12 6

P3² 18 8

P4² 24 16

Change implementation times (hours³) Normal 24 24

Urgent² 12 12

Define it: Pricing Models

• Shared infrastructure (order form)– Reserved model

• (multi) year(s) basis with no refund principle.

– Pay as you use• Monthly contracts stopped whenever customer wants to :

– Used GHz– Used vRAM GB– Used disk capacity

– Mix of both• Dedicated infrastructure (tailor made)

Possibilities to get additional services like consulting, project management,…

How to define my vContainer?

Do not think about products, operational complexity, technology and so on.

Think about the service you need, think about your functional requirements

• What are your infrastructure requirements for your applications/vApp ? vCPU - memory - storage capacity – networking - security requirements

• Does my business require a standard or a customized ICT environment? shared or dedicated vContainer

• How critical is your ICT environment for your business? degree of redundancy Type of SLA : Silver - Gold

• Which pricing model? Reserved – PPU – Mixed on both

Additional key features

• Support multiple operating systems from windows NT 4 up to windows 2012 – Linux – Solaris - MacOS– Windows OS licences included*– Possibility for customer to use his own Microsoft application

licences*

• Belgacom predefined virtual machines and vApp• Upload/download virtual machines/vApp from/to

vContainer– Upload room availablenever underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapes

• Demo environment available for customer free of charge

* Some restrictions may applied

Hybrid cloud - vConnector

Cloud Ready Infrastructurewith a vision on the future

vContainer = vCloud™ Powered

• A technology badge • Belgacom is among the first in BeLux to obtain it• Easy to locate through:

http://vcloud.vmware.com/vcloud-ecosystem#view=vcp • Guarantee that the solution is based on VMware vSphere™

and VMware vCloud Director.• Give confidence in secure VMware-based clouds.• Expose the VMware vCloud API.• Support the Open Virtualization Format for image upload and

download.

vContainer casessome examples

vContainer

- Test & development environments

- IT solution provider (SAAS,…)

- Project based application

- Training environment

- Split up application tiers (traffic/security ...)

- Spin up workloads for traffic spike (temporary capacity)

- DRS purposes

- ….

but basically, anything is possiblethe business defines the requirements, the service fills in the

requirements

vContainer conclusion

vContainer is a BeCloud IaaS solution that offers :• Solution based on market proven and leading technology: A-

Brand infrastructure components. • Intended for clients looking for a solution which provides a high

level of flexibility, autonomy• Advanced technical features allowing strict SLA • Hybrid cloud ready• Financial flexibility (Reserved / pay as you use model)