cloud camp milan rightscale: stories from the trenches
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Long-standing RightScale is telling you how they implemented real high performance Cloud solutionsTRANSCRIPT
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Cloud Camp MilanStories from the Trenches
September, 2009
Josh Fraser, VP Business Development
RightScale, Inc.
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Automation, portability, control.
The leader in cloud computing management
Managing cloud deployments for more than 2 years
Nearly 600,000 servers launched
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Hi Marcello!
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Why Cloud?
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You just lostcustomers
You just lostcustomers
Classic IT problemInfrastructureCost $
time
LargeCapital
Expenditure
LargeCapital
Expenditure
PredictedDemand
TraditionalHardware
ActualDemand
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Solution: managed cloudInfrastructureCost $
time
On DemandProvisioningOn DemandProvisioning
PredictedDemand
ActualDemand
AutomatedScaling
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Why Cloud Management?
Manage complexity
Automate systems
Fast onramp
Deployment expertise
Cloud portability
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A “BluePrint” for Systems Management
Human Capital
time
RightScale
Traditional Approach
Initial Dev & ConfigurationInitial Dev &
Configuration
UpdatesUpdates
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Use Cases
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CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
Situation OverviewExploring novel methods to promote individualized healthcareDealing with a diverse set of projects and very large datasets
Major challengeReduce the amount of time spent managing computing technology
ResultHarvard cloud computing administration less than 20% of full-time administrator
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Situation OverviewSelected to be featured on the TV show “60 Minutes” Had less than 30 days notice before segment would air
Major challengeCost-effectively handling the expected surge in traffic to capitalize on the one-time exposureGet up and running quickly
ResultEach page request was satisfied during airingPaid less than $1,000 for server time
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Situation OverviewProvides API management and government to large enterprises
Major challengeNeeded a repeatable process to deploy customers on the cloudHas strict QOS guidelines around provisioning
ResultCustomer deployment time savings of 85%
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Business analytics for APIs and policy enforcement for SOA solutions Need: accelerated time-to-market & enterprise-level QOS
Sonoa Systems
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in 3.5 days50 to 3500 servers
Animoto on Facebook
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Auto Scaling – a two-part equation“Auto Launching” +
Launch or terminate based on pre-set metric
“Auto Configuration”Server becomes productive member of deployment cluster
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"Unfortunately, cloud has become a technical sell rather than a business and operational discussion, which is where the value really lies," - Rob Steggles, European marketing director at NTT Europe Online
Cloud Economics
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Cost of a basic server = 10¢ per hourCost of 1 server for 1 day = $2.40Cost of a simple 8 server deployment for a day of QA testing = $19.20
Cloud Economics: Infrastructure and associated costs
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Cloud Economics: Business Process -‘agile deployment’Disposable computers … always roll
forwardImpact: design for failure ... AutomateDeploy faster, better, and cheaper than your competitors
single serverperformance
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STARTHERE!
when it matters
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Business Process
In-house Grid
Cost = $$$$Time = 12 weeks
AWS + RightScale
Cost = $6.40Time = 20 minutes
• Bioinformatics sequence information• 64-machine cluster
