Download - Cloud computing in libraries, a case study
Cloudy ITthe experience of a mid-sized library in
moving IT services to the cloud
Erik MitchellAssistant Director for Technology Services
ZSR Library, Wake Forest University
Question
Should, how, why would you -
“move IT infrastructure to the cloud?”
PathwaysService and goal assessment
Training
Planning and policy generation
Implementation
Marketing
SolutionsApproac
hSystems
SaaS
OpenURL resolver, Stats manager,
research guides, online reference
PaaS
Integrated library system, Interlibrary
loan, copyright compliance systems
IaaS
Discovery, digital repository, archives
management, website, digital storage,
institutional repository
{Service catalog
Current configuration
Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Server images, Server images,
backup backup processes, processes, monitoring, monitoring,
service service deployment, deployment,
code code managementmanagement
Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Server images, Server images,
backup backup processes, processes, monitoring, monitoring,
service service deployment, deployment,
code code managementmanagement
Amazon EC2
Hosted end-Hosted end-point services, point services,
data data subscriptions, subscriptions,
100% 100% outsourced outsourced
optionsoptions
Hosted end-Hosted end-point services, point services,
data data subscriptions, subscriptions,
100% 100% outsourced outsourced
optionsoptions
SaaS
Custom Custom configurations, configurations, single purpose single purpose
applications applications (ILS), (ILS),
proprietary proprietary systemssystems
Custom Custom configurations, configurations, single purpose single purpose
applications applications (ILS), (ILS),
proprietary proprietary systemssystems
PaaS
Data archiving, Data archiving, system system
backups, file backups, file system system
operationsoperations
Data archiving, Data archiving, system system
backups, file backups, file system system
operationsoperations
Amazon S3
Server disks, Server disks, application and application and data storage, data storage,
platform for EC2 platform for EC2 systemssystems
Server disks, Server disks, application and application and data storage, data storage,
platform for EC2 platform for EC2 systemssystems
Amazon EBS
Service management
install
configure
secure
backup
document
deploy
monitor
administer
upgrade
remove
Server images
EC2 services
Interested in more?
Tech guides - http://blog.zsr.wfu.edu/tech
Amazon - http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/
http://alestic.com/ - server images, how-tos
Linux administration handbook - Evi Nemeth
The practice of system and network administration - Thomas Limoncelli
Thanks
Erik MitchellAssistant director for technology servicesZ. Smith Reynolds LibraryWake Forest [email protected]
