microsoft private cloud on flexpod
DESCRIPTION
Extraordinary performance depends on extraordinary teamwork. Three companies – Microsoft, Cisco and NetApp – have joined forces to drive business transformation through the adoption of Microsoft Private Cloud on FlexPod. Unlike legacy models, FlexPod for Microsoft Private Cloud is delivered on a reference architecture that enables fully automated provisioning and workload management in hours instead of days or weeks. We will elaborate on how this converged infrastructure solution can be utilized to enable new business strategies.TRANSCRIPT
Mark Godfrey
Business Solution Architect - NetApp
Gordon Phillips
Director of Sales – Data Center Microsoft Canada
Trends and the Data Center of the Future
The datacenter of the future
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Complete data
platform, making data a core
element of the
operating system.
Integrated
virtualization, taking virtualization
beyond servers to the
network, storage, and
apps, for a holistic
management approach.
Common
identity, helping you extend IT
to the cloud and
extend apps and data
to devices securely.
Flexible
development, using familiar tools to
quickly build apps and
connect them with
other apps inside or
outside the firewall.
Unified
management, providing a single pane
of glass to deploy and
manage apps across
multiple clouds.
Consolidated
Managed
Virtualized
Cost Efficient
Usage-based
Self-service
Elasticity
Automation
Pooled resources
Optimized
Data Center
+ =
Cloud Attributes
Let's agree that an Optimized Data Center is not yet a Cloud
Private Cloud
Converged
Infrastructure
Reference
Architecture
Seamless Cloud Services
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…Data Doesn’t Move Easily
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Data needs to be close to
compute for performance
Moving data between clouds is
difficult
Time consuming
Expensive bandwidth
Cloud formats are often
incompatible
Data services are not consistent
Compute is agile,
data is not
Compute
Data
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Connect the Clouds with NetApp
Microsoft as a Data Center “User”
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What does a Hyper-V enabled FlexPod do for me?
FlexPod For Microsoft Private Cloud
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Microsoft OS & Management
Cisco Servers
Cisco Networking
NetApp Storage
Deployment Guide
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Designed, tested and documented by NetApp and
Cisco
Validated by Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track v3
Documented deployment & configuration of:
physical cabling
Compute and storage
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
Cisco and NetApp software management
components
Integration, Validated Designs, Best Practices
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FlexPod:
Performance Balanced
Server, Network, and
Storage Components
Validated Workloads
Security Options
Bare Metal OS
Hyper-V Red Hat VMware vSphere Oracle VM
Secure Multi-Tenancy Secure Separation
Hypervisors
Orchestration
Next Steps
Physical • High Cost
• Legacy
• Support Intensive
Virtual
• Current Stage
• Cost savings, but advanced
features not utilized
• “Good Enough”
• Multiple Support
Organizations
Private
Cloud
• Needed to scale to Public
Cloud
• Significant Value –
Automation, Management,
Scalability, Run Books. Support
• Grow from “Using Servers” to
“Serving Users”
Service
Provider
•Local Data Residency
•Are they based on a
common architecture?
•Can you push to and pull
back ?
Public
Cloud
•Very low cost of service
•Easy to Administer
•Geo-Redundant
•Flexible services
Joint
Investment (Cisco, NetApp,
Microsoft)
Microsoft
MTC Visit it in
Mississauga
SHIFT to
Hyper-V utilizing NetApp
Storage
Controller and
tools
Private, Service Provider & Azure
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Microsoft Azure Cloud
Details through NDA only
Microsoft Private Cloud
Service Provider
NetApp FlexPod
SHIFT -Conversion
Physical Virtual
Questions?
Thank you for your time
Gordon Phillips
Director of Sales - Data Center Microsoft Canada
Mobile: 403.617.3637
E-Mail: [email protected]
@VirtualGord
Mark Godfrey
Business Solutions Architect
Mobile: 647.922.7802
E-Mail: [email protected]
@CDNmgodfrey