A platform for innovation

Next generation data centre networks

Chris Gascoigne

cgascoig@cisco.com

May 2015

MTBIAMSH

Mean Time Between Idea and Making Stuff Happen

What’s the DNA of your applications ?

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FUTURE < 2000 2003 2006 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2011

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Changing Application Models

Bare metal Containers Virtualisation

Server

OS

App

Server

OS

App

Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App App

App App

Monolithic Apps Microservices Scale out

Netflix

• Site: eternal

• Structure: 30-300 years

• Skin: 20 years

• Services: 7-15 years

• Space plan: 3 years

• Stuff (furniture): constant

Shearing Layers

http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html#ShearingLayers, [Brand 1994]

"separate that which changes from that which doesn't”

[Roberts & Johnson 1998]

ERP Student

Records Identity

Big Data Social Collaboration Web 2.0

CRM Business

Process

Management …

Systems Layers

Systems of Innovation

Systems of Differentiation

Systems of Record

DevOps DevOps

ITIL ITIL

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Infrastructure Supports Applications

Enterprise Virtualisation / Bare

Metal

Traditional Applications (Systems of Record, Systems of Differentiation)

Modern Applications (Systems of Innovation)

? • Profile/catalogue driven

• Programmable

• Multi-tenanted

• Tenant portal

• Automated (everything)

Infrastructure Supports Applications

Enterprise Virtualisation / Bare

Metal

Traditional Applications (Systems of Record, Systems of Differentiation)

Modern Applications (Systems of Innovation)

Infrastructure Supports Applications

Enterprise Virtualisation / Bare

Metal

Traditional Applications (Systems of Record, Systems of Differentiation)

Modern Applications (Systems of Innovation)

Cloud Management Platform (OpenStack / AzurePack / CloudStack / Cisco / …)

Infrastructure for Modern Applications

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Compute / Virtualisation

Storage

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Infrastructure for Modern Applications – real example

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Compute/Virtualisation - KVM on

UCS

Storage - CEPH

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DC

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AP

PA

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D

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Operating System - RHEL

Application - Hadoop

Puppet

Infrastructure for Modern Applications – real example

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on UCS

Storage - NetApp Applic

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A

DC

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Operating System - RHEL

Application - Hadoop

Chef

Infrastructure Supports Applications

Enterprise Virtualisation / Bare

Metal

Traditional Applications (Systems of Record, Systems of Differentiation)

Modern Applications (Systems of Innovation)

Cloud Management Platform (OpenStack / AzurePack / CloudStack / Cisco / …)

• Application models are evolving • Some will take a long time to evolve (if they do at all)

• Need to support traditional applications and provide agile environment for innovation projects

• Build the right infrastructure so these can converge when needed

Summary

Questions?