taking the first step to the cloud
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When you're ready to make the move to the cloud, where do you start? How are other companies approaching the cloud? What factors do you need to take into consideration when choosing the right cloud provider? 2nd Watch will provide an in depth look at these questions and get you started on the right foot in your Cloud endeavors.TRANSCRIPT
Taking the first step to the Cloud
Kris BliesnerCEO and Co-Founder2nd Watch
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1) Largest Systems Integrator for AWS2) Over 200 projects in 2012 on AWS3) Top Reseller for AWS4) Software focused on Enterprise
2nd Watch – Enterprise Solutions Provider
2nd Watch Enterprise Cloud Solutions
AWS Provides Raw Goods
Strategy
Governance
Migration
Support w/ SLAs
Cost Analysis Security & Compliance
Monitoring
2nd Watch Provides Solutions
Services Support
Cost Allocation
Usage Analysis
Mgmt Tools
Migration Tool
Software
Cloud IaaS Market – massive YOY growth
Source: Gartner
Source: The 451 Group
Cloud IaaS Marketshare
The bulk of IT spend is still in running IT
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
67% 66% 66% 67% 66% 63%
13% 14% 15% 14% 14% 16%
20% 20% 19% 19% 20% 21%
Run IT Transform Grow
Run IT
Transform
Grow
Source: Gartner 2011 IT Key Metrics
No capital expenditure
Pay as you go and pay only for what you use
True elastic capacity; Scale up and down
Improves time to market
You get to focus your engineering resources on what differentiates you vs. managing the undifferentiated infrastructure resources
Attributes of Public Cloud IaaS
Drivers of Cloud Adoption
• Mobility• Innovation• Lower costs• Need for agility • Business Continuity• Core competencies
Time is everything
By the hour cost model changes everything
Batch Processing
Backup/Recovery
Elastic Capacity
“By the hour” + Elasticity = Unlimited Infrastructure (When I need it)
Com
pute
Uni
ts
Time
Traditional IT is an overprovisioned model
Wasted Capacity
Maintaining on-premise
infrastructure for peak
demand is expensive
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Cloud enables companies to match resources to demand Co
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WHERE TO START
1) Production Websites2) Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery3) Development and Test environments
Top Three Cloud IaaS Starting Points/Projects
Website infrastructure demands are typically cyclical or elastic
The largest websites in the world live on AWS including Amazon.com (8th largest website in the world, 5th largest in the US traffic wise)
More web startups use the Cloud than any other technology for hosting
Production Websites
TCO Calculator
http://aws.amazon.com/tco-calculator
2nd Watch customers save an average 60-70% of annual IT costs when moving to AWS
Sample Web Architecture
No Public entry points to servers– 80 & 443 via Elastic Load Balancers
Can be connected to existing datacenter(s) via VPN for transactions, monitoring or backhaul traffic
Scalable at every tier 60-70% less expensive than on
premises with no limit to traffic upside
No need for scale testing– You should do webpage performance testing
Batch processing can be scheduled for a fraction of the cost– Log processing– Backups– Batch Jobs (pricing updates, content deployments, etc.)
Configure a baseline and use autoscaling to reduce/eliminate costs of spikes/valleys
Other advantages for Web Applications
Average fully managed costs of DR > $1 per GB of protected data
Recovering from backups can take days Backup tapes add risk and time to recovery Businesses spend over 60% of their IT budget on
keeping the lights on – if you have an outage will it be a disaster?
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
Move long term backups to Glacier Use S3 for hot storage – file and database
backups – offsite storage! Implement a backup datacenter (Pilot Light)
How do I start using the Cloud for Backup?
What is a Pilot Light?
Advantages of a Pilot Light DR Scenario Warm standby for the price of cold storage
Or Less! Super fast recovery time
Entire recovery process could be 1-3 hours Data replication can keep critical systems in sync Tip: include full domain controller to ensure all accounts
are replicated and can be used at time of event for definitive source.
Development and Test Environments
Dev Dev - Integration Test Staging Pre-Production/Hotfix
Keeping environments in sync Allocating resources to environments
– And reclaiming those resources! Application dependencies force build
dependencies
Dev/Test Management Challenges
Automation
Elasticity
Maximum Productivi
ty
How can the cloud help?
Take Advantage of the Pay for Use Model
Use only what you need when you need it
Schedule your servers!
Hint: Our backup server costs < $1 per month
Hint: Our developers don’t work 24x7
Change your instance size
Installs, busy days, etc.
Automate your Infrastructure
Make a Template for your Application(s)
Manage your Templates in a Source Code Repository
Track Changes!
Deploy/Destroy 100’s or 1000’s of servers and infrastructure with one click
R&D – Proof of Concept Backup – Pilot Light or just storage Development and Test Environments Website Hosting
Where do I start?
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Q & A
Thank you for your time
Keep in TouchKris Bliesner | [email protected] | www.2ndwatch.com
[email protected] | 1-888-317-7920