MARK JANSSENS & JAN COUCKE IT INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTS How Software Defined Everything can reduce TCO
WHO IS WHO mark.janssens@realdolmen.com +32 2 801 52 45 https://be.linkedin.com/in/mark-janssens-ict-architect jan.coucke@realdolmen.com +32 2 801 44 02 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-coucke-52299958
SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING IS THE UMBRELLA OF ICT INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES, VIRTUALIZED AND DELIVERED AS A SERVICE.
SDE IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY ICT Infrastructure is virtualized and delivered as a service Management and Control is automated by intelligent software rather than by the hardware components of the infrastructure Technologies Software Defined Storage Software Defined Networking Software Defined Compute Software Defined Datacenter Software Defined Everything
SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING NEW PARADIGM OR JUST ANOTHER MARKETING BUZZWORD?
SOFTWARE DEFINED STORAGE (SDS) SDS is not storage virtualization Which separates capacity from hardware resources SDS is all about separating the storage capabilities and Services from the storage hardware and vendor.
SDS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Storage spaces Industry standard servers (White boxing) Industry standard switching High performance Scalable & Flexible High availability and Business Continuity
SDS IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Storage spaces gains: Deduplication Tiering Resources with Quality Of Service Replica Data resiliency - Mirroring - Parity - Clustering
SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) SDN is all about separating the network capabilities and Services from the networking hardware and vendor. SDN uses open industry standards as building blocks to enable cloud and network administrators to respond quickly to changing business requirements via a centralized control console. SDN makes the network more flexible and agile to support both the applications - and infrastructure layer of a modern datacenter
SDN IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Original Hyper-V with Network Virtualization (Windows 2012) Windows 2016 Networking: - Fully Converged, Less physical network interfaces Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Support
SDN IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016
SDN IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Original Hyper-V with Network Virtualization (Windows 2012) Windows 2016 Networking: - Fully Converged, Less physical network interfaces Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Support - Programmable - Enhanced Network Security - On-demand provisioning - Scalable in lockstep with application and data needs (e.g. BIG DATA) - Multi-tenant
SDN IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Switching Network Controller Routing Load Balancing Firewall Edge Services All manageable through Windows Server 2016 Quality of Service
SOFTWARE DEFINED COMPUTE (SDC) SDC is all about separating the compute capabilities and Services from the server hardware and vendor. Most known and implemented Software Defined technology Has become a commodity
SDC IN WINDOWS SERVER 2016 HYPER-V Virtualization Built for the cloud, integrated in Windows server 2016 Key new features Windows 2016 Nano Server Zero Downtime and Cluster OS rolling Upgrade Windows Containers Monster VM s Hot add / remove of virtual storage Shielded VM Support
SOFTWARE DEFINED DATACENTER
SOFTWARE DEFINED DATACENTER SDDC dynamically assigns workloads to IT resources based on a variety of factors Business requirements Service-level policies Available resources
SDDC WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2016 Hyper Converged Infrastructure Infrastructure as code Highly automated operations Enhanced Security and Scalability Reliability Azure-inspired
SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING
SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING SDE offers the ability to create a secure, scalable, agile environment to support your business needs. Think outside of Windows Server 2016 (for a moment) Make your workload detachable Automate everything with infrastructure as code Take advantage of the virtual datacenter : Embrace hybrid environments! Create Datacenter Mobility Anytime, Anywhere, Any place Service improvement while controlling costs
WHAT ABOUT DEVOPS?
DEVOPS CHALLENGES Closing the gap between IT Professionals and Developers, between IT operations and business requirements. Use a common languague Enable rapid evolution of products or services Reduce costs by continued service improvement IT Professional Make use of software defined everything as a service Automation Worry-free, self-service Fast provisioning Shared Templates Developer / Tester
OVERALL BENIFITS THAT REDUCE TCO Commodity hardware Breach the traditional hardware lifecycle Elimination of feature driven hardware migration Access-to-new technology sooner On-demand deployments as a response in changing business needs Less management overhead Process automation Streamline competences within ICT teams
KEY TO SOFTWARE DEFINED SUCCESS 1. Start small, grow big 2. Evaluate legacy technologies and vendor contracts 3. Find/built the necessary skills 4. Rethink the IT organization 5. Use metrics for the business needs 6. Define a roadmap
SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING CHANGE YOUR MINDSET TO WORK SOFTWARE DEFINED BE INSPIRED BY AND READY FOR THE PUBLIC CLOUD OPTIMIZE YOUR TCO WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED EVERYTHING
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