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Virtual Server Platforms Update

Virtual Server Platforms Update. The Royal Exchange 23rd September 2011. Virtual Server Platforms Update. Introduction vSphere 5:- The Technology vSphere 5:- The L icence M odel vSphere 5:- What does it mean to me? Do I have a choice? Frontier Technology Wrap up and Q&A.

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Virtual Server Platforms Update

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  1. Virtual Server Platforms Update The Royal Exchange 23rd September 2011

  2. Virtual Server Platforms Update Introduction vSphere 5:- The Technology vSphere 5:- The Licence Model vSphere 5:- What does it mean to me? Do I have a choice? Frontier Technology Wrap up and Q&A

  3. Frontier Technology • Specialists in Access, Infrastructure, Business Continuity and Data Management • On-Premise and Cloud Solutions • Key partners • VMware • Microsoft • Citrix • We use these platforms in our own datacentres

  4. Your Challenges Quick introduction Objective for today Any infrastructure related challenges?

  5. vSphere 5, the technologyWhat’s new? • V5 moves to ESXi model • ESX vs ESXi confusion • Storage DRS • vMotion, now supported over high latency links • vCenter Server Virtual Appliance • Web Client, manage vSphere from any Web browser

  6. vSphere 5, the technologyWhat’s new? Auto Deploy, deploy and update (patch) more efficiently for ESXi based systems VM format (v8), adds support for Windows Aero graphics and USB 3 New guests: OS X 10.6 Even bigger VMs, 32 vCPUs, 1TB RAM Profile driven storage vCloud Director for large private cloud deployments

  7. Storage DRS

  8. Storage DRS

  9. Title

  10. Web Client

  11. vSphere 5, the licence model Becomes vRAM centric rather than CPU cores and physical memory bound Some concern in the market about complexity and value VMware have done this to align themselves to a service provider model and to introduce a ‘fairer’ licence model more in proportion to resources used

  12. How many vSphere licences do I need? As in vSphere 4 each CPU requires a licence vSphere 5 does not impose limits on number of cores per CPU or physical RAM per server

  13. How much vRAM do I get with my vSphere licenses?

  14. What is the vRAM pool? • These are pooled together over all vSphere licences of the same edition • Example 4x Enterprise • 4 CPUs • 4x 64G = 256G vRAM Each vSphere licence includes a vRAM entitlement

  15. How many VMs can I run with my vRAM pool? As many as you like, as long as you do not exceed the total vRAM entitlement of the pool Example, 32 VMs each configured with 4GB vRAM, but only 24 powered on = 96GB vRAM consumed from 256GB pool

  16. How many VMs can I power on a host? Again as many as you like within the entitlement Example: 40 VMs deployed, each with 4G vRAM, distributed unevenly over 2 nodes

  17. What if VMs move with vMotion? • 16 VMs on each host • 4 move • Or they can all move Any VM can run on any host within a vRAM pool, so movement of VMs cannot cause more vRAM to be needed

  18. What is my vRAM pool if I have multiple vCenter Servers The vRAM pool can extend across multiple linked vCenter Servers. (Linked Mode is supported with vCenter Server Standard Edition)

  19. Can I mix vSphere editions? Yes you can, but each edition will have its own separate vRAM pool

  20. How do I expand my vRAM pool? • We need some extra vRAM • Option One: Add another Enterprise licence = 320GB • Option Two: Upgrade all to Enterprise Plus licence = 384GB Here we have 4x Enterprise = 4x64GB = 256GB

  21. How do I licence a new host? Add further licences of the same edition, or If you have more licences than CPUs assign licence to new CPUs, but you won’t get any extra vRAM entitlement

  22. So what does that mean to me? We have a few prepared scenarios We can quickly work through two or three more if time allows

  23. Scenario OneNew Small Deployment 3 hosts, with vMotion Significant %tage rise vRAM entitlement should be enough in most cases

  24. Scenario TwoNew Mid-Size Deployment 5 hosts, with vMotion & DRS/DPM Small %tage rise vRAM entitlement should be enough in most cases

  25. Scenario ThreeRenewal of SnS and upgrade to vSphere 5 3 dual CPU hosts, Advanced Edition Good News: You’re entitled to Enterprise Edition Bad News: When your SnS expires you have to pay the Enterprise Renewal fee When you upgrade to vSphere 5 you will get vRAM entitlement of 384GB

  26. Scenario FourUpgrade Mid-Size Standard Edition Deployment 3x dual socket vSphere 4 Standard hosts, 200GB vRAM used Upgrade to vSphere 5 Standard is FOC with active SnS 6 licences = 6x32GB vRAM entitlement = 192GB vRAM, insufficient to support the workload. Additional Standard Edition licence required, or Upgrade to Enterprise Edition

  27. Scenario FiveAdd Workloads to Mid-Size Deployment 3x dual socket vSphere 4 Enterprise hosts, 200GB vRAM used Virtualise new application, Exchange 2010, 4+ roles, 32-48GB RAM per role = 192GB extra vRAM required (392GB total) 6 CPUs with 64GB entitlement = 384GB vRAM Borderline whether enough vRAM, but likely to need additional server resources anyway

  28. How much vRAM do I get with my vSphere licenses?

  29. Do I have a choice?x86 Server Virtualisation Magic Quadrant VMware Citrix Microsoft Others

  30. VMware vSphere

  31. Microsoft Hyper-V

  32. Citrix XenServer

  33. Citrix XenServer Costs

  34. Others • Red Hat • Background in Xen, but Citrix acquisition shifted to KVM focus • Many more RHEL deployments in VMware than Red Hat • Oracle • Different x86 & SPARC platforms • x86 is Xen based • Late to market • Oracle certification! • An option for Oracle database and application environments • Parallels • Good for high density deployment of specific applications, • More likely to be seen used by service providers • Can reduce overhead and OS costs

  35. Others • With each of these Niche Players you are likely to need a strong specific driver to veer from the mainstream leaders

  36. The who cares option • Cloud based hosting service • Forget about • CapEx • Flexible Licensing • Resource planning • Storage • Fire Fighting • Let Frontier manage those resources • You focus on: • Line of Business Applications • Delivering Business Value • Providing High Quality User Support and Services • Strategic Thinking • Improving Businesses Bottom Line • Investment & Resource into New Initiatives and Projects

  37. The who cares option • Frontier Infrastructure • Two datacentres • Scalable CPU, RAM, I/O resources • Fibre Channel attached multi-tier storage platform • Enterprise class data management platform • Backup, archive, index, search, discover, report • Frontier Services • Range from: • Fully managed service such as business continuity • To: • Provision of OS and Storage only, you continue to manage

  38. Our Other Offerings • Infrastructure Optimisation Service • Server hardware, Hypervisor, OS • Free resources to reduce hardware spend • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Solutions • Data Management Platforms (backup, archive, replicate, report, index, search, discover) • Remote Working and Access Solutions • Server and Storage Infrastructure • All available in either traditional ‘On-Premise’ or innovative ‘Cloud Based’ deployment models

  39. Summary & Conclusions Have we covered your challenges? New licence model is not quite as bad as some people had made out But there are viable alternatives Frontier has experience and ....

  40. Next Actions • VMware renewal and upgrades • Platform migration • To alternative vendor • To Frontier private cloud • Proof of Concept / Tests

  41. Virtual Server Platforms Update The Royal Exchange 23rd September 2011

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