Future-Proofing the Data Centre

1. Future-Proofing the Data Centre Presented by: KJ (Ken) Salchow, Jr. Manager, Technical Marketing

2. Future-Proofing the Data Centre • What are the impacts of today’s technology challenges? • How do these challenges impact the future of the data centre? • How does Web 2.0 or virtualisation affect the data centre today and tomorrow?

3. Future-Proofing the Data Centre • These challenges will result in the most dramatic change in data centre operations since the migration from mainframe computing to distributed computing • This new paradigm, ”cloud computing”, fundamentally changes the way data centres are designed and managed

4. Agenda • Wonder Widgets Inc. – a case study • Introduction to key players • Scenarios • What lies ahead? • Building for the future • F5 solutions • Where to go from here?

5. Welcome to Wonder Widgets, Inc. China Paris Manufacturing Headquarters San DiegoMajor Branch MumbaiOutsourced Software uPozr uFony

6. CIO – Top 5 Objectives • Enable business innovation • Improve (external) customer satisfaction • Reduce business costs • Create competitive advantage • Grow existing revenue streams Kristina

7. The Team BrunoNetwork Architect AnneApplications Architect ClaudiaSecurity Architect EmilyOperations Manager DavidStorage Architect

8. Scenario I – Web-Based ERP • Web-based handling all manufacturing, accounting, etc. • Accessed by all employees, branches and SOHO/mobile • Mobile sales force having difficulty entering sales numbers

9. Viewpoint – Web-Based ERP CIO • Business Critical • Reduce Costs • Competitive Advantage • Increased Satisfaction • Increased Revenue ApplicationArchitect • Performance is #1 • Shrink-wrapped • Server Performance Not an Issue

10. Viewpoint – Web-Based ERP Network Architect • Doesn’t Control all Networks • WAN Constraints • Bandwidth NOT an Issue SecurityArchitect • General Mobile Concerns • Lost/Stolen Data

11. Viewpoint – Web-Based ERP Storage Architect • Managing Growth • Doesn’t Want More Disk • Data Protection • Availability Operations Manager • Staff Skill Requirements • No More Boxes • More Tasks • Maintain SLAs, User Demands

12. Scenario I – Solution Paris China Headquarters Manufacturing San DiegoMajor Branch Web Acceleration Web Acceleration MumbaiOutsourced Software

13. Scenario II – File Management • CIFS/NFS storage • Hardware designs • Software files/builds • Manufacturing templates • Sales/business collateral

14. Viewpoint – File Management CIO • Security Concerns • Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity ApplicationArchitect • Virtualisation Concerns

15. Viewpoint – File Management Network Architect • Latency • Network Congestion • Availability SecurityArchitect • Auditability/ Accountability • Security

16. Viewpoint – File Management Storage Architect • Easier to Manage • Harder to Scale • Migration Operations Manager • Performance • Complexity • Ease of Use

17. Scenario II – Solution File Virtualisation China Paris Manufacturing Headquarters File Virtualisation San DiegoMajor Branch WAN Optimisation WAN Optimisation WAN Optimisation MumbaiOutsourced Software

18. Scenario III – Internet Facing Apps • Online Support Site • Primary support site • Online Applications • Mobile applications for uPozr and uFony • SOA based mashup / composites utilising other Internet applications for content • eCommerce site

19. Viewpoint – Internet Facing Apps CIO • Business Innovation • Revenue Generation • Competitive Advantage • Customer Satisfaction • Reduced Costs ApplicationArchitect • Performance • Scale • Increased SOA Demand

20. Viewpoint – Internet Facing Apps Network Architect • Performance • Chattiness • Intelligent Delivery • Dynamic Access SecurityArchitect • eCommerceSecurity • Dangers of Web 2.0

21. Viewpoint – Internet Facing Apps Storage Architect • Unpredictable • Massive File Size • Questionable Content Operations Manager • Reduced Support Costs • Use/Performance

22. Scenario III – Solution Paris China Headquarters Manufacturing San DiegoMajor Branch Application Delivery Controller MumbaiOutsourced Software

23. Wonder Widgets Summary Solutions cross ALL IT boundaries Solutions CANNOT be point-products or independent collections of point-products Driving a fundamental change in the data centre China Paris Manufacturing Headquarters San DiegoMajor Branch MumbaiOutsourced Software

24. What Lies Ahead? • The Virtual Data Centre (VDC) • “Cloud” Computing

25. 8 Types of Virtualisation • OS Virtualisation • Application Server Virtualisation • Application [Delivery] Virtualisation • Management Virtualisation • Network Virtualisation • Hardware Virtualisation • Storage Virtualisation • Service Virtualisation

26. VDC Dynamic Provisioning Mobile PC - Home Web Server Web Server Web Server Web Server Virtualisation Application Server Virtualisation File Storage Virtualisation Remote - WAN App Server App Server PC - LAN Windows File Storage WLAN EMC NetApp

27. VDC Dynamic Provisioning in Action Mobile PC - Home Web Server Web Server Web Server Web Server Web Server Web Server Web Server Virtualisation Application Server Virtualisation File Storage Virtualisation Remote - WAN App Server App Server App Server App Server PC - LAN Windows File Storage Windows File Storage WLAN NetApp EMC

28. Cloud Computing VirtualisedService

29. Imagine If You Will . .

30. Building for the Future • Trials of innovation • Application of time • Capitulation • What do you do?

31. Scalability • Can it handle tomorrow? • Will you have to forklift upgrade?

32. Extensibility • Can you add functionality? • What’s the history of vendor/product?

33. Adaptability • Can the functionality be customised? • Can it be modified to fit new requirements?

34. Manageability • Can you control it all? • What about tomorrow? • Is the management solution: • Scalable? • Extensible? • Adaptable?

35. Complex Challenges Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery User Experience & App Performance App Security & Data Integrity People Apps Data Managing Scale & Consolidation Storage Growth Unified Security Enforcement & Access Control

36. Diverse Solutions Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery WAN Virtualisation File Virtualisation DC to DC Acceleration Virtualised VPN Access User Experience & App Performance App Security & Data Integrity Asymmetric& SymmetricAcceleration Server Offload Load Balancing AAA Data Protection Transaction Validation People Apps Data Virtualised App& Infrastructure Server & App Offload Load Balancing Virtualisation Migration Tiering Load Balancing Remote, WLAN & LAN Central Policy Enforcement End-Point Security Encryption AAA Managing Scale & Consolidation Storage Growth Unified Security Enforcement & Access Control

37. F5 Application Delivery Network International Data Centre Applications& Storage Enterprise Manager™ Users BIG-IP®Local Traffic Manager™ BIG-IP®Link Controller™ BIG-IP® Global Traffic Manager™ BIG-IP® Application Security Manager™ ARX® File Virtualisation FirePass®SSL VPN BIG-IP® Web- Accelerator™ WANJet® iControl®, iRules® TMOS® A Scalable, Extensible, Adaptable and Manageable Solution for Today AND Tomorrow

38. Intelligent Integration • BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP GTM• BIG-IP Link Controller• BIG-IP WebAccelerator• FirePass• ARX• WANJet Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery User Experience & App Performance App Security & Data Integrity • BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP ASM• FirePass • BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP GTM• WebAccelerator•ARX• WANJet People Apps Data Managing Scale & Consolidation • BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP GTM• BIG-IP Link Controller• BIG-IP WebAccelerator• FirePass • ARX• WANJet • ARX • BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP GTM Storage Growth Unified Security Enforcement & Access Control • FirePass• BIG-IP LTM• BIG-IP GTM

39. Where Do We Go From Here? • Realise that there are many technologies available to solve problems: • Are they scalable, adaptable, extensible and manageable? • Are the solutions you deploy today moving you towards the data centre of tomorrow?