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EvolutionStack - USDA

EvolutionStack - USDA. Building a Bazaar in the Cathedral. The team. Introductions…. Who we support. USDA / NITC. In the beginning… NITC dates back to 1957 Primarily mainframe shop Grew into a traditional hosting center Slow and steady. Shifting Customer Needs.

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EvolutionStack - USDA

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  1. EvolutionStack - USDA Building a Bazaar in the Cathedral

  2. The team Introductions….

  3. Who we support...

  4. USDA / NITC In the beginning… • NITC dates back to 1957 • Primarily mainframe shop • Grew into a traditional hosting center • Slow and steady

  5. Shifting Customer Needs • Customers wanted fast, flexible, agile and cheap hosting • Customer independence required! • Customers want Amazon but in Govt. space

  6. Not Keeping Up • What customers got… • Virtualized version of old Managed Hosting product • Lots of iterations • Long path to production • IT / Business processes don’t align

  7. HopeStack The dream begins… • Hallway convos, smoke breaks • What is this “OpenStack” thing…? • A few believe in the idea of a revolution

  8. All bets on the table... • Zach shares idea • Wagers parking space for 5 min. with the ACIO • Leadership vision • They can see beyond the red tape! • Team is selected to evaluate idea • Non-conformists recruited

  9. Do or die in 90 days • Charged to research private cloud • Greenfield opportunity • Given unlimited resources (with zero $$$) • Research and report back in 90 days

  10. GO! Day 1 Begins

  11. Do the impossible... • Build a WORKING demo/POC • SDN + OpenStack + Ceph • Oh, and its got to do stuff that works…………...

  12. No Funding! • Diverted gear destined for trash • NO R&D capital to be found • Budget = 0$ • Team doing two jobs

  13. AngryStack • Endless possibilities in OpenStack • If you can make them work • Feature Greed! • Over-ran the docs that were ‘available’ • Current problem are always solved in the next release • I always have a current problem

  14. Mad Googling! Day 30

  15. “Sticky” room (Cloud Cave) • Burn through two scrummasters • Whiteboards filled with ideas • Whole team in one room

  16. Building a cloud… • They said it couldn’t be done • 500 ways not to build a cloud discovered • Late nights

  17. Tech debt! • Things breaking! • Every service is a huge victory! • Atmos clap is developed

  18. Inception Day 60

  19. On the heels of dev... • Literally 2 days behind Nicira developers during our Quantum build • We were begging for the next code bits • Plugins/integration with Open vSwitch • Scratching of heads • Amazing support from Nicira

  20. AwesomeStack • We got stuff to work! • Main feature collection working • VM’s deployed successfully via Horizon • SDN to OpenStack successful! • Deploy networks and routers - Yourself • NO MORE VLANS! • Self directed FW’s!

  21. Additions Made... • Because Open Source • Boot from volume • Instance deploy wizard • Monitoring - Atmos Monkey

  22. 1 day left - Do or Die Day 89

  23. Demo day... • Security group errors (quick refresh) • Ceph stable • Crossing fingers the HW will hold out

  24. Winning! • The Impossible is done! • Executive mgmt was beyond impressed!

  25. A declaration is made... • This OpenStack thing is our future • Mgmt said make it so! • The message is sent to the org. • Wait… There's no money • Found a customer that would invest • Pitched the dream and they bought in

  26. Schism... • The Cathedral is completely freaked out!!!!!! • Those OpenStack guys are trying to kill the unicorn factory! • But.. But.. The customer can do whatever they want in the new thing! • Why would you build such a thing!?

  27. SolutionStack • Build a world class cloud • Stable • Sustainable • Not able to hire like a RackSpace • Looked for companies that understand our vision • Long term support • Plan for FedRAMP

  28. I am Zach’s Sleepless Nights

  29. Operationalizing... • Piston • Provisioning • Impressed by operational philosophy • VMware NSX • Maturity • Troubleshooting capabilities • Silicon Mechanics • Amazing fulfillment

  30. Get what we want…

  31. Questions? AMA

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