Global Foundation Services

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1 Global Foundation Services

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3 Introduction I work in Global Foundations Services (GFS) Lead R&D for Microsoft s next-generation end-to-end solutions for the cloud infrastructure We take a long term view of Energy supply On-site electrical generation technologies Data center form factor IT Infrastructure architecture IT utilization / efficiency Prior to joining Microsoft CTO and VP at IBM System x Server development 3

4 GFS - Huge Global Scale 24x7 59 markets and 36 languages 300M+ Users 76 markets and 48 languages 200+ Cloud Services PC TV/HOME MOBILE 4

5 Microsoft Data Center Scale Microsoft has more than 10 and less than 100 DCs worldwide Quincy Des Moines Chicago Boydton Dublin Amsterdam Hong Kong Japan San Antonio Singapore Multiple global CDN locations "Data Centers have become as vital to the functioning of society as power stations." The Economist 5

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7 A Most Valuable Lesson In the beginning HW engineers focused on scaling compute resources Always preserving a symmetric view of memory cache BUS cache Because we did not want to disrupt the programming model Memory Storage Network But 7

8 Scaling Became A Challenge At some point systems could no longer scale Physics lesson: While our programming model preferences are often for shared resources Sharing at scale Sooner or later becomes problematic cache Storage cache cache BUS Memory cache Network 8

9 cache cache cache cache NUMA Taught Me When designing for cloud scale: Logical and physical disaggregation of resources (parallelism) is required to achieve efficiency at scale. Ultimately, this applies to compute, storage and networking. Memory Memory Storage Network Memory Memory 9

10 See A Problem? Shared resources deployed at cloudscale cease to perform efficiently Parallel implementations and new programming models are often needed for efficiency at cloud scale. Shared Network Fabric Shared Storage Compute 10

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12 Current Forces Impacting Our Future Current Challenges: Industry Response: 12

13 Microsoft s Data Center Evolution Future Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation N Colocation Server Capacity ~2 PUE 20 year Technology Density Rack Density and Deployment PUE Minimized Resource Impact Containment Containers, PODs Scalability & Sustainability PUE Air & Water Economization Differentiated SLAs Modular ITPACs & Colos Reduced Carbon, Right-sized PUE Faster Time to Market Outside Air Cooled Siliconization PUE approaching 1.0 Integration of Compute Memory Storage Network Fabric Power Generation 13

14 SoC A Major Inflection In Cloud Infrastructure SoC (System On a Chip) Have the potential to alter how we package cloud scale servers NIC Switch Cache Storage Controller SoC Enables Integration Memory Processor Network switch Storage DRAM Flash Storage 14

15 Integrated Switching Initiates Shift to Mesh Fabrics SoC (Systems On a Chip) Fat-tree gives way to mesh topologies Integrated switching to enable creation of 2D and 3D mesh fabrics Short distance between nodes enables much greater bandwidth per link New corpus of servers Compute nodes packaged with direct attached flash storage Or dense disk storage nodes distributed through mesh 15

16 Siliconization - Rethink The Data Center Possibilities Greatly increased bandwidth Eventual integration of silicon based fuel cell energy generation with IT Greater operating temperatures Reduced data center complexity Less electrical distribution equipment Powered by natural gas Increased reliability Lower cost 16

17 Siliconization Transforms Data Centers 17

18 Cheyenne DataPlant Project DataPlant project: Explore the integration of clean, on-site electricity generation and IT Power a fuel cell directly from waste water treatment plant biogas Configure as a grid-independent energy source to power modular IT Partnership with University of Wyoming to explore and develop technologies which will lead to greater integration and efficiency Collaboration with: Cheyenne LEADS Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities Western Research Institute Wyoming Business Council Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power WY Governors Office 18

19 Future Data Center? Si Systems Si Fuel Cells Modularity Re-imagine The Data Center 19

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