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1 Top Considerations for IT Virtualization Barb Goldworm President & Chief Analyst 2012 FOCUS -

2 Barb Goldworm President & chief analyst, FOCUS, LLC ( analyst firm focused on virtualization, cloud, systems, storage, & transformational technologies 30 years in technical, marketing & analyst roles with IBM, StorageTek, Novell, Enterprise Management Associates &multiple successful startups, started with virtualization late 1970s, built 1 st ESD (electronic SW Distribution) solution late 1980s Expert Columnist/Speaker since 1990s NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld SNWOnline, IDG, TechTarget SearchServerVirtualization, SearchVMware, SearchVirtualDesktop, CRN, Information Week, Network Computing, Ziff-Davis Author: 100s of research reports, surveys, white papers, columns, Wiley book Blade Servers & Virtualization Conference Keynote Speaker/Chair/Advisory Board: Chair/Advisor: Interop : Virtualization, Desktop Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Summit: Private Cloud, Cloud Connect: Private & Hybrid Cloud, Blade Systems Insights, Server Blade Summit Judge: Best of VMworld, Product of the Year Keynote speaker: Interop, Tech Target Data Center Decisions, Storage Decisions, IT Sessions, Avnet Road2Virtualization, Road2Storage Optimization, VirtualPath & StoragePath Universities, Avnet/Cisco The Way Forward, Educomm CIO Summit 3/18/ FOCUS - 2

Management Associates &multiple successful startups, started with virtualization late 1970s, built 1 st ESD (electronic SW Distribution) solution late 1980s Expert Columnist/Speaker since 1990s

3 Agenda- Top Considerations for IT Virtualization State of virtualization Trends, terms, adoption, benefits, drivers Availability & Disaster Recovery Virtualization + management + automation private cloud Conclusions and recommendations 3/18/ FOCUS - 3

& Disaster Recovery Virtualization + management + automation private

4 Virtualization & Private Cloud are Top Priorities Virtualization and Cloud #1 & #2 CIO priorities: Gartner CIO Survey #2 & #3 priorities: FOCUS Interop Survey Cloud, security, mobility & do more with less: CIO Summit Improve infrastructure & operations improve service levels & deliver at less cost CIO success/failure dependent on cloud success Pressure to deliver flexible, elastic IT for least $ Competition between IT and public cloud 3/14/ FOCUS - 4

operations improve service levels & deliver at less cost CIO success/failure dependent on cloud success Pressure to

5 State of the Industry: Virtualization 90% of organizations over 100 have server virtualization 50-60% all server workloads virtualized SMBs started later but virtualize faster 75% of all x86 workloads will be virtualized by /14/ FOCUS - 5

SMBs started later but virtualize faster 75% of all x86 workloads

6 SMB Virtualization Adoption 3/14/ FOCUS - 6

Actual Benefits Achieved Increased utilization of resources Reduced space/power/cooling Reduced TCO of servers Increased ROI of servers Improved IT agility Reduced provisioning time Improved disaster

7 Actual Benefits Achieved Increased utilization of resources Reduced space/power/cooling Reduced TCO of servers Increased ROI of servers Improved IT agility Reduced provisioning time Improved disaster recovery plan Improved server manageability Increased availability Improved response to users Reduction in storage hardware Improved app. service levels Enabled true DR plan for 1st time Improved application mgmt Improved desktop mgmt Desktop consolidation Improved desktop data security Source: FOCUS Research Series Managing the Virtual Environment 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 3/14/ FOCUS - 7

8 What is Virtualization? Abstraction away from HW or layer beneath After Before User Profile Applications Operating System Hardware User Persona & Apps User Virtualization Applications Application Virtualization Operating System HW Virtualization Server or Desktop Hardware June FOCUS - 8

Applications Operating System Hardware User Persona & Apps User Virtualization

9 Types of Virtualization Network Virtualization VLANs, VSANs, virtual NICs, IP addresses and WWNs, VXLAN, NVP Storage Virtualization Host, Network, Device VSA, VSAN, Virtual Flash, VVols Systems and Software Server, Desktop & Application Virtualization Virtualization of all resources into a virtualized infrastructure is an enabler for Private Cloud VM 1 VM 2 Server Virtualization Cluster Virtual App Desktop VM 1 Desktop Virtualization Storage Virtualization Network Virtualization Virtual App 3/14/ FOCUS - 9

of all resources into a virtualized infrastructure is an enabler for Private Cloud VM 1 VM 2 Server Virtualization Cluster Virtual App

10 Virtualization Drivers Disaster Recovery Server consolidation Increase server utilization Reduce space & power Increase availability Improve IT agility Improve manageability Storage consolidation Reduce provisioning time Desktop consolidation Source: FOCUS Research Series Managing the Virtual Environment Critical Important Not so important 3/14/ FOCUS

provisioning time Desktop consolidation Source: FOCUS Research Series Managing the Virtual Environment

11 Virtualization Drivers by Company Size (# of servers) > 250 Servers Disaster recovery Servers Server consolidation < 50 Servers Reduce floor space, power, cooling Source: FOCUS Research Series Managing the Virtual Environment 3/14/ FOCUS

floor space, power, cooling - 20 40 60 80 Source: FOCUS Research Series

12 Server Virtualization: Availability Continuum Hardware Redundant components & hot swap Redundant systems System Fault Tolerance Software Virtual Resource Pools Live Migration Clustering High Availability Failover Dynamic Resource Load Balancing Software based Fault Tolerance Where do your applications fit? Redundant components Fault Tolerance Mar FOCUS,LLC

Availability Failover Dynamic Resource Load Balancing Software based Fault Tolerance Where do your

13 Automating Availability Workload Balancing + High Availability + On-Demand Capacity X

14 Protecting Your Data: Disaster Recovery Disaster types from file recovery to hw failure to catastrophe natural (floods, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes) man-made (bombings, terrorist attacks, human errors) 40 percent of businesses that were shut down for 3 days failed within 3 years - companies of all sizes need the ability to resume operations locally or remotely within hours, or face closing their doors permanently Virtualization -1 st time enabler for SMB -- low entry cost Mar FOCUS,LLC

failed within 3 years - companies of all sizes need the ability to resume operations locally or remotely within 24-36 hours, or face

Virtualization for Cost-Effective DR Protected Site Remote Site FS1 FS1 MAIL Replication SQL FS2 Failback MAIL SQL WWW Eliminate HW dependencies

15 Virtualization for Cost-Effective DR Protected Site Remote Site FS1 FS1 MAIL Replication SQL FS2 Failback MAIL SQL WWW Eliminate HW dependencies and the need for exact HW duplication -- lowering costs and enabling SMB DR FS2 WWW Hypervisor Mar FOCUS,LLC

and the need for exact HW duplication -- lowering costs and enabling SMB

16 VMware vcenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) DR (recovery), Disaster Avoidance (migrate before disaster), planned migration (2-way) Protected Site X vsphere vcenter SRM Replication Remote Site vcenter SRM Storage Replication Fail-back Mar FOCUS,LLC

Protected Site X vsphere vcenter SRM Replication Remote Site vcenter

17 Virtualization not completely fulfilled promise Management has become an obstacle Limited automation Lacking complete full stack monitoring/mgmt Limiting growth & value of virtualization Impeding path to private cloud Virtualization increases pace of operations yet 39% lack monitoring and audit tools* 34% have budgeted less than $10k for tools Most will have a mixed physical & virtual infrastructure for the foreseeable future Organizations historically lack proper policy and procedures Virtualization makes this a bigger problem Cloud makes it even worse The Virtualization Management Challenge *Source: InformationWeek survey of 391 IT organizations 3/18/ FOCUS -

Most will have a mixed physical & virtual infrastructure for the foreseeable future Organizations historically lack proper policy and procedures Virtualization makes this a

18 Cloudify to Reach the Next Level 3/14/ FOCUS

policy-based dynamic resource management Usage based cost visibility chargeback/showback

19 The Road from Virtualization to Private Cloud From Virtualization to Private Cloud Virtualized Infrastructure Infrastructure optimized for virtualization Automated, policy-based dynamic resource management Usage based cost visibility chargeback/showback Self-service provisioning Service Catalog Source: FOCUS, LLC 3/14/ FOCUS

Defining Cloud Shared resource pools, broad network access, rapid elastic provisioning, automated measured service delivery, on-demand, self service Enterprise Private Cloud Operated and solely for

20 Defining Cloud Shared resource pools, broad network access, rapid elastic provisioning, automated measured service delivery, on-demand, self service Enterprise Private Cloud Operated and solely for an organization, typically within the firewall Cloud Computing is a way of doing computing Bridging Hybrid Cloud Composition of 2 or more interoperable clouds, enabling data and application portability Hosted Private Cloud Operated and tailored solely for an organization, typically within the firewall, hosted by a CSP Cloud Service Providers (CSP) Public Cloud Accessible over the Internet for general consumption 3/18/ FOCUS

2 or more interoperable clouds, enabling data and application portability Hosted Private Cloud Operated and tailored solely for an organization, typically within the

21 The Roads to Private Cloud Private cloud: virtualized, optimized, and automated operates as selfmanaging, virtual infrastructure with self service portal and service catalog Hosted Private Cloud Virtual Infrastructure Public Cloud 3/14/ FOCUS

22 Conclusions & Recommendations If you haven t already started virtualizing, start now Consider virtualization for consolidation, disaster recovery and the road to cloud Consider the whole virtual infrastructure Server, desktop, storage, networking, security Consider the big picture - ease of use, ease of mgmt, rapid provisioning, power & space, performance, availability, scalability, elasticity, security, policies, organizational issues, total costs and ROI Leverage others experience to avoid the potholes in the road 3/18/ FOCUS

23 Top Considerations for IT Virtualization Barb Goldworm President & Chief Analyst 2012 FOCUS -

Cloud Computing Cutting through the Hype. Barb Goldworm Founder, president & chief analyst, FOCUS, LLC Barbgoldworm@focusonsystems.

Cloud Computing Cutting through the Hype Barb Goldworm Founder, president & chief analyst, FOCUS, LLC Barbgoldworm@focusonsystems.com Barb Goldworm President & chief analyst, FOCUS, LLC (www.focusonsystems.com),