Data Center Consolidation and Cloud Computing Discussion and Overview September 9, 2010 John R. Savageau President
Discussion Topics Develop a national data center consolidation and disaster recovery plan Data Center Case Studies Hawaii Vietnam US Government and States Indonesia Data Center Infrastructure Plan Primary processing sites Disaster recovery Move to Virtualization and Cloud Technologies
Government Data Center Consolidation Not just an issue for Developing countries it is a common issue for most governments
US Government The Federal Government will transform its Information Technology Infrastructure by virtualizing data centers, consolidating data centers and operations, and ultimately adopting a cloud-computing business model. (from FY2010 Federal Budget)
Cloud Project Governance Structure
NIST Cloud Computing Priorities Interoperability clouds need to work together Portability workloads and data should be able to move as needed Security customer data and workloads are protected All require development of open and usable standards
US State CIO Priorities - Process 1. Budget and Cost Control: managing budget reduction, strategies for savings, reducing or avoiding costs, activity based costing 2. Consolidation: centralizing, consolidating services, operations, resources, infrastructure, data centers 3. Shared Services: business models, sharing resources, services, infrastructure, independent of organizational structure 4. Broadband and Connectivity: strengthening statewide connectivity, broadband and wireless 5. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: execution, support, reporting, data management 6. Security: risk assessment, security safeguards, enterprise policies, employee education, data protection, insider threat 7. Transparency: open government, performance measures and data, accountability, access to government data 8. Infrastructure: data centers, infrastructure investment, critical infrastructure protection 9. Health Information: architecture, assessment, partnering, implementation, health information exchange, technology solutions 10. Governance: improving IT governance, data governance
US State Priorities - Technology 1. Virtualization (storage, computing, data center, servers, applications) 2. Networking, voice and data communications, unified communications 3. Document/Content/Records/E-mail management (repository, archiving, digital preservation) 4. Cloud computing, software as a service 5. Security enhancement tools 6. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Legacy application modernization-renovation 7. Geospatial analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 8. Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) applications 9. Identity and access management 10.Social Media and Networking (Web 2.0 services, wikis, blogs, collaboration technologies, and social networking)
Hawaii State of Hawaii critical business processes are heavily dependent upon information technology and the State does not have an alternate means to process data normally handled by its primary data center facility There is a high probability of a disaster that will render the primary data center inoperable for an extended period of time Currently, it would take weeks or months to relocate and recover the State s information systems Critical health, safety, and other public services (including processing of employee payroll, government aid and benefits to its most needy citizens, tax collections, payments to vendors, etc.) will be severely jeopardized by a prolonged data center outage, rendering the State vulnerable to damaged reputation, potential legal action and public outcry
Vietnam With World Bank support developing a national cloud computing lab Emphasis on distributed disaster recovery models Cooperation between government agencies for DR support All current projects considering implementing virtualization
Indonesia More than 150 government operated data centers and server closets International data center standards are used in only a few facilities National data center consolidation and cloud computing initiatives
egovernment Readiness Path
High Level Overview of National Data Infrastructure Archival Data Center Local Govt Other Govt Agency Regional Govt Backup and Archive Public Internet Kominfo Other Govt Agency Secondary/Parallel Data Center Regional Govt Agriculture BPS Kominfo Other Govt Agency Regional Govt Supports Secure VPN Connections to NDC From remote Govt Offices Agriculture Local Govt Tourism Finance BPS Finance Local Govt Tourism Primary Data Center
Indonesia Summary Jakarta Primary Operating Location Proximity to central government Best access to trained staff and vendor support Highest traffic requirement Best access to telecom Secondary and parallel processing - Tier 7 Limited disaster risk Good access to power Good access to telecom Hot failover for Jakarta Archival and Backup Site Limited power Good access to telecom Good national backup/archive location Recommend Tier 3 Data Vaulting Jakarta
Government Data Center Reviews Individual ministries and agencies are operating critical national systems and applications in small computer rooms and server closets Data is either backed up locally (not offsite) or not backed up at all Limited or no redundancy for applications, power and telecom Pacific Tier Interviews in Vietnam, Indonesia, Moldova, Hawaii, Mongolia
Moldova Issues Obsolete or unsupported h/w, s/w Incompatible systems Old or non-existent documentation Loss of skilled or experienced staff Inability to meet business requirements Data security shortfalls Disaster recovery Standard access controls
Potential Cloud Plan for Moldova Distributed architecture Cloud processing mirrored in both primary and backup data centers Both locations are real time Disaster recovery is built into the distributed architecture Processing on demand for ministries and other government agencies Virtual data centers Storage and disaster recovery support Standard applications library Provides standardized applications throughout national ICT infrastructure Cheaper, maintainable, and promotes data mining for central government Promotes hosted and web-based applications Pushes storage and files into data center, away from laptops and unsecure media Transparency
The Road to Cloud Moldova Short term take away risk to data and facilities through central backup/dr and consolidation Cloud steps Designate and empower CIO/ICT leadership Project management Operations management (could be CTS) Develop project policy and priorities Identify pilot projects Process and integration engineering Technology and standards development Develop standardized applications SaaS Database Where possible, re-engineer with Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) software/applications or supported Open Source
Cloud Application Example Shared Telecom Infrastructure Relieves the end-user from the burden of infrastructure Focus CAPEX/OPEX on core business National Data Center
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