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Bimodal Infrastructure for Digital Business

Philip Dawson

2 © 2015 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

BimodalInfrastructure

How to modernize your data center and

offer agile infrastructure?

IntegratedSystems

Cloud Virtualization

Data Center Modernization: Mode 1

Infrastructure Agility: Mode 2

Compute Storage

Datacenter


Key Issues

1. How do you focus on two speeds at the same time? 2. What initiatives should remain Mode 1 and Mode 2? 3. What initiatives should be focused across the portfolio?


Mode 1Foundation

Choose to modernize, transition, protect or rationalize with a business case,

not a technology need.

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter


Bimodal Infrastructure: External Factors

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Internet of Things Public/Hybrid Cloud Digital Business

Community Open Source Mode 2 (OT)


§ Vendor differentiation with solutions leads to complex roadmap dependencies —roadmap of roadmaps.

§ Don't buy too many futures, check references for:

– Installed base.

– Sizings.

– HA/DR.

– Vertical and geography.

§ Or be a reference for10% off the deal!

Bimodal: All in One Direction?

Application Software Roadmap, App Server and DBMS Server

HA/DR Roadmap, Ties to Clustering and Storage

Virtualization Roadmap, VMware, KVM, Etc.

OS Roadmap, Windows, Linux or Legacy Unix/Mainframe?

Processor Roadmap, Installed Base and Future

Systems Roadmap, SAP Installed Base & Future


§ Assumes 8,400 customers, as per SAP's guidance 3Q15

§ 20% License sale or shelfware

§ 10% Hana Enterprise Cloud (HEC) with top three vendors platforms

§ Up to 14,000 systems

– X2 nodes

– X2 VMs for test/dev. and preproduction

Not All Mode 1 Is Old e.g., SAP Hana New in Memory …

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

Customers Physical Deployments Logical/Virtual Machine Deployments

SAP HANA DEPLOYMENTSMATURE PROD. EARLY PROD. LATE TEST

EARLY TEST LICENCE SALE


Bimodal Game Plan: Strategic Windows/Linux x86 Choice, Everything Else a Justifiable Tactical Niche

1. Choose app andDBMS software

2. Choose Linux and Windows on x86 as strategic default

3. Choose virtualization options and consider commercial issues

4. Look for bimodal technologies first to share Mode 1 and Mode 2

5. Only consider other platforms as a bimodal niche/tactical play

2005…

45%5%11%

13%8% 2014

26%

8%

33%

6%4%

DBMS ServerSQL Windows Oracle UnixOracle Linux/x86 DB2 z/OSDB2 Unix SAP Hana/ASEOther

14% Virtual

Source: >500 inquires from Gartner Clients < 1H15.

2005

40%

45%

…5% 201544%

5%

45%

6%

Application ServerWindows Unix Linux/x86 Other

15% Virtual

3%Virtual

30% Virtual

20%Virtual


Bimodal Action Plan: Virtualization and OSIT Market Clock for Server Virtualization and

Operating Environments, 2015

IBM AIX, IBM i, Linux on Power Big Endian, IBM z/OS, Linux on System z, IBM Power VM,HP-UX, HP NonStop, Oracle

Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Solaris Zones, SUSE Linux x86,

Huawei FusionSphere, Citrix XenServer, Other MF

VMware vSphere, Red Hat RHEV, Red Hat Linux x86Microsoft Windows Server,

Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft OSs, Google Kubernetes,

Linux on Power LE, Docker, Linux Containers (LXC),Open-Source KVM

Predominantly Mode 1

Strategic Mode 1 infrastructure limited to Mode 1 use on projects. Ties to tactical legacy platforms and predominantly brownfield (installed base) projects. Traditional IT.

Desirable default and can be deployed Mode 1 and Mode 2.Some brownfield and greenfield use for IT and OT across the portfolio.

Choose only as a Mode 2 choice. Strong across the stack, strongand new business, (greenfield). Can be new IT, but leverage OT.

Predominantly Mode 2

Bimodal Choice

From: "IT Market Clock for Server Virtualization and Operating Environments, 2015," 15 September 2015 (G00290460)


Mode 2Selection

Try to reuse and share bimodal infrastructure, select Mode 2 as

tactical alternative and contain or switch if it is not mainstream.

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter


Plan for Today and Next Year's Mode 2 Disruption ...

Mode 1 BiasLast year's IT fashion and IT budget.

Mode 2 (2015)This year's OT fashion and IT/OT budget.

Next Year's Mode 2Next year's OT fashion and OT budget?


Bimodal: Mode 1 and Mode 2 Extremes ...

Mode 1 BiasBimodal Mode 1 with strong Mode 2:§ Flexible Mode 1 to integrate with Mode 2.

§ Siloed Mode 2 creates islands of infrastructure for OT.

§ Better than Mode 2 bias.

Mode 2 BiasBimodal Mode 2 with strong Mode 1:§ Easily integrated Mode 2.§ Siloed Mode 1 entrenched legacy platforms.

§ Legacy requires a business case, not new technology.

BipolarSeparate Mode 1 and Mode 2:§ Good Mode1 and Mode 2 optimization.

§ Reuse weak, silos everywhere.§ Desirable but NOT overall, über efficient.

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

Mode 1 Mode 2Bipolar

BlueMode 1, Red Mode 2, Purple Bimodal


Bimodal Reality: Transmodal ...

ERP ExampleConservative Mode 2 use: § Good for IT projects such as ERP and consolidation.

§ Management and integration?§ Look at phase changingthe domains.

VDI ExampleLiberal Mode 2 and bimodal:§ Good for OT business use§ Management and lock-in?§ Accommodates new delivery models and GTM

BimodalAll bimodal, strong idealistic vision: § Ideal world, not attainable today.§ Not all domains will get bimodal at the same time.

§ Focus on your bimodal approach.

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

ERPBimodal VDI


Bimodal Options: Extremes and Mixes …

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Daacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter

IntegratedSystems




Compute Storage

Datacenter


ERP

VDI

Extremes Single Mode Transmodal Examples

Mode 1

Mode 2

Bipolar

Bimodal


ü Plan to migrate from declining legacy Mode 1 platforms on next reiteration of project going bimodal wherever possible.

ü Consider Mode 2 use of applications for performance and agility of workloads tied to a business case.

ü Look at each Mode 1/Mode 2/bimodal vendor and track the test/development production split with references.

ü Drive your own bimodal infrastructure negotiations, ROI, TCO and roadmaps, not vendors for you!

ü Plan for next year's Mode 2 to make this year's Mode 2 move to more Mode 1 (IT/OT fashion).

Recommendations


Action Plan for I&O Leaders

Monday Morning:§ Understand your niche Mode 1 platforms and dependencies.§ Choose the application and DBMS first, then the best bimodal platform.

Next 90 Days:§ Rationalize the drive to x86 Linux/Windows virtualized environments for the best bimodal dollar/SLA.

§ Look at Mode 2 infrastructure for tactical alternatives.

Next 12 Months:§ Migrate to a strategic mainstream bimodal platform.§ Consider other platforms as tactical niches for controlled Mode 1 and Mode 2.


Recommended Gartner Research

u IT Market Clock for Server Technology and SDx, 2015Andrew Butler and Philip Dawson (G00290461)

u IT Market Clock for Server Virtualization and Operating Environments, 2015Philip Dawson and Andrew Butler (G00290460)

u Infrastructure Agility Key Initiative OverviewPhilip Dawson, Arun Chandrasekaran and Others (G00280258)

u Data Center Modernization and Consolidation Key Initiative OverviewMike Chuba, Philip Dawson and Others (G00280455)

u IT Market Clock for Storage, 2015Santhosh Rao, Pushan Rinnen and Others (G00290516)

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