Infrastructure InitiativesInfrastructure Initiatives

By : Rob JonesBy : Rob Jones

AgendaAgenda

• 2008 Infrastructure Assessment

• Implementation Time Frames

• Implementation Goals

2008 Infrastructure 2008 Infrastructure AssessmentAssessment

• 2008IA Summary of Assessment

• 2008IA Technology Improvements

• 2008IA Best Practices (Governance)

2008IA Summary of Assessment2008IA Summary of Assessment

Emerging Technologies (Virtualization Technologies & Server Consolidation)

• Enterprise Architecture Reference Models: Recommend the development of an enterprise assessment process and technology frameworks. This will allow FHLBank-Pittsburgh to evaluate the strategic value of enterprise technologies that support multiple products and solutions. These technologies include virtualization, server consolidation, SOA, Identity Management, etc.

• Enterprise Interoperability Specifications: Recommend the development of additional infrastructure technology assessment criteria to determine the potential value and risks of integrating new technologies and solutions.

• Emerging Technology Projects: Recommend the implementation of virtualization technology layers to provide the current data center with more agility and infrastructure on demand capabilities.

High Level Management Best Practices

• Business Process Analysis: Recommend the implementation of business intelligence tools to create data-driven executive and business analyst dashboards that depict the direct relationship between processes and the supporting infrastructure.

• Enhancement of Enterprise Architecture Governance: Recommend an increase in enterprise infrastructure oversight to provide strategic alignment and governance. (i.e., avoid server proliferation by implementing into virtualization and consolidation).

• Creation of a Business Computing Architecture Team (bISComp): We recommend the change in name and structure to bISComp. This will provide business and technology strategic alignment. bISComp will have executive sponsorship and IT management leadership to establish a strategic balance between enterprise projects and infrastructure technology.

2008IA TECHNOLOGY 2008IA TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTSIMPROVEMENTS

Summary of Proposed Virtualization ProjectsVirtualization Projects Business Imperatives Success Indicators

Virtual Tape Library (VTL)Project scope (high level):•Finalize requirements for Backup & Recovery.•Analyze Backup & Recovery processes and policies for potential modification.•Test synchronization of Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual SANs (vSANs)Project scope (high level):•Finalize storage requirements for Production, Test/Dev and DR.•Establish process and procedures for storage partitioning, access and management as a shared resource.•Test synchronization between Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual Servers - ConsolidationProject scope (high level):•Finalize requirements for Production, Test/Dev and DR server environments.•Establish process and procedures for server acquisitions and application verification before virtualization.•Test synchronization between Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)Project scope (high level):•Determine target operating systems and analyze PC/Laptop refresh process.•Test streaming application and desktop internally and remotely (DR included).•Implement as needed.

• Reduce manual backup & recovery (infrastructure on demand).

• Identify the risks and rewards of records retention compliancy.

• Establish a process and solution for Information Lifecycle Management.

• Reduce the time and effort involved with physical tape backup.

• Implement better storage allocation and management to support the dynamic needs of test/dev, production and DR areas (infrastructure on demand).

• Address business continuity risks of decentralized storage.

• Provide automated and faster data replication between Grant St. and Vista.

• Provide dynamically allocated resources for business applications (infrastructure on demand).

• Mitigate the risk of uncontrolled server growth.

• Reduce the complexity and risks of decentralized server management and support.

• Provide business applications on demand (infrastructure on demand).

• Provide data compliancy and risk mitigation by centralized desktop management.

• Reduce purchase and support costs of desktop and laptops.

• Reduction in time and effort of backup & recovery operations.

• Reduction in risk of data loss due to physical tape malfunctions and device failures.

• Reduce the physical amount of required storage for backup & recovery operations.

• Faster response to archived data requests.

• Faster fulfillment of storage requests.• More continuity between test/dev and

production deployments.• More efficient and cost effective use of

storage resources.

• Faster response to increasing business application demands.

• Near zero system downtime.• Faster and more efficient migration of

applications from test/dev to production.

• Reduction in data loss and compromise risk events.

• Reduction in the time and effort needed to support desktops and laptops.

• More security of desktop and laptop resources and data.

Agreed Acceptance of Proposed Virtualization ProjectsProposed Virtualization Projects Agreed Acceptance Equivalent Success

Virtual Tape Library (VTL)Project scope (high level):•Finalize requirements for Backup & Recovery.•Analyze Backup & Recovery processes and policies for potential modification.•Test synchronization of Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual SANs (vSANs)Project scope (high level):•Finalize storage requirements for Production, Test/Dev and DR.•Establish process and procedures for storage partitioning, access and management as a shared resource.•Test synchronization between Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual Servers - ConsolidationProject scope (high level):•Finalize requirements for Production, Test/Dev and DR server environments.•Establish process and procedures for server acquisitions and application verification before virtualization.•Test synchronization between Grant Street and Vista sites.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)Project scope (high level):•Determine target operating systems and analyze PC/Laptop refresh process.•Test streaming application and desktop internally and remotely (DR included).•Implement as needed.

Backup-to-Disk• Determination made not to limit capability

to virtual tape only - by project team.• Backup/Recovery Requirements Finalized.• Storage Management Team created to

review processes and manage changes.• Backup-to-Disk evaluation includes

replication to recovery site.

SAN Expansion• Virtual SAN cost prohibitive at this time.• Implement storage framework and

management to support the dynamic needs of various environments.

• Purchase and Install large amount of commodity disk to complete framework.

• Current replication matches SAN replication.

Virtual Servers - Consolidation• Provide dynamically allocated resources for

business applications (infrastructure on demand).

• Server life cycle has been changed to evaluate virtual allocation first.

• High Availability is part of new architecture.• Phase 2 will focus on recovery site needs

MS Windows Upgrade & VDI• MS Windows determined as target PC

operating system.• Using Microsoft Virtual PC for desktops

allows modular environment.• Use of Citrix has lightened desktop

environment and will simplify refresh.

• Reduction in time and effort of backup & recovery operations.

• Reduction in risk of data loss due to physical tape malfunctions and device failures.

• Reduce the physical amount of required storage for backup & recovery operations.

• Faster response to archived data requests.

• Faster fulfillment of storage requests.• More continuity between test/dev and

production deployments.• More efficient and cost effective use of

storage resources.

• Faster response to increasing business application demands.

• Near zero system downtime.• Faster and more efficient migration of

applications from test/dev to production.• Better server resource management.

• Reduction in data loss and compromise risk events.

• Reduction in the time and effort needed to support desktops and laptops.

• More security of desktop and laptop resources and data.

Network Bandwidth Assessment - WANNetwork Bandwidth Assessment - WAN

The network is running efficiently with its present traffic rates.

The WAN has plenty of room for expansion of applications and replication.

The user’s network has fast, stacked switches and has plenty of performance for future expansion.

The user ports are only 100 Meg and that could eventually become an issue, depending on how demanding the virtualization to the desktop becomes.

100 Meg port should be sufficient for a “proof-of-concept” test.

The server portion of the network is all gigabit stacked switches but only has a single gigabit connection back to the rest of the network.

This could become a performance bottleneck.

The final issue is the core routing device and the use of a PC for this purpose.

This is not a scalable solution and should be reconsidered.

Utilization is calculated with Speed of 100.0 Mbps Traffic IN AVG : 3.37% Traffic OUT AVG : 0.14%

100 Meg Vista link Utilization Measurements

Our Acceptance of Network Bandwidth Our Acceptance of Network Bandwidth AssessmentAssessment

The network is running efficiently with its present traffic rates.

The WAN has plenty of room for expansion of applications and replication.

The user’s network has fast, stacked switches and has plenty of performance for future expansion.

We Agree with Following Points:We Agree with Following Points:

2008IA BEST PRACTICES 2008IA BEST PRACTICES (GOVERNANCE)(GOVERNANCE)

Recommended Governance ModelRecommended Governance ModelBusiness / Technology DomainsBusiness / Technology Domains

Domain Teams

Systems Mgmt Domain Access Domain

Application Domain Integration Domain

Security Domain Privacy Domain

Network Domain Platform Domain

Information Domain

Enterprise Projects

Methodology Cost Analysis

Risk Mitigation Business Requirements

Business Processes Business Drivers

Business Applications

bISCOMP

Drive-IT

Enterprise Architecture

PMO

Portfolio Management

Recommended Business and IT Alignment Recommended Business and IT Alignment When, Why and How?When, Why and How?

Current State Future State

Current technology inhibits faster response to business changes.

Technical complexities reduces application integration opportunities.

‘Silo’ solutions increase total cost of ownership and risk.

Rigid technical infrastructure reduces capability for dynamic change and adjustments for business purposes.

2009 2010 2011

Application Environment

Infrastructure

Desktop Upgrade

Server Virtualization

Modular HVAC

Business Analysts

Analytics & Reporting

Executive Dashboard

Application Upgrades

Shared Architecture

Application Integration

Data & Information

Support Dynamic Business Change – Faster time to market with new applications.

Leverage Shared Architecture - Develop once, service many.

Cost Containment - Infrastructure consolidation reduces total cost of ownership.

Self-service Reporting - Implement Ad hoc reporting and predictive dashboards to support analytical processing and performance reporting.

Business Transformation

Implementation Time FramesImplementation Time Frames

INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES FOR RECOMMENDED FUTURE STATETECHNOLOGY

LAYER 2009 2010 2011 TARGET STATE BUSINESS VALUE

OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVESTECHNOLOGY

LAYER 2009 2010 2011 TARGET STATE BUSINESS VALUE

Implementation GoalsImplementation Goals

Controlled Staging

True Server Staging Area

HVACUpgrade System and Increase Efficiency

Server RoomSecure,

Segregated, & Dust Free

Operations Center

Secure and Segregated

Optimized Data Center EnvironmentOptimized Data Center Environment

RAMP

PDU

STAGING AREA UPS ROOM

SEGREGATED SERVER ROOM

(NOC) OPERATIONS CENTER

11Th FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM

Secure Electrical Door

PHAC

N3 N2 N1

Operator Cubes

Column

Secure Door

Secure Door

PHHP SAN & Server Racks

SUN Server Racks

Test Rack

HP1 HP2 HP3 HP4

OF

Network Racks & OF

New Liebert AC(2010)

SUN1

SUN2

SUN3

SUN4

SUN5

New Liebert AC(2010)

New Liebert AC(2009)

SUN6

SUN7

SUN8

HP5 HP6 HP7

Phone System

Secure Electrical Door & Keypad

Secure Door

TPSecure Door & Keypad

Window

Optimized Data CenterOptimized Data Center

SAN Expansion - Before & AfterSAN Expansion - Before & After

Production

New Non-Prod

Fiber Channel

Fiber Channel FATA

7.3 TB 1 TB Free

4.5 TB + 7.5 TB 16.8 TB1 TB29.8 TB (Usable)

1 TB Free

Fiber Channel

Non-Prod

New Production

Fiber Channel

32.6 TB (Usable)

16.8 TB

FATA

7.3 TB + 7.5 TB1 TB 16.8 TB

4.5 TB

VMWare Cluster and HAVMWare Cluster and HA

SQL Server

Yes

Move forward with virtualization planning.

Does the server meet utilization metrics?

Server may be best suited to reside on physical hardware or increase

dedicated resources and priority in virtualized environment

Validate compatibility with virtualization solution.

Are devices physically attached to the server?

YesNo

No

Is the server a vendor turnkey or bundled

solution?

Virtualization may require vendor authorization.Yes

No

Is the server a special purpose server (i.e.,

Db, proprietary, etc.??

Virtualization may not be an optimum choice. Requires detailed license and performance reviews.

No

Yes

Server Virtualization Decision TreeServer Virtualization Decision Tree

““Light” PC System OverviewLight” PC System Overview

• Limited Processing Needs

• Simplified & Modular

• Appliance-Like

• Quick to Repair

• Basic Management

• Quick to Upgrade

Hardware

MS Windows Host OS

Limited Software & Data Storage

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Vista OS, Firewall & Antivirus Software

Launch Point for Local or Data Center Software

CURRENT – Personal Computer

300 “Thick” Clients

FUTURE – Personal Computer

DATA CENTER

“Light” Clients

Goal - 90% of Applications Will Run in Data Center

Simplified PC EnvironmentSimplified PC Environment

Basic Home PC UseBasic Home PC Use

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Citrix Server FarmRemote

Business User

Citrix Access Path to FHLB

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