VIRTUALIZATION BUILT IN...
SOLARIS AND xVM: FOUNDATION FOR THE DYNAMIC DATACENTER

Nicola RautiSystems Engineer Global Systems EngineeringSun Microsystems Italia

State of Infrastructure Today

41m physical servers by 2010 700% increase in 15 years

Ave UT < 10% = $140 bn in excess server capacity
a 3 year supply

Server Sprawl

Power and Cooling

DC space costs 10s of millions
to build

Limits on facilities upgrades in existing sites

$8 in maintenance
for every $1 spent on new infrastructure

20-30:1 Server-to-admin ratio

Space Crunch

Operating Cost

Source: IDC

50 for every $1 spent on servers

$29 bn in power and cooling industry wide

Situazione dell'IT oggiCosti troppo alti per la gestione di un DC

Consumi elettrici elevati e di conseguenza elevati costi per il raffreddamento

Molti DC hanno raggiunto il limite massimo in termini di spazio fisico occupato che complica anche semplici upgrade di progetti esistenti

Disposizione del tutto disordinata dei sistemi presenti che naturalmente complica moltissimo la gestione

Economics
and Ecology

Business Continuity
and Resilience

Business
Agility

Global IT Challenges

Under-utilized systems limit business growth

Energy costs
drain the bottom line

Sprawling IT infrastructure is hard to manage

Disaster recovery planning is non-negotiable

Downtime is
not an option

Remote management

Ability to deploy new services is critical to remain competitive

IT resources
must be easier
to allocate

Sfide dell'IT a livello GlobaleEconomia & Ecologia:Sistemi sotto-utilizzati ()

Costi dell'energia

Infrastruttura IT disordinata

Business Continuity:

The Power of Virtualization

Server Consolidation

Reduced Space and Power

Mobility

Increased Hardware Utilization

Virtualization Challenges

Increased management complexityStill need to manage hardware and OS

Virtualization density requires performance
and management skills

Management solutions are custom-constructed by the customer using multiple tools

Performance overhead can limit possible
cost savings

New security challenges

Proprietary solutions

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Deployment of Open Source Software

Sun Virtualization History

Time

I think their strategy is right on the money Chris Wolf, Burton Group

NFS

Dynamic System Domains

Sun Ray

Solaris Containers

Logical Domains

Open Storage

Xen

Open Networking

VirtualBox

VDI

Datacenter Management Sun xVM Ops Center

Desktop to Datacenter Virtualization

Unifying Virtualization and Management Across the Infrastructure

Open Storage

Solaris Containers
Sun xVM Server
Logical Domains
Dynamic Domains

Sun Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure
Sun VirtualBox

STORAGE
VIRTUALIZATION

DESKTOP
VIRTUALIZATION

SERVER
VIRTUALIZATION

NETWORK
VIRTUALIZATION

Open Networking

Server
Virtualization

What is Important?

Understand the Application One Size Does Not Fit All

Management of These Environments is Key

FUSION

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Notes:

Understand the application One size does not fit all

Different applications have different needs

Certain applications are locked to certain systems and OSes

We fit the hardware and the virtualization technology to the application's needs

Allow you to use multiple virtualization technologies at the same time get the best from all worlds

Management of these environments is key

Getting a good overview of your physical and virtual assets

Controlling the different virtualization technologies from a single pane of glass

Allowing you to change your (virtual) datacenter to fit the evolving business needs

OS
Virtualization

Hypervisors/
Domains

Solaris ContainersSolaris 8/9 Containers

Solaris ContainersSolaris 8/9 Containers

Logical Domains

Dynamic Domains

xVM Ops Center

Understanding Your Application

T-SeriesM-SeriesSolaris Containers

xVM Server
VirtualBox
VMware ESX
Hyper-V

X-Series

Application

FUSION

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

xVM Ops Center

Server Virtualization from Sun Today

Hard Partitions

SPARC Hypervisors

x86 Hypervisors

Solaris Containers

Identity
Server

Multiple OSes

Single OS

All Sun SystemsSolaris Containers
(Zones + SRM)
Solaris Trusted Extensions
Solaris 8 and 9 Containers
Solaris Containers
for Linux Applications

X SeriesxVM Server
VirtualBox
VMware ESX
Microsoft Hyper-V

T SeriesLogical Domains

M SeriesDynamic Domains

Mail
Server

File
Server

Solaris Containers

60525104 CPU Pool

4 CPU Pool (FSS)

Mail Zone

Solaris 10 Kernel

DNS Zone

Web2 Zone

Web1 Zone

Global
Zone

OS

Server

DNS
Server

Apps

Solaris Zones+Solaris Resource Manager=Solaris Containers

Solaris Containers

Solaris Containers proven technologyMore than 20% of Solaris 10 production systems are running multiple Containers

Recognized license boundary for major ISVs

New features added regularly

Simplified system upgrades via Solaris 8 and 9 Containers

Solaris Trusted Extensions give enterprise grade security

Mobility of Containers give agility and rolling upgrades

Solaris Containers have full Solaris Cluster support

Logical Domains

OS

Server

Control/
Service
Domain

Service
Domain

Apps

Logical Domains 1.1

Support multiple versions of Solaris, OpenSolaris, Linux and FreeBSD
on the same system

Domain Mobility Allows users to migrate workload between LDoms without shutting down the applicationUsers can also move workload between different machine types if the Logical Domain is shut down

Virtual I/O enhancementsDedicated hardware mapped to a Logical Domain

Built in Dynamic Reconfiguration

Virtual network and switch support

Comes at no additional cost

Mail
Server

Mail
ServerFile
Server

PV Drivers

Enterprise-Class
Hypervisor

FMAVMDKZFSIPS

Sun xVM Server / Hypervisor

Sun xVM Server / Hypervisor

Server Virtualization Without BarriersBuilt-in management

Easy to use interface

Low barrier to entry

Programming interfaces

VMware compatible

Enterprise-class foundation

Open source

Sun xVM Server / Hypervisor

All Suns Server Virtualization Technologies
managed from a single point

Solaris Containers

Logical Domains

xVM Server

xVM Ops Center with Sun Universal Knowledgebase

Discovery

Update

Provisioning

Management

Bare metal and OS discovery

Inventory and systems grouping

Role based access control

Linux and Solaris Operating
Systems

Firmware, with dependencies

Patch Linux and Solaris

Simulate

Schedule

Rollback

App, file and script management

Compliance reporting

Audit trail

Lights out management

Here are the Key features of xVM OC, which we will dive into more specifically during the demoDiscovery -== Discover both bare metal servers and Linux/Solaris OS== ability to group systems based on business rules. Can easily move systems within groups or change parent groups through robust web interface== Can define usage permissions based on granular access control (ie one admin may have access to patch one group of systems, but not provision)Updating (leveraging the Sun Universal KB)== State of the art patch management for Solaris and Linux patching based on KB== Ability to roll out single or sets of patches both as simulated, adhoc or scheduled jobs== Ability to rollback patches/packages fully or granularly == Can upload customconfig, or other files, to be deployed and tracked with xVM OCProvisioning== Provision firmware for Sun systems (with dependencies)== Bare metal provision Linux and Solaris OSManagement == Easy to use web based reporting great for compliance reports. Easily identify which systems are in or out of compliance based on you definition (EIS baseline, custom profile etc)== Complete audit trail of all jobs run with xVM OC== Lights out management capabilities powe on/off (please not xVM OC does not do HW monitoring or alerting)

Save Time with Sun xVM Ops Center

In summary, customers using xVM have been able to reduce their admin effort by any where from 40-60% when moving from a most manual or scripted process

Highlight third row above obtain patches and validate that is benefit of our KB

Different Usage Scenarios

Eco consolidation Retire legacy systems

Consolidate many small applications on different OSes

Adapt application resources/location
to business changes

Protect Web facing applications

Consolidate vertically scaling applications databases

Virtualization allows the move to newer more efficient systemsSPARC: Solaris 8 and 9 Containers

Lower the power/cooling/space/support cost on running
these applications

Eco Consolidation with Solaris

Solaris 10

Solaris 9Container

Solaris 8Container

Solaris 8

Solaris 9

xVM Ops Center

Eco Consolidation with Solaris

Total

After

Before

Solaris 8
on 6 V880s

6 Solaris 8
Containers on
T5240 with Solaris 10

Total Savings

2 CPUs (128 threads)

2 Rack Units

1,100 Watts

3,608 BTUs

OS support cost:
$3,780 for Solaris 10 with Solaris 8 Containers

99% space savings92% less power92% less BTUs88% lower annual support cost

48 CPUs

204 Rack Units

13,200 Watts

43,308 BTUs

OS support cost: $32,400 for Solaris 8

Consolidate Many Small Applications
on Different OSes

A hypervisor allows the consolidation of many small appsSPARC: Logical domains, dynamic domains

X86: VirtualBox, xVM server, VMware, Hyper-V

Each VM can have their own patch level

xVM Ops Center

Adjust to Business Changes

AM/Day/Week

PM/Night/Weekend

Re-Size the Resources to Fit the Changes on Demand

Adjust to Business Changes

AM/Day/Week

PM/Night/Weekend

Migrate the Applications onto Fewer System: Turn Unneeded Systems Off to Save Power

Secure Internet Facing Applications

Many companies want a Web presence

Web-facing applications often need to be dynamic

These applications are often new and untested

Hackers can de-face website or steal data

Hackers can gain access to the corporate network

Use Solaris Containers/Trusted Extensions to lock down the application environment

Problem

Risk

Solution

Secure Internet Facing Applications

A locked down environment can protect x86 and SPARC: Solaris Containers

Control the content from outside Container

Totally isolate the internet network from LAN

Firewall

Solaris 10

Read/Write

Read Only

Public
Internet

Private
LAN

/shared

Webzone

129.152.1.200

Datazone

10.0.0.200

An Example Configuration to Prevent Web Page Hijacking

Consolidate Vertical Scaling Apps

Insurance agency with many field offices

Databases need many threads (CPUs) to perform

Field offices only get ~20 inquiries per day

Systems and database licenses are very under utilized

Consolidate the databases in Containers on an
M-Series system

Compress the costs of 40 databases into that of ~2!

Example

Problem

Result

Solution

Consolidate Vertical Scaling Apps

Using the new M-series allow to vertically scaling

Powerful CPU, lots of memory

Use Solaris containers to cap the CPU to the right level

Solaris Containers considered a license boundary for both Oracle & IBM

Cost

Cost

Cost

40 x 8 Way Systems

One 16 Way System

Total Saving

40 x $old-systems SWaP

40 x 8 x $database

38 x power/cooling/space

38 x 8 x $database

1 x $new system SWaP

1 x 12 x $database

Server Virtualization Strengths

Solaris
Containers

Logical
Domains

xVM Server

VMware ESX

Hyper-V

High performance network and I/O bare metal performance

Consolidated old Solaris versions

Limit the security breach of your web application

Consolidate very dynamic applications

Migrate VMs to fit business changes

Most of the hypervisor built into the chip very little overhead

Redundant I/O paths

Run any x86 OS on shared infrastructure

Migrate VMs to fit business changes

Move old OSes onto newer share/more efficient hardware

High isolation dedicated hardware

High performance network and I/O bare metal performance

No software single point of failure

Run multiple OSes on the same system

Dynamic
Domains

Solaris Containers- High performance network and I/O (this talks to that Containers have no impact on I/O)- Consolidate old Solaris versions (this talks to Solaris 8/9 Containers)- Limit the security breach of your web application (this talks to the way the Vatican locked down their website)Logical Domains- Migrate VMs to fit business changes - Most of the hypervisor built into the chip (this talks to the v12n optimization in Niagara which helps with performance)- Redundant I/O paths (this talks to the RAS capabilities in LDOMs)xVM Server & VMware ESX- Run any x86 OS on shared infrastructure (this talks to the OS heterogeneousness)- Migrate VMs to fit business changes (this talks to live migration)- Move old OSes onto newer share/more efficient hardware (this talks to consolidation of old x86 systems onto new ones)

Only VDI
with Choice: Windows,
Open Solaris and Linux
Delivered Securely

Sun VDI Software

Sun Fire x64/x86 Servers

...

xVM or VMware

Sun Ray Software

InternetSun Secure Global Desktop SoftwareSun Virtual Desktop Connector

Open Desktop Virtualization Platform

Host Platforms

Guest Platforms

x86 Hardware

Key Features

Broad platform supportHosts: Windows, Solaris, Linux, OS X

Guests: Support for practically any
x86-based OS

Powerful virtual hardware and
device support

Versatile Networking options

Rich host/guest integration

Enterprise Features

VirtualBox for Solution Builders

Worlds
Most Popular Virtualization Platform

Powerful Virtual Hardware

Virtual SATA or IDE: up to 32 disks

Virtual NICs: gigabit ethernet E1000

Virtual USB Controller: USB 1.1 and 2.0 USB device filter

Full ACPI Support: guests reflect power status of host

Virtual CD/DVD: passthru for CD/DVD writing

Processor: 32-bit and 64-bit guests; PAE support

Graphics Acceleration: OpenGL for Windows Guests

Usage Scenario

DEVELOP
xVM VirtualBox

TEST/STAGE
xVM Server and xVM Ops Center

DEPLOY
xVM Server and xVM Ops Center

Create virtualized applicationsDevelop on your own preferred platformTest on many OSes
on the single system

Make efficient use
of testing resourcesTest in different
situations

Reliably and securely run your applicationsDynamically adapt your application to changing conditions

Nicola Rautinicola.rauti@sun.comThank You.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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ActivityWithout Sun xVM Ops CenterWith Sun xVM Ops CenterDiscoverIdentify 100 assets on networkDaysMinutesCompareCompare inventory for 100 systems against baselineHoursMinutesValidate Obtain software and patches and validate PKG/RPM installationDays< 24 hoursAssessIdentify patches required for 100+ servers and impact on systemHours15 MinutesProvisionDeploy OS to powered-off baremetal 100 serversDaysHoursUpdate OSApply a security fix to 100 servers1 Day20 MinutesProvisionFirmware Identify, validate and deploy iLOM firmware on 100 serversDaysHours

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