Virtual Private Server Evolution: History, Challenges, and Current Landscape
Explore the evolution of Virtual Private Server offerings, from the history of virtualization to current challenges and the state of the environment today. Discover the benefits, security concerns, and what lies ahead in this dynamic IT realm.
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ISTs Cloud or Virtual Private Server Offering A history, challenges and where we are today Blaine Isbelle Jonathon Taylor
Agenda History Challenges Current environment Security What s next?
History Why Virtualize No hardware refresh downtime Hardware failover Flexibility Lower costs Better utilization of hardware (green technology)
History Virtualizing the hardware layer
History Shared Storage
History Clustered Hosts
History SCSI Locking!!
History Smaller Clusters
Current Environment Environment today 2 Datacenters 5 Dell m1000e Blades Chassis (More on Order) 80 M610 12 core blades with 96GB of ram 50+ ESXi hosts 12 Clusters (5 multi-tenant, 7 dedicated) ~1000 virtual private servers 60% Windows 40% *nix 140+TB fiber connected SAN storage
Challenges Keeping up with high adoption rate Securing the environment
Challenges VM Creations per Month July 2006 - December 2011 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Jul-06 Jan-07 Aug-07 Feb-08 Sep-08 Mar-09 Oct-09 May-10 Nov-10 Jun-11 Dec-11
Automation Current Process Self-service front-end Estimator http://estimator.berkeley.edu Price server and support options
Automation Current Process Scripted back-end Intelligent cluster and storage placement VPS configuration Inherent advantages Quick turn-around
Automation Next Steps Introduce 3rd-party workflow Faster turn-around Business process and approvals Proactive/reactive response
Challenges Keeping up with high adoption rate Securing the environment
Security and Configuration Management Locking it down Physical hardware Hypervisor All access done via bastion host HyTrust Security Appliance Root password vaulting Principle of least privilege
Use Cases Dedicated Clusters Logically isolated storage Dedicated networks Tuned for specific workloads Granular access controls
Use Cases Dedicated Cluster Customers UC Merced Offsite dedicated environment University Health Services CalNet Haas IST s DBA Services Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Use Cases Virtual Private Server (VPS) Service Multi-tenant Environment Hearst Datacenter San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
Use Cases Virtual Private Server Service Customers ASUC BFS Boalt School of Law College of Letters and Science Department of Chemistry Disabled Students Program EECS ETS Grad Division HRMS Office of Public Affairs Office of the Registrar SAIT School of Public Health UC San Francisco University Relations
Where to next? Upgrade to vSphere 5 Two-factor authentication HyTrust Security appliance Auditing Configuration management Granular access control Data protection Whole VPS instance backup More customer control Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q3 Q4
VPS Service Costs VPS Base (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) - $22/month Each Additional 1GB RAM or 1 vCPU - $6/month High Tier Storage $0.72/GB Standard Tier Storage $0.36/GB Economy Tier Storage $0.12/GB Low Tier Storage $0.06/GB Windows and Linux OS support and backups are options No bandwidth restrictions or metering
ESX Service Costs Dedicated ESX host (minimum of 2 per cluster) $629/host/month including licensing Dell M610s 12 physical cores 96GB RAM High Tier Storage $0.60/GB Standard Tier Storage $0.30/GB Economy Tier Storage $0.10/GB Low Tier Storage $0.05/GB
VPS Cost Comparison Dell IST VPS Base (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) - $46/month Each Additional 1GB RAM or 1 vCPU - $23/month VPS Base (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM) - $22/month Each Additional 1GB RAM or 1 vCPU - $6/month High Tier Storage $0.72/GB Standard Tier Storage $0.36/GB Economy Tier Storage $0.12/GB Low Tier Storage $0.06/GB Standard Tier Storage $0.50/GB Economy Tier Storage $0.15/GB Bandwidth $0.20 per GB No Bandwidth Charges Account Setup Fee $2500 No Setup Fee
Q/A Questions? Blaine Isbelle bisbelle@berkeley.edu Jonathon Taylor jonathont@berkeley.edu Estimator http://estimator.berkeley.edu Service Catalog http://ist.berkeley.edu/services/is/virtual-servers
