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Introduction to Virtualization!

Paul A. Strassmann! George Mason University! October 29, 2008, 7:20 to 10:00 PM!

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Data Center Transformation!

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Scope of Virtualization Services!

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Virtualization Evolution!

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Business Continuity is the Objective!

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How to Understand the Virtualization Development! ! Virtualization is an industry-changing movement that will touches all aspects of IT infrastructure and drive new levels of exibility and dynamism in IT.! ! Virtualization is addressing the process and operational issues around deploying and managing a large-scale virtual environment.!

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Part I !

Virtualization Concepts !

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The Existing Role of the Operating System!

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Virtualization is Based on Insertion of a Hypervisor on Top of Hardware !

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Virtualization Allows Transformation of a Server for Multiple Applications!

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Capacity Utilization: Stand-Alone vs. Virtualized Servers!

Dedicated Application !

Virtualized Applications !
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Hypervisor Installs Immediately Supports Desktops and Laptops!

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Virtual Machines Run on Any Hardware Conguration!

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Virtual Machines Can Run on a Shared Infrastructure !

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A Single Software Can Span Different Hardware Components!

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Virtualization Allows Moving Applications Without Service Interruption!

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Advantages of Virtualization! ! Zero downtime maintenance! ! Freedom from vendor-imposed upgrade cycles! ! Instant provisioning! ! Pooling hardware resource! ! Virtual hardware supports legacy operating systems efciently! ! Dynamic resource sharing! ! Security and fault isolation! ! Business continuity, backups, and automated restoration!

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Example of the Impact of Virtualization!

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After!

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Labor Costs are 1/3 of the Costs of a Server !

Cooling & Cost of Space (10%)

Server Amortization (44%) Administrative (33%)

Storage & Network (12%)

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Operations Require One Staff per 200-400 Virtual Machines!

Note: Without virtualization one staff can handle up to 30 servers.!

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Examples of Productivity Using Virtualization !

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Non-Disruptive Automated Patch Management!

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Transforming Costs, Efciency and Availability!

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Impact of Virtualization!

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Part II !

Deploying Virtualization !

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From Dedicated Processing to Pooled Processing!

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Pooling of Hardware for Shared Capacity Performance !

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Logical Resource Pooling and Distributed Resource Scheduling!

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Where to Run Your Application?!

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Part III - Continuity !

Business Continuity!

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Challenges of Traditional Disaster Recovery!

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Infrastructure Challenges of Traditional Recovery!

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Making Better Use of Recovery Infrastructure !

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Virtual Site Recovery Management!

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Eliminating Downtime for Hardware Maintenance !

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Eliminating Downtime for Storage Changes!

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Redistribution of Workload to Handle Peak Processing Demands!

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Automatic Restart of a Failed Server !

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Backup Can Be Performed With Various Backup Products!

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How to Run a Virtualized Data Center that is Fault Tolerant!

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Extending the Virtual Infrastructure to End-User Clients!

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Part IV !

Virtual Appliances !

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Traditional Approach: A Collection of Hardware and Cables!

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Virtualization is Based on Insertion of a Hypervisor on Top of Hardware !

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A Virtual Appliance Can Run a Range of Applications!

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There is an Extensive Catalogue of Diverse Virtual Appliances !

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Future Directions: Virtualized Environment + Tools to Support SOA!

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Part V !

Virtual Desktop !

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Driving Change !

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Apply Virtualization to the Desktop !

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The Virtual Desktop Runs in a Secure Data Center !

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Client Access!

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Hospital Case Study: Desktop Replacement & Centralization!

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Insurance Case Study: Business Continuity !

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Thin-Client Support!

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The Uses of Virtual Desktops !

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Summary! ! Virtualization offers major savings in data center operations.! ! Virtualization makes possible signicant reductions in the costs of managing data centers, with simplication of systems management tasks.! ! Virtualization offers back-up and increased redundancy for delivery of high performance and high availability services.! ! Virtualization is a step in the direction of cloud computing. !

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