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Next generation of virtual infrastructure with Hyper-V

Explore the benefits of server virtualization beyond cost savings to enhance agility and disaster recovery capabilities. Discover the new Hyper-V infrastructure and its impact on IT operations and service delivery.

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Next generation of virtual infrastructure with Hyper-V

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  1. Next generationof virtual infrastructure with Hyper-V • Michal Kwiatek, Juraj Sucik, Rafal Otto • CERN IT-IS

  2. What’s your key initiative? What is your Infrastructure & Operations priority? Source: Gartner (September 2008) „While server virtualization often is deployed initially to save money and space, agility and disaster recovery benefits are also key drivers” HEPiX Spring ’09 - 2

  3. Agenda • Why virtual? • Experience since 2006 • New Hyper-V infrastructure • What’s next HEPiX Spring ’09 - 3

  4. Why virtual? • IT/IS Service: NICE Custom Servers • https://cern.ch/winservices/Help/?kbid=251010 • Steady flow of requests for dedicated servers in the CERN computer centre • Excellent network connectivity • Reliable power supply, cooling • 24x365 monitoring with operator’s presence • Daily tape backup • Use the hardware without owning the responsibility (maintenance, procurement) • Operating System maintenance, patches, security scans • Customer can focus on his application • Customer not willing to share his server with others, but ready to pay for the custom service HEPiX Spring ’09 - 4

  5. Platform as a Service (PaaS) • Extra effort to procure and maintain HW • Replication of efforts • Security is affected • Impossible to reproduce Computer Centre services • Delivery time:~ several weeks • Lack of flexibility • Not easy to adapt to dynamic load patterns • Ready in 15 minutes • Highly flexible • Efficient capacity planning HEPiX Spring ’09 - 5

  6. Platform as a Service (PaaS) HEPiX Spring ’09 - 6

  7. Experience since 2006 Server Self Service Center (S3C) • Choose your server from a set of predefined images • Take resources from the pool of available HW • Available within minutes HEPiX Spring ’09 - 7

  8. Requirements have evolved • New requirements identified • Flexibility of resource allocation • Higher performance • High-availability model adapted to customers • Larger scale • Efficientmanagement Source: Gartner (August 2008) HEPiX Spring ’09 - 8

  9. New Hyper-V infrastructure HEPiX Spring ’09 - 9

  10. New Hyper-V infrastructure CERN Virtual Infrastructure Web Interface Virtual Machine Manager Admin Console Application Management OS Maintenance Backups SOAP services Windows powershell LAN DB Microsoft VirtualMachine Manager HEPiX Spring ’09 - 10

  11. CERN Virtual Infrastructure • Demo HEPiX Spring ’09 - 11

  12. SOAP method calls • Request VM • Delete VM • Start VM • Stop VM • Save State of VM • Import / Export • Snapshots Virtual Machine Save State Snapshots Import / Export Request (Create) / Delete Start / Stop HEPiX Spring ’09 - 12

  13. Process flows – Create VM VMPOOLIP60-13

  14. Real life use cases • Video streaming for LHC First Beam Day • 6 virtual machines needed for ~1 week • Terminal Servers for Engineering Apps • Oracle Application servers • CERN Media Archive • CERN Alerter web server • Physical server with 2xCPU, 4GB RAM • Upgrade necessary because of OS driver issue • Virtual server set up “on demand” • Resources limited to 1xCPU, 2 GB RAM • Etc, etc. HEPiX Spring ’09 - 14

  15. What’s next • IT-IS group • Install more hardware to satisfy the demand • Hypervisor 2.0 in Windows 2008 R2 • Enhanced support for Linux • Further performance improvements • High availability (live migration, failover) • Power efficiency (core parking) • Easier management • Expected later this year, RC1 since May’09 HEPiX Spring ’09 - 15

  16. Summary • Easy to use self-service • Service in production since 2006 • Latest edition based on Hyper-V • Improved performance • Efficient resource allocation • Flexibility of hardware provisioning • Ease of management • Web interface, SOAP, SCVMM • Integration with IT services • Network database, update distribution, backups, etc. • High-availability model adapted to customer requirements HEPiX Spring ’09 - 16

  17. Thank you! • Questions? Comments? • Thank you! HEPiX Spring ’09 - 17

  18. More info... • Amazon Cloud pricing • Hardware • Microsoft Virtualization... • ... and its interoperability • Hyper-V scalability • Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) • Hyper-V V2 Features • System Center Virtual Machine Manager • ... and its new features in R2 HEPiX Spring ’09 - 18

  19. Amazon pricing compared HEPiX Spring ’09 - 19

  20. Hardware • Standard configuration • 7 Pyramid servers • single quad-core CPU • 24 GB RAM, RAID10 with 10 250MB disks • 5 HP Proliant DL360 G5 • 2quad-core CPU • 32GB RAM • RAID10 with 4 399GB SAS disks • HA configuration • 2 HP Proliants • HP MSA2000i SAN • RAID6 with 10 750 GB disks HEPiX Spring ’09 - 20

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