A brief conceptual view on RightScale.

1. Cloud Management
RightScale: architectural view
The leading management platform for cloud infrastructure

2. #2#2
Cloud Management
SaaS
PaaS
IaaS
AWS: Elastic
Compute Cloud
(EC2), Simple
Storage Service (S3),
Elastic Block Store
(EBS)
RAX: Cloud Servers,
Cloud Files, Cloud
Block Storage
Google App
Engine
Engine Yard
Heroku
Workday
NetSuite
Xero.com
AWS: Relational
Database Service (RDS),
Elastic Load Balancer
(ELB), DynamoDB
RAX: Cloud Database,
Load Balancer,
ObjectRocket
Cloud
Appliances
RightScale is a management
platform for cloud
infrastructure
Historical cloud boundaries have blurred

3. #3#3
Cloud Management
Design architecture above the cloud
Abstracts the
architecture to above
the IaaS.
Or other clouds (update diagram)

4. #4#4
Cloud Management
Abstracts and standardises the clouds
beneath it
Elevates:
• Configurations
• APIs
• Automation behaviours
• Access control
• Billing and governance

5. #5#5
Cloud Management
Private CloudsPublic Clouds
Once
abstracted,
you gain
remote
control

6. #6#6
Cloud Management
Global Cloud Footprint
Amazon Web Services
Datapipe
Google Compute Engine
Singapore
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Dallas
DC Area
NYC Area
SF Area
Seattle
Chicago
Dublin
London Amsterdam
Oregon
São Paulo
Windows Azure
SoftLayer
HP Cloud
Las Vegas
Rackspace
Logicworks
IDCF Japan
Southeast
Midwest
Shanghai
Sydney

7. #7#7
Cloud Management
User governance and access control

8. #8#8
Cloud Management
• Dynamic configuration
• Abstract role and behavior
from cloud infrastructure
• Predictable deployment
• Cloud agnostic / portable
• Object-oriented programming
for sysadmins
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