The document discusses the evolution of data centers from the 1990s to today and the rise of cloud computing. It describes infrastructure as a service (IaaS) which provides raw computing power on demand from the cloud. Some benefits of the cloud include on-demand scaling, lower upfront costs, easier disaster recovery, and automated deployments. However, challenges include potential performance issues due to shared resources and security considerations. The cloud is well-suited for applications with seasonal traffic patterns, short-term needs, or augmenting existing infrastructure. The summary concludes that adopting a hybrid cloud approach or using the cloud's auto-scaling abilities could save costs depending on factors like existing infrastructure investments and disaster recovery spending.

1. Amazon Web Services
The Basics

2. About - Sean Hull
Scalability, Database Performance & Web
Operations
EC2, Rackspace & Cloud Migrations
20 Years Professional Technology Experience
hullsean @ GMAIL.com
www.iheavy.com/blog/
www.twitter.com/hullsean

3. Datacenter Evolution

4. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun

5. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun

6. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun Early 2000s - Commodity Hardware

7. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun Early 2000s - Commodity Hardware

8. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun Early 2000s - Commodity Hardware Since 2008 - Cloud

9. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun Early 2000s - Commodity Hardware Since 2008 - Cloud
Infrastructure-As-A-Service
(IaaS)
Raw Computing
Power On-Demand

10. Datacenter Evolution
1990s - Sun Early 2000s - Commodity Hardware Since 2008 - Cloud
Platform-
Infrastructure-As-A-Service As-A-Service(PaaS)
(IaaS)
Raw Computing
Power On-Demand

11. Raw or Cooked

12. Cloud Strengths
On-demand Compute Power
Low Up-front Costs
Autoscaling - Hootsuite, Zynga, Animoto
Easier Disaster Recovery & Compromise Response
Disciplined Deployments, IaaS & Automation
Availability Zones & Regions

13. Cloud Challenges
Performance - Shared Resources
SLAs & Server Reliability
Security Considerations
Database Considerations
New Paradigm & Learning Curve

14. What Types of Uses?
Apps with Seasonal Traffic Patterns
One-off Needs
Short-term Requirements
Augmenting Quickly
Dev & Test Environments

15. On-Demand & Provisioning
Larry Summers - “Preserving Optionality”
Spending Now Controlled by Software
Costs: Storage, Network, Instances, Elastic IPs

16. And In Summary

17. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers?

18. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers?

19. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption

20. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns?

21. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns?

22. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns? The cloud is uniquely
suited to your needs

23. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns? The cloud is uniquely
suited to your needs
Do you spend a lot on
DR Systems?

24. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns? The cloud is uniquely
suited to your needs
Do you spend a lot on
DR Systems?

25. And In Summary
Do you have existing
investments in physical
servers? Hybrid approach -
Slow cautious adoption
Is your app subject to
seasonal traffic
patterns? The cloud is uniquely
suited to your needs
Do you spend a lot on
DR Systems? Scripted EC2
deployments could
save big

26. Questions & Comments....
hullsean @ GMAIL.com
www.iheavy.com/blog/
www.twitter.com/hullsean

27. Thank You