This document discusses the need for dynamic infrastructure to support modern data center models. It notes that traditional infrastructure and architectures are failing to evolve with new demands like server virtualization and cloud services. This is leading to inefficiencies. The document advocates for a shift towards more collaborative and adaptive infrastructure that provides visibility into applications and networks. It proposes infrastructure that can make automated decisions through continuous feedback loops and integration between different control points. This dynamic infrastructure would help support new applications and services.

1. Dynamic Infrastructure
A foundation for emerging
data center models
LORI MACVITTIE
TECHNICAL MARKETING MANAGER
F5 Networks

2. FAILURE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND DATA CENTER
ARCHITECTURES
TO EVOLVE
WILL LEAD TO
DECAY AND
INCREASINGLY
INEFFICIENT IT

3. Growing Pains
19.1% of all new servers
shipped in 2012 will be
virtualized
1 admin per
35 virtual
servers
1 admin
per 25
standalone
servers
5 VMs per server
growing to 8 per
server by 2012
IDC “Datacenter of the Future” March 2009

5. The Need for Dynamic Infrastructure
Employees
Partners
Customers
Branch
Offices
Server Virtualization
Outsourcers
Legacy Applications & Infrastructure
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Social Computing
Multi-Protocols
Cloud Services – Internal / External
Services complexity, Services
Mobility
scale, and user reach Infrastructure
Gap
People and Budgets
Network Infrastructure and Resources
Adapted from Seeking Alpha, October 2008 – Greg Ness

6. WE NEED TO SHIFT THE BURDEN
TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
PEOPLE

7. 2008
The Evolution of the
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CONNECTED COLLABORATIVE

8. Collaborative implies connection and actionable feedback

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10. An Evolutionary Process
WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS
• Too much information to manage
• Rapid and constant change
• Need to know
Problem • Desire / need to react
• Push takes over from pull
• Strategic points of control begin to emerge
Adaptation
• Automation of reaction begins
• Send me an e-mail
• React on my behalf based on context
Solution

11. An Evolutionary Process
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Too much information to manage
• Rapid and constant change
• Need to know
Problem • Desire / need to react
TECHNOLOGY GAP
Adaptation
• Automation of reaction begins
• Provisioning
• Management
Solution • Monitoring

12. dy·nam·ic in⋅fra⋅struc⋅ture
characterized by continuous the basic, underlying framework or
change, activity, or progress features of a system or organization.
Adaptation

13. DYNAMIC
(COLLABORATIVE)
INFRASTRUCTURE

14. You can’t react to what you can’t see
Visibility Data Collaboration
 Intercept bi-directional application and data stream at all
points of control
 Each network device needs the ability to see all protocols
 Reporting, notification, trending

15. You can’t act on what you don’t understand
Context Decision Collaboration
 Put user application and data stream in context
 Understand and relate the context of the user, device,
location, network, application, virtualization, and resource
 Constant optimization requires continuous feedback loop

16. You can’t make decisions without feedback
Feedback Decision Collaboration
 Relate visibility and content to predetermined business
policy
 Determine and direct appropriate response

17. You can’t collaborate if you don’t communicate
Integration Communication Collaboration
 All strategic points of control synchronize, communicate and
leverage functions & intelligence
 Open, standards-based API for cross product integration and
integration with 3rd parties.

18. An Evolutionary Process
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Too much information to manage
• Rapid and constant change
• Need to know
Problem • Desire / need to react
• Integration
• Visibility
• Decision making
Adaptation • Context aware
• Automation of reaction begins
• Provisioning
• Management
Solution • Monitoring

19. DYNAMIC
(COLLABORATIVE)
INFRASTRUCTURE

20. Refocusing the Infrastructure
Infrastructure 1.0 Infrastructure 2.0
Network Centric Application Centric
?
Static Data Centers Dynamic Services
?
Isolated Shared
?

21. Monitoring / Management
IP Address Management (IPAM)
DC 1
Application Service Virtualization
Data Center & Link Virtualization
Network Virtualization
Link 1
Storage Virtualization
Link 2
Link 3
DC 2
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Development Interface Infrastructure

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