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NASA Data Center Consolidation
AFCEA, SunComm 2011
Tony AnaniaKennedy Space Center
Trend to Data Center consolidation is industry wide Data Center modernizations and consolidation are key
initiatives for IT Infrastructure and Operations Managers Data Center Consolidation is the process of physically and
logically co-locating computer systems Consolidation aims to reduce overall business costs by
optimizing expenditures associated with:
» Energy Consumption Operational Support» Facility Utilization Physical System
Security» Hardware Utilization System Maintenance
Consolidation Basics
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Federally Mandated Work
Presidential Memorandum – June 2010
“…in order to address the growth of data centers across the Federal Government, agencies shall immediately adopt a policy against expanding data centers beyond current levels, and shall develop plans to consolidate and significantly reduce data centers within 5 years.”
OMB Agency Consolidation Plan - Feb 2010
“…Data Center Consolidation and the Cloud Computing Issue Areas will be government-wide priorities for all agencies beginning in FY2010.” FDCCI
NASA Lori Garver Memo – Aug 2010
“…The objective of this initiative is to reduce the overall cost of data center services by leveraging newer and more efficient technologies, reducing power consumption and consolidating locations to increase space usage densities, and decreasing the real estate footprint of Federal data centers….Mission Directorate Associate Administrators and Center Directors shall direct their staff to cooperate fully and openly with these discussion initiatives.”
NASA OCIO Priorities
Consolidation of Data Centers
• NASA tasked by OMB to prepare a plan outlining the approach to reduce IT energy consumption by a minimum 30% over
a 3-year period (FY 2010-2012)
Security & Efficiency of Data Centers
• In April 30, 2010, NASA provided OMB with the list of all data center construction, expansion and/or consolidations activities currently planned or underway as of June 30, 2010, the Agency integrated the approved data center consolidation plan into the
FY 2012 budget
In Sep 2011 NASA updated it’s “Long Term Data Center Consolidation Plan” addressing agency-specific strategic consolidation goals, consolidation approaches, risk management, acquisition strategies, governance, schedules of closures, and planned data center savings
From the new Fed CIO Steven VanRoekel – Oct 2011"I basically told the team when I came on board that I wanted to scope it so everything is game. We also are expanding the project to more
aggressively consolidate our data center footprint. First, we are widening the scope of the project to include even the smallest data center3
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NASA’s Data Center Consolidation Strategy
Promote at least one healthy Data Center for each NASA Center
Focus on increasing IT efficiency: »Fully utilize existing Data Centers for initial
consolidation efforts» Implement strategic improvements to strengthen health
and availability of objective Data Centers»Employ best practices»Eliminate underutilized facilities, systems and
applications Aggressively work to eliminate rouge “server rooms”
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NASA’s Data Center Environment
79 Data Centers and Neumerous Rooms Supporting Institutional &
Mission Needs
Scope of Service Consolidated Data Centers at Each Center
Varies by Data-Center Security Physical and Logical Access Compliant with Federal Requirements
Varies by Center Quality of Service High Availability
Varies by Center Service Delivery Standard Agency Services Model
ARC
SSC
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Initial StateInitial State Future StateFuture State
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Future Environment
StandardData Center Architecture
ConsolidatedData Centers
at EachCenter
NEBULACloud
NEBULACloud
Public Cloud When Applicable
OMB Data Center Consolidation Goals
Broad reductions of 10% in each of FY12, FY13 & FY14 in each of the various measurable Data Center areas:
» Total # of Data Centers» Aggregate gross floor area» Total number of racks» Total number of servers» Total energy use
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Consolidation alone will not provide the savings required by future budgets
Reshape Data Centers to Gain Full Economies of Scale
Colocation may exacerbate, rather than diminish, the cost of technology
The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiatives (FDCCI) should meet the following additional requirements:
» Tactical: improve energy efficiency, increase utilization and availability, and support disaster recovery
» Strategic: increase standardization, leverage virtualization and scalability and improve governance
» Innovative: where appropriate, incorporate cloud services, develop shared-service models and leverage centers of excellence
More than Just Consolidation
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Data Center Consolidation Management
NASA established an Program Executive position within OCIO to lead Agency Data Center consolidation efforts
NASA established the Agency Data Center Consolidation (ADCC) Project Office at KSC to:» Coordinate Data Center consolidation activities» Deploy and manage an Agency-wide automated IT discovery and
application mapping capability» Implement a real-time dashboard to monitor and track NASA Data
Center consolidation progress
Facility• Room/Sq Ft Reduction
• Energy Reduction
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IT Infrastructure Servers & Storage
Reductions• Virtualization• Cloud Services
Domains of Data Center Consolidation
Application Rationalization
Platform Consolidation Consolidated Data Centers• Efficient• Reliable • Available
RESULTS
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Compute Services Stack
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Host Computing Service Compute Power Throughput StorageGeneral Utility Computing Services Generally Available Compute Power and Low Node Count General Bandwidth / Latency Tolerant GeneralCluster Computing Services "Scale Out" Computer Power/Nodes using tuned node interconnects High Bandwidth Local Area Connections General to High-endDistributed/Grid Computing Services Distributed and variable Compute Power/Nodes and interconnect speeds General Bandwidth / Latency Tolerant General/High-EndSpecialized Computing Services Custom Custom CustomHigh-Performance Computing Services "Scale up" Computer Power/Nodes using tuned high-speed interconnects High Bandwidth / Low Latency High-End
Hosted Service Categories and Characteristics
Host Computing Service Environment
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Strategic Preference
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NASA Host Computing Strategy
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Data Center Discovery
Semi-manual inventory of server class IT assets Agency-wide» Used NASA Property Database (NPROP)
to identify servers and network equipment by location and mapped onto GIS floor plans from each Center to identify rooms/facilities that could qualify as potential Data Centers
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Deployment of an enterprise discovery tool to automate the collection of IT asset data and conduct application mapping
Automated IT Asset Discovery
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Data Center Consolidation Dashboard
Discovered Servers Mapped Applications
Discovered Server Trend Application Mapping Trend
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•Data center power monitoring and management solution, provided as a hosted on-site Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) offering
•Provides a web-based mechanism to allow users at NASA facilities to monitor the power consumption at designated NASA data centers
•Users can view current and historical power consumption data, and generate and export energy consumption and efficiency reports
Data Center Power Monitoring Service
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Temperature fog -
Rack temperature map -
Pressure distribution under the raised floor -
CFD Modeling& Analysis
Simulating Cooling Performance of Data Centers
Determine and optimize the efficiency of data center cooling system
Find additional capacity without modifying cooling infrastructure
Faster, more practical and flexible “what-if” analysis for data center modifications than physical testing
Show benefits of implementing best practices (hot/cold aisle, blanking panels, etc)
Analyze impacts of adding/removing hardware BEFORE implementation and find “best fit”
Avoid unforeseen infrastructure modifications as a result of consolidations or other changes
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Identified candidates for consolidation, virtualization and Cloud potential, with focus on current inventory of applications» Phase 1 - Identified system level information, utilizing FISMA related security plans information to
create a list of systems that have applications that are believed to be candidates for consolidation, virtualization or the cloud
» Phase 2 - Gathered detailed application level data on potential system identified in Phase 1 to determine if they are candidates for consolidation/virtualization with minimal or significant effort
188658%511
15%
77524%
953%
Consolidation PotentialCandidates for Consolidation that would require minimal work
Candidates for Consolidation that would require significant work
Probably cannot be consolidate
No Need to Consolidate
Application Rationalization Analysis
28512%
194581%
562%
1115%
Cloud Potential
Community Cloud
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Not enough Information
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Consolidation Timeline
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
10,000
54 Data Centers 22 Data Centers
21,500
2010
79 Data Centers
Physical Servers Reduce
10%
50%
Virtualized Servers Increase
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Virtualization Ratio
Current - 2011 Desired - 2015
Physical Servers
Virtual OS
Physical Servers
VirtualServers
• Physical Servers Decrease• Virtual OS Increase 10% per year
10 %
50 %IaaS
SaaS
Cloud Services
Cloud ServicesPhysical Servers
VirtualServers
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Estimated Savings 1st Year
Work across the Agency to reduce Data Center facility space and IT power consumption
Today
Today
Consolidation activities FY11» Eliminated 13 Data Centers and
19 rooms (Returned 22,289 sq ft of space)
» Estimated energy savings of $337,210 per/year
Established goals for the next
12 month period
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Continue to aggressively pursuing Data Center Consolidation, local Center participation and support of NASA Mission Directorates is key to success
Work with Centers to develop an Agency long term consolidation plan (through FY2015), to outline how Data Center consolidation will be achieved and to identify any significant budget augmentation or construction efforts necessary
Next Steps
KSC Data Center Consolidation
Goal: A successfully consolidated Data Center environment» Exists in one physical location…ideally (some systems can’t move)
» Achieves optimization by employing a combination of physical and virtual servers
» Offers a standard set of defined services (Service Catalog)» Provides a trained, dedicated support team» Encourages business-wide platform standards for application
development
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Kennedy Data Center
Much Inefficiency » Power - Whole Bldg. sections powered 24/7 to accommodate one small
room or a few rooms with a server etc
» Planned facility outages become a major challenge
Presently 4 Buildings with significant Data Centers » VAB , SSPF, CIF, O&C
Many Admin areas in buildings utilized as IT type servers rooms (closets, server under desk etc.)
Initial Stateof Facilities
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307 Rooms in 58 Buildings
(Some require portable generators to be installed)
State of Applications
• M ultip le instances of identica l or s im ilar applications and
system s exist a t KSC
» D uplicate functionality and capabilities across the
C enter
» Lim ited in tegration betw een services, system s and
applications
• Multiple instances of identical or similar applications and systems exist at KSC»Duplicate functionality and capabilities across the
Center»Limited integration between services, systems and
applications
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SharePointA
SharePointB
SharePointC
MaximoC
MaximoA
MaximoB
WindchillB
WindchillA
WindchillC
Objective State
All applicable KSC systems consolidated into a single Data Center facility by 2015» Infrastructure will support existing systems and be scalable to support new Program and
Institutional needs
» Employ virtualization techniques for maximum optimization (more apps on less hardware)
Data Center Capabilities Available as an IT Service» In line with OCIO mission “…to increase the productivity of scientists, engineers, and mission
support personnel by responsively and efficiently delivering reliable, innovative and secure IT services.”
Will achieve this vision while maintaining compliance with existing and future IT initiatives» Agency Data Center Consolidation (ADCC)
» “Cloud First “ philosophy (Migrating appropriate applications offsite)
» Enterprise Architecture (based upon common standards)
» “Green IT” (Reduction of carbon footprint)29
Green Data Center
End StateBenefits
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To KSC as a whole» Cost savings stay on center, where they can be applied to other
priorities» New mandates are easier to adopt and require fewer resources
across the various organizations required to support them» World Class Data Center capabilities become a selling point in
bringing new business and jobs to KSC» Timely consolidation brings us into alignment with mandates from
OMB and NASA OCIO
Approach
Discovery
Inventory & Coordination
Schedule Development
Execution
- Where are the systems/applications?- What is their impact on their current facility?
- What are the systems/applications?- What are their consolidation requirements and constraints? Business Case justification? - Housing vs. Hosting
- What order should the systems move?- When?
- Interim location- Final location
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Analysis
Inventory aggregates existing information and data obtained from system owners to build a baseline
Discussion with system owners and IT Relationship Managers to understand the systems and the best options for consolidation (Housing vs. Hosting)
Conduct Business Case justification (Cost, Impacts, Risk, Return on Investment)
Coordination between IT, Facility Management and customers to determine where/when to move candidate systems and what changes must be made to the existing Kennedy Data Center to accommodate it
While there may be impacts the goal is to ensure an efficient move
End product is a prioritized list of discovered systems with a coordinated timeframe for consolidation
ApproachInventory And Coordination
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ApproachSchedule Development
Refine prioritized list created during Inventory and Coordination
Establish an order for system to move at a high level
Coordinate key milestones for individual moves with stakeholders
Identifies long term growth for new and existing Data Center Facilities
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KDCC Approach to Schedule
KDC
2011 2012 2013
KDC
2014 2015
Agency Cloud
(Federal)
E
C
A
D
Apps moved to cloud will be on-going
B
NEW KDC
Data Center B
Data CenterA
Kennedy Data Center
Server Rooms in Admin Areas consolidated into KDC
KDC nears end of life. Major consolidationswill go to new facility
New KDC Scalable Facility can absorb the rest
ShuttlePost T&R
New Facility under construction nears completion
Older established Data Centers can now be consolidated
Data Center Consolidation is a required activity that will have a positive impact» It saves local operational resources
» Reduces yearly power usage and frees up floor space
» Provides a managed and more secure IT environment
» It enables KSC to address IT mandates more efficiently
» Facilitates innovation through implementation of new technologies like virtualization and cloud computing
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Conclusion
Kennedy Data Center
Q & A
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