Citrix Synergy 2014 - Syn227 Architecting your private cloud infrastructure for speed and agility

Architecting your Private Cloud Infrastructure for Speed and Agility with CloudPlatform Solutions

Tom Davies, Senior Director Product Management, CitrixMarc Trouard-Riolle, Senior Marketing Manager, CitrixRich Wein, President and CEO System Solution Inc. & Aquipt Inc.Sean Dennin, SVP System Solution Inc. and Aquipt Inc.

May 2014

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Marc Trouard-Riolle: @mtrouardriolleTom Davies: @1NomadicViking

Rich Wein & Sean Dennin: @MySecureCloud


Citrix Products discussed– Citrix CloudPlatform– Citrix XenServer– Citrix Cloud Portal Business Manager

Key Takeaways– A complete Citrix Stack for all cloud layers: out-of-the-box functionality– Operations, service management & governance capabilities– Customer-proven production clouds driving real-world business– Citrix delivers the agility and efficiency demanded by dynamic businesses

Session Summary


Citrix Private Cloud Architecture

Modular and scalable building blocks

Flexible component options

Simple to grow and operate

ZoneLoad Balancer

Firewall

….

Pod N

SecondaryStorage

Cluster 1

….

Pod 1

Cluster N

PrimaryStorage

Host


Citrix Private Cloud Architecture

ZoneLoad Balancer

Firewall

….

Pod N

SecondaryStorage

Cluster 1

….

Pod 1

Cluster N

PrimaryStorage

Host

ZoneLoad Balancer

Firewall

….

Pod N

SecondaryStorage

Cluster 1

….

Pod 1

Cluster N

PrimaryStorage

Host

Citrix clouds can scale across multiple Availability Zones

Zones configurations can be workload optimized

ZoneLoad Balancer

Firewall

….

Pod N

SecondaryStorage

Cluster 1

….

Pod 1

Cluster N

PrimaryStorage

Host

Enterprise Desktops

Cloud-NativeWorkloads

TraditionalWorkloads


Storage Performance FlexibilityPrimary storage configuration

Support for different storage performance tiers

Flexibility over disk sizing

Provision either local or shared storage

Governance for control of access and consumption

Proven customer value


Gateway10.1.1.1

10.1.1.2

10.1.1.3

10.1.1.4

10.1.1.5

Networking TypesLayer-2 Isolation with vLANs

Public Network/Internet

Guest Virtual Network 10.1.1.0/24

VLAN 100

DHCP, DNSNATLoad BalancingVPN

Public IP 65.37.14.1

Guest VM

Guest VM

Guest VM

Guest VM

CloudPlatformVirtual Router

L3 w/Security Groups

L2 Isolation w/VLANs

No Isolation

Overlay Isolation



Network Provider SupportLayer-2 Isolation with External Devices for Network Services

Additional support for 3rd party networking

Physical firewall and load balancers

Enabling increased scale and enhanced service capabilities


Private IP10.1.1.112

DHCP DNS


Private IP10.1.1.111 10.1.1.2

10.1.1.3

10.1.1.4

10.1.1.5

Guest Virtual Network 10.1.1.0/24

VLAN 100

Guest VM

Guest VM

Guest VM

Guest VM

Juniper SRX Firewall

NetScaler



Network Service FlexibilityMulti-tier Network Support for Complex Enterprise Applications

Public IP 65.37.141.111


Private IP10.1.1.112

DHCP, DNSUser-data

Public IP 65.37.141.112

10.1.1.2 Web VM1

10.1.1.3Web VM2

NetScalerLoad

Balancer

Private IP10.1.1.111Juniper

SRXFirewall


Virtual Network 10.1.1.0/24VLAN 100


10.1.2.21

10.1.2.18

10.1.2.31App VM1 10.1.3.21


10.1.2.24App VM2 10.1.3.45

10.1.3.24 DB VM1

DHCP, DNS, User-data

DHCP, DNSUser-data,

Source-NAT, VPN Public IP

65.37.141.115

Orchestrate complex n-tier applications




Cloud Provisioning of XenDesktop/XenAppMultiple Workload Types within a Single Cloud

Availability Zone A

XenDesktop Controller

Windows Server Windows Desktop

Apps Desktops Apps Desktops

ControllerXenDesktop

VM

XenDesktopVM

XenDesktopVM

Director EdgeSight Studio

Availability Zone B

XenDesktopVM

XenDesktopVM

Pod 1 Pod 2 Pod nPod 1 Pod 2 Pod n

CloudPlatform powered by Apache CloudStack


Cloud Provisioning of XenDesktop/XenAppMultiple Workload Types within a Single Cloud

XenDesktop Controller

Windows Server Windows Desktop

Apps Desktops Apps Desktops

Studio

Availability Zone A Availability Zone B Availability Zone C

Controller

XenDesktop

VM

XenDesktop

VMXenDesktop

VM

XenDesktop

VM

Director EdgeSight

CloudPlatform powered by Apache CloudStack

Server VM

ServerVM

Server VM

Server VM

XenDesktop

VM

Pod 1 Pod 2 Pod nPod 1 Pod 2 Pod nPod 1 Pod 2 Pod n


“How to deliver a scalable, secure multi-tenant cloud with end-user self-service, metering and billing, whilst

improving governance, efficiency and cost control” SSI Business Challenge


Multi-Vendor Mashup? Or One Stack, One VendorBuild or Buy?

Better, faster support delivered through one company vs. trying to engage multiple vendors

Out-of-the-Box solution allows SSI to focus on our core business

Citrix Application interoperability


SSISSI’s Powerful Cloud-Enabled Offering

Offers self-service through fully managed solutions

Ability to provision resources for public, private, and hybrid clouds

Enables access to apps and data from any device, anywhere, anytime


SSI ArchitectureLeveraging Citrix Cloud Architecture

Isolated networking• Application & User Security

Storage tiering• Flexibility, cost optimisation and predictable

performance

Delivering cloud infrastructure resilience

10Gbps Storage & Mgmt

1Gbps Guest


1Gbps Guest

…

Core Switch

Aggregation Switch

TOR Switch

Compute Nodes

FC Primary Storage

NFS Secondary Storage

Pod 1

…Pod n


1Gbps Guest

Pod 2

Internet

NetScalers


SSI Architecture

Router

L3 Core Switch

Top of Rack

Switch

……… …Servers

Primary Mgmt Server Cluster

Object Store

Availability Zone 2

Pod 1 Pod 2 Pod 3 Pod N

MySQL Load Balancer

Cloud Operations Admin

Availability Zone 1

Standby Mgmt Server Cluster

MySQL


Service Enablement, Governance and Support

Productivity gains from product integration and self-service components

Cloud automation increased the support capacity of our service delivery team

Centralised billing and resource management

Restricted, but not restrictive administration access with comprehensive logging


MatterPoint e-Discovery Platform

Aquipt’s MatterPoint platform enables law firms and vendors alike to transform the complexities and expense of operating and supporting in house e-discovery infrastructure into an easy to use, affordable service.

Advanced storage tiers address the demands of processing and archive data

Network isolation ensures privacy and protection for a firm’s client data

Web based control panel for self service administration and transparency

Metered usage allows pass through billing and cost certainty per project


Large Law Firm & Software Vendor

Large law firm needed rapid deployment of Lateral Data’s resource intensive ViewPoint e-Discovery application.

AMLaw 200 Firm • Rapid Deployment• Scalability • Security• Cost certainty• Full support

Lateral Data• Reduced sales cycle/ barriers to sale• Optimized deployment • Security


Document Review Firm

Large public document review firm leveraged SSI’s MySecureCloud platform to gain the flexibility, agility and control required in multiple large scale but always temporary deployments.

1800 Managed Review Seats

Central management and deployment of computing infrastructure

Improved logistics for physical equipment

Subscription operating expense

Flexibility to scale and contract with project demands


SSI SummaryCitrix technology for complete hosted environments

Delivers secure and scalable infrastructures rapidly, in about 25% of the time that they previously took to deploy

SSI was able to increase cloud revenue by 50% in 2013, without additional headcount

Utilized for complete hosted environments and specific e-Discovery applications

Business vertical agnostic, catering for public sector and commercial organizations


Citrix Products discussed– Citrix CloudPlatform– Citrix XenServer– Citrix Cloud Portal Business Manager

Key Takeaways– A complete Citrix Stack for all cloud layers: out-of-the-box functionality– Operations, service management & governance capabilities– Customer-proven production clouds driving real-world business– Citrix delivers the agility and efficiency demanded by dynamic businesses

Session Summary


250+ Large Scale

Production CloudsIn Deployment

Production siteswith over

40,000+Servers per Region

Service Providers | Telcos

Web 2.0

Enterprise | Education | Government


Additional Cloud Sessions @ Synergy

Questions?

Date Time Session Title Speaker(s) Location

5/8

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Ballroom D

11:30am SYN229 What’s New in Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager Jie Feng, Kailas Jawadekar 304C

3:30pm SYN263 What's New in Citrix XenServer: Graphics Performance, Scalability and More! David Cottingham, Ken Lee 304A


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Citrix Synergy 2014 - Syn227 Architecting your private cloud infrastructure for speed and agility