HNSCICLOUD PHASE 1 AWARD

November 2nd 2016

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 1

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 2

Established Partnerships

OUR TEAM

RHEA: Prime contractor, proven management of

large contracts for institutional customers, cyber

security experts

T-Systems: Leading European Public Cloud

provider working with CERN and other

institutions, GÉANT connection

ExoScale: Dynamic, innovative cloud provider

worked with CERN, GÉANT connection

SixSq: SlipStream/Nuvla; brokerage and

automated multi-cloud application deployment

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 3

Network-aware, multi-cloud, agnostic environment…

OUR VISION

We start from a production service: innovate -> demonstrate -> collect feedback -> improve

We build on established, market-leading cloud services

You enhance your community or private cloud with access to public cloud services

You create cloud native applications to take full advantage of the cloud, or

You drop-in your application as is

Any Cloud, any App…

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 4

Deliver end-to-end optimised network and data throughput

CHALLENGES

Deliver strict throughput from home institute to the cloud

Deliver strict, and scalable, throughput from data source to the VM

Support a wide range of applications

Support different data layout and access patterns

Integrate containers and their management solutions with ease

Provide seamless user access and security through single sign-on

… with minimum complexity!

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 5

Support all connection means

Direct, libcloud, jcloud, terraform, native API

Reporting, Accounting & Management

By User, Project, Organisation

Service Level Agreement Monitoring

Define SLA using SLALOM

Identity & Access Management

SAML 2.0, eduGAIN integration

GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct

Complementary partners, coherent solution, flexible implementation…

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Nuvla

(Management)

User

Open Telekom Cloud

(IaaS)

Exoscale

(IaaS)

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HPCaaS

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Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 6

Proven, innovative cloud service providers…

IAAS CLOUD SERVICES

Exoscale

Apache CloudStack

Data centres in Switzerland, expanding to other European countries

Optimized for cloud-native applications

Open Telekom Cloud from T-Systems

Public Cloud, data centres in Germany, certified and audited

OpenStack and open standard APIs for all functions

Established, high-bandwidth network connectivity throughout Europe

Scientific use tested and verified by CERN

… transparent access to different providers and to your own clouds!

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 7

Performance optimization in virtualized environments

Introduction of HPC resource flavors in

Open Telekom Cloud

Use of T-Systems HWW commercial HPC-service

based on HLRS-infrastructure

Access through GÉANT

Experience based on work with various research

organizations and industry

GPU also available via Exoscale

Cloud and dedicated HPC options

HPCAAS

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 8

Proven solution that provides…

MULTI-CLOUD AND HYBRID CLOUD

Choice of cloud based on price, performance, service guarantees, etc. without vendor lock-in

Transparent interoperability with your own community and private clouds

Fast deployment of new features and fixes thanks to a rapid innovation cycle

Automated deployment and dynamic management of applications to minimize costs and

maximize performance

True multi-cloud application support to take advantage of geo-redundancy, fail-over, etc.

… just add data!

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 9

Demonstrate POSIX access to wide range of data

sets stored in variety of services

Understand scalability, performance

Integrate existing tools/services

Meet data protection norms

GDPR compliance

ISO 27xxx series

Provide access while protecting data…

LARGE DATA SETS

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 10

T-Systems connected via DFN NREN

Exoscale connected via CIXP

Currently connected at 10 Gbps

Committed to deliver 40 Gbps for Phase 3

Efficient data access relies on fast networking…

GÉANT NETWORK CONNECTIVITY

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 11

Recipes to facilitate scalable deployments of

standard container management tools

Mesos, Kubernetes, …

Work to provide transparent access to

virtualization technologies

Reducing complexity and overheads…

CONTAINER SUPPORT

… your feedback needed!

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 12

Previous R&D developments commercialised

Services

Software

Widest possible choices, avoid vendor lock-in

Evolution of Helix Nebula Marketplace, incorporating lessons learned

New service options proposed to meet Buyers Group needs

Buyers group need to consider new procurement models to realise the full benefits of “as a

service” cloud procurement

A Proven Track Record

BUSINESS MODEL & COMMERCIALISATION

Helix Nebula Science Cloud Award Unclassified 13

Flexible, commercial data analysis platform…

GOING FORWARD

Solution brings together production products and services into coherent analysis platform

Established players in cloud ecosystem

Proven delivery within Helix Nebula

Extend existing capabilities to meet the needs of large-scale, scientific data analysis…

Provided ”as a Service”!