Scaleable Enterprise Computing Andre Hill

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Andre HillDirector, Linux Program [email protected]

Novell's Linux Strategy and Direction

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Agenda

● Linux Market Overview●Deployments Today – ready for prime time?●Trends in Government

● The Value of Open Source

● Novell's Linux Platforms●Open Enterprise Server●SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

● Data Center Linux

● Validated Configuration Program

Linux Today:Current Trends and Positions

Where and Why?

© February 24, 2004 Novell Inc, Confidential & Proprietary4

UNIX Migration Business Drivers

● What problem needs to be solved?● Unix is expensive and customers are looking

for a low cost alternative

● Where components are must haves?● 1- Application Certification

● 2- Reliability, Availability, Scalability, Manageability

● 3- Migration & Consolidation (Easy and High ROI)

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Four Types of Cost Savingswith Unix to Linux Migration

Lower Server Costs, Higher Performance• Cost effective Intel-based servers• Better performance than RISC (spec.org)

Lower Lifecycle Costs• No need to pay Unix level hardware maintenance• No forklift upgrades – just add servers when you need them• Lower cost of availability: 20% Intel 100% on RISC

Better Utilization of Assets• Move servers to where they are needed• No stranded capacity or over-provisioning

Operational Efficiency• One place to install software• One place to manage software• One set of file systems to backup


Linux Growth• By 2007, 30% of all servers shipped will be Linux

• Linux is the only growth segment in IDC 04 vs. 06 SOE installed base at the expense of Unix and Windows.

• Consolidation and replacement of Unix makes up ¾ of the opportunities for Linux.

• No longer in “early adopter” stage, now moving into “mission critical” areas

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Linux Is Growing Faster than Windows and UNIX Combined ...

Source: IDC


... and More Software Moves onto a Linux Platform Every Week

Source: Gartner, IDC, BofA Securities, VERITAS analysis


What’s Driving Linux Adoption?

Drivers

•Mission critical applications can run on a lower cost/higher performing hardware

•Fewer distinct OS to support

Flexibility SecurityReliabilityControl

and AgilityCost

Reduction & Productivity

The Platform — Open Source and Linux

•Low cost software solutions

•Leading ISV’s developing software on the Linux OS

•IBM, PeopleSoft, Novell, SAP, Oracle, Sybase

•Run on a variety of hardware supported by all IHV’s•Supports more users with less hardware•Grid and Cluster computing

•Increased uptime (when compared to other x86 platforms)

•Uptime measured in years rather than days

•Easier scaling

•Linux is inherently more secure than Windows (kernel space)

•Amazon, FedEx and Google have been using Linux for years


Linux and Standardization is Evolving the 3-Tier Architecture

Current

Tier 3ERPCRMFinancialsApplication ConsolidationDatabase

SAN

4, 8-wayIA

16-wayIA

32-wayRISC/Unix

• Reliable• High-performing• Expensive to buy and

maintain• Inflexible to new

technologies• Fixed Capacity

• Standardized• Reliable• High-performing

Infrastructure:Web servers,File & Print

Tier 1

NAS

Tier 2Application

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SAN


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Tier 2Application

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Tier 3ERPCRMFinancialsApplication ConsolidationDatabaseVirtualization

LegacySolutions

4, -8-wayIA

• Standardized• Reliable• High-performing• Redundant• Flexible• Cost-effective• Integrates new technology

easily• Dynamic Resource

Allocation• Common Maintenance• Common OS and

Procedures

Scalable Building Blocks

Scale-out multiple2, 4-way IA


Evolving


Network Storage


Network Storage

ApplicationServers

LegacySolutions

Scalable Building Blocks

ERPCRMFinancialsApplication ConsolidationDatabase

4-wayIA

Scale-out multiple2, 4-way IA

• Affordable flexible capacity

• Dynamic resource allocation (including virtualization and compute on demand)

• Builds in higher levels of availability and redundancy

• New standardized management tools drive down costs

ROI dramatically increases with overall system

utilization


Future


Linux Workloads

● Across all of these workloads, Data Center environments must have:

● Reliability● Availability● Scalability● Manageability● Performance

● Top 3 workloads for Linux in the Data Center are:● IT infrastructure● Web Infrastructure● Databases

Linux Deployment Trends in Government

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Consolidating Servers and Environments

Linux Server OS Adoption ProfilesWhat drivers are key to your adoption of Linux?

Source: IDC, 2004 - Unix to Linux Software Multiclient Study

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Workloads Supported by Linux Deployments Q: What are the three most important workloads supported by Linux?

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Why are Linux Deployments Growing?

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Top 3 Workloads for Linux Which workloads are most important to deploying Linux? (future view)

Source: IDC, 2004 - Unix to Linux Software Multiclient Study

n=359QB14Base: Respondents who have at least 1 server and use or are evaluating Linux server

Open Source vs. Proprietary

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Open Source vs. Proprietary Applications

Open Source traditionally provides:●Lower cost alternatives●Increased Innovation cycles●Flexibility and protection from vendor “lock-in”

Significant value also exists in proprietary, closed source applications:

●Years of in-depth applied research●Targeted functionality – geared towards a particular business need●Dedicated and focused development team with years of experience with a product or industry●Hardened●Focused execution ability

Since both have value which provides the best answer?

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Novell's Mixed Source Strategy

● Marry the benefits of Open Source with the focused applications of proprietary - “mixed source model”

● Key differentiator from other UNIX based platforms

kernel

open source functionality

proprietary functionality (as desired or required)

Base Open Source Platform

“mixed source” operating platform

Novell Open Enterprise Serverthe best of both worlds


Novell Open Enterprise Server

• Unmatched Enterprise Security• Common Management• Reliable, Scalable, Enterprise

Services

• Thousands of Applications• Greater Choice and Flexibility• Realize Benefits from Open

Source


Novell Open Enterprise ServerAdvanced Services for the Enterprise

Virtual OfficeWeb Experience

Browser-based single point of administration for all OES Services. CIM-based management and providers. Server health monitoring integrated into Novell iManager.

Novell client experienceDesktop Integration

Includes Novell ZENworks agents for easily updating both NetWare and Linux servers.

Novell ZENworks®

Install and Patch/ Update Services

Provides the end user with browser-based access to files, printers, email, applications, links, corporate information, etc.

Novell iManager®

& CIM

Administration/ Monitoring Services

Supports IPP standards-based printing for Windows, Mac and Linux clients. Using web-based maps, users can quickly find and install printers.

Novell eDirectoryTM

Identity Services

Personal file backup and anytime/anywhere access. Granular file access control and management.

iPrintPrint Services

Clustering/ high availability for both NetWare and Linux servers

Novell ClusteringHigh Availability

Login script support, file access, background authentication, iPrint, Novell iFolder available both on Windows and Linux desktops

Provides single-user identity, which enables global security and management policies for access to resources. Web address book with search and self administration.

Novell iFolder®,NSS, NetStorage

File Services

Virtual TeamsWeb CollaborationEnd users can quickly create their own team workspaces—

Including: shared directories, discussion boards, chat, team Web sites, etc. without the assistance of IT staff


A Seamless Upgrade from NetWare

• Works with directly attached storage

• NetWare to NetWare• NetWare to Linux

Rolling UpgradeIn-place Upgrade• Upgrades for NSS based clustered SANs• Zero down time• NetWare to NetWare• NetWare to Linux


Coexistence—No Rip and Replace

NetWare

OES

Linux

NetWare 4.2 NetWare 5.1

NetW

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6.0

NetWare 6.5Win 2000/3

Win

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Seamless file services integration (Windows, NetWare, UNIX, Linux)

Directory interoperability (NT, AD, Novell eDirectory, etc)

Directory Services AdditiveNW 4.x: NDS 6.21NW 5.x: NDS 7.62c, 8.58NW 6.x: eDir 8.7.0, 8.7.1

Linux and Windows desktop support


Novell Open Enterprise ServerExpands the Capabilities of Linux


File accessthrough

eDirectory

Deploy scenarios from pre-configured

images

IPrint enhances CUPS

Server Health Management network-wide view

NSS

Mount NSS

Open standard services, systems, and configuration

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9:The Linux Platform for



SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9Overview

● Robust application supportfor third-party and line-of-business applications

● Strongest security capabilitiesensures data privacy

● Industry-leading scalability and reliabilityenables mission-critical deployments

● Unmatched manageabilitylowers the cost of ownership

● Backed by Novellempowers businesses to deploy Linux with confidence

A secure, reliable platform for Linux and open source computing in the enterprise:


© January 27, 2004 Novell Inc, Confidential & Proprietary.

Industry Leading Performance and Scalability

• Kernel 2.6 performance

• Flexible and pluggable I/O schedulers

• Native Posix Threading Library

Fact: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 was recently used to set the Linux world record for the TPC-C benchmark.

• Hyperthreading

• Non-uniform memory management

• Infiniband


© January 27, 2004 Novell Inc, Confidential & Proprietary.

Linux Manageability

• Yet another Set-up Tool (YasT)

• AutoYaST

• YaST Online Update (YOU)

• SLP

Fact: The suite of deployment, configuration and management options in SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 dramatically reduce implementation and maintenance time while reducing TCO.

• LDAP Support• CIM Support• Enabled for ZENworks Linux Management


Novell ZENworks Linux Management

ZLM Server

Primary Site Remote Site A

ZLM Server

SLES

ZLM Server

Remote Site B

ZLM Management Domain ZLM Management Domain

ZLM Management Domain

OES

• A powerful and secure software management solution for Linux server and workstation systems

• Provides IT administrators and managers with centralized control

• Manage Linux software configurations across the organization

• Decreased time needed for software updates• Increased security and reliability• Ensured software standards• Reduced software complexity

Novell's Data Center Linux Strategy:Reliability, Availability, Scalability, Manageablity and

Performance


SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9

Novell OpenEnterpriseServer

Novell exteNd Director

Novell exteNd Composer

Mono

ZENworks

ZEN Linux Management

Novell eDirectory

iManager

Evolution

GroupWise

OpenOffice.org

iFolder

iPrint

Novell LINUX Desktop 9

Desktop to the Data Center

Office Productivity Collaboration Management Development Data CenterDesktop

X-Platform Identity and Security Services

Consulting Services for Linux offerings


Enterprise Computing Topology

WorkgroupHigh

Performance Computing

Data Center

Desktop


Linux WorkloadsNovell Product Strategy

Workgroup

FilePrintCollaborationAuthentication

High Performance Computing

Highly verticalizedapplications

ERP, SCM, CRM, databases

Data Center

DesktopWireless Office Apps EmailSearch/Indexing

Data Center Linux SUSE LINUX Distribution

Novell Linux Desktop

- Strategic- Long-term vision

- Growing market- Opportunity to create category leadership

Open Enterprise Server

- Protect the traditional Novell base

- Base Platform


Data Center Requirements

● Across all of these workloads, Data Center environments must have:

● Reliability● Availability● Scalability● Manageability● Performance

● Top 3 workloads for Linux in the Data Center are● IT infrastructure● Web Infrastructure● Databases


Linux in the Data Center

Data Center Market contains clearly defined segments:● Application Infrastructure

● Simple Application Hosting (Oracle, SAP, etc...)

● Web Farms

● Clustering and Virtual Storage● High Availability

● Backup applications and procedures

● Virtualization● Partitioning

● Single System Imaging

● System Management and Dynamic Resource Management● Security and Access Management


Novell Data Center Strategy

● Novell does not seek to force customers to change the way they do business in the data center

● Novell seeks to provide customers with a choice of operating system and platform, so they can do that business in a more cost-effective and efficient way

● This means that Novell strives to deliver technology and partner products that today's enterprises rely upon for datacenter computing

● Within each segment of the data center marketplace, Novell seeks to provide best of breed and open source alternatives


What are we going to do?

● Certify the essential ISV's on SLES9

● Layered set of products above the distribution

● “Best Practices” developer, support and services

● Novell Validated Configurations (Go To Market)


Novell Base Platform - Stack View

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● Virtual Storage• Volume manager• High availability

software• Cluster file system

➢ Virtual Machines• Consolidation• Migration• Effective hardware

utilization

Systems and Resource Management• Scheduling• Patch management• Deployment• Grid

Security• Identity and application access• Users, groups, resource

association• Pervasive infrastructure that

relates these services together

Applications (ISV and Hosting)

VS VM SECSM

SUSE Enterprise Linux

Backup

Data Center Technical Perspective

Tier One Linux Data Center Requirements


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Designed for HPC Clusters

70% Unix market share

Production customers, high performanceHave applications running on Linux today, porting others

Perceived market leader


Data Center Strategy Futures

Deliver High Availability and Clustered File Systems

How: PolyServe Matrix Server (kernel mods in SLES 9 SP1') (Now)

Veritas technical and reseller partnership ('05)

In parallel, provide open source alternative in the distribution (OCFS2) SP1'/SP2 and enable other solutions for customer choice (GPFS) ('05)

PolyServe (Active/Active) clustersVeritas (Active/Active)NCS (Active/Passive)DRDB/Heartbeat (Active/Passive) 2nodeOCFS (co-maintainership)Enablement for GPFS, Lustre

Why: Application Availability, Business Continuance

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Deliver Virtualization Technology

What: PartitioningAggregationHPCParallelizationWorkload distributionSSI

How: Work with XEN (open source project) XenSource and other proprietary products to take control software virtualization on Linux ('05)

Expand IBM, Scali, Meiosys, Katana, Polyserve, VMWare technical kernel mod developments and validate ISV specific configurations (1H 05)

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Deliver Virtualization TechnologyWhat:

PartitioningAggregation

HPCParallelization

Workload distribution

SSIHow: Work with XEN (open source

project) XenSource and other proprietary products to take

control software virtualization on Linux ('05)

Expand IBM, Scali, Meiosys,

Katana, Polyserve, VMWare technical

kernel mod developments and validate ISV specific

configurations (1H 05)



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Build and Integrate Systems Management and Monitoring

What:Deployment & patch managementMonitoring, logging and auditingPerformance metricsChargebacks, billingCheckpoint, Restarts, batch processingEvent Automation, scheduling

How: Continue enablement of CIM, buildout of Yast, ZLM and integration of 3rd party products (Tivoli, et. al) – plug, play and pass model

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Build and Integrate Systems Management and Monitoring33

34Integrate Novell Identity Management Products and create mixed source Security platform

What:Identity-based computingData integrityIntrusion Protection

How: Expand EAL4 commitment and partnership (Immunix, etc.)

Validated Configuration Program:Reducing the complexity and risk in deploying and

maintaining Linux


Novell Validated Configuration Program

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Provide strategic and technical leadership to enterprises that have made a commitment to Linux and open-source technologies

Provide a quick and validated mechanism for solution deployment

●Reduce the perceived risk in deploying open systems●Provide a higher value relationship than other UNIX vendors●Facilitate the deployment of best practices and methodologies

●Decrease the complexity of deploying an integrated and validated solution.●Validation program includes:

a) Best practice configurations for targeted product/solution “stacks”,

b) Benchmark, management and performance optimization recommendations

c) When applicable, customized professional service and support options

Develop the community around Linux and open-source●Provide corporate developers and architects with the tools they need

●Deploy best practices and technologies through Novell partners to provide more choices for end-customers

Goals and Objectives


● Developer Services certification programs and tools geared towards corporate developers

● Reference Architectures based on industry standards that supports open, proprietary and mixed sourced solution stacks

● Validated Configuration Stacks targeted to solve a specific customer/market identified need with specific ISV applications

● Marketing Programs aimed at using mixed source solution stacks to accelerate the adoption of Linux and open source

● Support programs to provide tiered support to customers and partners for open source, proprietary and mixed stacks

● Consulting Service offerings and best practices to be leveraged by Novell Consulting and other systems integrators

Novell Validated Configuration Program Program Deliverables


Market driven, these stacks are customer and ISV centric, validated/engineered, tested and documented software / hardware stacks

Definition

• configured, validated, tested and maintained in Novell laboratory/engineering environment, with the support of key ISV and hardware partners

• complemented by consulting, support and integration offerings

Validated Configuration Stacks

Configuration Details• Each validated configuration contains:

– detailed deployment and and configuration information, including software versions, driver configurations, kernel tweaks, etc.

– performance benchmarks and metrics– best practices information– hardware specifications (as applicable)– consulting implementation engagement and support offerings



Initial Focus Areas

Configuration “stack protection”● pro-active reports of the environmental effects of a kernel upgrade● pro-active reports on the environmental effect of an upgrade to any configuration

component● access to all known issues associated with the validation configuration● deployment specific, architecture and development recommendations/best practices● updated and expanded performance modeling and metrics● quarterly on-site lab time with a Novell “Certified Linux” Engineer (TBD)● remote monitoring, management & updates (TBD)

● Highly Available Configurations (active/active & active/passive)● Application Hosting● High Performance Computing● Systems Management & Monitoring● Virtualization (partioning & SSI)● Security & Access Management

NOTE: ● Each platform will marry a base platform (hardware and o/s) with a focus specific

layer and key ISVs. This is an ISV application driven program.● When applicable, there will be an open-source and commerical version made

available. Providing customers with the most flexibility and choice

Novell Validated Configuration Program Validated Configuration Stacks


Highly Available Configurations

“active-active” validated configuration stack



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HA platform layer

drivers

oracle database & application clustering

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9*

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hardware x86 / Opteron / EM64T Server Platform

Oracle 9i / Oracle 10g

Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Oracle Clustered File System* OCFS2

“Oracle RAC Stack”

Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS)*

Qlogic HBA NIC EMC PowerPath SCSI

1. Actual required drivers will be determined by the supported hardware/storage support matrixNote:

* = open source

Highly Available Configurations

PolyServe Matrix Server (as applicable)



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