Special Storage Infrastructure Learnings from Building Enterprise Cloud

Keywords:Data Management, Virtualization, Backup Recovery
Authors: Manfred Buchmann, NetApp
Abstract:
Storage Learnings on the Example of two real Projects :
a) Software as Service Cloud Infrastructure
Building up Enterprise Software as Service Cloud from Scratch. How to integrate latest Storage Virtualization Technologies. Automation of the End to End Architecture from Provisioning up to Backup Recovery. Self service Paradigms require Organizational Changes and different Thinking.

b) Technical Test Labs running as a Cloud
Introduce Cloud and Self Service Management to Customer Proof of Concept and QA Lab.
Running 1000 Physical Servers with and without Virtualization. Tenant ready automated provisioning of different Virtual or Physical Configurations everyday, including the Server and Storage Networks.