Next-Generation Server Architecture

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Best Practices in the Cloud: Next Generation

Server ArchitectureNovember 11, 2008


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Your Panel Today• Michael Crandell - CEO• Josh Fraser – VP, Business Development• Martin Rhoads – Sr. Integration EngineerOn Q&A:• Matthew Small – Sr. Account Manager• Eugene Gimelberg – Sr. Software

Engineer


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Welcome to RightScale Next Generation Server Architecture Demonstration Q&A – Getting Started

Please use chat to ask questions anytime!

Agenda


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• On-demand• Pay-as-you-go• Virtual infinite• Surpasses traditional hosting

– Multiple server sizes: ½ core to 8 cores– Reassign IPs / VIPs– Multiple failure zones and geographies– Disk Volumes– Cloud interoperability

Cloud Computing


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AUTOMATEDMANAGEMENTAUTOMATED

MANAGEMENTCOMPONENT

LIBRARIESCOMPONENT

LIBRARIESEXPERTISE

& SUPPORTEXPERTISE

& SUPPORT

EXPERTISE

RIGHTSCRIPTS

MYSQL MGR

WEB SITE

GRID

Cloud ApplicationsCloud Applications

AmazonAmazon FlexiScaleFlexiScale RackspaceRackspace GoGridGoGrid Other CloudsOther Clouds

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leCloud Management Platform


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• Agile = automate and benefit!– From boot to production on auto-pilot– Across different stacks & different

clouds– Auto-failover, auto-restart, auto-scale

“Deploy faster, better, and cheaper than your competitors”

Agile Deployment


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Next Generation Server Architecture• “Cloud-ready” servers

– More than just running a bundled image

• Dynamic vs. static configuration– Leverage one server model across different

deployments– Replicable design– Complete lifecycle management … version control

• RightScale ServerTemplates


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• Base OS image plus the intelligence to run RightScripts

• Boot, Operational and Decommission Scripts– Configure instances during boot time including installing

software and passing environment variables– Reconfiguration with Operational scripts– Decommission scripts

• Library of RightScale and Partner Templates or create your own

RightScale ServerTemplates


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• ServerTemplates to create a redundant MySQL database setup

• RightScripts:– Launch a new Master from scratch and restore from S3 – Launch a new Slave and start replication and backups to S3– Master died: promote Slave to Master and launch a new Slave– Slave died: launch a new Slave– Attach EBS volume and being snapshots

Manager for MySQL


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A Day in the Life of a Developer

1. Needs to deploy his code to a set of running instances in the cloud so others can use it

2. Create a deployment3. Make a change and re-deploy4. Oops—need to roll-back … versioning5. Clone the deployment6. Maintenance


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Demonstration


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Key Benefits: Cloud-Ready Servers ✓ Save time and reduce complexity

- Dynamic configuration

✓ Portability- Configure once, deploy multiple times

✓ Do more with less- Complete lifecycle management


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