Tweet
Tweet

Slide 1

Slide 1 text

Distributed Site Automation for the Continuously Integrated Data Center Rob Hirschfeld, CEO / February 26, 2020

Slide 2

Slide 2 text

Physical Layer Data Center Automation

Slide 3

Slide 3 text

3 https://RackN.com and @rackngo Based in Austin Texas, RackN was founded by the original Dell Crowbar team in 2014. We are a founder-owned, cash flow positive, 8-person startup supporting multi-national companies. Our mission is to rethink data center operations by addressing root cause challenges from the bare metal infrastructure layer upwards. We empower operators to manage their own infrastructure cost effectively. Our architectural focus is to bring cloud-style Infrastructure as Code (Iac) and Continuous Integration (CI) workflows to heterogenous and brown-field data centers. Our core product, Digital Rebar v4.3, reflects 10 years of development over four product generations. Our business model is annually licensed software build around a proprietary core platform with an open ecosystem.

Slide 4

Slide 4 text

4 Operator Managed Data Center Automation (no SaaS or MSP connections) • 100% API-driven • Multi-Domain Workflows • Infrastructure as Code • Behind Firewall • Multi-Site Management • Vendor Agnostic • Easy to Extend in Field DHCP Netboot (PXE, iPXE, …) Agent (Linux, Win, ESX, … ) Network Switch / ToR REST API & UX Systems of Record Configuration Mgmt DB Monitoring Systems DRP OOB / BMC (iLo, DRAC, Redfish, ...) CI/CD Pipeline Digital Rebar Platform (DRP) is core service component of Digital Rebar.

Slide 5

Slide 5 text

Distributed Site Automation for the Edge and Enterprise

Slide 6

Slide 6 text

6

Slide 7

Slide 7 text

7 Silos Silos Silos Compute Network O/S Platform

Slide 8

Slide 8 text

8

Slide 9

Slide 9 text

9 DHCP Netboot (PXE, iPXE, …) Agent (Linux, Win, ESX, … ) Network Switch / ToR REST API & UX Systems of Record Configuration Mgmt DB Monitoring Systems DRP OOB / BMC (iLo, DRAC, Redfish, ...) CI/CD Pipeline ● ● ● ● Digital Rebar Platform (DRP) is core service component of Digital Rebar.

Slide 10

Slide 10 text

10 IaC IaC IaC ● ● ● ●

Slide 11

Slide 11 text

11 Production Test Dev SSO HA ● ● ● ●

Slide 12

Slide 12 text

12 ● ● ● ●

Slide 13

Slide 13 text

13 ● ● ● ●

Slide 14

Slide 14 text

14 ● ● ●

Slide 15

Slide 15 text

15 ● ● ● ●

Slide 16

Slide 16 text

16 Delivering Value Adapting to Change And Always Innovating

Slide 17

Slide 17 text

RackN.com/v43