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CLOUD DEPLOYMENT
O P T I M I S I N G Y O U R
tips from CloudSigma's CEO
w w w . c l o u d s i g m a . c o m
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“Perfection is achieved, not
when there is nothing more to
add, but when there is nothing
left to take away.”
Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry
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OUR APPROACH
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Public Cloud Private Cloud
1. Elasticity
2. Transparent TCO
3. Geo dispersal
4. Automation
1. Configurability
2. Mature tech
3. High Performance
4. Flexibility
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WEBINAR STRUCTURE
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1. Correct Server Sizing
2. Billing Optimisation
3. Performance Tweaking
4. Leveraging Containers in the Cloud
5. Summary & Questions
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CORRECT SERVER SIZING
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CPU
RAM
Undersized
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CPU
RAM
RAM Limited
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CPU
RAM
CPU Limited
Green represents resources you are using, pink those you are purchasing but currently not using.
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SCALING
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RAM
RAM Limited
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RAM
Typical
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RAM
CloudSigma
'Perfect provisioning' eliminates wasted resource & license purchasing.
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HOW TO KNOW THE
CORRECT SIZE
1. Use ongoing server monitoring tools:
- we recommend New Relic; free upgraded account for all customers
2. Consider tying resource utilisation to scaling
- example using Flexiant Cloud Concerto with New Relic AppDex
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Example New Relic
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Billing Optimisation
Try to achieve a balance between flexibility & better pricing
Flexibility
Long term purchasing
Medium term purchasing
Ad hoc purchasing
Cost
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Billing Optimisation
Take a layer cake approach
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Billing Outages
1. Save a payment method
2. Implement an auto top-up method to keep your account funded.
Tip: Longer standing customers can apply for credit limits with invoicing in arrears.
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Billing Optimisation
Key considerations:
1. Ratio of shorter to longer term purchasing options in terms of pricing
2. Relative size of time jumps between purchasing options
Tip: Always put cloud servers into private networks to avoid additional
network usage charges between your servers in the cloud.
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LADAS TO
LAMBORGHINIS?
PERFORMANCE
TWEAKING IN
THE CLOUD
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Performance Optimisation
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Performance Optimisation: Compute
1. Optimise your virtual core size to your application
2. Consider using host CPU for instruction set exposure
3. Test NUMA topology exposure for your larger cloud servers
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Performance Optimisation: Other
1. Try different hypervisor settings especially as a Windows user
2. Always use VirtIO networking drivers whenever possible for best performance
Remember, it's easy to change settings and iterate to the best set-up for your needs.
Customers achieve 30-50% performance increases using customised settings.
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CONTAINERS
IN THE CLOUD
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Containers in the Cloud
Retain cloud server equivalent privacy & security combined with the flexibility of containers.
Docker containers Docker containers
Cloud Server Cloud Server
Docker containers
Cloud Server
Monitoring service
Web service
Some other service!
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Containers in the Cloud
1. Scale Docker container clouds orientated around services
- architect software services towards micro service based approach
2. Scale cloud server requirements based around cloud server load metrics
- use a standard cloud library image (CentOS, Ubuntu etc.)
- use cloudinit to auto-configure your cloud servers. See http://cld.sg/dockercloudinit
3. Prioritise key services using cgroups
- use cgroups to protect key docker container clouds within your cloud servers
- see http://cld.sg/dockercgroups
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“Ultimately, the cloud is the latest example
of creative destruction: creating wealth for
those who exploit it; and leading to the
demise of those that don’t.”
JOE WEINMAN
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YOUR QUESTIONS
1 Instant sign-up at http://www.cloudsigma.com
2 Email support@cloudsigma.com for your upgrade
3 Enjoy our cloud & be sure to give us feedback!
THE CLOUDSIGMA CLOUD