Private Cloud Computing: Consolidation, Virtualization, and Service-Oriented Infrastructure

Private Cloud Computing: Consolidation, Virtualization, and Service-Oriented Infrastructure, 9780123849199 (0123849195), Morgan Kaufmann, 2011

Is “provisioning a web server in 5 minutes for $5” the most interesting thing about the cloud?

Those responsible for IT in their enterprise are quickly discovering that the cloud is a game-changing trend that offers a completely new methodology for service provision. The cloud not only lets you cut IT costs and be greener—it also accelerates innovation within your enterprise. These are the values driving architects to look at how they can build a private cloud for their enterprise.

We are at the start of a decade where network designers will use infrastructure consolidation and virtualization to create next-generation cloud services. Network virtualization is the bedrock for this solution because it can consolidate diverse networks into a single virtual entity, the first step in creating a service-oriented infrastructure. On this foundation, IT resources can be scaled up and down virtually to provision on-demand services (a.k.a. private cloud services) without the addition of new physical devices or entities through server virtualization. From a business perspective, this enables cost savings and increases the ability to rapidly react and adjust to the volatile business climate. This enables more agile balancing of expense reduction with business growth initiatives.

Private cloud computing enables you to consolidate diverse enterprise systems into one that is cloud-based and can be accessed by end-users seamlessly, regardless of their location or changes in overall demand. Expert authors Steve Smoot and Nam K. Tan distill their years of networking experience to describe how to build enterprise networks to create a private cloud. With their techniques you'll create cost-saving designs and increase the flexibility of your enterprise, while maintaining the security and control of an internal network. Private Cloud Computing offers a complete cloud architecture for enterprise networking by synthesizing WAN optimization, next-generation data centers, and virtualization in a network-friendly way, tying them together into a complete solution that can be progressively migrated to as time and resources permit.

Describes next-generation data center architectures such as the virtual access-layer, the unified data center fabric and the "rack-and-roll" deployment model
Provides an overview of cloud security and cloud management from the server virtualization perspective
Presents real-world case studies, configuration and examples that allow you to easily apply practical know-how to your existing enterprise environment
Offers effective private cloud computing solutions to simplify the costly and problematic challenge of enterprise networking and branch server consolidation

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