Offsite Storage

Anatomy of a Data Center

Amy Maule

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• 2012 President, Oregon Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (http://oregon.sla.org/)

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• Research Analyst, CH2M HILL
• Founded in Corvallis
• Engineering and Architecture
• Designs and performs consulting services for Data Center clients

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The Cloud is not a Cloud

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The Cloud is Data Centers

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perspectives.mvdirona.com/2011/04/09/OpenComputeMechanicalSystemDesign.aspx

Why it matters?

Project Planning:

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• Space requirements

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• Ownership of your IP

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• Vulnerability of your content

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Why it matters?

Project Planning:

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• Space requirements

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• Ownership of your IP

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• Vulnerability of your content

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Space Requirements

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Space Requirements

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Space Requirements

• Data Storage?

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• Traffic?

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Intellectual Property

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• If faculty research is stored in the “cloud,” there may be associated IP ramifications.

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Intellectual Property

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• If faculty research is stored in the “cloud,” there may be associated IP ramifications.

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• If it’s hosted by an outside company, make sure you understand their IP policies.

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Intellectual Property

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• If faculty research is stored in the “cloud,” there may be associated IP ramifications.

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• If it’s hosted by an outside company, make sure you understand their IP policies.

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• Especially outside the US!

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Vulnerability

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• Does your data center have a disaster recovery plan?

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• Temporarily inaccessible?

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• Loss of data?

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/collateral/tk869/tk769/white_paper_c11-453495.html

Vulnerability

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• Does your data center have a disaster recovery plan?

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• Not your responsibility, but�could end up being your�problem.

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/collateral/tk869/tk769/white_paper_c11-453495.html

Vulnerability

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• Does your data center have a disaster recovery plan?

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• Not your responsibility, but�could end up being your�problem.

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• Cisco Whitepaper– �Disaster Recovery: Best Practices

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/technologies/collateral/tk869/tk769/white_paper_c11-453495.html

Redundancy

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• Does your data center have redundancy?

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• Reduce downtime
• Backup in case of disaster

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http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/recent.pdf

Redundancy

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• Does your data center have redundancy?

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• How far apart?

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Redundancy

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• Does your data center have redundancy?

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• How far apart?

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• Temporary downtime vs.�Permanent loss?

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Energy use

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“Data centers can consume up to 100 times more energy than a standard office building.”

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• http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/program/dc_energy_consumption.html

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• US DOE, Federal Energy Management Program. 2011. Best Practices Guide for Energy-Efficient Data Center Design. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/eedatacenterbestpractices.pdf

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Datacenter Videos

• Facebook, Prineville, OR: �http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DRxqHrPrFw

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• NREL, Research Support Facility, Boulder, CO:�http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ktNcjb6BxI&feature=youtu.be

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• CH2M HILL: amy.maule@ch2m.com

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• ORSLA: ORSLAPresident@gmail.com

Thank you!