Hybrid Hosting - Is it right for you? An overview of Hybrid Hosting 30/11/2012 Stefan Haase – Divisional Product Director
Jan 12, 2015
Hybrid Hosting - Is it right for you?An overview of Hybrid Hosting
30/11/2012
Stefan Haase – Divisional Product Director
Webcast Agenda
• Introduction to InTechnology
• A technical overview of Hybrid Hosting
• Requirements and drivers for Hybrid Hosting
• Why Colocation and IaaS
• Why Hybrid and what it can mean for your business
• What Hybrid Hosting involves
• Summary
• Questions and Answers
Introduction to InTechnology
• Serving the UK IT market for nearly 30 years
• Unique position in the managed IT services market
• Full range of managed IT services delivered to over 800 UK businesses
Your Webcast Presenter
Name: Stefan HaasePosition at InTechnology: Product DirectorTime at InTechnology: 10+ Years
What is Hybrid Hosting?
Raising the Concept of Hybrid Hosting – What is it?
• The combination of physical co-location and Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas)
• Offering the flexibility of the cloud alongside traditional hosting solutions
• Colocation necessary for servers that can’t be virtualised
• IaaS for cloud-ready servers
• Accessible on the same network
Hybrid Hosting - Drivers
Where does the requirement for Hybrid Hosting emerge from?
• Budgetary pressures – making the move from capex to opex
• Pressures to move to the cloud
• Business agility and flexibility
• The reduction of risk
Why Colocation?
Why IaaS?Storage virtualisation, Virtual Server Hosting and Managed Dedicated Servers:
• Reduced operating costs
• Unlimited capacity on demand
• Retained management and control
• Improved server and application availability
• Enhanced business continuity and disaster recovery
• Reduced carbon footprint and exposure to green taxes
IaaS – virtual machines can be provisioned instantly and thus allow business ultimate flexibility. The following scenarios are typical for provisioning:
• Planned new server installation for permanent
• An existing server is modified to meet changing demand
• Proof of concept
• Test and development
IaaS – Deployment options
Why Hybrid?• Best of both worlds - not pushed into one corner
• Paced journey - tailored to customer requirements
• Reduced risk
• Reliability from data centres and networks monitored around the clock allowing constant access to your data and applications
• Scalability - the ability to add new servers or reconfigure existing specs to increase capacity as needed
• Operational and commercial flexibility
Hybrid – cost savings
savings
Hybrid – cost savings
• Co-location: Server consolidation, removing inactive / legacy
equipment and improved rack density can visibly reduce cost
• IaaS: Consolidating under-utilised servers, virtualising
physical servers and providing server and storage
performance where needed rather than over-allocating
resources all contribute to achieving cost savings
What does Hybrid Hosting involve?
• Single network
• Seamless migration
• One provider = one SLA
• Dedicated, tailored servers hosted in a managed cloud
• Colocation in highly resilient data centres
• 24/7 monitored and managed firewall service
Hybrid Hosting – Deployment options
Common service combination that customers opt for are:
• Colocation for production environment in DC 1 and IaaS for DR environment in DC 2
• IaaS for production environment in DC 1 and IaaS for DR environment in DC 2
• Backup / replication of data between both data centres
Service Providers – who to choose?• Chose a provider with a proven track record and pedigree
• Provision of 24/7 UK support
• Who owns and manages the data centre?
• Accreditation / certifications
• What support services / SLAs are available?
• Who provides and manages the customer network?
• What auxiliary services can you subscribe to?
Summary
• Hybrid Hosting is a hosting service tailored to your requirements
• Budgetary and business pressures have lead to the requirement of Hybrid hosting
• Benefits include a decrease in hosting costs through reduced rack footprint
• Increases flexibility within your business whilst removing risk
• Key to ensure you choose the right provider
Thank you for your time.
Any Questions?