IT4202 NETWORK AND DATA CENTER OPERATIONS

Lecture 02 Data Centers

Overview of Data Center

Data Center Definitions Application Architecture Models Data Center Architecture

Data Center Services

Data Center Definitions

Data Center Goals Data Center Facilities Roles of Data Centers in Enterprises

Roles of Data Center in the Service Provider Environment

Data Center Definitions

A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes
redundant

or backup power supplies redundant data communications connections environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) security devices

Data Center Definitions (2)

Computing resources in Data Centers

Mainframes
Web

Application Server File and Print Servers Messaging servers Application Software and the OS that run them Storage Subsystems Network Infrastructure

Network Operations and Applications

Network Time Protocol (NTP) FTP Domain Name Systems (DNS) DHCP SNMP TFTP NFS

Network Operations and Applications(2)

Network-Based Application
IP

Telephony Video Streaming over IP IP video conferencing Etc.

Data Center Goals

Data Center (DC) Goals (Business)

Generate

IT Initiatives

Need to achieve

Design Criteria of DC

Applied to

Functional Areas of DC Networks

Figure 1

Data Center (DC) Goals (Business)

Resiliency- supports for business operation around the clock Total cost of Ownership lowering the total cost of operation and the maintenance needed to sustain the business functions

Flexibility - rapid deployment of application and consolidation of computing resources

IT Initiatives

Business Continuance Increased Security in the Data Center Application, Server, and Data Center Consolidation Integration of Applications whether Client/Server and multitier (n-tier), or web services-related applications Storage Consolidation

Design Criteria of DC
Availability Scalability Security Performance Manageability

Functional Areas of a DC Network

Infrastructure Service Routing, Switching and Server farm architecture Application Service Load balancing, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) offloading, and caching Security Services Packet filtering and inspection, intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention Storage Services SAN Architecture, Fiber Channel Switching, backup, and archival Business Continuance SAN extension, site selection and Data Center interconnectivity

Facilities for Data Center

Power Capacity Cooling Capacity Cabling Temperature and Humidity Controls Fire and Smoke Systems Physical Security: restricted access and surveillance systems Rack Space and Raised Floors

Role of the DC in the Enterprise

Building Blocks of Typical Enterprise Network

Campus

Network Private WAN Remote Access Internet Server Farm Extranet Server Farm Intranet Server Farm

Figure 1.1 Shows the building blocks of a Data Center in the Enterprise

Role of the DC in the Enterprise (2)

House many components that supports the infrastructure building blocks Support wide number of enterprise applications
Customer

Relationship Management (CRM) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERM) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Sales Force Automation (SFA) Order Processing E-Commerce

Internet Data Center (IDC) Data Center in Service Provider Environment

Application Architecture Models

Client/Server Model n-Tier Model Multitier Architecture Application Environment

Client /Server Model

Thick client- a portion of application code running at the clients computer that has the responsibility of retrieving data from the server and presenting it to the client (use application GUIs to connect servers) Thin clients clients connects to server using a web browser Classical Client/Server Model consists of
A

thick client A server where the remaining business logic resides

Client /Server Model

Figure 2

n-Tier Model

Most of the clients are thin clients Tiers - Distinct functions supported by the servers (Web, Applications and Database Servers) Figure 3

n-Tier Model

Figure 3
Thin Client

n-Tier Model

Figure 4- n-Tier Model and Maps each tier to partial list of available technologies in each tier

Multitier Architecture Application Environment

Multitier Architecture Application Environment

Data Center Architecture

Aggregation Layer Access Layer

Front

End Segment Applications Segment Back End Segment

Storage Layer Data Center Transport Layer

Figure 5

Data Center Architecture

Figure 5 shows fully redundant enterprise Data Center supporting the following areas
No

single point of failure- redundant components Redundant Data Centers Redundant connection to different service providers External and Internal routing through EBGP and IBGP Edge Security to Control access from the Internet Control for access to the Internet from the enterprise clients

Aggregation Layer

Aggregation Layer

Figure 6 shows aggregation and Access Layers

Access Layer

Front-End Segment consists of Layer 2 switches, security device and features, and the front end server farms Application Segment the same network infrastructure components as the front-end segment and the application servers with additional security Backend Segment same as two previous segments, additionally it supports the connectivity to the database servers

Access Layer (2)

Figure 7

Storage Layer

Figure 8

Data Center Transport Layer

Data Center Services

IP Infrastructure Services Application Services Security Services Storage Devices Business Continuance Infrastructure Services

Data Center Services (2)

Figure 9

Data Center Services (3)

IP Infrastructure Service

Data Center Services (4)

Application Services

Data Center Services (5)

Security Services

Data Center Services (6)

Storage Services

Data Center Services (7)

Business Continuance Infrastructure Service

Summary

References

Cisco Press Data Center Fundamentals