Cloud computing options
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The document presents insights on choosing a cloud computing provider, highlighting the importance of aligning cloud technologies with business goals such as scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness. It reviews various cloud offerings like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, discussing challenges and advantages associated with each provider. The concluding takeaways emphasize starting small, automating deployments, and utilizing specialized services to ensure successful cloud integration.
Cloud computing options
- 1. Choosing Cloud Computing Provider Charlotte Cloud Computing – June’18 Meetup Presented by: Ramu Pulipati
- 2. About Me • Cofounder / CTO botsplash • Charlotte Startup Focused on Omni-Channel Chat Platform • Worked for other regional Startups and Enterprises
- 3. Overview • Review Business Goals • Cloud application challenges and approaches • Cloud Provider Offerings • Use case & takeaways Disclaimer: This is based on our experience and may not apply to your situation. Use this information as it applies to you business.
- 4. Building cool software is a means to an END By David Stedman, CEO of BrightDime
- 5. Focus on Business Needs & Goals • Agility: Build and Iterate faster • Debugging and Troubleshooting • Security – Networking and Encryption • Scalability • Team strengths • Minimal Operational Cost • Enterprise Model Note: These will keep evolving as your project/business grow
- 6. Why Cloud? • No upfront cost. Pay as you go model. • Faster to Market. Rapid iterations. Strategic. • Scale / Seasonal usage • FREE to get started • Public vs Private vs Hybrid • Platform as Service targeted to developers Software decision should not be based on cool or Resume-driven-development (RDD)
- 7. Cloud Offerings • Compute • Instances, Beanstalk, Containers • Storage • Block Storage, Object Storage, DBMS • Networking • Private Networking, Direct Connect, DNS • Other features • Queuing, Analytics, Search, Paas
- 8. Cloud Application Challenges • Availability – Intermittent Breakdown • Network Latency • Node and HDD failures • Data colocation • Monitoring and DevOps • Complex Design Patterns • Sticker Shock
- 9. Cloud Native Architecture Patterns • Availability / Multiple Zones • Data Management • Queuing • Management / Monitoring • Scalability • Private Network • DevOps automation Published 2012 MSDN Patterns
- 10. Factors to decide on Cloud Provider • Required Cloud Services • Proven Reliability • Cost without traps • Ease of use, Clean design • No or limited vendor lock-in • Co-location including PAAS / Vendor services • Enterprise needs
- 11. Cloud Providers
- 12. Compute Instances Infrastructure as a Service (Multiple instance types) AWS EC2, Google Cloud, Azure Cloud, IBM Bluemix, Oracle Cloud Platform as a Service Beanstalk, App Engine, Heroku, Serverless, Lambda Container Services Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, ECS Bare Metal Providers Digital Ocean, Linode, Redhat Open Shift Machine Learning / GPU Azure ML & Notebooks, Amazon EC2 & SageMaker, Google ML Engine T2 Instances (burst mode) AWS and Azure supports Note: Pricing and performance vary based on instance selection
- 13. Other Features Queuing Support** AWS SQS, Kinesis, Azure Events, Google Cloud Pub/Sub Block Storage All providers Object Storage AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Networking Digital Ocean, Linode, Redhat Open Shift Encryption AWS KMS, Google KMS, Azure Key Vault Availability Zones AWS, Google, Azure Hosted RDBMS AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Azure SQL Container Services AWS, Google, Azure and Digital Ocean
- 14. Pay as you go model Compute AWS Regional: On-demand, Reserved, Spot and T2 unlimited Usage Google On-demand, Sustained, Reserved and Spot Usage Azure On-demand, Reserved and Spot Instances Others All See pricing section
- 15. Use case (botsplash) First Attempt Serverless & Containers Too early to adopt. Multiple Services. Unable to Troubleshoot Beta Product Digital Ocean Easy and Reliable. Private Network. Lets Encrypt. Production Linode Cost factor for servers Enterprise AWS Encryption at REST including database, email and storage Muti-tenant Enterprise AWS Kubernetes* VPC Isolated implementations
- 16. Provider Pros & Cons (from our experience) AWS Reliability, VPC, RDS, Encryption Interwound Services, Cost will Escalate fast, Vendor Lock-in Google Cloud Sustained Use Cost, Reliability RDS VPC, Encryption, Tooling Azure Enterprise, Power BI & Azure ML, Credits Cost, Reliability, Support Linode Best Cost, No Private Networking, Reputation problem Digital Ocean RDS VPC, Tooling No VPC, Tooling
- 17. Takeaways • Start small and Let your Business drive the Tech strategy • Use proven and reliable services across clouds, Keep window to Migrate • Automate deployment – Key to Cloud Success • Stick to your technologies & Team comfort • Use specialized services such as Cloudflare, Papertrial, Floydhub, Datadog, etc • Keep small footprint. Do not signup more than needed.
- 18. Use FREE Cloud Resources Getting Started Small Business AWS 1 year free compute and monthly storage/features AWS Launch $1000 Starter + VC Benefits Google Cloud Permanent Free Compute Azure Free starter features Microsoft BizSpark 3 years – $150 per month Oracle Cloud NA Oracle Scaleup 3 months free IBM Bluemix Cognitive Class Promotion $1200 value Digital Ocean and Github Education package