Cloud computing, large data, and micro-server markets in Beanna's eyes

On Intel IDF2012 this morning, Beanna, general manager of Intel Corporation's global vice president, data center and interconnected Systems Division, Diane M.bryant, in an interview with reporters, focused on the views of cloud computing, large data, and the micro-server market in her eyes.





focus on cloud computing landing details





Now, cloud computing is a big heat is an indisputable fact, and people no longer just dwell on the concept of cloud computing, have begun to consider the landing of cloud computing, facing the landing in the face of various problems, the manufacturers also resorted to all kinds of tricks to launch a variety of different solutions. In fact, with the rapid growth of enterprises and the continuous development of information construction, enterprise business scale is increasing, how to reduce costs while strengthening security risk control has become a common topic for all enterprises today, the global focus of cloud computing has moved from development to cloud security concepts. In the future for a long time, cloud security will be the development process of cloud computing is a vital part of the future will become the guarantee of enterprise development.





in this regard, Beanna points out that there are three business barriers facing businesses: the first is cloud security, the use of multi-user infrastructure, and the risk of security will increase business barriers. The second is automation, which can really reduce overall cost of ownership and reduce overall operating costs. Third, the energy efficiency problem, in the cloud environment can greatly improve the utilization of resources and the density of computing, so need to constantly innovate to reduce the operating cloud energy use costs.





and for more companies, what are the key steps to take when moving old data centers to the cloud? Beanna told reporters that because they had previously served as Intel's CIO, they had also witnessed the entire process of moving the Intel Data center to the cloud. For more companies, the data center is moving into the cloud in three steps: The first is to comb the existing application software, virtualization and streamlining, the application software to the virtual environment; second, the data center infrastructure, such as network, server virtualization, need to update to a new generation platform, To better meet future upgrade needs.





according to the introduction, Intel has done the network virtualization work, significantly reducing the network interface; Third, after infrastructure virtualization, start adding automation layers to improve management performance. Also through the automation layer, the real cloud computing, but also gradually realize the application software across the private cloud public cloud, across the data center migration.





to invest in large data market





In recent years, new technology trends in the IT industry are on the rise, and the big data is getting into people's eyes while the emerging industries such as cloud computing, IoT and mobile internet are booming. Although the big data has been talked about last year, many in the industry saw the 2012 as a major figure. It is predicted that the market for large data technology and services will climb from $3.2 billion trillion in 2010 to $16.9 billion trillion in 2015 to achieve an annual growth rate of 40%.





in the face of such a huge emerging market, the Giants are gearing up to seize the opportunity in the big data market. Intel is no exception. As the first batch of companies to enter the large data market, Intel plays a significant role in this field. According to statistics, Intel was ranked second in the big data market with 765 million U.S. dollars in operating revenue in 2011, after IBM's $1 billion trillion.




In 2012, Intel will continue to increase its investment in large data areas to meet the needs of user data growth,
Beanna said. Intel believes that all the databases that have reached full edge today are just a start, and that big data will make a lot of changes in the future, and Intel's existing solutions will meet the real needs of the users.





X86 Framework is a closed system





It is worth mentioning that Beanna also shared with reporters the huge market impact of open systems architecture. "In 1998, the average price per server was 58,000 dollars, and now it's only 4600 dollars." "This fully embodies the value of the open standards platform," Beanna said. On the open platform, there will be a lot of people involved in innovation. This will further increase the value that technology can bring. At the same time, this can make full use of the scale effect, greatly reducing the cost of consumers to bear. ”





It is understood that in 2001, the entire server market size is 58 billion U.S. dollars, of which 63% are used for RISC and mainframe solutions. In 2011, the overall server market size was 56 billion U.S. dollars, but the number of Xeon servers increased rapidly, and the cost of RISC servers dropped to 28%. As you can see, moving from RISC to Intel architecture is an objective trend because users can improve performance at a lower cost.





In the market for business-critical servers, Intel has launched two processors: an itanium® processor for UNIX and Xeon E7 for Linux and Windows users. Beanna said that the two processors in research and development can be shared, such as chip-level IO system, memory processing system, network interconnection system. This can reduce the high cost of critical tasks while enhancing economies of scale.





not only that, but also in the storage market. In this respect, Beanna said: "To maintain the pace of innovation, while ensuring low costs, this must be turned to open architecture." "This fully confirms the cost-effectiveness of the increase in the size of the economy," Beanna said. ”





will exert the micro-server market





Beanna revealed that "Intel will launch in the second half of 2012 the power consumption of only 6 Watts, code-named Centerton, the processor details including power consumption of only 6 watts, dual-core, 64-bit micro-architecture, ECC memory, Intel Virtualization technology." She said that by 2015, 10% of the market would be occupied by micro-servers in the server market, with 66% using a high-performance kernel and 33% using a small kernel.





Currently, Intel has been very successful in the micro-server market. Taobao, for example, has been an exemplary role in server and green computing, and they have adopted the Intel Micro-server solution to operate their content network (CDN). Prior to that, Taobao evaluated all competitive architectures, which they identified as the best solution to the content delivery network, which formed the core of their network. "Because it brings the best performance and best computing, and the best workflow, io performance." At the same time, Taobao also came to another conclusion, the Lingyange not only the highest performance, but also through the Ling move their services in different architectures between the free migration. "she said.





competition for rival arm in the micro-server market Beanna to reporters, "We have a clear view of the server market and analysis, we have a clear route map of tea, Xeon and Ling has been widely recognized by the industry, we pursue in the performance, capacity, power balance." ”

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)