Open Data Center Alliance pushes 8 cloud computing application models

The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) unveiled its first 8 cloud computing application models in Beijing on June 15, the goal is to achieve a secure union of cloud services, automation of IT infrastructure, common management and strategy for data center resources, and transparency of cloud services capabilities and metrics by defining a unified cloud computing needs for customers. By using these models, the alliance says it is expected to help companies around the world reduce their annual IT spending by $25 billion trillion within 5 years, while generating more than $50 billion trillion in innovation in cloud services.

Led by end user

"The previous mention of cloud computing solutions, basically are manufacturers-led, but there is an inconsistency between manufacturers, there is a lack of a credible, recognized reference model, the Open Data Center Alliance is through the United World from all walks of life to join the end users, together to propose requirements and reference standards, So as to help users save their time to think and explore, and speed up the adoption of cloud technology. "Liubo, general manager of China Unicom Information Technology Department, and member of the Steering Committee of the Open Data Center Alliance, said at the press conference that these demand models were all driven by end users and were based on the most pressing challenge priorities they faced in IT applications, Therefore, it has important reference value to guide the purchasing decision and the manufacturer to make the solution.

According to the introduction, in October 2010, after the establishment of the past few seven months, the number of members of the ODCA Alliance has increased by more than four times times, there are more than 280 global IT application leading companies to join the alliance, these members of the total annual IT budget expenditure of more than 100 billion dollars. From the perspective of industry distribution, these user enterprises also cover different areas as far as possible, including automobiles (BMW), Insurance (China Life), Telecommunications (China Unicom, Chinese Telecom), Banks (Deutsche Bank, Swiss bank), anime (Disney), Consulting (Capgemini), Hotels (Marriott International) and so on, So as to ensure that the proposed cloud computing demand model is broadly representative.

8 Cloud Computing Application models

Liubo the 8 cloud application models in detail: Vendor security, security monitoring, virtual machine interoperability, I/O control, regulatory oversight, IaaS Services catalog, IaaS Standard unit of measurement, and carbon emissions (users who are interested can download via the Affiliate website: http:// www.opendatacenteralliance.org/).

"Security is the first issue to be resolved since the alliance was established." In almost all the meetings I have attended, security is a matter of great concern. But most of the time cloud security is from cloud development or cloud provider point of view, rarely stand in the user's perspective. "Liubo told IT168 reporter, this odca for cloud service and verification proposed from copper to platinum level of 4 security levels, for the user to evaluate the supplier, the supplier's safety qualification, service ability to put forward as far as possible quantified indicators. "Users can start from their own point of view, to ask suppliers to have which level." ”

In the security compliance monitoring, the focus is to solve the real-time monitoring of cloud service security compliance issues, to ensure that users can grasp the security situation of cloud services in real time, the alliance hopes that through the use of consistent regulations, SLAs to accelerate the resolution of the enormous challenges of cloud computing deployment.

For infrastructure automation, two models were released this time: virtual machine Interoperability and I/O control. The former is mainly to help users realize the virtual machine, the cloud resource obtains the convenient common management interface, simultaneously realizes the interoperability between the virtual machines flexibly, for instance the application Cross cloud migration, avoids the enterprise to be bound by a certain manufacturer, the latter mainly helps the user to realize the customer control bandwidth allocation request on the virtual machine which can ensure the quality of service, In order to improve the utilization rate of system resources and to expand policy-based infrastructure management capabilities.

When it comes to I/O issues, Liubo explains, "in a stand-alone environment, due to the volatility of the business, the CPU, memory and storage pressure, but in the cloud environment, these business changes in the CPU, memory and storage impact has been very low, the core impact of the central focus on the user-accessible I/O channel. ”

The fifth aspect is the regulatory framework. Because in the cloud service, the lack of a simplified, common management model between infrastructure and providers is expected to address the regulatory problems of companies, especially those exposed to ongoing regulatory regulation, in the wake of the introduction of cloud services, as well as the establishment of benchmarks for regulatory bodies involved in cloud services regulations, and to lay the groundwork for further strengthening of strategic management.

In addition, there are three models to help users choose cloud services. "Cloud services, price and performance choices lack a consistent standard framework, so there is a need for quantitative metrics to help users compare the service capabilities, qualifications, and standards of each cloud service provider," Liubo said. ”

According to the introduction, the first is the IaaS service directory, mainly to help users compare cloud service provider differences. The second is a standard unit of measurement that focuses on security, usability, performance, resilience, and manageability, and describes the levels as much as possible to help users determine the level of requirements according to their own circumstances. The third is carbon emissions, which help users understand the carbon dioxide emissions from the cloud services they use.

Deployment in the next 18 months

According to ODCA's plan, the 8 application models will be deployed within the next 18 months. Liubo told reporters, "I believe that as long as the user of these 8 models for careful study, will certainly bring a lot of help." ”

In addition, the Alliance is independent of the user's needs to summarize, the reference model is presented, and some industry standards organizations are also working horizontally to translate these requirements into standards such as the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the Distributed Management Working Group (DMTF), the Structured Information Standards Promotion Organization (OASIS), The International Telecommunications Management Forum Enterprise Cloud Computing Leadership Committee (ECLC), respectively, on cloud security, IT infrastructure management, service transparency, cloud services to define or set relevant standards.

Interestingly, the Open Data Center Alliance has also attracted some manufacturers to join, such as Dell, EMC, Huawei, Paralles, Redhat, etc. In this respect, Liubo explained that the reason to attract manufacturers to come in, the purpose is to achieve the requirements model and related standards of landing, so that manufacturers on this basis to develop products and solutions to meet the needs.

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