1. Modern Datacenters with Azure
Mike Briganti
Systems Administrator
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Session Goals
Definitions
What is Azure
3 Common Use-cases
Backup
Disaster Recovery
Azure Datacenters
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Acronym Soup
ASR – Azure Site Recovery
GRS – Geo-Redundant Storage
LRS – Local Redundant Storage
RTO – Recovery Time Objective
RPO – Recovery Point Objective
TCO – Total Cost of Ownership
ROI – Return on Investment
OpEx – Operational Expense
CapEx – Capital Expense
IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
PaaS – Platform as a Service
SaaS – Software as a Service
DR – Disaster Recovery
BCP – Business Continuity Plan
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Azure Datacenters
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IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Oh My
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7. Azure Platform Services
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Why Cloud Storage?
Fiscal benefits
Declining prices
Cloud price drops continue
Economies of scale increase
Media sizes increase
Pay per use
Pay for what you use
Use less often, pay less
Never over-purchase
Data reduction = $ reduction
Azure
Storage
Only have to migrate once.
No more capacity planning – on demand storage when you need it
Future proof – take advantage of all the new technology from day 1
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Azure Backup
Quick Note: “Backup is NOT DR”
Cheap LRS/GRS Storage
LRS v. GRS
LRS: 3 copies locally across fault zones
GRS: Same as LRS and mirrored to another DC (6 copies total)
Direct Integration
System Center DPM
Azure Backup Agent
Veeam Cloud Connect
Blob REST API
Hot
↑↑ Storage
↓↓ Access
Cool
↓ Storage
↑ Access
Archive
↓↓ Storage
↑↑ Access
Object-Level Tiering
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10. Azure Backup Reports with PowerBI
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Azure Site Recovery
Sync at defined RPO to Azure Subscription
Resource Consumption
Only consumes storage when outside of DR scenario
Compute, host, etc. applicable when running DR/testing
Flip-a-Switch DR cutover and testing
Automate steps to turn ASR protected servers, update DNS, etc.
Sandbox DR Testing
Isolated on private network (run concurrent to live workload w/o issues)
Validate DR plan and execution
“Cheater” Migrations – 30 day free trial
RPO – how much time do you want to lose in between backups? Usually 15 minutes
Cheater - you setup ASR, free for 30 days, replicate your environment, turn it live in Azure, never turn back
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12. Azure Datacenter and You
Move Datacenter Operations into Azure
Basics
Router/VPN to Azure
AD/DNS/DHCP/etc. for fundamental services
Key Workloads (Not recommended: Heavy compute/GPU ((sorry BTC miners)))
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Resources
Main management platform
Enterprise subscription/billing information
Pricing calculator
Azure Latency Monitor
Azure Roadmap
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