Should Workloads Run On-Prem or In-Cloud?
Got questions about workload deployments? Start here for answers.
Juniper’s Edward Wustenhoff is often asked whether to deploy workloads on-premises or in the cloud. In this video, part two of a series on IT services (see parts one and three), he takes a deep dive into the factors to consider when deciding how to successfully run a workload. Thanks to real-world, easy-to-understand examples, you’ll learn useful information to help you deliver high-quality infrastructure services that are easy to consume, delivered fast and in a timely fashion, and add value to your business.
You’ll learn
The two main vectors that drive the decision as to whether to deploy on-prem or in-cloud
How Juniper was able to treat every home office like a branch office during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Transcript
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0:07 when it comes to workloads I'm often
0:09 asked whether to deploy it on premise or
0:12 in the cloud
0:16 there are two main factors that drive
0:18 the decision as to where to deploy
0:20 commitment and control commitment refers
0:23 to the duration of how long the workload
0:26 will exist where control refers to how
0:28 much control you need over the compute
0:30 storage data center Network to
0:33 successfully run the particular workload
0:35 the longer you can commit and the more
0:37 control you need will drive the workload
0:40 closer to you here are a few examples of
0:42 commitment if you know a particular
0:45 workload will exist for 20 to 30 years
0:47 you could think about it like a real
0:49 estate transaction but very few
0:51 Enterprises can predict so far ahead
0:54 maybe it's not 30 years but five to ten
0:57 years at those Horizons managed services
0:59 or co-location Services might be an
1:01 option
1:02 often in these cases the decision is
1:05 more Finance driven because you can
1:07 consider buying the hardware Computing
1:09 stores and move costs from Opex to capex
1:12 however those longer term scenarios
1:15 present some drawbacks for example you
1:18 are committed losing the option to
1:20 quickly adjust up or even more
1:22 importantly down
1:24 businesses often underestimate what it
1:27 will take to operate manage the
1:29 availability security performance
1:31 economics and change of this type of
1:33 infrastructure and often not recognized
1:36 how many in-house compute and storage
1:38 teams do you know of that deliver new
1:40 features every three months like other
1:43 service providers
1:45 on the other side of this argument what
1:48 if the workload is going to exist only
1:50 for a few days or even less
1:52 it is clear that those types of
1:54 workloads can be run further away from
1:56 you in a cloud model where you consume
1:59 compute storage Data Center and to a
2:00 large extent Network as a service
2:03 some of the key advantages are agility
2:07 real example at some point I wanted to
2:10 understand what the user experience
2:12 would look like in the asia-pacific
2:14 region if I would host my services in
2:16 Singapore
2:17 we spun up a clone of the service in the
2:20 cloud in a couple of weeks costing about
2:22 ten thousand dollars
2:25 to find out it was a total fire failure
2:29 in the old days it would have taken 6 to
2:31 12 months at least to get a data center
2:33 buy and install the equipment and get
2:35 the services up and running all to find
2:38 out it would fail
2:40 another Financial aspect I'd like to
2:42 call out is that if I don't use cloud
2:45 services my cost is literally zero this
2:48 cannot be said if you are in a 10-year
2:50 contract and a five-year depreciation
2:52 cycle
2:54 the others say
2:56 control the level of control you need
2:58 over the underlying compute storage data
3:01 center Network Services also drives
3:03 where you put the workload here are some
3:06 examples of control that would drive the
3:09 infrastructure closer towards you
3:11 the most common reason is because the
3:13 workload can't be moved due to technical
3:16 limitations this is why enabling your
3:19 applications to be cloud ready is so
3:22 important because even when you decide
3:24 not to run it there at least you have
3:26 the option to do so
3:28 security or compliance regulations is
3:31 another key driver if you cannot share
3:33 your workload an Associated data with
3:36 anybody
3:37 you will end up having to control a lot
3:39 more of the stack
3:41 performance I once had to keep a
3:44 workload in-house as the code was so
3:46 performance sensitive it would only run
3:48 in a specific type of Chip and the scale
3:51 made it cost prohibitive to run
3:53 sub-optimized
3:55 other considerations might be
3:57 competitive or IP related that would
4:00 disqualify having the workload and its
4:03 data with a certain vendor or outside of
4:05 a building that you control
4:08 the good news is that with today's
4:10 diversity of service providers products
4:12 and models you can find almost always
4:15 exactly what you need
4:16 there are many options that support
4:18 different levels of commitment and
4:20 control
4:21 at Juniper we use a combination of these
4:24 models and we enable ourselves to do so
4:27 by building the network infrastructure
4:29 to support the many different scenarios
4:32 so let me tell you a little bit more
4:33 about what we did
4:35 we deployed several points of presence
4:37 across the world
4:39 independently but in strategic proximity
4:42 with strong network access capabilities
4:44 to Juniper's corporate Network local
4:47 networks and cloud service providers
4:50 in our Branch offices we use jssr SRX
4:54 and ap12s and 45s to leverage local
4:57 connections at low cost using our sd-wan
5:00 Technologies
5:02 over the last five years we almost got
5:04 our Telco spending in half by doing so
5:07 during covet this helped us a lot as we
5:10 could treat every home office like it
5:12 was a branch office
5:13 and like many of us we did have to
5:16 manage our VPN handling capacity at the
5:19 Pops of course
5:20 we provide Network proximity to cloud
5:22 service providers in these pops
5:24 leveraging our qfx SRX and vsrx product
5:28 capabilities
5:30 this has enabled us with a whole new
5:32 level of agility
5:34 for example we built a dedicated lab
5:36 connection securely with one of our
5:39 cloud service providers in a matter of
5:41 days
5:42 I hope this information is useful to you
5:44 in your quest for delivering
5:46 infrastructure services that add value
5:48 to your business are of high quality
5:50 easy to consume and delivered Fast And
5:53 Timely
5:54 if you want to learn more please reach
5:57 out to us by contacting sales let's make
6:00 it happen
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