2010 Best Practices Competition IT & Informatics HPC
IT Informatics - Cambridge Healthtech Institute
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critical images and are frequently used, they are stored on tier I storage platform to ensure high<br />
availability and safety. Nirvanix provided better capabilities and provided additional level of protection<br />
as the images are now stored on the Cloud and are protected against any datacenter/localized<br />
infrastructure failures within Amylin. Further, Nirvanix’s “Plug and Play” architecture enabled them to<br />
seamlessly integrate the “CloudNAS” into their environment without any overhaul of their existing setup.<br />
Further, the new release of the product ties into their existing Netbackup and Commvault set‐up<br />
further simplifying backup, recovery and e‐discovery process.<br />
Amazon: Amylin leveraged Amazon for their compute infrastructure services (EC2). Several applications<br />
have been piloted in EC2, and some are now in full production. Additionally, Amylin expects to<br />
leverage EC2 and Cycle Computing’s CycleCloud for high performance research computing in the coming<br />
years.<br />
LiveOffice: Amylin implemented LiveOffice Mail Archive to store all Amylin email archives, for<br />
compliance purposes. This saved the significant investment in an in‐house email eDiscovery capability,<br />
and was available to the business much sooner than building a software solution.<br />
Symplified: Amylin deployed Symplified’s SaaS identify management package. Amylin found that<br />
deploying SaaS and cloud applications increased the problem of user account management and logins,<br />
and Symplified provided a fast to deploy and affordable solution.<br />
D. ROI achieved or expected (1000 characters max.):<br />
The storage cloud strategy resulted in a significant reduction in costs compared to the Tier I<br />
solution by approx 50+%. In many cases, ROI was achieved within couple of months into<br />
production use. Further, Cloud Storage enabled Amylin to achieve a significant business mile<br />
stone of having a basic data DR solution by storing and protecting data in the cloud.<br />
E. CONCLUSIONS/implications for the field (800 characters max.)<br />
Amylin implemented cloud solutions early, did extensive research, and selected some of the<br />
leaders in the cloud computing market. Starting a new infrastructure is a learning experience and<br />
Amylin continues to educate itself on recent cloud advancements and test its current plans.<br />
Amylin is looking ahead and into possibly launching an internal virtualization and private cloud<br />
with VMware, thus further complementing their current cloud deployments.<br />
With their four layers of the cloud in place, Amylin is in a solid position and can make sound<br />
selections based upon cost, control, performance and best fit.<br />
6. REFERENCES/testimonials/supporting internal documents<br />
See power point presentation.
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