Data Centre Presentation November 2011

3 November 2011: Australian Government Data Centre Strategy 2010-2025

Slide 1: Title slide

Image: Coat of Arms – Australian Government, Department of Finance and Deregulation (repeated on all slides)

3 November 2011: Australian Government Data Centre Strategy 2010-2025

Geoff Mether

Australian Government Information Management Office

Slide 2: Welcome

• Data Centre Strategy

• Projects Delivered

• Facilities Panel

• Migration Services Panel

• Data Centre Optimisation Target Policy

• Current Focus

• Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)

Slide 3: Data Centre Strategy

• Coordinated procurement for facilities and services

• Standardised data centre infrastructure

• Trigger points

• Mandatory for all FMA agencies

• Year 1 – 3 funded from ICT BAU

• From Year 4 charge back to agencies

Slide 4: Strategy Drivers

• Electricity becomes a key cost driver

• Limited market supply sufficient for immediate needs

• New data centres waiting on committed lessees

• Building a government data centre not timely

• Cost avoidance through agency data centre investments

• There is scope for collective action

Slide 5: Data Centre Strategy Program 2010 – 2025

Image: cables

First five years…

• Aggregate whole of government demand

• Establish data centre facilities and services panels

• Assist the first agencies to move

• Define standards to ensure maximum efficiencies

• Work with smaller agencies to consolidate requirements

Second five years…

• Further cost avoidance through shared technology solutions

Last five years…

• New opportunities from changes in technology & processes

Slide 6: Benefits realisation

Image: runner with torch

Sources of avoided costs

• Increased efficiency in the use of electricity

• Reduced data centre floor space

• Increased efficiency of data centre ICT assets

• Improved matching of ICT facilities to needs

• Standardised ICT Infrastructure Architecture

• Reduced agency procurement costs

Slide 7: Projects delivered

Whole of Government Data Centre Panels

• Data Centre Facilities

• Data Centre Migration Services

Data Centre Optimisation Target Policy

Slide 8: Australian Government Data Centre Panels

Image: Data centre

• Use of the Panels

• Processes

Slide 9: Use of the Panels

Data Centre Facilities and Data Centre Migration Services Panels

• Mandatory for use by FMA agencies

• Opt-in use by

• CAC agencies

• Other Commonwealth agencies; and

• State and Territory agencies

Slide 10: Use of the Panels – placing orders

Finance has entered into Head Agreements with the facility providers

• Finance may place orders with providers on behalf of agencies

• Agencies may place orders directly with providers (subject to meeting minimum requirements)

• Agencies may place orders directly with providers for other agencies

Slide 11: Getting Started

Trigger Point identified, for example

• Lease expiry

• Outsourced contract expiry

• Major asset replacement

• Building move

• End of data centre life

• Increase in data centre capacity required

Slide 12: Defining requirements

Contact AGIMO Data Centres Team

Initial Requirements definition

• Timelines

• Space required (in square metres)

• Power required (kW per rack)

• Location preference

• Dependencies

• Will Migration Services be required

Slide 13: Data Centre Migration Services Panel

The Data Centre Migration Services Panel is used in conjunction with the Data Centre Facilities Panel to assist an agency’s move into a new facility

This Panel can also be used for

• Improved utilisation of capacity within a data centre

• Relocation of ICT infrastructure between data centres

• Other modifications to data centres that are consistent with the strategy

Slide 14: Data Centre Migration Services Panel

Panellist / Requirements Definition / Procurement / Design / Data centre project management and logistic planning / Installation and logistics / Commissioning data centre ICT infrastructure / Decomissioning vacated data centre / Data centre metrics & capacity management /
APC / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
Colliers International / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
Dell Australia / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
Dimension Data / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
Fujitsu Australia / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
Hewlett Packard / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
The Frame Group / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü
IBM / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü / ü

Slide 15: Data Centre Facilities

Map of Australia with overlayed lists of data centre facilities:

Perth

· Fujitsu (Malaga)

Melbourne

· EDC (Mitcham)

· Metronode (Derrimut)

· Primus (Melbourne)

Canberra

· ADC (Mitchell – 2 sites)

· CDC (Hume)

· Fujitsu (Fyshwick)

· Metronode (Mitchell)

· TransACT (Dickson)

Sydney

· Datacom (North Ryde)

· EDC (Bella Vista)

· Equinix (Alexandria)

· Fujitsu (Greystanes)

· Global Switch (Ultimo – 2 sites)

· Macquarie Telecom (North Ryde)

· Macquarie Telecom (Sydney)

Brisbane

· iseek (Airport)

· NEC (Springfield)

Slide 16: Choosing a facility

• The agency informs Finance of their draft requirements

• Finance provides a shortlist of data centre facilities aligned to the draft requirements

• The agency and shortlisted facility(s) discuss requirements

• The agency requests quotations from a suitable shortlisted facility(s)

• The agency chooses a preferred facility if applicable

Slide 17: Forming a Work Order and Lease

• Finance provides the Head Agreement and standard Lease documents for the selected facility

• The agency drafts a Work Order and Lease

• Finance approves the Work Order and Lease as compliant with the Terms and Conditions of the Head Agreement

• The agency and preferred facility execute their Work Order and Lease.

Slide 18: Becoming operational

• A Migration Services Panel Member moves the agency to the facility, were applicable. If an agency can move themselves, all fine, other use the panel.

• The agency attends quarterly tenant meetings in Canberra

• The agency attends user group meetings at the facility

Slide 19: Data Centre Panels Introduction

Albert Hall, 10:45 – 3:30, 29 November 2011

RSVP by 8 November to

Slide 20: Data Centre Optimisation Targets

PUE targets to be achieved by July 2015, current baseline estimated to be > 2.5

If an agency doesn’t report, they will have a default PUE of 3

Server utilisation targets to be achieved by July 2014

PUE

Applies / Target
Weighted individual agency average / 1.9
Individual agency data centre / 1.7 – 2.2

Utilisation

Item / Applies
Wintel / 30% monthly average
UNIX / 30% monthly average
Mainframe / 75% of monthly average
Hypervisor / 70% of monthly peak

Slide 21: Current focus

Management of panels

• Assisting agencies

Funding Model for 2013-14 and on

Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)

Slide 22: Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS)

Image: cables (2)

Objectives

• Achieve efficiencies in data centre use

• Enhance the operational performance of agencies

• Improve agency efficiency

Slide 23: DCaaS Survey results

Image: Data Centre as a Service diagram split into the following segments: Hosting; Shared rack space; Shared floor space; Specific apps provided by an external provider; Desktop applications delivered via the Internet; Platform as a Service; Disaster Recovery site hosting and support; Recovery and Configuration management; Shared technical support; Shared back-up and restore facilities; Shared storage; Shared help desk services and Facilities management services.