How to Scale With Helix Core and Microsoft Azure
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This document discusses how to scale Helix Core using Microsoft Azure. It begins by explaining the benefits of using Helix Core and Azure together, such as high performance, scalability, security integration, and availability. It then covers computing, storage, and security options on Azure, including virtual machine types and operating system choices. Next, it describes how to set up global deployments with Helix Core on Azure using techniques like proxies, replicas, and the Perforce federated architecture. It concludes with examples of advanced topologies like build servers, hybrid cloud/on-premises implementations, and multi-cloud considerations.
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How to Scale With Helix Core and Microsoft Azure
- 1. How to Scale With Helix Core and Microsoft Azure • Webinar
- 2. 2 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Introduction Chuck Gehman Cloud Strategist Perforce
- 3. 3 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com How to Scale With Helix Core and Microsoft Azure 1 2 3 4 Why Helix Core + Azure Computing, Storage, and Security Options Global Deployments Q + A 4 Advanced Topologies
- 4. Why Helix Core + Azure
- 5. 5 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Cloud Benefits • Primary reasons companies want to use the cloud: • Reduction in equipment expenses. • Lower overall operating costs (air conditioning, electricity). • Easier to upgrade hardware and software. • Free admin personnel for other high value activities. • Benefits for larger companies: • Consolidation of data centers. • Scale up or down, on-demand. • Broader geographic support. • Built-in HA/DR capabilities.
- 6. 6 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Helix Core In the Cloud • Many applications are moving to the cloud. • Perforce customers are succeeding. • Economics of the cloud have improved dramatically. • Multiple-server configurations of Helix Core are popular. • Driven by the need to improve developer productivity. • Enables collaboration among large teams across geographically diverse facilities. • Deploying and managing 10s or 100s of servers can be easier in the cloud.
- 7. 7 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Helix Core + Azure Benefits • High performance and scalability are critical to large product development organizations. • Azure and Helix Core scale in multiple dimensions: • Large numbers of developers, geographic locations, storing very large files or a great many files, and in the ability to scale DevOps automation to speed CI/CD. • For security and compliance: • Integrate with enterprise RBAC tools. • Use enterprise and Azure compliance tools. • High availability and disaster recovery. • Many topologies possible: • Single virtual machine to complex, multi-server, multi-geography, multiple LAN/WAN architectures. • Hybrid cloud and on-premises.
- 8. 8 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com • Cloud only: • Single server. • Server plus replica(s). • Hybrid cloud + on-premises: • Performance (and traffic) — edge on site. • Backup to & from cloud. • Multi-cloud deployments. • Scenarios include support for: • Build farms. • Working with third-party. • Geo-distributed locations. Helix Core Cloud Use Cases
- 9. 9 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Helix Core + Azure Use Cases • Gain scale for facilities, people, repos, code, and non-code assets using: • Proxies. • Replicas. • Perforce Federated Architecture (Commit/Edge). • Improve productivity with high-performance CI/CD build servers. • Streamline operations and economics with archival storage and backup options. • Ensure business continuity with advanced HA/DR options. • Simplify replacements, upgrades, and testing. • Increase flexibility by adding cloud options to your existing infrastructure. • Add to on-premises or private data center server.
- 10. Helix Core + Azure Computing, Storage, and Security Options
- 11. 11 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com • Monthly prices vary significantly based on options. • Explore the VM size offerings: • D-Series General Purpose Compute. • F-Series Compute Optimized. • G-Series Memory and Compute Optimized. CPUs – Azure Virtual Machine Types
- 12. 12 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS • CentOS or Red Hat 6.x • CentOS or Red Hat 7.x • Windows 10 Pro • Windows Server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2016 • Windows Server 2019 OS Choices – Approved for Azure, Approved for Helix Core
- 13. 13 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Blob Unstructured Large Page / Block Queue Queue Reliable MSMQ File File Share Legacy SMB Disk Premium High I/O VM Disks Table NoSQL Key/ Attribute Use With APIs Use With Virtual Machines Azure Storage
- 14. Helix Core + Azure Global Deployments
- 15. 15 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com VNET Primary Proxy Primary Region Master Server VNET Other Regions Proxy Servers (p4p) Archive Files Cache Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Development Sites Archive Files COMMIT Helix Core Windows Clients Seattle London Seoul Proxy Servers on Azure
- 16. 16 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com VNET Primary Replica Availability Zone A Master Server VNET Availability Zone B Hot Standby Server Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Replication OS, Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Azure Site Recovery Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Azure Backup Replica Server for DR on Azure
- 17. 17 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Manage Archival Storage and Backup with Azure Replica Server Azure Storage Account • Database • Checkpoints & Journals • Archive Files • Checkpoints & Journals • Archive Files • Keep logs • Store Snapshots Azure Availability Zone Azure DiskAzure Blob
- 18. 18 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com VNET COMMIT EDGE Primary Region Master Server VNET Other Regions Edge Servers Database, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Developers on VPN Replication COMMIT Perforce Federated Architecture on Azure EDGE Edge Server On Premises EXPRESSROUTE
- 19. 19 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Azure Accelerated Networking VM1 VM2 W I T H O U T A C C E L E R A T E D N E T W O R K I N G W I T H A C C E L E R A T E D N E T W O R K I N G V I R T U A L N E T W O R K Azure Infrastructure Services Azure Hosting Infrastructure PHYSICAL SWITCH VM1 VM2 PHYSICAL SWITCH V I R T U A L N E T W O R K NETWORK CARD NETWORK CARD NETWORK CARD NETWORK CARD PHYSICAL SERVER 2 PHYSICAL SERVER 1 VIRTUAL SWITCH VIRTUAL SWITCH
- 20. 20 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com High-Performance Build Server On Azure S U B N E T V I R T U A L N E T W O R K BUILD VM BUILD VM BUILD VM JENKINS SERVER PUBLIC IP ADDRESS HELIX CORE AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY DATA OS MANAGED DISK AZURE MONITOR AZURE KEY VAULT AZURE BLOB STORAGE SCALE AGENTS
- 21. 21 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com VNET Primary EDGE Primary Region Master Server VNET Other Regions Proxy Servers (p4p) Archive FilesDatabase, Checkpoints & Journals, Archive Files Development Sites COMMIT Seattle London Seoul Hybrid Cloud / On-Premises Deployment on Azure Archive Files On-Premises
- 22. 22 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Pros and Cons of Multi-cloud • Pros: • Choose from competitive service offerings. • Minimize risk of outages. • Prevent vendor lock-in. • Create negotiating leverage. • Improve WAN performance. • Cons: • Maintain skillsets for multiple Cloud systems. • Security complexity could result in risk. • Clouds are complex individually, more complex when there is more than one, and even more complex when connected together.
- 23. 23 | Helix Core on Microsoft Azure December 2019 perforce.com Summary 1 2 3 4 Why Helix Core + Azure Computing, Storage, and Security Options Global Deployments Q + A 4 Advanced Topologies
- 24. Q + A