Architecting for the Cloud: Best Practices and Cost Analysis

Architecting for the Cloud is a non-trivial effort.  It is a multi-faceted process. While commercial and Private clouds have been around for over a decade, cost is still the key factor inhibiting cloud adoption.  While countless studies have been published over the years, estimating the Total Cost of Ownership is still a domain-specific effort. This session invites presentations focusing on sharing their experiences, best practices, cost analysis conducted by organizations, missions, and projects.  Some of the potential areas of interests

• Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud Strategies
• Vendor Evaluation and Selection
• Data Movement and Storage Strategies
• Availability and Redundancy
• Portability vs Proprietary Solutions
• Evolution (incremental) vs Revolution (redesign)
• Instances Types Selection
• Speed vs Cost
• Long-term Storage and Availability
• Cost Saving in Proprietary Solution
• Tools and/or Process to estimate Total Cost of Ownership

Speakers

• Dan Pilone/E84 – ESDIS Cloud Architecture and Deployment
• Mike Little/ESTO – AIST Managed Cloud Environment
• Aleksandar Jelenak – OPeNDAP on Cloud
• Hook Hua/JPL – Science Data Systems