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Fountainhead: Infrastructure Orchestration in use within SPs.

Fountainhead

Infrastructure Orchestration abstracts and defines/configures the infrastructure world (I/O, NIC cards, HBA cards, storage connectivity, LANs, switches, etc.). So, not only can you define a virtual server instantly, you can define a *physical* server (maybe a virtual host, or a physical machine) down to I/O, NICs, Storage and Network.

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Fountainhead: Where the Server Industry Went Amiss

Fountainhead

Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). an audio jack to a cassette tape for storage.). Network Interface Cards) as well as with storage connectivity (e.g. ► 2007. (33). Ive been doing an analysis regarding how "complexity" has evolved in the datacenter.

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7 Software Defined Networking Considerations » Data Center.

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The good news is that data center networks will receive more attention and product development than other technologies (such as WANs and LANs). Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. December 2007 (95). November 2007 (87). October 2007 (112). September 2007 (82). August 2007 (99).