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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

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Cloud Computing » Storage. One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. . Modular Data Centers.

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Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure. Part 1

Fountainhead

Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software.

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Fountainhead: Emergence of Fabric as an IT Management Enabler

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Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). The next step is to define in software the converged network, its switching, and even network devices such as load balancers. Provisioning of the network, VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.