Fountainhead

JUNE 2, 2009

The instantiation of these observations was a product that put almost all of the datacenter on "autopilot" -- Servers, VMs, switches, load-balancers, even server power controllers and power strips. Does it sound like Amazons recent CloudWatch, Auto-Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing announcement? but growing.

Data Center 100

Data Center Load Balancer Virtualization Analysis 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. Disaster Recovery.

Cloud 250

Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The user level elements that are managed within such an IaaS cloud are virtual servers, cloud storage and shared resources such as load balancers and firewalls. The last point is key, since modern Enterprise Apps are typically constructed on multiple servers. Disaster Recovery. Cloud Application Management.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

If we think of "fabric computing" as abstraction and orchestration of IT components, then there is a logical progression of what gets abstracted, and then, what services can be constructed via logically manipulating the pieces: 1. Provisioning of the network, VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

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.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100