Before we discuss the innovations that changed data centers forever, let us consider the following average annual growth rate (AAGR) workloads on data centers: 10% in server workloads 20% in power demands 35% in network bandwidth 50% in storage _ David J. Cappuccio, Gartner In today’s competitive business environment, data centers’ infrastructures are under major stress to cope with escalating IT demands. The industry has, therefore, started to implement a number of innovative ways to achieve better agility, scalable-performance and high-availability in the data centers. Today, we’ll discuss about the top 3 innovative technologies that have changed data centers forever: Virtualization enable data centers to do more with less. With virtualization, enterprises can partition a single server into several virtualized servers. And then, they can run multiple applications on a single virtualized server. This means enterprises can create enough virtual servers on one physical device, maximizing the processing power and utilizing it to the fullest. P2V (Physical to virtual) has been the most prominent infrastructure revolution as far as data centers are concerned. Hyperconvergence has taken virtualization to the next level. It works as an optimized platform for all the virtual machines in a data center. Hyperconvergence coalesces storage, computing and network appliances and makes them more scalable. However, the real differentiator of Hyperconvergence lies in its simplicity. Unlike the typical ad-hoc adds of servers and SANs that is imbued with complexity – Hyperconvergence is easier to procure, deploy and manage allowing IT staff to take off from routine system management tasks and make them available for other projects. Software-defined infrastructure (SDN): Why are enterprises transforming traditional data centers into virtual infrastructure? Building a scalable and flexible IT environment which is both sustainable and secure is indispensable. But above all, it should be easily manageable. And that is why data... Continue Reading
Read about the key innovations in data center infrastructure virtualization through cloud storage and how they cope with business demands.