Next-Generation Data Center Architectures and Technologies
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
—Proverb
Information in this chapter:
• The Data Center Consolidation and Virtualization Modus Operandi
• Server Consolidation Drivers
• Server Virtualization
• Storage Virtualization
• Layer 2 Evolutions
• Unified Data Center Fabric
• Summary
Introduction
In Chapter 1, we introduced the following abstraction layers:
• Hardware
• Provisioning
• Business Enablement
• Location
To realize private cloud computing, we need to ensure the existing enterprise infrastructure has these abstraction layers (see Figure 1.1 in Chapter 1). In other words, large enterprise data centers must evolve to become private clouds. A journey of a thousand ...
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