THEME: Building the Dynamic Data Center

To support the business, CIOs and administrators must improve data center efficiency, reduce costs and increase agility. To that end, virtualization frees IT services, enabling dynamic capabilities such as provisioning and re-allocation, allowing IT to respond to business needs in real-time. But the dynamic nature of virtualization comes with new responsibilities. Enterprise IT must encompass the management models necessary to orchestrate a solution that’s both efficient and cost effective. Furthermore, the explosive growth of data and the increasing dependency businesses have on IT are driving demand for high availability across systems, services, and facilities. Today, high availability isn’t a luxury, but a necessity, especially as virtualization enables system consolidation and paves the way for the dynamic data center.

The dynamic data center is born from the orchestration of virtualized IT systems and resources. The key technologies and concepts that come together harmoniously include:

• Server virtualization technologies and trends beyond consolidation
• Storage virtualization technologies in support of system virtualization
• Practical management and operations of the virtualized data center
• Building high availability and disaster resiliency into the dynamic data center
• Efficiency in data center design, energy consumption. operations, and management
• Standards and trends that enable the dynamic data center

TOPICS:

Server Virtualization: Beyond Consolidation
2008 marks the year of choice in x86 virtualization solutions. Server virtualization is maturing and growing beyond simple consolidation; it is becoming the keystone to enabling the dynamic data center.
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Storage for the Virtual Data Center
Storage virtualization must integrate with server virtualization to form the foundation required for the dynamic data center. Orchestration of resources is made possible by seamless integration of virtualized storage and servers.
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Data Center Management Automation
Management systems integration and federation across the enterprise lead the way to the dynamic data center. However systems are immature, requiring careful planning to yield improved efficiency, accuracy and lower costs.
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Data Center Efficiency: Energized, Miniaturized, and Highly Available
High availability, energy, and space efficiencies are important aspects of the dynamic data center. Improved infrastructure resiliency, dense system platforms, efficient power and space design are key data center technological focal areas.
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