Software-Defined Technologies Shift SMB Data Center Options

September 3, 2014 Off By David
Object Storage

Grazed from MidsizeInsider. Author: Jason Hannula.

Software-defined technologies are an up-and-coming option for virtualization across networks, servers and data storage. Bill Kleyman’s Data Center Knowledge article points to how this can benefit small and midsize businesses (SMBs) through the creation of commodity data centers.

Software-defined technologies accelerated virtualization in the data center by removing a dependency on specific hardware platforms and providing assistance with task automation. The physical design of data centers is also changing to incorporate modular and custom alternatives. The resulting shift in the data center landscape presents commodity-level options for SMBs to economically consider private data center development…

“Can” Does Not Imply “Should”

Developing a data center based around software-defined technologies does come with risks. As the article also points out, virtualization works for operational management at the administrator level but does not eliminate the need to manage physical hardware when drives, power supplies, network appliances or circuit boards fail…

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