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Cost is one major factor that fuels data center consolidation. Over the past few years, IT spending have been constrained in the scheme of overall enhancements which throws a new challenge to ITDMs in reducing the cost of existing supporting systems.
A set of staff is required to maintain scattered assets. However, hardware assets undergo underutilization while environmental support costs are projected to be at the same level.
Software-Defined Data Centre (SDDC) is the right vehicle of virtualisation and the fact that it’s delivered as a service results in greater control over the data centre as it’s fully automated by software. It translates into maintenance of hardware configuration through intelligent software systems.
SDDC is the right vehicle of virtualisation and the fact that it’s delivered as a service results in greater control over the data centre as it’s fully automated by software.
This is in contrast to traditional data centers where the infrastructure is typically defined by hardware and devices. SDDC is the next big step in the evolution of virtualisation and cloud computing, as it provides a solution to support both legacy enterprise applications and new cloud computing services. It’s indeed a big driver for DC consolidation.
Concepts such as mobile and analytics are being implemented by large enterprises in finance, retail and manufacturing, as they realise business insights, the criticality of their deployment and the need for increased abilities grows.
As consolidation increases, the complexity also increases. Managing different equipment with complex configuration, with the added necessity of security, can be achieved with a plan leading to a SDDC.
AS Raj Gopal, CEO, NxtGen, says, “Today, SDDC is an aspiration --not yet a reality in any enterprise. Care should be taken to ensure such initiatives do not lead to vendor lock-in. The next critical step for most enterprises is software defined network.”
Ezhil Arasan, Senior IT Manager, Arvind Mills, points out, “SDDC is definitely reducing the complexity of the DC Environment by reduced capital and operating costs, increased business agility, increased business resilience and reduced deployment time for enterprise applications.”
Brajendra Kumar, Dy. Chief Engineer (Tel, AFC & IT), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRTC), says, “SDDC is the next step in the evolution of virtualisation and cloud computing, as it provides a solution which supports both legacy enterprise applications and new cloud computing services. The DC infrastructure need not be defined by hardware and devices.
The agility of configuring the complete IT asset in the shortest time has been a path breaking development. It reduces the dependence on IT specialists to some extent and brings better visibility and control on assets being put to use.”
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