Bitdefender securing softwaredefined datacenter sddc. Software defined environment in which it resources are. This white paper explains the security architecture of the drive encryption feature of the drivescale composable platform. But what is a corporate data center and why is protecting it so important. Acknowledgements this paper was produced by the vxrail and vxrack sddc technical marketing team.
Win with gravityzone datacenter and cloud security. Data center services is a collective term for the supporting components necessary for the proper operation of a repository for storage, management and dissemination of data organized around a body of knowledge or pertaining to an enterprise. Work in progress not a dmtf standard 9 document language. Virtualization is a great example of software defined concept. White paper sotwaredeined data center sddc softwaredefined data center the building blocks the software defined data center requires the right hardware platforms in order to fulfill the intended purpose. The mobile cloud era is changing lineofbusiness lob expectations of it. This white paper addresses five key aspects of it that are inextricably tied to computings physical realities, even as that computing becomes more virtualized. As such, data center services can involve hardware, software. Like the driverless car, the software defined data center sddc is completely software driven. Sdn is meant to address the fact that the static architecture of traditional. Software defined data center sddc definition a white paper.
Software at the heart of most storage system functionality and essentially all the features. Why we like it and how we are building on it what you will learn according to the open networking foundation onf, softwaredefined networking sdn is a network architecture that decouples the control and data planes, moving the control plane network intelligence and policy making to an application. Even when this optimized environment finally arrives, it will be a work in progressconstantly. When it comes to computing power, the agile aggregation of performance is absolutely vital. Download the journey to a softwaredefined datacenter and. White paper softwaredefined data center infrastructure. The main idea of the sddc2 solution is physical distribution and logical unification.
These logical systems are capable of introducing amazing optimizations for the data center platform as well as your business model. Software defined data center sddc definition a white. At first, it seems bizarre to define a data center in terms of software, rather than hardware infrastructure, that programmatically turns on and off devices, or shrinks and expands computing resource con. You will discover the key challenges that are giving rise to software defined storage. Why disa has embraced sdn for the pentagon fedtech.
Drivescales drive encryption overview this white paper explains the security architecture of the drive encryption feature of the drivescale composable platform. While the vxrail appliance provides integrated support with vmwares nsx network virtualization technology, businesses can choose to. Vmware sdwan by velocloud is a key component of the virtual cloud network and tightly integrated with nsx data center and nsx cloud to enable customers extend consistent networking and security policies from the data center to the branch to. A mock rfi for software defined wan analyst white paper. Data center physical realities in a softwaredefined and virtualized world this white paper addresses five key aspects of it that are inextricably tied to computings physical realities, even as that computing becomes more virtualized. It details the encryption and authentication technologies to secure the application data and prevent the unauthorized access to the application data in flight and at rest.
The primary motivation for doing so is to reduce the time it takes to deliver services, whether in the wan or data center, kimball says. Eliminate it silos and reduce complexity with softwaredefined intelligence. A reference guide for evaluating hyperconverged solutions. The quest to a software defined data center sddc begins with your organizations hardware and extends to all elements of the infrastructure. Today, software defined storage sds is a very real concept and technology. Idc whitepaper highlights market trends that have driven a dramatic increase in real world hyperconverged infrastructure deployments. Vmware softwaredefined data center the mobile cloud era is changing lineofbusiness lob expectations of it. Software defined data center sddc is one of the newest, yet most talked about term among enterprises today. The journey toward the softwaredefined data center cognizant. Many start down the path with good intentions, but then struggle to get everything up and running.
Over 75% of companies already work with software defined data centers, and that number looks to continue its upward trend. Software defined data center foundation white paper. They soon realize the importance of having the right. Resources guardicore data center and cloud security. Virtualized network infrastructure is the third stool in the software defined data center environment. It details the encryption and authentication technologies to secure the application data and prevent the unauthorized access to. For it organizations to securely deliver the anticipated improvements in service quality and speed, a softwaredefined data center sddc approach is. In this paper, you will learn about the software defined data center with a focus on storage. Software defined data center sddc is the next evolution of the underlying technology, where software delivers greater levels of intelligence and value, on top of standardized hardware. Simplify it with softwaredefined infrastructure solutions. For it organizations to securely deliver the anticipated improvements in service quality and speed, a softwaredefined data center sddc approach is required. Open source leads the way to a softwaredefined data center. The softwaredefined data center data centers have been given new life by the advances made in server virtualization, giving organizations the chance to turn their centers into automated, efficient resources with software, not hardware, serving as the backbone. Such convergence improves it efficiency for enterprises.
Datacenter management, machine room management definition. How to plan a softwaredefined datacenter network architectures for software defined data centers can address the need for flexibility and agility, but implementing them is difficult and calls. White paper softwaredefined data center infrastructure for. Technology economics business risk operational scale agility and innovation security and compliance page count.
Finally, you will also learn about how software defined resources operate and why this seemingly overhyped technology is just now becoming a major force for data. Data center physical realities in a softwaredefined and. The it data center is about to undergo a similar transformation, except we dont have to wait for its fruition as is the case of the driverless automobile that is years away from implementation on any sort of scale. Storage controllers are essentially purposebuilt servers. This reference architecture describes the implementation of.
A software defined environment where service optimization provides. Improve data center efficiency and empower it operations with policydriven automation that. The software defined enterprise at disa aims to introduce automation into every disa program where it will improve service to the warfighter and our mission partners. Click here to download the white paper no registration required. Read on to find an indepth answer, as well as an overview of modern data center threats and how to overcome them.
The term sddc, or softwaredefined data center, was coined in 2012 by vmwares former chief technology officer cto, dr. This white paper addresses five key aspects of it that are inextricably tied to computing. Virtual management networking isolates management solutions from each other and from compute workloads. White paper fujitsu integrated system primeflex for. It highlights how dell emc poweredge and vmware partner together to. This gives us a strong position to help you transform your it environment into the agile, highperformance, affordable and lowerrisk softwaredefined data center of the future. This is achieved by abstracting the hardware layer to provide compute services as virtual resources to applications demanding them. Containers and their role in the software defined data center why open source will be critical to the future of sddc how william hill keeps bettors online and powers up ecommerce with software. Within these converged data centers, the hottest areas of hardware innovation are converged infrastructure. White paper fujitsu integrated system primeflex for vmware cloud foundation for enterprises demanding more responsive it support, primeflex for vmware cloud foundation delivers a nextgeneration it infrastructure based on a software defined data center architecture thats simple to deploy, operate and maintain. Applications in an sddc run entirely on logically defined resources for. Software defined networking sdn technology is an to network management that enables dynamic, programmatically efficient network configuration in order to improve network performance and monitoring making it more like cloud computing than traditional network management. Software defined data center can be defined as using software to control hardware that brings infinite scalability of resources and services to meet a defined level of service assurance.
Download this white paper to learn more about software defined networks for the data center. Software defined technologies have come quite a long way. Getting the software defined data center right white paper. Whit e paper 4 the software defined data center is the future a software defined data center sddc is an architectural approach to data center design, which leverages a fundamental principle of computer science, abstraction. A fully software defined and software led data center can radically change the way it infrastructure works today. The sddc2 solution integrates data centers all over the world into a large data center which provides unified services. Engineered for the softwaredefined datacenter, gravityzone is an awardwinning cloudworkload security platform that delivers layered nextgeneration defenses while facilitating it agility, operational efficiency and infrastructure cost containment. Streamline it operations and lower costs by transforming servers, storage, and networking into softwaredefined infrastructure. This ebook explores the benefits of software defined data centers and the role hardware plays. Indepth customer interviews and an idc web survey of end users reveal considerable operational efficiency and performance gains with hpe simplivity infrastructure. Software and hardware disaggregation drives new product categories for nextgeneration data centers that include converged and disaggregated appliances, highdensity servers, and softwaredefined storage and networking equipment. Within these increasingly stateoftheart facilities, cloud providers are able to deploy virtual machines and software defined storage in minutes and automate operational processes while offering high degrees of workload mobility. Over the years the trend toward virtualization revolutionized data.
This white paper briefly touches upon potential future state scenarios and discusses the implica tions for todays legacy infrastructure, manage ment tools. Data center operators leverage software defined segmentation to gain operational efficiencies, improved security, and new revenue. The journey to a softwaredefined datacenter and the. Dell emc vxrail accelerating the journey to vmware. Over the last few years, more and more corporate executives have been evaluating the possible benefits of migrating to a software defined data center hereaf. Softwaredefined data center infrastructure for enterprise digital transformation. A deep dive into the technology behind the nutanix enterprise cloud platform. Introducing softwaredefined networking software defined networking sdn is an emerging network architecture where network control is decoupled from forwarding and is directly. White paper softwaredefined data center white paper softwaredefined data center infrastructure for enterprise digital transformation over the years the trend toward virtualization revolutionized data centers, but it did not change the hardwarecentric architecture that still serves as the basis for most data centers today. More important, it enables disaster recovery of the automation and monitoring stacks without having to change the ip addresses of the virtual machines. Most firms today strive for an sddc, but dont fully understand the challenges involved.
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