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While virtualization technology has made server consolidation possible, it has also created some problems. Traditional infrastructures can be complex, difficult, and time-consuming to manage and scale taxing IT administrative resources and security typically takes a back seat so administrators can more easily move virtual machines for workload optimization.

The Cisco Unified Computing System™ proves the degree to which infrastructure matters in virtualized environments. Cisco UCS provides rapid deployment through automated configuration. It reduces cost by simplifying the architecture and delivers greater performance from a better balance of resources and innovative Cisco performance optimizations. Cisco built virtualization into the network, allowing administrators to manage virtual machines exactly as physical servers are, providing massive scalability along with uncompromised security, visibility and control. In this newsletter, you will learn that the traditional concept of the role-specific server will become increasingly irrelevant and that your future plans should include platforms that unify compute, network and storage access into a single cohesive system.






  • Is the Concept of the 'Server' Obsolete, or in Need of Redefining?
  • George J. Weiss| Valdis Filks
  • 29 March 2012
  • Broadening cloud and fabric requirements are forcing redefinition of the server, and with it, the necessity for a new procurement plan and process that recognizes servers not as fixed and finite objects, but as virtualized resources and mobile instances.

    Impacts

    • The traditional concept of the role-specific server will become increasingly irrelevant in fabric infrastructures, cloud computing and network-based virtual resources, forcing IT planners to change and adapt to the resource life cycles of integrated systems.
    • By 2015, one-third of all servers will ship as managed resources integrated in a converged infrastructure, enabling providers to extract integration premiums from traditional component line-item pricing, thus creating a more complex procurement process.
    • The increasing diversity of functional resources and the continual advance of mobile virtualization will force enterprises to implement more advanced levels of resource pool management and automation, which will create new competitive comparisons, alternative metrics and pricing changes that differ from traditional server price/performance benchmarks.

Cisco Content

  • Cisco UCS: Built for Virtualization and Consolidation
  • Cisco UCS is the first truly unified data center platform that combines computing with networking and storage access into a single cohesive system. The system is intelligent infrastructure that uses integrated, model-based management to simplify and speed deployment of virtualized environments.
  • Resources
  • Learn about Cisco UCS and Cisco Virtualization Solutions