Buliding N1™ Grid Solutions Preparing, Architecting, and Implementing Service-Centric Data Centers

Summary

Infrastructure optimization is the first building block in the functional architecture of the N1 Grid system. That architecture is requirements driven and solution focused. The solution required to achieve complete infrastructure optimization is delivered by using the hierarchical building-block architecture of build, virtualize, and provision:

• Build (using a foundation of common platforms, enforced standards, and modular deployments)

• Virtualize (improving the flexibility and utilization of the foundation through abstraction)

• Provision (delivering infrastructure optimization through automated installations of virtualized common components)

This chapter presented the hierarchical architecture as delivering value through efficiency. TABLE ...