Chapter 10. Data Center Optimization

The ultimate goal of the N1 Grid solution is improving data center optimization, which is operationally aligning the business services with the systems within. When services run out of storage, more space is automatically provisioned, based on the service level objectives (SLOs). The N1 Grid software control plane automatically determines that more system capacity is required to meet SLOs, so it provisions more systems.

This self-optimization is a reality with the N1 Grid software. To achieve self-optimization, the system must be architected so that it enables these changes to be made rapidly and automatically. As you read in earlier chapters, the N1 Grid software products provide much of this automation. ...

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