Chapter 3. Data Center Architecture and Technologies

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

• How to articulate what is meant by “architecture” in relation to IT design

• Describe the data center architectural building blocks

• Describe the evolution of the data center network design with the impact of virtualization

• Describe the cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution and its functional components

• Describe the network services that are necessary to deliver an “end-to-end” service-level agreement

This chapter provides an overview of the architectural principles and infrastructure designs needed to support a new generation of real-time-managed IT service use cases in the data center. There are many process frameworks and ...

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