Server Virtualization Brick
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Univ. of Hawaii - ITS Technical Architecture - Brick
Server Virtualization
Primary Architect: Steven Sakata
Description: This brick describes the server virtualization technologies that ITS will use to manage its servers housed in the UH Data Center. It does not include server virtualization technology used by other vendors (e.g. cloud vendors) to manage our servers.
Experimental |
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Strategic (3-5 Years) |
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Tactical (1-2 Years) |
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Containment |
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Retirement |
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Emerging Trends
Over the past few years there has been a strong trend toward hyper-converged architectures that merge compute, store and virtualization in one integrated solution.
We expect the need for the seamless movement of servers from on-prem to vendor Clouds, which requires the increased use of Hybrid Cloud enabling technologies.
Desktop virtualization comes up year-after-year as a potential need for the University. In the future we may need to incorporate VDI in this brick or in a new brick.
Change History
Approved - March 2018
Definitions
Experimental | Someone in ITS is currently investigating or experimenting with this technology. |
Strategic | ITS will be investing in this technology for 3-5 years. |
Tactical | ITS will be investing in this technology for 1-2 years. |
Containment | ITS will continue to use this technology for existing systems, but will no longer invest in this technology and/or grow its use. |
Retirement | ITS has a firm plan (and timeline) to retire this technology. |