Operating Systems Brick
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- mhodges
Univ. of Hawaii - ITS Technical Architecture - Brick
Server Operating Systems
Primary Architect: Steven Sakata
Description:
ITS operates thousands of servers to support many business and technical processes. This brick describes the operating systems that ITS will use to manage these servers.
This brick divides servers into two categories: Enterprise and HPC. HPC are those servers that directly support ITS’ High Performance Computing environment. All other servers fall under the Enterprise category. (It does not include any operating system that is delivered in an appliance or full stack system.)
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
- Stripped down operating systems to support containerization.
There is a trend away from applications getting less reliant on underlying operating systems.
“Serverless” technologies are emerging in the cloud and have the potential for greatly changing the role of OS in the future.
BBB is poised to scale out to 4 servers, or be moved to the cloud.
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. |