ICT has become one of the significant management resources for business enterprises, and stable ICT system operations are essential 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
On the other hand, manual management operations are likely to reach their limit soon, since technologies including networks are constantly evolving, and systems have become more so complicated and massive that the workload of administrator operations is increasing and requires in-depth technical knowledge.
FUJITSU Software ServerView Resource Orchestrator is platform software for private clouds, for enabling effective use of ICT resources and streamlining of operation and management.
It provides the optimal private cloud platform based on the configuration requirements for private clouds configured by customers. ICT costs can be optimized through effective use of ICT resources such as servers, storage, and networks, and streamlining of operation and management.
Figure 1.1 Features of ServerView FUJITSU Software Resource Orchestrator
Centralized Management of Virtual and Physical Servers
Integrated operation is possible using a single console, even if a combination of virtual environments and physical environments is used. This realizes server virtualization and operation integration, and reduces the overall management workload.
Improvement of Server Availability
When a server fails, it can be switched over to a spare server automatically, and the risk of operation stopping can be reduced. Also, improvement of server availability can be realized by specifying a managed server as the spare server in advance.
Realization of a Platform Provision Service
Resource Orchestrator promptly provides servers (with storage and networks) according to the user's specific needs by managing resources, such as servers, storage, networks, and images (*), as resource pools. By simplifying the launch, expansion, and changes of business operations, this software provides quick support for evolving businesses.
* Note: A copy of the contents of a disk (including the operating system) collected from a server, which can be deployed to other servers.
Resource Orchestrator provides complete visualization of servers, storage resources, and network resources, making the state of each of these resources visible to users. This allows for the effective use of unused resources and planning for the installation of required resources.
Moreover, infrastructure investment costs are reduced by managing resources as resource pools, as resources that could not otherwise be diverted to other uses can be used effectively.
Resource Orchestrator provides a template that defines logical specifications (number of CPUs, memory capacity, disk capacity, number of NICs, etc.) for servers with storage and networks. Using this template to standardize the configuration of a system including servers, storage, and networks, offers the following benefits:
Simplified configuration of systems.
Reduced risk of mistakes through use of predefined values for parameter settings when installing an OS or setting up storage and networks.
