Kusnetzky Group Publishes Adaptive Datacenter Paper

What are static datacenters? What problems do static datacenters pose to organizations? What can be done to prevent these problems?

Osprey, FL (PRWEB) July 30, 2007 -- Kusnetzky Group, Inc. today posted Rethinking Static Datacenters, another position paper intended to review the forces changing the market for information technology in general and virtualization technology in specific. These position papers are written by the world-renown software analyst, Daniel Kusnetzky, who is now the Principal Analyst and President, Kusnetzky Group Inc. This impact paper can be found on the Kusnetzky Group, Inc. website. http://www.kusnetzky.net/publications/ImpactPapers/20070628c_Rethinking_Static_Datacenters.pdf

Datacenters, especially those based upon industry standard systems and software, have been static environments, that is a server is configured to support a single operating system, data management system, application framework, and a number of applications. Systems then access both storage and the network using a pre-assigned configuration that can only be changed with a carefully planed set of manual procedures. As the users of mainframes and single-vendor midrange systems discovered nearly three decades ago, this type of static thinking leads to a number of problems and must be replaced by the careful use of virtualization and automation.

Although adopting dynamic, adaptive thinking is an important step, it's still important to remember that physical machines, including systems, network and storage, must be running for all of this to work. This is a lesson the managers of industry standard system-based datacenters are just learning now.

About Kusnetzky Group:

Kusnetzky Group, a business unit of Acuity Group LLC, brings decades of experience in all areas of the solution life cycle. It offers deep expertise in research, product planning, product development, and product marketing in the following areas: Virtualization technology, System software, Collaborative and personal productivity applications, Developing and deploying Web-based viral marketing campaigns. For more information, please visit http://www.kusnetzky.net.

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