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What does the software-defined data centre (SDDC) really\nlook like? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future appears to be virtualised and software defined, or at least in data centre world. The move to cloud-based virtual machines replacing traditional hardware-based data centres, has allowed many organisations to be flexible and agile, giving them a much needed competitive edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melusi Phiri is a Senior Account Manager, helping clients of all sizes, across sectors to find and make best use of technology. Melusi can advise on the full technology stack, including cloud, application modernisation, security, networking and remote working solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What does software-defined mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software-defined refers to the ability to control some or all of the\nfunctions of a system using software,\nrather than relying purely on physical hardware infrastructure. There are significant benefits for organisations\nthat use SDDCs, including lower costs, higher quality products and services,\nand less risk.  In SDDCs, all elements of the infrastructure; networking, storage, CPU and\nsecurity, are virtualised using virtual machines (VMs) and delivered as a\nservice. SDDC is focussed on\nintegrators and data centre\nbuilders, rather than toward tenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SDDC is a radical\nmovement away from traditional data centres; organisational data, applications,\nnetworks, and infrastructure are centrally housed and accessed. Traditional\ndata centres are the hub for IT operations and physical infrastructure\nequipment, including servers, storage devices, network equipment, and security\ndevices. By contrast, a SDDC is an \u2018IT as a service\u2019 that provides an\norganisation\u2019s software, infrastructure, or platform needs. SDDCs can be housed\non-premises, at a managed service provider, and in private, public or hosted\nclouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SDDCs use a virtualised environment to deliver the\nfunctions of a traditional data centre. They can be managed from any location\nusing web browser and API interfaces.  Like server virtualisation solutions, such as VMware\u2019s\nHypervisor, SDDCs abstract, pool, and virtualise all data centre services and\nresources.  This helps organisations\nreduce costs by minimising the need for large capital expenditure, increases\nscalability and improves overall business agility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote management via\nAPIs and web browser interfaces are some of the advantages of SDDCs, along with\nthe automation of many tasks, which will ultimately reduce IT resource usage\nand provide automated deployment and management of core functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the benefits of a software-defined data centre?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core features of SDDCs are broken down into 4 key\nareas, these are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing network resource limitations. <\/strong>In a traditional\nhardware-defined data centre, the business is confined to running applications\nand services that conform to the limitations of the available network\nresources. The SDDC changes that and allows developers to tailor to business\nneed, rather than developing based on what works on the available hardware that\nyou may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data centre management simplification. <\/strong>SDDCs\nalso greatly simplify data centre management. By virtualising routers and\nswitches to servers and storage, it makes it much easier to deliver, deploy,\nmonitor, and maintain. The network and all its component resources become\nnothing more than software abstractions that can all be managed from a single\ninterface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greater flexibility and reliability. <\/strong>Increased\ndelivery of network resources is achieved along with automation because\neverything is software-defined. The software is capable of creating and mapping\nserver, storage, and networking resources, which provides much greater agility,\nflexibility, and reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automatic scaling <\/strong>A\nproperly implemented SDDC can detect and adapt to spikes in demand, scaling\nautomatically, when necessary, to accommodate surges in traffic and optimize\nperformance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Features of SDDC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Features\nof SDDCs include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n