What is a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)?
All aspects of the datacenter infrastructure, including networking, storage, and computing, are virtualized and provided as services in a software-defined data center (SDDC). Hardware is isolated from deployment, functioning, furnishing, plus configuration. Software interfaces are used to carry out those duties.
The use of this server management concept in business settings is growing and many cloud service providers such as Google, Microsoft Azure, and AWS support it.
SDDC Components
- Compute virtualization removes operating systems and apps from actual servers by using a hypervisor. Consequently, managers can run several different operating systems on a single server by using virtual machines (VMs).
- Storage virtualization removes disjointed storage systems by pooling resources. Scalability is enhanced by virtualized storage since it allows storage to be provisioned from the pool. It also eliminates the need to buy new capacity.
- Physical networks can be freely provided and managed thanks to network virtualization. Resource abstraction improves flexibility and reduces provisioning time, making it easier to transfer workloads between data centers without being restricted by physical locations.
With just a few basic instructions, administrators may swiftly build and terminate services in an SDDC.