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First, hybrid cloud tube is the general trend.

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With the development of business in various industries and the progress of technology, public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud technology are more and more widely used. Cloud computing brings fast resource delivery capability, agility, scalability and standardization to enterprises.

When it comes to cloud computing technology, we have to mention the cloud management platform (CMP). CMP is not only a resource management platform, but also an external IT service platform, which abstracts and services resources and greatly simplifies the management and use of enterprise users.

A cloud management platform that meets the actual needs of enterprises can strengthen the management ability of enterprise IT resources, improve the utilization rate of enterprise IT resources, and meet the needs of enterprises for large-scale computing power, thus further promoting the development of enterprise business.

At present, cloud computing is gradually entering the deep water area, the traditional public cloud and private cloud have exposed some limitations, hybrid cloud has gradually become the favorite object of enterprise users.

With the hybrid cloud, enterprises can not only take advantage of the private cloud within the enterprise to store important internal data in the local data center, but also use the resources of the public cloud to move unclassified functions to the public cloud area. to get the job done more efficiently and quickly.

However, the management of hybrid clouds is very challenging.

2. Types of hybrid cloud management platform

So far, the cloud environment in traditional enterprises of non-Internet companies is the existence of private cloud + public cloud, so there will be the following types of cloud management platform architecture:

Commercial X86 cloud tube

Commercial X86 cloud is mainly represented by VMware technology. VCenter virtualization management platform is equivalent to resource management layer, and Vrealize Automation is the cloud management platform layer, which not only provides self-service and unified service catalog of API functions, but also supports multiple sets of private and public clouds from different vendors, as well as container management.

The feature of the cloud management platform is closely integrated with the underlying technology of VMware, through abstracting the underlying implementation technology, while providing visualization services and draggable design canvas, combining pre-built components into a variety of applications.

Open source X86 cloud tube

Open source X86 cloud mainly takes OpenStack as the framework, using various components of OpenStack to dock different resources. On the basis of the public version of OpenStack, manufacturers develop their own unique cloud management platforms, including unified resource layer and service abstraction layer.

The implementation of the resource layer needs to be improved and optimized on the components of the public domain OpenStack, while the design of the service abstraction layer is entirely the invocation and abstraction of the API of each component, translating different IT services, orchestration strategies and dynamic optimization strategies into API invocation combinations of different components, and also needs to be combined with other tools such as automated operation and monitoring. This completely tests the development strength of manufacturers or user enterprises and the ability to understand the cloud management platform.

Power cloud tube

IBM's PowerVC is currently the best choice for managing PowerVM resource pools. PowerVC is available in two versions, PowerVC Standard Edition, which provides basic virtualization resource management capabilities, and Cloud PowerVC Manager.

Self-service function and simple process approval function are also provided on Standard Edition, which can define all kinds of computing templates and storage templates, and automatically arrange computing resources and storage resources according to the templates.

Power and X86 coexist cloud tube

The cloud environment where Power and X86 coexist generally requires the cloud management platform to manage all resources and can be abstracted into services to provide services to the outside world.

III. The positioning and value of cloud management platform

What is needed for traditional enterprises is hybrid cloud management. The hierarchical architecture of a typical hybrid cloud management platform is shown below:

The bottom layer is the virtualization resource layer and bare metal layer, which provides the ability to virtualize the pool of resources, including virtual computing, virtual networking, virtual storage, and so on.

The next level is the virtualization management layer, which is basically "each family is in charge of its own". For example, Vmware's vRealize suite, combined with VC, is responsible for managing its own virtualization resources. The management at this level is mainly isomorphic management.

Further up, you will reach the "cloud management platform". This layer is also divided into two small layers: cloud management platform resource layer and cloud management platform service layer. The cloud management platform resource layer is above layer 1 and layer 2, and is responsible for the management of all kinds of heterogeneous virtualization and cloud resources, including private cloud, public cloud, bare metal, etc., shielding the heterogeneity of underlying vendors and resources.

On the other hand, the cloud service layer, on the basis of shielding the underlying technical differences, through choreography management, provides undifferentiated and transparent self-service and choreography services to the outside, and provides operation and analysis services internally.

Therefore, in short, the positioning of hybrid cloud management is to manage and drive all kinds of heterogeneous public and private cloud resources, provide directory services and self-service, and provide operation, management and analysis services to the operators nearby.

Fourth, jump out of the cloud tube to see the cloud tube: what else do you need to mix the cloud tube to do?

These are the capabilities traditionally required for cloud management platforms. To sum up, the capabilities that hybrid cloud management platforms traditionally need to meet include:

Integrate resources and greatly improve the utilization of resources

Provide rapid deployment support for agile development and rapid launch

Diversity of resource deployment strategies and means

Resource allocation flexibility

Customizable, flexible self-service delivery capability

Flexible service scheduling and resource management capabilities

Comprehensive cloud resource analysis and management capabilities

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