QLogic adapters ensure the stability of the cloud platform

Although the Cloud platform architecture is evolving, the basic features of cloud computing have not changed. Once, the enterprise's computation all runs on the large-scale machine, the main performance is a tightly controlled and the strict supervision centralized management system. As a result, it takes years to develop a number of business solutions.

To address the problems faced by the enterprise, server manufacturers have built smaller systems that are suitable for running only one application. In this mode, the enterprise simply funds the hardware platform needed for its project to reduce the procurement cycle. This will reduce the development time of the solution from several years to several months.

The further development of this trend is the deployment of applications on the virtualization platform, which shortens the system development cycle from months to weeks. Virtualization introduces the concept of allocating server resources instead of purchasing new hardware for each project, thereby dramatically shortening time.

Cloud era

In the cloud era, the concept of resource allocation from the pool of public resources has taken another leap. The enterprise can implement on-demand hardware resources on the cloud platform. CPU processing power, system memory and storage resources all become online resources, only need mouse click operation can be configured to use. Resources are also paid on demand, which is another unique advantage of the cloud platform. When you run out of time, you can also release it. In this way, there is no need to invest a lot of upfront hardware upfront costs. Companies are very much in favor of this flexibility. Elasticity is a unique feature of the cloud platform. Customers can adjust their hardware costs for the first time as demand changes, and if you have to pay for resources in advance, the payment is irrevocable and long-term.

In a way, each new system has its own ROI formula, but the formula contains a certain amount of guesswork and assumptions. Soft benefits, user adoption rates and other functional forecasts have the risk of reducing ROI benefits. But with a cloud platform, it's easy to eliminate the ROI risk just like the project is scrapped. When the plug is unplugged, the cost of the hardware no longer exists, and the money to deal with the risk does not exist. Using the cloud platform, you can design and plan more new scenarios because the cost of failure has been minimized.

Building a basic platform for allocating cloud resources by component requires a new perspective to look at the entire architecture. The task of the cloud system is to make the hardware modular so that the cloud system can provide hardware resources for the application through a variety of component modules and only need to provide the API interface of the hardware.

OpenStack

OpenStack is the fastest growing open source cloud computing platform that can be used to build public or private clouds. The OpenStack project has assembled developers and cloud computing technologists from around the world, ultimately hoping to achieve a large and widespread IaaS (infrastructure as a service).

Traditional architectures are easier to predict I/O requirements for applications. With the expansion of the cloud platform, more and more pressure appears in the Network and node that ensure the data flow between modules. In addition, the "on-demand storage" feature of the cloud platform can cause unexpected I/O traffic problems. Therefore, reserving sufficient space for the storage channel of the cloud platform is a key factor.

QLogic Flexible, Multi-Protocol-enabled solutions that can be used both to fuse network intelligent Ethernet and as Fibre Channel adapters, providing critical connectivity for data flows in public, private, and mixed clouds. In particular, QLogic's award-winning 16GB GEN5 Fibre Channel adapter delivers higher levels of performance and optimal data transmission to meet the growing needs of cloud users. Low cost and easy access to computing resources will make your users increasingly reliant on using your cloud space and bringing real value to your business. QLogic delivers reliable, high-performance connectivity solutions in a cloud platform environment to ensure the stability of your cloud platform base.