IBM SmartCloud Entry provided by IBM Starter Kit for Cloud on Power Systems
IBM SmartCloud Entry provided by IBM Starter Kit for Cloud on Power Systems is an entry private cloud offering that is simple to deploy and easy to use. It works with a client's existing Power Systems infrastructure, enabling data center managers to quickly deploy self-service provisioning of virtualized workloads with a simple interface that provides oversight while increasing IT efficiency and lowering administration costs. The offering provides:
Self-service portal for workload provisioning (create/replicate assets, manage deployments and monitor activity)
Virtualized image management with library for standardized images
Administrative controls for secure operation of a persistent cloud
Basic metering (automated collection of resource usage metrics), authentication and authorization
Starter Kit for Cloud is a solution that builds upon IBM PowerVM virtualization and IBM Systems Director VMControl. It enables rapid scalability by allowing additional servers or blades to be added to the cloud infrastructure. It also includes basic workload metering to support a “pay-per-use” business model. Clients can also progress from Starter Kit for Cloud to IBM's more advanced cloud offerings such as IBM Service Delivery Manager. Starter Kit for Cloud allows Power Systems clients to quickly and easily start the transition to a cloud-based infrastructure and prove the benefits of a cloud delivery model.
Starter Kit for Cloud provides capabilities to allow clients to more rapidly move to a cloud model, enabling:
Fast time to value with a solution that is simple to deploy, easy to use and works with existing infrastructure
Accelerated infrastructure delivery and service deployment to quickly respond to changing business needs
Increased IT efficiency with workload standardization and lower operational costs
Scalability as needed to support more workloads and meet demand with increased availability
Expandability to IBM advanced Cloud offerings
Starter Kit for Cloud capabilities
Create images
Simplify storage of thousands of images
Easily create new ‘golden master’ images and software appliances using corporate standard operating system/application versions, technology levels and security patches
Reliably track images to ensure compliance and minimize security risks
Optimize resources, reducing the number of virtualized images and the storage required for them
Deploy VMs
Slash time to value for new workloads from months to a few days
Deployment of application images across compute and storage resources
End user self-service for improved responsiveness
Ensure security through VM isolation, project-level user access controls
Easy to use – no need to know all the details of the infrastructure
Investment protection from full support of existing virtualized environments
Optimize performance on IBM systems with dynamic scaling, expansive capacity and continuous operation
Operate a private cloud
Cut costs with efficient operation
Delegate provisioning to authorized users to improve productivity
Maintain full oversight to ensure an optimally running and safe Cloud through automated approval/rejection
Standardize deployment and configuration to improve compliance and reduce errors by setting policies, defaults and templates
Simplify administration with an intuitive interface for managing projects, users, workloads, resources, billing, approvals and metering
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