Our world has evolved greatly when it comes to technology. Revolutionary solutions such as virtualization and cloud computing have matured into proper industries within a short span of time. There is a huge collection of options available in the market for both the data center infrastructure and its operational teams. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. From one point, IT administrators have the flexibility of choosing whatever suits their organizational requirements the most, for building networks and solving problems. But on the other hand, choosing one solution from a myriad of choices can prove to be a severe challenge and can cause confusion for the IT admins which is the reason why today we have compiled the five main deployment models being used in IT.
In this post, you will learn the advantages and disadvantages of both the traditional and virtualized server models. So, without any further delay let us begin:
The Five Models
The five server models that are commonly used all across the globe are listed below:
1. Traditional – Bare Metal
The bare metal servers are the oldest type of servers that have been used extensively in enterprise data centers. These servers are not dominant in the market anymore but they are a classic favorite go-to solution of companies that have business-critical applications that demand high performance and deal with huge amount of traffic while keeping everything under service level agreements. Traditional – bare metal servers are usually owned by the enterprises that operate them due to which there is a high degree of control over the resources along with a secure environment.
2. Virtualized – Private Cloud
Virtualized servers, owned and operated by enterprises, that are large in size and have automation enabled are called private clouds. These are similar to the traditional – bare metal type in the sense that the enterprise has almost the same level of control and security. Thanks to the virtualization of the servers, enterprises can run the server to run multiple applications at the same time. This reduces operational and infrastructure related costs. It also provides the enterprise with high availability and better utilization of resources which in turn yields higher ROI. This model offers scalability in management as well by scaling up and scaling down the resources in real-time as required.
3. Cloud – Bare Metal
Cloud – bare metal is also known as infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and is slowly being adopted by companies. This model is a combination of traditional – bare metal and public cloud because it provides the resources of servers available as needed via cloud service and offers the heavy-duty performance that is a signature feature of the traditional model. This model is easy to operate as well thanks to its cloud management platform which can enable the services in less than a minute.
4. Virtual – Public Cloud
The public cloud is the rising star with its massive adaption rate. In such cloud-hosted virtual servers, there is a shared environment that is managed, provisioned and billed with incredible cloud managing capabilities. Such servers are perfect for businesses and companies that require agility and portable solutions for their setup.
5. Hybrid Cloud
A hybrid cloud is made with the combined power of both private and public clouds. It has been predicted that in the future this model will be considered the de-facto solution. It will provide a balance to an organization’s public and private resources and introduce flexibility in switching to any one of them as required.
Conclusion
The above-mentioned models are feasible in their own domain but the success of their implementation depends on your business requirements. IT admins need to do a thorough analysis of the company’s needs and then opt for any solution. If your company is facing issues such as vendor lock-in and storage problems then we recommend StarWind Virtual SAN. It runs on COTS hardware and reduces the virtualization cost greatly while delivering high uptime and performance.
