Implementing Model Applied to a Virtualized Data Center based on Open Source Projects

Abstract

This research aims to demonstrate that the proposed implementation model allows the deployment of a virtualized data center based on four open-source projects (identities, virtualization, storage, and platform) integrated at a very high level. The main contribution of the model is to simplify the process of implementation of the four projects that provide independent documentation of each other. The four components meet a checklist of requirements given by the industry, such as scalability, high availability, security, and manageability. A layered architecture complements the model, each layer implements key functionalities. The result is a data center deployed with less complexity, reducing implementation time and the cost to more than 40% by not incurring licensing costs but of renewable subscriptions annually. This deployment meets the requirements of organizations in the same way as proprietary solutions do. The model allows reusing servers and other components available in the organization to implement an open architecture, in addition to proposing the use of software-based and non-hardware technologies, giving way to future more specialized investigations of these software-based components.