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The NGDC Reference Architecture
Model
SAN
NAS
Backup
STORAGE
Predictive
Operations
Windows
Linux
UNIX
PLATFORM
Orchestration
&
Provisioning
Metering
& Billing
Workload Requests
and Provisioning
Shared Technical
Infrastructure
Operations
Management
Archive
Red zone
Yellow zone
Green zone
Storage Net
NETWORK
NETWORK
System Z
Rules & Requests
The Service
Catalogue and Policy
Rules define how
business applications
can and must use the
technical
infrastructure (e.g.
SLA).
Work Requests are
new requests for
infrastructure
services.
DC model contains a
logical view of the
entire data center.
Orchestration
Engine
Execute automated
workflows to assign
and deploy technical
infrastructure in
response to the
policy rules, work
requests and real
time inputs.
Metering & Billing
Infrastructure usage and SLAs
are processed to create
bills/invoices.
Predictive Operations
Infrastructure usage metrics,
alerts and alarms are
processed by the Predictive
Operations monitor and
change requests returned to
the Orchestration Engine for
action through balancing the
requests with policy rules for
the IT service and incoming
work requests.
IT Automation
Requests
Infrastructure
components are
assigned to specific
work requests.
Monitoring Outputs
The deployment and usage
metrics, alerts and alarms are
captured and passed to the
Predictive Operations monitor.
Business Service Management (BSM)
Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Business Service
Management (BSM)
Business Service Management
enables “service orientated
infrastructure” (SOI) and allows
IT to be managed from the
perspective of the business.
Configuration Management
Database (CMDB)
The CMDB contains all of the
IT organization’s key parts
(Configuration Items), their
attributes and their inter-
relationships
Virtualization
Virtualization
Policy Rules
DC Model
Requests
Service Catalogue
DMZs
The Architecture Blueprint for the NGDC
