Continuous Optimization With Insight Dynamics - Vse; Automation With Insight Dynamics - Vse - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Introduction Manual

Figure 8 Physical and virtual machines shown in the Insight Dynamics- VSE user interface
Physical
machines
VMs
(servers)
Continuous optimization with Insight Dynamics – VSE
Insight Dynamics – VSE also includes capacity planning technology, providing placement advice for
consolidating physical and logical servers based on actual historical performance data rather than
models. Administrators can view historical utilization data and pre-test workloads onto different sets of
server resources. The placement advice is presented as a rank ordered list of either physical or virtual
servers, presented in a convenient one-to-five star rating system with supporting details. The objective
function for the optimization algorithm can be either performance or energy consumption, making
Insight Dynamics – VSE a powerful tool for maintaining an energy-efficient data center in the face of
dynamic workloads.
Automation with Insight Dynamics – VSE
Administrators who are building complex environments can use the optional Insight Orchestration and
Insight Recovery functionalities of ID – VSE to streamline their infrastructure deployment.
Insight Orchestration provides a GUI environment to assist in the design of infrastructure templates for
applications, which are then stored in a template library (Figure 9). When an instance of the
application is required, an authorized user can access a separate self-service provisoning portal for
deployment. The HP Insight Orchestration utility allows administrators to integrate logical server
planning, design, and provisioning into a unified system. They can create and manage groups of
physical and logical servers, and create multi-system templates for server provisioning.
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