Overview
If you are planning or preparing for a data centre migration, consolidation, expansion, or segmentation, Mazu can help ensure that it goes smoothly and delivers the intended result.Requirements for Success
To conduct a successful data centre change, you need to be able to answer these questions:- Which applications will be affected?
- Which users will be affected?
- When is the best time to execute your change(s)?
- Which services are in use within your current infrastructure?
- How are your applications being used?
- Does your application priority map to actual business usage?
- What are the dependencies between your applications, hosts, and users, and which are the most important?
- Planning a data centre change
- Executing a data centre change
Planning a data centre change
Mazu enables you to:- Identify all the network-based applications running in your data centre.
- Identify all the servers in your data centre.
- Identify all the users who access your data centre, and when.
- Understand application usage patterns, consumption rates, and dependencies:
- Who uses which applications or server and when
- When the applications and servers are used (most often, least often, etc.)
- What the application dependencies are (what servers and network resources each application requires)
- You will know exactly which applications will be affected by your change
- You will know exactly which users will be affected by your change
- You will know which applications are the most and the least important
- You will know when it is least disruptive to make your change
- You will be able to notify the specific users of each particular application or resource to inform them of the change
- You will be able to plan your change to disrupt the fewest number of users and applications and maintain the highest amount of business continuity
Executing a data centre change
Mazu enables you to:- Monitor application usage, server access, and traffic patterns in real time.
- Identify any sub-optimal or erroneous access patterns.
- Identify bandwidth issues or bottlenecks.
- You will have a clear picture of who is accessing what as your data centre changes
- You will immediately know if your access patterns or traffic flow are different from comparable time periods before your change. This will proactively alert you to issues before they affect your business
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