What is a simplified deployment?
Let's look at two scenarios, a traditional and virtual deployment.
Traditional deployment
Within a traditional environment, when a user comes to you with a request for a new service (email, web server, file or print services etc...) the deployment goes something like this...
- Establish the specification of the need
- Design a minimum specification for the server and components
- Purchase a new server
- Buy new air-conditioning, UPS, switches etc as needed
- Wait for delivery (typically a week or two)
- Install the physical machine and components
- Install the server software
- Install and configure the application software
Virtual deployment
With a virtualised environment, when the time comes to deploy a new server, typically it goes something like this...
- Clone (copy) from an existing template
- Install and configure the application software