Virtualization and Clustering Modeling

HOPEX IT Architecture : Virtualization and Clustering Modeling

Introduction

What is Virtualization?

Need for Virtualization Modeling

What is Clustering?

Need for Clustering Modeling

Prerequisites

The Resource Architecture Metamodel

Modeling Virtualization

Identifying Virtual Servers

Using Properties to Model Virtual Servers

Including Virtual Servers in an Architecture

Modeling Clustering

Mixing Virtualization and Clustering

This paper proposes an approach to model virtualization and clustering based on the infrastructure metamodel supplied from the 2009 SP2 release of the Mega modeling tool.