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Microsoft, HP, and the Dynamic Data Center

In addition to the main DSI announcement Microsoft announced a few weeks later that it would showcase a concept of a Dynamic Data Center (DDC), jointly developed with Hewlett-Packard. The DDC features a combination of HP servers, software, storage, and networking hardware connected based on prescribed network architecture. Microsoft software dynamically assigns provisions and centrally manages the DDC resources. The software driving the DDC will enable customers to automatically deploy a distributed application; provision the associated server, storage, and networking resources required for that application; and dynamically allocate resources to grow and shrink based on business and workload demands. ...