Provisioning the Infrastructure
The third step in the building block process is the provision phase.
Provision—
Automatically elevating the level of functionality for a compute, network, storage component, or a series of components in a repeatable and consistent manner
—Typically, involves installing software or making configuration changes to provide a state of service readiness
Like virtualization, provisioning is a term that means many things to many people. If it is so overused in the IT industry, can discussions about provisioning actually help? Yes, because context matters. Provisioning can reference the very generic, which is worthwhile ...
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