Virtualization In Database Server: Benefits And Key Considerations

Virtualization in ACL

Discuss about the Virtualization in Database Server.

Database server has been in state of modification and development for the operations of the organization (Mahajan et al., 2017). The database server modification had been largely dependent on the development of the technology and equipments. ACL Realty is a major estate firm that works well for providing the customers with benefit of estate related guidance and support. ACL Realty self manages the data centre for the 10 x86 64 bits server connection on Windows Server 2008 R2, MS SQL and file services. They need to form some modifications in their server system.

The following report had been made for providing the board members an insight on the role and modification of the server and the technologies used. It is probable that the modification of the server would require some highly modified and developed technology. The report would highlight the brief description and benefit of using virtualization, virtual machine and vApp for improving the operations of servers at ACL.

The benefits of using Data Center Environment at ACL for the data center environment include the benefit of faster redeployment, less requirements of physical database, and easier and better backups.

Faster Redeployment: The deployment of virtualization would allow the users for deploying the server with less time exhaustion. It is possible that the server might get crashed or disrupted due to some issues and the redeployment of the server would take large amount of time (Ren et al., 2013). However, the use of virtualization would allow the users for quicker redeployment of the network server for the database environment.

Less Requirements of Physical Database: The virtualization would allow the users for quickly deploying the server without much need of components (Kang et al., 2013). The physical components would be used for deploying the manual database. However, for case of virtual database, many components for making the server would not be required.

Easier and Better Backups: The virtualization would allow the users for making faster backups in case of disasters. The backups made in the virtual network would be convenient in terms of disaster recovery of data.

Virtualization in network server would be helpful for providing the ease of automated data server for recording and manipulating the data required for the organization (Rost, 2015). The virtualization provides the ease of data recovery and server deployment for the organization. The needs and importance of virtualization have been explained in the following paragraphs.

Role of Virtualization in Data Center Environment

Need: The virtualization provides the ease of virtual machine migration for any database server modification (Jain & Paul, 2013). The virtualization provides the implementation of long distance data migration operations for the organization. The primary need of the virtualization include the migration of physical database to the cloud network.  It is important for forming the migration that would allow connectivity between two long distance located database servers.

Importance: The importance of virtualization of database servers at ACL Realty include,

1. Improvement of the prevailing infrastructure of database
2. Quick and effective management of information system

• Providing Instant capacity of operations

According to Swathi, Srikanth and Reddy (2014), Amazon provides cloud based service for its users by the name of Amazon AWS. They had been using virtualization for providing their users with ease of network technology and cloud services. They had deployed many cloud based virtualized technology database for their operations and customers such as Xen, Rackspace, Ubuntu’s cloud server, and Engine Yard Ruby application.

The key attributes for installing virtual machine in ACL include the functional attributes that would help the organization for managing their 10 x86 64 bits server for providing their customers with appropriate state related information. The key attributes of virtual machine includes simple installation, application aware, scalable operations, and affordable system.

Simple Installation: The virtual machine is very efficient and it does not require any particular complex operations for installing the virtual machine (Mashtizadeh et al., 2014). The operations of installment of the virtual machine is simplified and managed for providing the adaption of the new and efficient system development. The simple installation of the virtual machine would allow the users for forming an effective and smart application development in the organization.

Application aware: It is important for being aware to the application required for implementation at virtual machine (Gao et al., 2013). The application needed for realizing the importance of the system development in ACL Realty would require the system administrator for realizing the application and the requirements of the organization for implementing the virtualization. The virtualization would have to be assisted in developing the operations for implementing the new database server in the organization.

Scalable operations: The scalable operations in the organization would have to be considered for implementing the virtualization in the organization (Mashtizadeh et al., 2014). The scalable operations should be considered too for implementing the virtualization in the organization. The scalable operations would be effectively managed by the deployment of the virtualization database server.

Affordable system: The affordable operations due to the implementation of the virtualized database server are another major attribute of deploying the Virtual Machine (Gao et al., 2013). The system development in the ACL would have to consider the affordable implementation of the virtualized machine for enabling the database server of the operations.

Need and Importance of Virtualization

The security of the data and the accessibility of the information on the virtual machine server should be considered for using the VM server at ACL Realty.

Security of stored data: Since the VM server is a wireless server for accessing the database information by using server access, it is important for keeping the data and information private and secured. According to Rajasekaran et al. (2016), the security measures in the VM server would be established by using the firewall, intrusion detection, prevention, and antivirus. Most of the server infiltration is done by deploying some malware or antivirus. Hence it is important for regulating the security measures and deploying effective podcasts in the system.

Accessibility of information: The accessibility of information should be limited to a specific number of people and users (Gorgolewski et al., 2017). The users of the VM server would be authorized by using some specific measures of accessing. The authentication and authorization would be done by deploying the encryption and identification process. The identification would be managed by the use of pass code verification or passphrase encryption.

Virtual Appliance: The virtual appliance is an image file of virtual machine that consists of a single application along with preconfigured operating system environment (Li et al., 2014). The appliance is helpful for simplifying the delivery and functional operations of the applications.

vApp: The vApp represents the multi-tiered software solution that consists of a collection of virtual machines working as a single unit. According to Avula, Gudapati and Kodukula (2013), the vApp container is a form of technical resource pool consisting of product information (like name, properties, vendor, and license), power on/off sequence, and supporting the import or export of vApps as OVF packages.

The virtual appliance is a subset of the broader software class applications of virtual machine and it is used by using hypervisor (Li et al., 2014). The installation of software in a virtual machine and then packing them in an image file (.ISO) can be termed as virtual appliance. The Virtual Appliance are used in the following scenarios,

Transfer of Software Application: The transfer of software application in a server from one system to another can be done by using the virtual appliance. The virtual appliance is helpful for providing the support to other users.

Webpage UX: The deployment of the virtual appliance would be helpful for providing the ease of Webpage User Interface (UX). They require permit for supporting the formation of appliance configuration by the help of webpage interface.

Example of using Virtualized Database

Host Single Application: The virtual appliance is helpful for providing the ease of deploying applications in the network (Avula, Gudapati & Kodukula, 2013). It provides the building of server for hosting a single application for the user.

Providers	VMware
Products	vSphere
Key features	Desktop level virtualization and free server virtualization
Site URL	https://www.vmware.com/au.html
Providers	Microsoft
Products	Hyper V
Key features	Hypervisor for supporting non-Linux applications and new windows server released by Microsoft
Site URL	https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt169373(v=ws.11).aspx
Providers	Oracle
Products	Sun Solaris, Solaris Zones, LDoms and xVM
Key features	Sun Solaris is an operating system Solaris Zones, LDoms and xVM are multiple virtualization software solutions
Site URL	https://www.oracle.com/virtualization/vm-server-for-x86/index.html

Table 1: Details of Main Virtual Appliance Providers

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