Ｔhe difference between KVM and IT architecture to centrally manage

KVM arising from its process of speaking, first just as a switch. Stage in the rack-mounted servers, each server that are equipped with their own mouse, keyboard and display, we will find for each server to have contact with such a switch, is actually a huge waste of space and the cost . Through the KVM switch, allows multiple servers to share a key, mouse and display equipment.

To the operational phase, we can see another kind of demand, the demand for remote management. Operation of the server process, we need to be able to protect the IT system operation and maintenance personnel or management control of the server, then the system needs to be resolved between management and server connectivity problems. KVM birth of this new technology, in fact, to a certain extent in order to help us resolve in the process of operation and maintenance requirements for a link. Therefore, KVM is only a single technology, it's individual and can not be used as a comprehensive solution to data center solutions, the existence of Operation.

In addition, KVM is often only a part of our data center, that is the problem of server connection.

When we talk about data center when the concept of centralized management, in fact, contain a lot of content there.

From a horizontal perspective, focused on data center management is to control all the assets inside the capacity, managerial capacity and the ability to monitor together, etc., which go far beyond the physical server on which the concept of a single object, so that the KVM in the data center only a tool.

Speaking from the vertical, centralized management contains many objects, as I described above about Avocent solutions, and many have mentioned, is to monitor the level. Is only one part of control, how to monitor the operation of IT infrastructure, and how to understand the infrastructure, including servers, network equipment, data center deployment, how to monitor the entire data center environment is not applicable to or suitable for IT infrastructure operating conditions, etc., are all we focus on data center management by domestic demand content.

So, we hear more and more customers are now referred to a problem is the so-called three-dimensional monitoring of data centers, three-dimensional from the horizontal and vertical data center will monitor the needs of all together. Of course to do a single platform, which fully meet the needs of users, or there is a certain distance. However, we do one thing now is to integrate as much as possible the original management of different platforms and management tools, enabling them to concentrate as much as possible, to make full use of a single control platform for a wide range of ideas to meet the needs of users.

So, KVM centralized management and IT architecture have quite a big difference.