Software Defined Data Centers (SDDC) further the trend of utilizing virtualization to efficiently manage a corporate data center. Providing a healthy separation from the hardware infrastructure in order to better leverage performance and accessibility of your data network is a key element in software-defined data centers. Challenges such as adequate resource capacity and consideration for multi-tiered data management may make IT managers hesitate. However, better aligning with increasing service demands and easier provisioning of low-level components certainly make the SDDC a worthwhile consideration.
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