Software stars in the new era of data centers – Digital Convergence

Roberta Prescott … 06.17.2015 … Digital Convergence

In a world with natural resources increasingly scarce and restricted, build and operate data center follows a challenge for corporations. Technologies such as software defined-network (SDN), virtual servers and cloud computing are gaining ground and should lead the transformation of large data centers.

During panel on efficiency and data center intelligence in Ciab, event banking technology that takes place this week in Sao Paulo Henrique Cecci, research director at Gartner Research, signaled we live in the new era of digital processing and it the amount of data centers is decreasing worldwide. “They are disappearing and the hype-scale data center are growing. By 2025, they will hold a third of the world processing power, “he said.

In this new scenario in the future, the data center will be totally different from what we have today with new operating models. “Software is dominating. SDN is what is most developed. “The waves of digital disruptions pass to put the software as the main agent and build infrastructure oriented to business. “When we look at the data center we are doing we need to let them ready for scanning. This divides traditional IT the new IT, which is technologically different. We are in the middle [ this change ], “said Armughan Ahmad, vice president for enterprise solutions from Dell.

For Mirian Guimaraes, executive superintendent of Santander, a jump of efficiency came from the service model within the concept of virtual data center that allows isolation without interference. “Virtualization has more agility. Now, let the line SDN. “

All Santander’s data centers follow a global model. The units in Brazil, Mexico, the UK and Spain have a network that interconnect so that it can operate the countries from any of them. The two data centers in Brazil, located in Campinas (SP), has a capacity of 5 petabytes of storage, processing more than 80,000 MIPS and medium capacity to 210 million transactions per day. “The infrastructure to be standardized, allows faster delivery,” said the executive of Santander.

At Bradesco, cloud computing is a reality. Today, 300 servers in production for private cloud, supporting rural credit and mobile banking operations. Already the public cloud began to be used this year to cognitive computing, as explained Waldemar Ruggiero, director of the processing department and Bradesco data communication. “Data center defined by software is another trend we are working every day, it promises strong shift in the way we operate the system,” he said.

At the bank, two data centers operate at 18 km away redundantly. Are 250,000 production levels in mainframe and 12 petabytes of storage. “Our infrastructure and the technology park are allowing us to implement the bimodal IT,” said Ruggiero, Bradesco.