Word of the Day: hyperscale computing

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hyperscale computing Hyperscale computing is a distributed infrastructure that can quickly accommodate an increased demand for internet-facing and back-end computing resources without requiring additional physical space, cooling or electrical power. Hyperscale computing is characterized by standardization, automation, redundancy, high performance computing (HPC) and high availability. The term is often associated with cloud computing and the very large data centers owned by Facebook, Google, Amazon and Netflix. While a corporate data center might support hundreds of physical servers and thousands of virtual machines (VMs), a hyperscale data center needs to support thousands of physical servers and millions of virtual machines. To accommodate such demand, cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform have developed new infrastructures that maximize hardware density, while minimizing the cost of cooling and administrative overhead. There is a lot of interest in hyperscale computing right now because the open source software and architectural changes created for hyperscale data centers are expected to trickle down to smaller data centers, helping them to use physical space more efficiently, consume less power and respond more quickly to user's needs. Hyperscale innovations currently being adopted by smaller organizations include software-defined networking (SDN), converged infrastructure and microsegmentation. Quote of the Day "In order for IoT devices to become ubiquitous, they must be increasingly intelligent and, at the same time, low cost. That is the conundrum -- product attributes that are in conflict with each other. The only solution is to amortize the cost of high-quality AI across many devices with centralized processing in hyperscale data centers." - Rado Danilak   Trending Terms hyperscale storage COTS software-defined networking converged infrastructure microsegmentation high performance computing Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS)   Learning Center Can niche cloud players take on hyperscale cloud providers? The fight to be one of the hyperscale cloud providers is winding down, but a few companies still want to get in the ring, despite uphill odds. Inside a hyperscale data center With a small team and thousands of servers, the hyperscale data center Facebook runs in Forest City, N.C. isn't just a giant version of an enterprise data center. The window to be a hyperscale cloud provider is closing It takes a lot of money and know-how to be a hyperscale cloud provider, and IBM and Oracle are running out of time to join that list. Learn efficiency lessons from hyperscale cloud providers Hyperscale cloud providers know best when it comes to data center efficiency. IT pros should apply their models for automation, redundancy and more. Enterprises mirror hyperscale data centers to build new infrastructure Enterprises can save money and manage their networks more efficiently by borrowing techniques from hyperscale data centers of large cloud providers. Software-based networking brings new automation perks, challenges The benefits of network automation have been clearly demonstrated by the hyperscale cloud providers. Writing for Business Organizations are using Web-based mechanisms to _________ towards cloud computing environments. a. move incrementally b. incrementally move Answer   Stay In Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com   Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed!   FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.