서버 프로비저닝 Server Provisioning

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가능한 서버군 중에서 적합한 서버를 선택하고 적절한 소프트웨어를 설치하고 정상적으로 설치되었는지 확인하는 등의 작업을 일컫는다고 이해가 됩니다.

Selecting a server from a pool of available servers; loading the appropriate software (operating system, device drivers, middleware, and applications); appropriately customizing and configuring the system, software to create or change a boot image for this server, and change its parameters, e.g. IP address, IP gateway, to find associated network and storage resources - sometimes separated as resource provisioning - audit the system, i.e. ensuring OVAL compliance to limit vulnerability or ensure compliance or install patches, then finally starting the server and its newly-loaded software.

This makes the system ready for operation. Typically an internet service provider (ISP) or Network Operations Center will perform these tasks to a well-defined set of parameters, e.g. a boot image that the organization has approved and which uses software it has license to. Many instances of such a boot image create a virtual dedicated host.

There are many software products available to automate the provisioning of servers, from vendors such as BladeLogic, Cassatt, IBM Tivoli IBM Tivoli, HP and OpenQRM.

In short, server provisioning is defining server configuration based on organizational requirements. A hardware/software component (e.g. single/dual processor, RAM, HDD, RAID controller, a number of LAN cards, applications, OS, etc.) will depend purely on utilizations like ISP, virtualization, NOS, or voice processing. Server redundancy depends on the availability of servers in the organization.