Logical Design of Datacenters

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• CCSP considers 2 elements of logical design:
  • Tenant partitioning
    • used to describe how tenants are logically separated in virtual and shared service environments and in datacenter design
    • commercial datacenters and hosting providers have multiple tenants in the same physical space
      • requires partitioning tenants
    • partitioning can occur at:
      • rack or cage level
        • lock rack or cage is used to separate tenants and provide physical security
      • bay (room) or facility level
        • locked doors, cages, and racks are used
        • also use cameras, security guards or datacenter staff, and other controls
  • Access control
    • can leverage the tenant partitioning options above
    • tools that allow console access need access controls, logging, and monitoring
      • keyboard, mouse, and video (KVM) access