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How CloudPlatform works

Citrix CloudPlatform is an open-source software platform that pools datacenter resources to build public, private and hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. The nodes or components of a cloud can vary greatly based on the unique workloads or applications that they support. With so many options for servers, hypervisors, storage and networking, enterprises and service providers must design with a specific application in mind to ensure that the infrastructure meets the scalability and reliability requirements of its application. CloudPlatform simplifies this process by abstracting the network, storage and compute nodes that make up a datacenter and enabling them to be delivered as a simple-to-manage, scalable cloud infrastructure.

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Traditional Enterprise Workloads

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Traditional Enterprise Workloads
 
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Traditional Enterprise Workloads

The majority of existing enterprise applications fall into this category, including those from Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. These applications are typically built to run on a single server or on a cluster of front-end and application server nodes backed by a database. Traditional workloads typically rely on technologies such as enterprise middleware clusters and vertically scaled databases.

Cloud-era Workloads

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Cloud-era Workloads
 
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Cloud-era Workloads

Internet companies such as Amazon, Google, Zynga and Facebook have long realized that traditional enterprise infrastructure is not enough to serve the load generated by millions of users. In response, they pioneered a new style of application architecture that does not rely on enterprise-grade server clusters, but rather on a large number of loosely coupled computing and storage nodes. Applications developed this way often utilize technologies such as MySQL sharding, no-SQL and geographic load balancing.

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Manage both workloads with CloudPlatform

CloudPlatform is the only product in the industry today that supports both traditional enterprise and cloud-era workloads. This ability to leverage both styles of workload lies in the solution’s architectural flexibility. Cloud operators can, for example, configure multiple availability zones using different hypervisor, storage and networking capabilities to support different types of workloads to meet the security, compliance and scalability needs of multiple cloud initiatives.

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