Securing Virtualized Datacenters
This addresses security challenges for datacenter managers using virtualization, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing concerns without introducing new paradigms.
The authors tackled the problem of securing virtualized datacenters by evaluating components, identifying major risks, and presenting solutions to overcome threats, but no concrete results or numbers are provided.
Virtualization is a very popular solution to many problems in datacenter management. It offers increased utilization of existing system resources through effective consolidation, negating the need for more servers and additional rack space. Furthermore, it offers essential capabilities in terms of disaster recovery and potential savings on energy and maintenance costs. However, these benefits may be tempered by the increased complexities of securing virtual infrastructure. Do the benefits of virtualization outweigh the risks? In this study, the authors evaluated the functionalities of the basic components of virtual datacenters, identified the major risks to the data infrastructure, and present here several solutions for overcoming potential threats to virtual infrastructure.