In other words, data center assets such as storage and processing power can be provisioned (made available) to meet surges in user's needs.
This allows for load balancing and is a more efficient approach than keeping massive computing resources in reserve to run tasks that take place, for example, once a month, but are otherwise under-utilized.
Dynamic Infrastructures may also be used to provide security and data protection when workloads are moved during migrations, provisioning,[1] enhancing performance or building co-location facilities.
The FlexFrame approach was to dynamically assign servers to applications on demand, leveling peaks and enabling organizations to maximize the benefit from their IT investments.
/ Roberta J Witty, John P Morency, Dave Russell, Donna Scott, Rober Desisto / 28 January 2009Some vendors promoting dynamic infrastructures include IBM,[5][6] Microsoft,[7] Sun,[8] Fujitsu,[9] HP,[10] Dell,.