Dynamic infrastructure

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,.