The $1 billion insurance provider uses PERFMAN to monitor and manage both their physical and virtual environments. You can read more here.
So, what is important about this release and why should you care? Well, a number of things.
- It demonstrates that PERFMAN is used in very large data centers.
- It shows the usage of PERFMAN to manage both the physical and virtual infrastructure, as well as the transition from physical to virtual.
- It reiterates the PERFMAN claim of ease-of-use and deployment.
The second bullet brings up an interesting topic. Who can do this well? Well, the answer is not necessarily easy, but in a future blog post, I will attempt to define the different players and their strengths in this lifecycle.
