IBM defines deployable architectures as a specific design pattern or approach that allows an application or system to be easily deployed and managed across various environments. IBM further defines it as involving components, modules and dependencies in a way that allows for seamless deployment made easier for developers and operations teams to quickly deploy new features and updates to the system, without requiring extensive manual intervention.
IBM has deployable architectures for IBM Cloud to simplify cloud system implementations. These deployable architectures are perfect for cloud architects, DevOps engineers and IT administrators.
What are the benefits of IBM deployable architectures for the IBM Cloud?
- Rapid, repeatable deployment of validated reference architectures – The deployable architecture has been tested and proven, providing trust and resilience for faster implementation.
- End-to-end automation using infrastructure as code – This ensures consistent delivery of an infrastructure for better management and security less susceptible to human error.
- Single-click deployment of full-stack application and data protection environments – The IBM deployment architecture tiles are complete, production-ready solutions built using Terraform (underlying language that defines the infrastructure) templates and metadata using input via a UI form that triggers provisioning through IBM Cloud schematics to automate the provisioning, updating, and construction of the cloud environment. Individual stacks execute the provisioning workflows representing the deployment instance, managing state, inputs, and lifecycle for the provisioned resources or application(s).
- Consistency and governance across IBM Cloud Schematics and role-based access control – Terraform describes the resources and enables the modular, reuseable, and version-controlled infrastructure. Stacks, as the individual deployment instances of a deployable architecture enable environment tracking, logging and role-based management.
FalconStor StorSafe PowerVS Deployable Architecture is now available in the IBM Catalog. Customers can now take advantage of a deployable architecture of FalconStor StorSafe on Power Virtual Server for faster deployments. FalconStor StorSafe enables organizations to modernize and optimize their data protection infrastructure, working complementary with existing backup and recovery systems. The new deployable architecture enables organizations to quickly reduce their storage costs and improve their data protection performance.
SAP HANA Deployable Architecture with StorSafe Integration is also available in the IBM Catalog. This enables an application and data protection infrastructure for SAP HANA and can deployed from a single tile and the user at launch can customize the parameters such as sizing, retention, COS policies, and more. The deployable architecture can be fully connected and production-ready, including the SAP HANA application, secure networking, backup to StorSafe via NFS, and offsite replication to COS for archive.
Deployable architectures are today’s foundation for fast, reliable, and scalable software delivery! Check out the new FalconStor StorSafe PowerVS Deployable Architecture today!
