Understanding the HP CloudSystem Reference Architecture

HP CloudSystem is an integrated system for building and managing services across private, public, and hybrid clouds. HP CloudSystem combines servers, storage, networking, and security together with an integrated approach to automate the application-to-infrastructure lifecycle. The result is a complete cloud solution that can provide “cloud driven” services for enterprises and service providers alike. HP CloudSystem uses industry-leading HP technologies to provide dynamic, easily scaled computing resources such as servers and storage.

This white paper provides a look at the architecture of HP CloudSystem. The paper gives an overview of CloudSystem, including three CloudSystem offerings and their major extensions, and it provides details of one offering: HP CloudSystem Enterprise.