| 摘要 |
Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing characterization and fingerprinting of computer data center environments. In an embodiment, the present invention generally relates to automated, secure and dynamic methods and apparatus to characterize and/or fingerprint an entire data center hardware and/or software. In another embodiment, a detailed, time-stamped report on the entire data center or specific resources may be generated and archived for billing purposes under a services and resources provisioning scheme such as capacity on demand or utility computing. In a further embodiment, a detailed report with, for example, data center digital fingerprints can be generated in a relatively short period of time (e.g., seconds to minutes) and archived for business expansion, consolidation, disaster recovery, service provisioning, resource provisioning, capacity planning, and/or optimization.
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