Data Center Architecture Document

Definitions

Data Center Architecture Document (DCDD): the architecture work product that documents the architecture of a data center

The typical objectives of the data center architecture document are to document the:

The typical benefits of the data center architecture document include that it:

The typical contents of the data center architecture document include:

Architectural Goals
Overview
- Description
- Architectural Patterns
Logical Architecture:
- Logical Elements
Physical Architecture:
- Network Architecture
- Hardware Architecture
- Software Components
- Data Components
- Personnel Components
Architectural Mechanisms:
- Content Management Architecture
- Interoperability Architecture
- Management Architecture
- Operational Availability Architecture
- Performance Architecture
- Scalability Architecture
- Security Architecture
Appendices:
- Major Issues
- TBDs
- Assumptions

The typical stakeholders of the data center architecture document include:

Producers:
- Architecture Team
Evaluators:
- Architecture Inspection Team
Approvers:
Maintainer:
- Architecture Team
- Environments Team
Users:
- Environments Team, who use it to build the data center.
- Operations Team, who use it to understand the layout of the data center in which they will work.

The data center architecture document can be started if the following preconditions hold:

The initiation phase is started.
The architecture team is staffed.
The associated conventions (e.g., content and format standard, template) are ready.

The data center architecture document typically has the following inputs:

The data center architecture document is typically constrained by the following conventions: