In today’s digital era, data centres are essential as the demand for data processing, transfer, and storage continues to grow. Data centres have evolved toward a cloud-based model, making data management more accessible through utility and subscription-based computing services. However, from an administrative perspective, cloud data centres are complex systems that require significant time and effort to manage, particularly in areas such as maintenance and resource allocation. This complexity presents a challenge for administrators, necessitating improved usability in cloud monitoring and management tools.
A potential solution to this challenge is the Digital Twin—a 3D visualization and monitoring tool designed to enhance the usability of cloud data centre management systems. This project aims to develop a Digital Twin for a cloud data centre. Our proposed digital twin uses data fed from the OpenStack API’s and infrastructure level devices such as physical servers and Enclosure Power Distribution Units (ePDUs) to provide an interactive and real-time virtual representation of the different aspects such as VMs, hypervisors and physical servers of the cloud data centre running on OpenStack platform.
A relevant and demo:
