A Product Line Architecture (PLA) is a set of rules and architectural patterns that provide a method for predictable and supportable deployments
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service Product Line Architecture Fabric Architecture Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38817
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service Product Line Architecture Fabric Management Architecture Guide - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38813
These documents provides specific guidance for developing fabric architectures (compute, network, storage, and virtualization layers) of an overall private cloud solution. Using PLA allows you to have a clear decision path across the full scope and will avoid running into some unknown or new issues during the deployment. These PLA delivers the highest quality deployment by following proven design principles. The
Benefits of using the PLA include:
- Proven deployment model
- Deployed right the first time
- Reduced time to deployment
- Predictable and achievable SLA’s
- The best user experience
- All workload capabilities realized