User's Manual

Introduction | 6
Cloud Management
The cloud is managed, maintained, secured, and backed up through software
components. The management components provide reporting, monitoring,
operating, and diagnostic functions at both the cloud administrator and cloud
user levels. The solution defines a maintenance and backup/disaster recovery
methodology for both the SmartMachines and the infrastructure components.
Wrapped around all of these features are security features and methodologies
that allow for secure multi-tenant operations.
Solution Components
The solution comprises hardware and software components, outlined below.
Figure 1. High-Level Solution Architecture