What is a single pane of glass and why is it so important?
"A single pane of glass is a management console that integrates information from multiple components into a unified display." - whatis.com
A few of the benefits to having a single pane of glass:
Increasing visibility - Ensuring that the status of everything is visible
Reducing operational complexity - A single place to see the status of everything
Reducing time to root cause - No silo's, all technologies, all vendors, all operating systems in a single place
A single pane of glass is one management system which supports:
- Multiple vendors
- Multiple technologies
- Multiple operating systems
A single pane of glass allows for you to:
- See the current state of all systems from one place
- See the history of all systems in one place
- Provide operations teams with a single place to login and see what is happening