What Does Unified Computing System (UCS) Mean?
A unified computing system (UCS) is a vendor-designed system for creating a more cost-effective, efficient and centrally managed data center architecture by integrating computing, networking, virtualization and data storage components and resources. More simply, UCS is merely a system of servers, a network, storage and a storage network in a single platform.
Techopedia Explains Unified Computing System (UCS)
For a fully equipped data center, Cisco claims its UCS will allow an 86 percent reduction in cabling, and allow provisioning in a matter of minutes (rather than days or weeks), while reducing capital expenses by more than 40 percent.
