Why Use Automation?
You may ask yourself, “Why should I use automation?” The simple, but obvious, answer is that you are only one person. An individual can perform only a finite amount of work manually in any given hour, day, or week. With automation, modern datacenter administrators can increase their efficiency, accuracy, and capacity.
- Efficiency Automation enables you to complete repeated tasks with less effort. Scripts and workflows do not get distracted by a colleague or a meeting, causing it to miss a step or not complete its work in a timely manner.
- Accuracy Automation delivers consistency across repetitive and mundane tasks. Configuration changes, reports, and process workflows can be automated with high confidence that errors will not occur.
- Capacity: Automation can often increase productivity. Tasks that would often take hours manually can now be completed in minutes or seconds with automation.
These benefits apply to any modern data center environment. The increase...
