What are some techniques one could use to model SQL Server (as an example), instances, cluster services, etc?
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Sorry - ARIS IT Architect/Designer (7.1.0.4)! I can't find the right object types (or model types) to represent 1) SQL Server Instance, 2) SQL Server Clustering Service.
Many thanks.
The standard* ARIS way is to use for 1) Application System with attribute SystemType= Component and Application System Type** with symbol Software Service Type for 2). But somehow I feel that you have a situation which requires different approach. Or?
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* not using Archimate, TOGAF, DoDaF etc
** It seems that it was recently renamed to "IT system"
Thank you kindly for your response. I should have been more clear on my intention, which is to produce a certain viewpoint. I need to communicate that the cluster will be joined to an internal network. One of the SQL Server instances will serve internal resources while the other will serve external resources (in an external network). I would like to show a security perspective on this viewpoint with the addition of a database firewall (hardware component type, maybe?) sitting between the external network and the clustered server, as this would be otherwise an insecure architecture.
I may not be able to express all of this in a single diagram, and that's okay.
It is very encouraging for me, a new user, to get help from the community. Thanks again!
Ivo Velitchkov on
Techniques for which tool?