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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

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Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

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Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. These high performance Ethernet adapters has been designed for modern data centers that require scalability and performance. Lossless packet capture to ensure that all network data is collected. Marty Meehan.

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Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World

Galido

This tool automates deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications on a cluster of servers (virtual or bare metal). This is especially true when compared to making a virtual machine with its own OS for each application. Therefore, this allows users to save on hardware and data center costs. Great heritage.

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Vendor-Side DevOps Practices Can Still Deliver Better Value While Client-Side Government Processes Catch Up

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Each cloud computing provider has “opinionated” ways of handling things such as load balancing, elastic scaling, service discovery, data access, and security to name just a few. Cloud architectures hold great promise in the ability to promote applications to new heights in ubiquity and scale.

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Technology Short Take 88

Scott Lowe

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Virtualization. Abdullah Abdullah shares some thoughts on design decisions regarding NSX VXLAN control plane replication modes. Servers/Hardware.

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Is Cisco fighting a losing battle over SDN?

Virtualized Greek

All of Cisco’s major vendors are lined up in support of VMware’s NSX software based virtualization solution. Juniper – Data Center Core. F5 – Security/Load Balancing. The list includes a who’s who of Cisco competitors. Arista – Top of Rack. Dell – Closest & Top of Rack. HP – Top of Rack.

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