The SDxCentral research team dug into dozens of network virtualization customer customer case studies and use cases. We found one common characteristic emerging as a driver for many customer deployments: Security.
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Unikernel Systems Joins Docker. Now this is an interesting match. The themes are security and low overhead, though they do seem to solve the same sort of problem.
So, what's going on?
In FLOSS WEEKLY 302 Open Mirage, starting at about 10 minutes in, there are a series of possible clues. Dr. Anil Madhavapeddy, former CTO of Unikernel Systems, explains their motivation behind the creation of unikernels. And it's a huge and exciting vision...
Ok, so Silver Peak offers yet another SD-WAN solution, you say? Well yes, but is it really possible to have too many options when it comes to broadband and hybrid WANs? I say no; the more choice we have, the more likely we can find the right solution for each situation and the more each vendor is encouraged to feature match with the others. With that in mind, let’s take a look at what Silver Peak offers and perhaps see how it is differentiated from the other solutions on the market.
Last year I wrote a brief definition of SD WAN as I see it, and for convenience I will reproduce that here as a reference point:
SD WAN is a solution that uses real time WAN link performance monitoring and data packet inspection to autonomously manage the distribution of network traffic across multiple, likely heterogenous, WAN links with the aim of improving and optimizing WAN performance in alignment with the business requirements.
My definition is intentionally vague about how such lofty goals should be accomplished, and that’s inevitably where the special sauce of each solution comes in.
Silver Peak sees two Continue reading
Unikernel could end up being Docker's IoT play.
There's no shortage of companies that prey on the anxieties of our performance-driven age by touting dubious, high-tech elixirs to help us get ahead.
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There's no shortage of companies that prey on the anxieties of our performance-driven age by touting dubious, high-tech elixirs to help us get ahead.
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Happy New Year and welcome to the VM you can punish your routers with
Hello from stubarea51.net and Happy New Year! We are back from the holidays and recharged with lots of new stuff in the world of network engineering. If you ever thought it would be cool to put a full BGP table into a lab router, GNS3 or other virtualized router, you’re not alone.
A while back, I tackled this post and got everything up and running:
http://evilrouters.net/2009/08/21/getting-bgp-routes-into-dynamips-with-video/
First of all, thanks to evilrouters.net for figuring out the hard parts so we could build this into a VM. After basking for a while in the high geek factor of this project, it gave me an idea to build a VM that could be distributed among network engineers and IT professionals. The idea is to easily spin up one or more full BGP tables to test a particular network design or convergence speed, playing with BGP attributes, etc. After a few months of tweaking it and getting the VM ready for distribution, we finally are ready to put it out for everyone to use.
Network Diagram
Here is an overview of the topology we Continue reading
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Happy New Year and welcome to the VM you can punish your routers with
Hello from stubarea51.net and Happy New Year! We are back from the holidays and recharged with lots of new stuff in the world of network engineering. If you ever thought it would be cool to put a full BGP table into a lab router, GNS3 or other virtualized router, you’re not alone.
A while back, I tackled this post and got everything up and running:
http://evilrouters.net/2009/08/21/getting-bgp-routes-into-dynamips-with-video/
First of all, thanks to evilrouters.net for figuring out the hard parts so we could build this into a VM. After basking for a while in the high geek factor of this project, it gave me an idea to build a VM that could be distributed among network engineers and IT professionals. The idea is to easily spin up one or more full BGP tables to test a particular network design or convergence speed, playing with BGP attributes, etc. After a few months of tweaking it and getting the VM ready for distribution, we finally are ready to put it out for everyone to use.
Network Diagram
Here is an overview of the topology we Continue reading
The transition to a secure, cloud-enabled infrastructure is rarely direct or simple for CSPs. HPE's new channel aims to help providers speed the transition to more agile cloud networks.