Virtualization Magazine on Ulitzer
Data center virtualization is changing the way we think about today's
networks. Stress fractures have begun to appear in the network triggered by
the increasing adoption of virtualization around datacenter compute and
storage platforms. The virtualization of datacenter resources, while good for
the efficient utilization of costly physical resources, is placing enormous
demands on the underlying network and operational support teams in terms of
increasing support costs and time spent implementing changes to the
infrastructure driven by the dynamic nature of virtual services. Traditional
network designs and the tools that control and manage them cannot keep pace
with the dynamic nature of virtual services.
This sharp increase in cost and time is a direct result of the amount, and
the complexity, of changes that are required across de... (more)