NFV
Rossella Sblendido
Team Lead Networking
[email protected]
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Traditional networking
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Limitation of Traditional Networking
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It's hardware centric!
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Closed system
● Vendor specific software● Costly● Hard to inter-operate
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No abstractions
● Hard to maintain● Hard to innovate● Hard to experiment
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Server virtualization
VLANs are not flexible enough (e.g. server is moved)
Traffic differs from the classic server-client model
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NFV benefits
● Agility● Reduced costs● Faster time to market● Interoperability
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OPNFV
● Open Source platform for deploying NFV solutions (SUSE is platinum member)