Networking

VMware “vFabric” And the Potential Impact on Data Centre Network Design

tludwig — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:45:37 -0600

By Greg Ferro

If the VMware vFabric speculation is true, then the service focussed data centre designs just got very, very, interesting.

Lippis Report 154: Is Networking Too Rigid?

root — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:15:09 -0600

Networking has become “rigid”. Yes I know it’s almost absurd to attribute inflexibility or rigidity to networking. Look what TCP/IP has done for us. There are nearly 2 billion people connected to the internet and according to the Internet World Stats internet user growth rate increased by 380% between 2000-2009. With 2 billion people and growing online, accessing a plethora of applications via a wide range of end-points there is no doubt that the internet and TCP/IP has been a much bigger success than anyone would have imagined back in the early ’90s. [..]

HP FlexFabric Virtualize network connections and capacity From the edge to the core An HP Converged Infrastructure innovation pr

root — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:15:08 -0600

By HP Networking

Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout

root — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:45:35 -0600

Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops and, perhaps in a year or two, a software client that will speed up the performance of handhelds and smartphones.

Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed?

root — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:45:30 -0600

Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions about how much the specs are even needed.

Should a Networking Engineer Care About Servers and Storage?

tludwig — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:45:18 -0600

By Ivan Pepelnjak
As you might have noticed, everyone is talking about Data Centers lately and all the new “revolutionary” networking technologies are targeted at this segment. The reason is simple: server virtualization (not to mention the vapor-word) will forever change the networking landscape and the networking engineers might get badly hurt if caught unprepared.

Cisco energy management can now span enterprise

root — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:45:30 -0600

Cisco Systems on Tuesday announced the Cisco Network Building Mediator Manager 6300, a platform to manage all the systems in an enterprise that consume energy, across all the organization's facilities.

HP consolidates, protects data centers

root — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:45:30 -0600

HP this week unveiled data center switching and security products designed to simplify server connectivity and protect data in a converged infrastructure.

Lippis Report 151: A Two or Three Tier High-End Data Center Ethernet Fabric Architecture?

root — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:15:11 -0600

It hasn’t been since the mid 1990s that the networking industry was focused on multi-protocol integration or convergence. The industry is gearing up for a major innovation and competitive cycle fueled by the multi-billion dollar addressable market for data center network fabrics. Over the last eighteen months, every major Ethernet infrastructure provider has been talking about two and three tier network fabrics for high-end data centers.

Avaya preps one-box data-center strategy

root — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:45:27 -0600

Avaya is prepping to launch its one-box data-center strategy early in October -- the VSP 9000 switch -- as a counter to Cisco's more comprehensive approach.