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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. What about virtualized load balancers? If your company is doing “something cool” in networking, it’s probably going to be called SDN. Is one a subset of the other?

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Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure Part 2.

Fountainhead

It highlights, albeit in a stylized fashion, just how many point-products an average-sized IT department is using. And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. It means creating segregated VLAN networks, creating and assigning data and storage switches.