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This article is part of the November 2010 Vol. 1, No. 1 issue of Building the infrastructure to enable flat Data Center network architecture
When it comes to building converged data center networks, network managers have lots of new choices in architecture and approach. In this feature, network managers discuss options for flat networks, integrated storage and networking for the private cloud. Byron DeLoach, director of architecture for managed services provider Terenine, is undergoing a process that network architects haven’t had to take seriously in a long time: thorough, comparative research on networking vendors and their differing approaches to building the LAN. That’s because for the first time in years, vendors are promising a revolution in how enterprises will design and build their networks in order to support server virtualization and private cloud computing. This revolution, they say, will include technology to consolidate data center and storage infrastructure using data center bridging and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), creating converged data center networks. And it includes the move toward flatter data center networks by reducing the number of switching tiers to diminish ... Access >>>
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ATA over Ethernet for converged data center networks? No way
ATA over Ethernet is pitched as a solution for converged data center networks, but ATAoE has a host of technology shortcomings, including a lack of packet loss recovery and shaky security, according to Fast Packet blogger Ivan Pepelnjak. So why bother?
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Virtual cluster switching: Finding management in a flat network
by Michael Brandenburg, Technical Editor
Using virtual cluster switching, the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging manages dozens of switches as one switch in a flat Layer 2 network for high-performance computing.
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ATA over Ethernet for converged data center networks? No way
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Navigating the road to flatter, converged data center networks
by Shamus McGillicuddy, News Editor
IT professionals explore the process of building converged data center networks based on expectations of vendors’ promises, as well as their reservations, the benefits and technicalities of this technology.
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Navigating the road to flatter, converged data center networks
by Shamus McGillicuddy, News Editor
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Virtualization security plan: Replacing physical separation
by Rivka Gewirtz Little, Senior Site Editor
The New Mexico Human Services Department implemented a virtualization security plan that ensures security of core applications running on virtual machines.
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Virtualization security plan: Replacing physical separation
by Rivka Gewirtz Little, Senior Site Editor
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