Should the Fabric Have a Core? Perhaps for a Little Longer
Network fabrics imply a flattened architecture that eschews centralized switching. So why are vendors still talking about core fabric switches?
Network fabrics imply a flattened architecture that eschews centralized switching. So why are vendors still talking about core fabric switches?
Hyperscale implies massive infrastructure, but key technologies may wind up in standard enterprise settings as well.
Even with the advent of highly fluid virtualized data environments and SDN, choices like open vs. proprietary remain.
SDN must overcome several key challenges before it can make it through the hype cycle and establish itself on the other side.