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Getting Started with Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Posted by: Kiran Divekar January 31, 2017 No Responses

First question that comes to mind is whether SDN and NFV are same or different or related technologies? SDN and NFV are independent technologies. SDN creates a separate management plane which sits a floor above the traditional control plane so as to get wider view of the network and orchestrate using network protocols like OpenFlow. So, with the SDN approach

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in 2017

Posted by: Anupam Bhide January 5, 2017 No Responses

2017 looks to be a promising year for software-defined networking (SDN) enthusiasts. According to recent research by IDC, the worldwide SDN market is expected to grow to $12.5 billion by 2020. This includes physical network infrastructure, control software, SDN applications, and last but not least professional services. Software-defined networking gained

OpenDaylight Summit 2016

Posted by: Calsoft Inc September 17, 2016 No Responses

OpenDaylight Summit, a flagship event of technology, is just few days away and it’s been held in Meydenbauer Center, Seattle. This year OpenDaylight have more than 40 sessions, keynotes, tutorials, speakers, etc., which will talk about various topics under the roof of open networking. The major topics which

DPDK – Boosting The Networking Revolution

Posted by: Nitin Singhvi August 25, 2016 No Responses

The success of server virtualization is infectious. This prompted a search for a similar technological advancement in the networking industry. There was a need to replicate the model of how server virtualization reduced the cost of running isolated applications & improved agility. NFV or Network

NFV Landscape – An Overview

Posted by: Anupam Bhide May 26, 2016 No Responses

Before we move ahead let’s get an understanding about Network Function Virtualization (NFV). What is Network Function Virtualization (NFV)?A basic definition of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) states that it is a type of network architecture that virtualizes different network node functions into building blocks which may

Storage-As-A-Service

Posted by: Calsoft Inc May 23, 2016 No Responses

Storage can be costly and inflexible. Enterprise storage devices with high performance and availability are very expensive portions of infrastructure in data centers. They are also quite inflexible as organizations need to purchase sufficient storage to meet ultimate storage requirements, whether for a year or a day....

Should Datacenters go the Hyper-Converged way?

Posted by: Santosh Patnaik May 17, 2016 No Responses

Change is inevitable and so is applicable to datacenters. Trends show that datacenters are adopting new changes as many disruptive technology vendors embark into the datacenter business. Players ranging from flash storage to software defined storage, viz., Pure Storage, Nimble, Nutanix, Simplivity, etc., are all boarding this ....

Software Defined Network (SDN) – Present, Past and Future.

Posted by: Anupam Bhide February 21, 2016 No Responses

Before we move ahead let us understand the 3 generations of networking. The first generation of networking was primarily dominated by mainframes. Organizations invested a lot of their money in proprietary protocols to connect their distributed offices. Second generation which...

Software Defined Network (SDN) – Present, Past and Future.

Basics of LUN and Target discovery on Windows

Posted by: Himanshu Sonkar December 16, 2015 No Responses

During my work with multipathing driver, I came across multiple situations where once devices were removed and added but they did not come back in time. Multi pathing driver would eventually be blamed for not presenting the paths (Since device...

Looking Forward to VMWorld 2015!

Posted by: Anupam Bhide August 18, 2015 No Responses

Calsoft has been regularly attending VMWorld events. Given our interest in the Storage and Virtualization domain, this is the conference, which we cannot miss. VMWorld always lives up to its promise of being a very focused conference bringing together zealous...

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