SDN Middle Box for Data Centers
draft-tu-sdnrg-middle-box-00
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| Authors | Renlong Tu, Chuanjie Zhou, Jin Zhao , Xin Wang | ||
| Last updated | 2015-01-05 (Latest revision 2014-07-04) | ||
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Abstract
This document describes a middle box to improve the utilization of data centers. By first combining Clos network with Software Defined Network (SDN), the middle box is programmable and nonblocking. SDN controller in the middle box can collect information such as traffic load, port speed, and resources utilization, which can be used to get better efficiency. The nonblocking feature can effectively reduce the delay caused by the middle box thus get the better performance. Furthermore, the middle box is transparent for the original network, so it can be readily implemented for today's data centers.
Authors
Renlong Tu
Chuanjie Zhou
Jin Zhao
Xin Wang
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