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Network Innovation through OpenFlow and SDN
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Network Innovation through OpenFlow and SDN

by Fei Hu
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
520 pages
13h 14m
English
CRC Press
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ASHLEY GERRITY AND FEI HU
© 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
SDN Application 5: Cloud Data Scalability
As previously mentioned, data centers are an integral part of many
companies. For example, Google has a large number of data cen-
ters, so they can quickly and accurately provide data when requested.
Similarly, many other companies use data centers to provide data to
clients in a quick and efficient manner, but data centers are expensive
to maintain. OpenFlow allows companies to save money on setting
up and configuring networks because it allows switches to be man-
aged from a central location [1].
OpenFlow allows testing of new routing techniques and changes in
protocols without affecting anything in a production environment. is
ability to test ...
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ISBN: 9781466572096