Cisco OTV: Moving VMs Across Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge (Feb 7 2010) Cloud Computing , Networking

1. In the beginning, there were text files. As the Internet evolved, the files moving across the network grew in size – first photos, then videos, then widgets. And now, with virtualization transforming many IT departments, virtual machines loom as the next payload networks must confront. On Monday Cisco Systems (CSCO) will officially introduce a new technology that will make it easier to seamlessly move groups of virtual machines between data centers. Cisco says its Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) solves many of the challenges that have made it difficult to shift large workloads between facilities, potentially opening new frontiers in disaster recovery, data center consolidation, and even energy management. (Read Full Article)

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