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NFV focuses on
Focus or service providers or
major role SDN focuses on data center. operators.
It replaces hardware
It splits the control and data network devices
Strategy forwarding planes. with software.
routers, firewalls,
gateways, CDN,
Initial Cloud orchestration and WAN accelerators,
applications networking SLA assurance
Though SDN and NFV are promising technologies, there are still many roadblocks in
their deployments. Complete standards and proven examples are still needed for wider
implementation of SDN/NFV.
Security is one of the biggest concerns in implementing SDN. While centralized control
and virtualization of network topology are powerful assets that SDN allows, they also
create new security vulnerabilities that must be addressed. The positive side of
implementing SDN is that the user is able to make uniform security policies across the
whole system. But naturally, the negative side is that, if the SDN controller is
successfully hacked, the attacker would have complete control of the system.
Another major challenge is the scalability of SDN systems, in the view of the
virtualization that comes with the SDN systems (via NFV). It is a fact that the
continuous growth of network data consumption makes scalability a challenge for any
network system. If integrated properly, SDN can improve the scalability in a given data
center or network. But there are scalability concerns raised by the SDN architecture.
Since it is a single item, the centralized SDN controller is not necessarily scalable for
larger networks. This also presents a single point of failure in the network, which
would be dangerous if the controller or an uplink device fails. There are potential
solutions to this problem, but these are still in development.
As for NFV implementation, there are challenges for NFV independent software
vendors (ISVs). The first challenge is to develop an innovative, virtualized product that
meets the reliability and scalability requirements of the telecom industry. In addition
to technical challenges, ISVs also have to develop a concise value proposition to
convince the large telcos why they should adopt a new, unproven product into their
highly complex network operations.
To sum up, when SDN vs NFV, it is no doubt that both of them can bring many benefits to
network administrators by accomplishing virtualization and automation of the systems. And
it also cannot be denied that there are still many improvements needed to be made for SDN
and NFV deployments. Knowing the pros and cons of them can help in correctly facing these
technologies and avoid blind following up or complete refusal to new products. FS.COM has
announced new 10/40/100GbE open networking switches for data centers and enterprise
networks, which support SDN/NFV. Also high performance 40G and 100G DAC and optical
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NFV
SDN
It's clear what NFV can offer in terms of benefits, but challenges also exist. Some network
experts argue a new network management model is needed for NFV and its implied
orchestration. Operators will also face issues with NFV implementation, as well as with finding
funding for the new technology.
Network functions virtualization (NFV) allows service providers and operators to abstract network
services, such as firewalling and load balancing, into software that runs on basic servers.
For operators and service providers, the holy grail of an NFV implementation is the ability to
dynamically provision network components, services and applications in a matter of minutes
rather than the weeks or months it takes to do so now.
Mobile operators and service providers are embracing NFV more quickly than anyone had
expected, and experts are betting that the new technology will eventually make its way into the
enterprise. However, business and technical challenges still loom in NFV.
In this Essential Guide, we explore NFV implementation basics and the potential benefits. We
also break down current issues with NFV, as well as vendor approaches to the new technology.
Software Defined Network (SDN) adalah istilah yang merujuk pada konsep/paradigma baru
dalam mendisain, mengelola dan mengimplementasikan jaringan, terutama untuk
mendukung kebutuhan dan inovasi di bidang ini yg semakin lama semakin kompleks.
Konsep dasar SDN adalah dengan melakukan pemisahan eksplisit
antara control dan forwarding plane, serta kemudian melakukan abstraksi sistem dan meng-
isolasi kompleksitas yg ada pada komponen atau sub-sistem dengan mendefinisikan antar-
muka (interface) yg standard.
Sedangkan SDN adalah infrastruktur dinamis, dapat dikelola dengan mudah, efektif secara
biaya dan mudah untuk diadaptasikan. Infrastruktur ini ideal untuk aplikasi-aplikasi saat ini
yang dinamis dan membutuhkan bandwidth tinggi.
NFV merupakan sebuah konsep arsitektur yang menyediakan kemampuan bagi operator
untuk menyederhanakan system jaringan mereka, dengan memvirtualisasikan fungsi
platform jaringan dan fungsionalitas hardware. Secara sederhana, NFV mampu
menawarkan fungsi, jaringan, dan infrastruktur jaringan sebagai sebuah layanan, bukan
sebagai sebuah fitur di dalam sebuah sistem yang terintegrasi.
Secara sederhana, SDN adalah infrastruktur yang dinamis, dapat dikelola dengan mudah,
efektif secara biaya dan mudah untuk diadaptasikan, sehingga menjadikan infrastruktur
ini ideal untuk aplikasi-aplikasi saat ini yang dinamis.danmembutuhkan bandwidth
tinggi.