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R. Süß, Y. SüßIT Infrastructure https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0077-1_5

5. Network

Ralf Süß1   and Yannik Süß2
(1)
Singapore, Singapur, Singapore
(2)
Unterhaching, Bayern, Germany
 

Data center networking provides the resources to facilitate the storage and processing of applications by connecting servers and storage systems with each other and to external parties. Networking uses hardware in the form of switches and routers, and software, such as load balancers and analytic tools, to perform networking operations.

Modern data center (DC) networking architectures are leveraging full-stack networking and security virtualization platforms such as virtual machines, ...

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