Comments on: Is Networking Gear the Last Stand Against Commoditization in the Data Center? http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:10:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What Comes After the Storage M&A Gold Rush : Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-559423 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:01:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-559423 [...] rely on a complex array of networking gear to manage the traffic flow. This equipment may be the last stand against commoditization in the data center, and companies such as Arista, Nicira, and Embrane are pushing both the [...]

]]> By: Dell Plays the Networking Field With Juniper Deal http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225892 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:01:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225892 [...] to resell gear from Juniper Networks as the Round Rock, Texas, computer maker attempts to fill the networking hole in its product line. It signed a similar agreement with Brocade in August in the face of an onslaught of competition [...]

]]> By: Es la red el siguiente nivel para la commodization del Enterprise datacenter | El Blog de Javier Rodriguez http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225891 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:32:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225891 [...] post esta inspirado en “Is Networking Gear the Last Stand Against Commoditization in the Data Center?”, de [...]

]]> By: egrep-cloud-cambrian-watch-2009-10-06 « すでにそこにある雲 http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225890 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:24:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225890 [...] Is Networking Gear the Last Stand Against Commoditization in the Data Center? [...]

]]> By: Mark Weiner http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225889 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:20:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225889 Excellent post. This commoditized computing trend is clearly starting to happen in the enterprise, at long last.

But the network will actually have to get *smarter*, not more commoditized, to support these next-gen architectures. Especially for public cloud usage, lots of policies, tagging, services, etc. will have to be maintained/mapped between different computing locations. Quite the opposite of the “fat, dumb pipes” of 10-15 years ago.

]]> By: Mark Weiner http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225888 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:16:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225888 Jared — interesting point. What “services” or advanced features on the network would you cut out to achieve lower network infrastructure cost? While still getting the biggest pipes available?

Mark

]]> By: David Robins http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225887 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:37:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225887 At the end the network speed will be the defining factor. Servers get cheaper and faster, but moving huge block of data remains the challenge!

]]> By: Jared http://gigaom.com/2009/10/05/is-networking-gear-the-last-stand-against-commoditization-in-the-data-center/#comment-225886 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:06:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=72947#comment-225886 James Hamilton from Amazon Web Services blogged on a very similar topic yesterday, along with a research paper on how to get away from name-brand networking gear:

http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2009/10/05/VL2AScalableAndFlexibleDataCenterNetwork.aspx

From his post:

“The reason why most data centers run highly over-subscribed networks is the expense of high-scale networking gear… Essentially they are networking equivalent of scale-up servers. And, just as with servers, scaling up networking gear drives costs exponentially.”

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