Open vSwitch (OVS) today moved from an open source project hosted at VMware to a Linux Foundation project. “There’s been this perception that it was VMware run,” says Justin Pettit, senior staff at ...

The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. The virtual switch, soft-switch, or 'vSwitch' is quickly becoming the heart of every datacenter network.

How important is software-defined networking? To the Linux Foundation, it’s as important as protecting core networking protocols, devising open container standards, supporting development of the R ...

A topic that is way under-covered in the blogosphere is definitely Citrix XenServer so I figured I would add XenServer to the list of topics I cover from time to time. This week I want to cover Open ...

When we talk about server virtualization, we often mention the resources behind the technology, such as the memory, CPU, and disk. We do so because at least one of these resources will ultimately ...

In a few circles in the virtualization community, some experts recommend stepping down the number of ports for virtual switches (vSwitch) in VMware vSphere, as well as VI3 installations. This was also ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NoviFlow Inc., a leading provider of high-performance OpenFlow-based switching solutions, today announced the launch of the vSwitch Offload solution for ...