Letters from the Edge simpler, open networking for lightweight distributed edge clouds

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Channel: OpenInfra Foundation · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Edge clouds must overcome a host of complex networking issues. They need WAN integration, multi DC networking, and others. An SDN would seem like the right solution but typically has a big control plane footprint. The Tungsten Fabric community release 5.0 centralizes SDN control and monitoring for distributed POPs, removing the need to deploy a heavyweight SDN control plane on the Edge Cloud. It also supports BGP integration, giving users seamless integration of Edge Cloudlets into a global WAN

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