Virtualisation white paper demystifies network appliance consolidation
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A white paper that outlines alternative solutions for consolidating multiple network appliances has been published by Napatech.
According to Napatech president Erik Norup, virtualisation has proven effective in consolidating servers and reducing space and cost in data centres – but now the focus is on consolidating network appliances.
"In a typical data centre, there are many dedicated network appliances for network analysis, measurement, security and optimisation," he says. "These are typically implemented on stand-alone servers and deployed at critical points in the network."
'Consolidating multiple network appliances' examines a number of solutions that allow multiple network appliances to be consolidated onto a single server – including the use of intelligent features on modern network analysis adapters.
"Combinations of multiple applications for network analysis in one standard server, using intelligent adapters, saves cost and power," explains Norup. "It can also be used to support legacy operating systems. For some of our OEM customers, this means a potentially faster path to product launch than rewriting applications to run as multithreaded applications under one operating system".
