In last week’s post, we discussed how we created our network by integrating Open vSwitch into RHEL KVM. Now we need to create some virtual machines to run the workloads. (VMs are required to run ...

A customer of mine recently switched from VMware Server to KVM, but they wanted better networking, which required installing and operating the Open vSwitch. Since ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.