Hi,
i read several articles on OpenFlow and like the concept behind it.
I run a small network at a school with 300 devices. Currently we use 10
years+ old dumb switches. At that time there were very few notebooks and
no smart phones or user provided/private devices. It now becomes
important for me to separate networks and secure some parts of the
network. To achive that, i have to replace most of the switches (roughly
30, mostly 24 ports) anyway. I could simply use radius and accoringly
relativly cheap switches or i could use "layer 3 switches" and maybe
manage the network traffic using OpenFlow. Those switches are quite
expensive it seems, starting from 1500 euros for 24 Ports, as far as i
can see. I have one Cisco sg 300-28. The idea of having to manage 20 of
these type doesn't please me. I find that centralized view provided by
OpenFlow's controller quite appealing.
Anyway, as you might have guessed, i'm far from being a network wizard.
Is OpenFlow a path i could go (after spending some time on further
researches, of course) or just an overkill?
Any comments are appreciated.
sincerely
Malte Müller
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