NFV is all about containers and micro services. It is unix all over again but in the cloud. Small containerized functions that do a specific task. Spun up in the cloud and linked together by an orchestration overlay. Personally I think it is a good thing
— Matthew Crocker President - Crocker Communications, Inc. Managing Partner - Crocker Telecommunications, LLC E: matt...@corp.crocker.com E: matt...@crocker.com > On Apr 7, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Alex Balashov <abalas...@evaristesys.com> wrote: > > Management and licencing are rather ancillary to any discussion of NFs. > > -- > Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC > 1447 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 700 > Atlanta, GA 30309 > United States > > Tel: +1-800-250-5920 (toll-free) / +1-678-954-0671 (direct) > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.csrpswitch.com/ > > Sent from my BlackBerry. > From: Pete Eisengrein > Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 08:26 > To: Alex Balashov > Cc: voiceops@voiceops.org > Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Virtualized SBC > > If it requires a bunch of configuration, I agree it is just V. But if there's > an orchestration layer that informs all other systems of its presence, > including management and licensing, without having to configure all that, > then it is NFV. Now, whether the aforementioned vendors are actually doing > this, that can be debated (and I'd be curious to hear people's options on > it). They may just be doing V with a long-term vision of NFV, I don't know. > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Alex Balashov <abalas...@evaristesys.com > <mailto:abalas...@evaristesys.com>> wrote: > No. That's not NFV. That's just... V. > > -- > Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC > 1447 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 700 > Atlanta, GA 30309 > United States > > Tel: +1-800-250-5920 <tel:%2B1-800-250-5920> (toll-free) / +1-678-954-0671 > <tel:%2B1-678-954-0671> (direct) > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ <http://www.evaristesys.com/>, > http://www.csrpswitch.com/ <http://www.csrpswitch.com/> > > Sent from my BlackBerry. > From: Pete Eisengrein > Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 07:26 > Cc: voiceops@voiceops.org <mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org> > Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Virtualized SBC > > > my point was that they, of all > > > things, are a poor standard > > > bearer for the NFV marketing- > > > gasm. > > > With centralized licensing and the ability to scale resources when and where > you need them, I would argue they are the perfect device for the NFV > marketing-gasm (LOL). > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Alex Balashov <abalas...@evaristesys.com > <mailto:abalas...@evaristesys.com>> wrote: > On 04/06/2016 10:54 PM, Ryan Delgrosso wrote: > > an SBC ... is a demarcation and control point between network > segments where you can inject interworking and business logic. > > Absolutely, at >= Layer 5. > > If it's news to anyone here that you can virtualise applications, they've got > some catching up to do. > > Anyway, my argument wasn't that SBCs serve no valid purposes. You've done a > good job of outlining them. Instead, my point was that they, of all things, > are a poor standard bearer for the NFV marketing-gasm. > > -- Alex > > -- > Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC > 1447 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 700 > Atlanta, GA 30309 > United States > > Tel: +1-800-250-5920 <tel:%2B1-800-250-5920> (toll-free) / +1-678-954-0671 > <tel:%2B1-678-954-0671> (direct) > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ <http://www.evaristesys.com/>, > http://www.csrpswitch.com/ <http://www.csrpswitch.com/> > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps@voiceops.org <mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org> > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > <https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps@voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
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