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Network virtualization

In computing, network virtualization is the process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual network. Network virtualization involves platform virtualization, often combined with resource virtualization.

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External virtualization

Internal virtualization

Performance

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Network virtualization

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples100
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Network virtualization

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related to Further reading · 41
Network virtualization → ACM Computing Surveys, Andreas, Beck, Berl, Botero, Boutaba, Chowdhury, Cite, CiteSeerX, Computer Networks, Create Virtualized Networks, December, Distributed Service Architectures, EASST, Electronic Communications, Esposito, Fischer, Flavio, Hermann, Hesselbach
related to Performance · 17
Network virtualization → DPDK, For, Gbit/s, In, L2, L3, Linux, Neutron, NIC, Open, Openstack, OVS, Since, SRIOV, The, Until, With
related to Examples · 9
Network virtualization → Citrix, Citrix's Netscaler, OpenSolaris, OpenSolaris Network Virtualization, Resource Control, VPN, Vyatta, Vyatta's, WAN
related to Components · 8
Network virtualization → Ethernet, Fibre Channel, LANs, Network, NICs, Various, VLANs, VMs
related to Wireless network virtualization · 6
Network virtualization → Furthermore, However, In, Similar, Therefore, Wireless
related to External virtualization · 5
Network virtualization → Conversely, External, LANs, Using, VLAN
related to Internal virtualization · 5
Network virtualization → Internal, OS-level, This, VNIC, Xen
see also · 4
Network virtualization → Application, Extensible LANVirtual, Generic Routing EncapsulationOverlay, Virtualization
related to Use in testing · 2
Network virtualization → In, Network
is a · 1
Network virtualization → process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single

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network virtualization virtual software networks hardware wireless containers system single systems combining test external testing performance linux 10 either application

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Network virtualizationis aprocess of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single0.90text
virtual machinesinstance ofand containers0.80text
Open vSwitchinstance ofThe main bypass technologies are either based on a limited set of features0.80text
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsVarious0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsNetwork0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsNICs0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsLANs0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsVLANs0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsVMs0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsEthernet0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ComponentsFibre Channel0.60section
Network virtualizationrelated to ExamplesCitrix0.60section

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