Network Virtualization Software groups and provides a unified overview of hardware appliances and software in a network, centralizing, automating, and simplifying management tasks. Network Virtualization Software can be used to emulate a network environment for running test simulations.
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Network Virtualization Software (NV) solves the very specific problem of how to move VMs across different logical domains.
Rather than connecting them in a network, NV creates a tunnel through the existing network to connect two domains. This ability means that network administrators can move VMs independently of their existing infrastructure without having to reconfigure the network. The result is that network virtualization software makes networks more agile and optimized. Using network virtualization allows for quick provisioning and the automation of manual processes.
Network Virtualization Software is strongly related to, and frequently confused with, two other network agility technologies: Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN).
Some of the following features are commonly offered by network virtualization software:
Reduced provisioning time
Independent workload movement
Improved security
Automation of manual processes
Pricing for network virtualization solutions will depend on the feature needs and scale of the network in question. Businesses should expect to pay at least $2,000 per socket, with that rate increasing as feature needs increase.
