Have ya'll heard of Talari before?
The idea is that you get a bunch of crappy home connections (Cable, ISDN, etc) and Talari constantly monitors them constantly and send your traffic over the best link, so you have a connection that kinda sucks due to loss? FTP and stuff that can handle packet loss goes that way, another link that doesn't have much bandwidth but low latency/jitter? Voip for that link. So you get good reliability and generally more bandwidth for less money than an enterprise connection
They sound REALLY cool, I wish I had something I could do with them.
We had a project with Talari not too long ago. I think Riverbed has an offering in this area.
I think Talari is a river-bed spin-off but I could be wrong very easily
I have but have not looked into them or this whole SD-WAN space. Seems like a pretty interesting concept.
Does this sound like SDN to anyone else? I haven't read anything about that black magic yet.
Quote from: config t on August 18, 2015, 11:59:11 PM
Does this sound like SDN to anyone else? I haven't read anything about that black magic yet.
It kinda has that same feel. I dont lump it in with everything else SDN because it really dosent fit.
Basically the concept is a device (controller?) is dropping in at the edge of your network and all remote sites. All WAN, MPLS, dial-up and Internet circuits are connected directly to this device. This device then controllers traffic flow, load-balancing and fail-over auto-magically.
This really isn't anything new, as we have had this ability in our routers for decades. But what I like about SD-WAN solutions is they simplify these complexities from an administration/management perspective.
The more I read and see in this space the more Im looking forward to getting my hands on some of the gear.
There are talks about us going to Talari though I haven't been a part of the webinars yet.
Quote from: that1guy15 on August 19, 2015, 08:34:00 AM
Quote from: config t on August 18, 2015, 11:59:11 PM
Does this sound like SDN to anyone else? I haven't read anything about that black magic yet.
It kinda has that same feel. I dont lump it in with everything else SDN because it really dosent fit.
Basically the concept is a device (controller?) is dropping in at the edge of your network and all remote sites. All WAN, MPLS, dial-up and Internet circuits are connected directly to this device. This device then controllers traffic flow, load-balancing and fail-over auto-magically.
This really isn't anything new, as we have had this ability in our routers for decades. But what I like about SD-WAN solutions is they simplify these complexities from an administration/management perspective.
The more I read and see in this space the more Im looking forward to getting my hands on some of the gear.
A controller driving traffic flow, LB, and failover? Sounds like SDN to me. ;P
Quote from: that1guy15 on August 19, 2015, 08:34:00 AM
The more I read and see in this space the more Im looking forward to getting my hands on some of the gear.
Me too. I used to have an irrational fear of SDN being a disruptive technology that would cost network people their jobs. Now it's just another new sexy.
Quote from: config t on August 20, 2015, 02:23:04 AM
Quote from: that1guy15 on August 19, 2015, 08:34:00 AM
The more I read and see in this space the more Im looking forward to getting my hands on some of the gear.
Me too. I used to have an irrational fear of SDN being a disruptive technology that would cost network people their jobs. Now it's just another new sexy.
Yes.... encouragement!
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