Navigating Network Complexity: Next-generation routing with SDN, service virtualization, and service chaining

by Russ White, Jeff (Evgeny) Tantsura

Design your networks to successfully manage their growing complexity Network professionals have often been told that today’s modern control planes would simplify their networks. The opposite has Technologies like SDN and NFV, although immensely valuable, are exacerbating complexity instead of solving it. Navigating Network Complexity is the first comprehensive guide to managing this complexity in both deployment and day-to-day operations. Russ White and Jeff Tantsura introduce modern complexity theory from the standpoint of the working network engineer, helping you apply it to the practical problems you face every day. Avoiding complex mathematical models, they show how to characterize network complexity, so you can understand it and control it. The authors examine specific techniques and technologies associated with network control planes, including SDNs, fast reroute, segment routing, service chaining, and cloud computing. They reveal how each of these affects network design and complexity and help you anticipate causes of failure in highly complex systems. Next, they turn to modern control planes, examining the fundamental operating principles of SDNs, such as OpenFlow and I2RS, network and other service function virtualization, content distribution networks, Layer 2 fabrics, and service chaining solutions. You’ll learn how each of these might both resolve and increase complexity in network design and operations and what you can do about it. Coverage From start to finish, Navigating Network Complexity helps you assess the true impact of new network technologies, so they can capture more value with fewer problems.

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2015

About the author

Russ White is a well-known voice in computer networking, where he advocates for simplicity, privacy, and the decentralized Internet.

Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; MACM, Shepherds Theological Seminary; MSIT, Capella University; CCIE; CCDE; CCaR; ACM Senior Member; ISCA; Society of Christian Philosophers; Mensa

Reviews

[Nikos Leontsinis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good book