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Network Monitoring in the age of the Cloud

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Grids, P2P and Services Computing

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Network virtualization plays a relevant role in provisioning an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), implementing the fabric that interconnects virtual components. We identify the standard protocol IEEE802.1Q, that describes Virtual LAN (VLAN) functionalities, as a cornerstone in this architecture.

We distinguish two aspects of virtual networking: one related to the user of the virtual connectivity, the other related to the provider that implements virtual connectivity. We describe these aspects, and put them into relation with commercial products considered typical: Amazon EC2 and VMware.

Next we devise network monitoring features that are appropriate in the user and in the provider environments. It turns out that there are significant differences between the two, and we conclude with directions for future research in the field.

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica Universitá di Pisa,  ,  

    Augusto Ciuffoletti

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  1. , LIP ENS Lyon, INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, Lyon Cedex 07, 69364, France

    Frédéric Desprez

  2. , School of Electronics and Computer Scien, University of Westminster, London, HA1 3TP, United Kingdom

    Vladimir Getov

  3. , Campus universitaire de Beaulieu, INRIA Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France

    Thierry Priol

  4. , IT & Media Center, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, 44221, Germany

    Ramin Yahyapour

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Ciuffoletti, A. (2010). Network Monitoring in the age of the Cloud. In: Desprez, F., Getov, V., Priol, T., Yahyapour, R. (eds) Grids, P2P and Services Computing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6794-7_13

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