Networking Support
Cloud computing and delivery of content stored on a cloud are feasible only due to the interconnectivity supported by a continually evolving Internet and by the access to remote resources provided by the World Wide Web. A cloud is built around a high-performance interconnect; the servers in a cloud communicate through high-bandwidth and low-latency specialized networks. It is thus obvious why networking will continue to play a crucial role in the evolution of cloud computing and a content-centric world.
This chapter starts with a review of basic concepts related to packet switching and the Internet in Sections 7.1 and 7.2. The need to accommodate a very large address space is discussed in Section 7.3; then the transformational ...
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