SDN's Eventually Consistent Network Problem
#SDN #OpenDaylight #SDAS Clustering controllers to address scalability concerns introduces a well-understood problem: consistency
One of the benefits of SDN is centralized control. That is, there ...
Published Jul 07, 2014
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NimbostratusLori, this was very interesting article. There is work currently done in the IETF between Cisco and PrismTech to explore use cases in SDN for which eventual consistency is actually a benefit, not a bug. An RFP that you should be aware of is https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-voit-netmod-peer-mount-requirements/?include_text=1 explores how the Yang model can be utilized across a distributed network, facilitated by the Object Management Group's Data Distribution Service.