SDN - Killer Apps

Mon Feb 25 21:13:00 UTC 2013

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
> On (2013-02-25 13:53 +0530), Glen Kent wrote:
>
>> I understand that this is just some bit of what we can do with SDN. The
>> amount of what all can be done is limitless. So, a question to all out
>> there - Is my understanding of what can be achieved with SDN, is correct?
>
> Frankly I don't think there is single answer.
>
> From my point of view I don't see much use for it as general purpose SP.

There is potential for balancing to be a killer application for SDN in
the service provider space:

http://blog.sflow.com/2013/02/sdn-and-large-flows.html

What do people think?