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A practical definition of “software-defined”
V. B. Egorov Institute of Informatics Problems, Federal Research Center "Computer Science and Control" of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44-2 Vavilov Str., Moscow 119133, Russian Federation
Abstract:
In the new millennium, the “software-defining” concept has entered information technologies, with increasing number of software-defined objects being involved as discussion subjects: networks, storages, servers, and finally entirely software-defined datacenters. However, despite the multiplying subjects and frequent reiteration of the set expression “software-defined,” its real meaning is not so easy to perceive. Moreover, a sufficiently widespread opinion considers the expression rather a marketing trick than a technical term. Actual encyclopedias do not suggest a clear commonly accepted definition of this phenomenon as well. In the article, an attempt is made to uncover the technical essence of “software-defined,” and to formulate for it a plain practical definition. Basing on unbiased analysis of peculiarities of datacenter infrastructure components declared as software-defined, a conclusion was drawn that “software-defined” may be regarded as a technical term and provided with a simple definition in conventional generally accepted notions.
Keywords:
control automation, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), policy-based, policy-driven, SDDC, SDN, SDS, software-defined.
Received: 11.01.2019
Citation:
V. B. Egorov, “A practical definition of “software-defined””, Sistemy i Sredstva Inform., 29:2 (2019), 85–94
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/ssi642 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/ssi/v29/i2/p85
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