Белая книга для Cisco Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch
IDC 1870
I D C T E C H N O L O G Y S P O T L I G H T
T h e N e w N e e d f o r S p e e d i n t h e D a t a c e n t e r
N e t w o r k
N e t w o r k
March 2015
Adapted from Worldwide Datacenter Network 2014
–2018 Forecast and Analysis by Brad Casemore,
Petr Jirovsky, Rohit Mehra, IDC #248757, and Market Analysis Perspective: Datacenter Networks, 2014
by Brad Casemore, Petr Jirovsky, Rohit Mehra, IDC #253190
Sponsored by Cisco
Today's datacenter networks must better adapt to and accommodate business-critical application
workloads. Datacenters will have to increasingly adapt to virtualized workloads and to the ongoing
enterprise transition to private and hybrid clouds. Pressure will mount on datacenters not only to
provide increased bandwidth for 3rd Platform applications such as cloud and data analytics but also
to deliver the agility and dynamism necessary to accommodate shifting traffic patterns (with more
east-west traffic associated with server-to-server flows, as opposed to the traditional north-south
traffic associated with client/server computing). Private cloud and legacy applications will also drive
daunting bandwidth and connectivity requirements. This Technology Spotlight examines the
increasing bandwidth requirements in enterprise datacenters, driven by both new and old application
workloads, cloud and noncloud in nature. It also looks at how Cisco is meeting the bandwidth
challenge posed by 3rd Platform application workloads in the datacenter.
workloads. Datacenters will have to increasingly adapt to virtualized workloads and to the ongoing
enterprise transition to private and hybrid clouds. Pressure will mount on datacenters not only to
provide increased bandwidth for 3rd Platform applications such as cloud and data analytics but also
to deliver the agility and dynamism necessary to accommodate shifting traffic patterns (with more
east-west traffic associated with server-to-server flows, as opposed to the traditional north-south
traffic associated with client/server computing). Private cloud and legacy applications will also drive
daunting bandwidth and connectivity requirements. This Technology Spotlight examines the
increasing bandwidth requirements in enterprise datacenters, driven by both new and old application
workloads, cloud and noncloud in nature. It also looks at how Cisco is meeting the bandwidth
challenge posed by 3rd Platform application workloads in the datacenter.
Introduction
The 3rd Platform
— comprising cloud, mobility, data analytics, and social business technologies — is
providing a robust foundation for enterprise business model and business process transformation.
Enterprises are increasingly leveraging the 3rd Platform to better engage with their customers, to
expedite the development and delivery of products and services, to innovate continually, and to run
their businesses and their IT operations more efficiently.
Enterprises are increasingly leveraging the 3rd Platform to better engage with their customers, to
expedite the development and delivery of products and services, to innovate continually, and to run
their businesses and their IT operations more efficiently.
What is the 3rd Platform? IDC introduced the concept in 2007, framing it as a software-based,
next-generation IT platform, succeeding the mainframe (1st Platform) and client/server (2nd Platform)
eras. The 1st and 2nd Platforms were generational, hugely influential, and notably disruptive.
The 3rd Platform will be equally, if not more, disruptive. In 2015, IDC expects the 3rd Platform to
account for one-third of global information and communication technology (ICT) spending and 100%
of spending growth (see Figure 1).
next-generation IT platform, succeeding the mainframe (1st Platform) and client/server (2nd Platform)
eras. The 1st and 2nd Platforms were generational, hugely influential, and notably disruptive.
The 3rd Platform will be equally, if not more, disruptive. In 2015, IDC expects the 3rd Platform to
account for one-third of global information and communication technology (ICT) spending and 100%
of spending growth (see Figure 1).
That said, the core elements of the 3rd Platform are driving a pronounced need for increased
bandwidth in the datacenter. Virtualization, a precursor and integral component of cloud computing,
has had far-reaching bandwidth implications, driving the need for greater bandwidth capacity on
both leaf and spine switches in Clos architectures. This need is further heightened by the heavily
east-west (within and between servers) traffic patterns of virtualization, which are markedly different
from the traditional north-south traffic flows associated with client/server applications.
bandwidth in the datacenter. Virtualization, a precursor and integral component of cloud computing,
has had far-reaching bandwidth implications, driving the need for greater bandwidth capacity on
both leaf and spine switches in Clos architectures. This need is further heightened by the heavily
east-west (within and between servers) traffic patterns of virtualization, which are markedly different
from the traditional north-south traffic flows associated with client/server applications.