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What is Open vSwitch?

Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag).

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Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag).


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"Industry standard alternative to VDS"
Opensource. Widely used and thus lot of resources available
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"Open vSwitch - Distributed Virtual Multilayer Switch"
Open vSwitch can operate both as a software-based network switch running within a virtual machine (VM) hypervisor, and as the control stack for ded...
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What do you like best about Open vSwitch?

Open vSwitch can operate both as a software-based network switch running within a virtual machine (VM) hypervisor, and as the control stack for dedicated switching hardware; as a result, it has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms, switching chipsets, and networking hardware accelerators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Open vSwitch?

There is nothing to dislike about Open vSwitch. It is a very useful tool for corporates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Open vSwitch:

Open vSwitch targets a different point in the design space than previous hypervisor networking stacks, focusing on the need for automated and dynamic network control in large-scale Linux-based virtualization environments. If this is something you require, go for Open vSwitch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Open vSwitch solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used OVS to direct traffic between network functions in service chaining use cases and also for multi-tenant network virtualization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Opensource. Widely used and thus lot of resources available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Open vSwitch?

Platforms are only designed to support certain version of OVS. Makes upgrade and install difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Open vSwitch solving and how is that benefiting you?

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