Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

[Djamel Sadok <jamel () cin ufpe br>]

I mean virtualization of the hardware in terms of running different
router/switch/server instances/VMs/ on the same platform. Is this
desirable?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com> wrote:

> On 4/Aug/20 16:46, Djamel Sadok wrote:
> > How about hardware slicing support? such as switch, server and router
> > slicing? is this supported/desirable?
>
> So you mean dump the VLAN model and give each service its own switch?
>
> Or do you mean use one server but give each service its own VM? Or
> worse, give each service its own metal server?
>
> Wouldn't that take us back into the digital stone age :-)?
>
> Mark.