Apache CloudStack for NFV (ACeN) is a project that is funded by the Commission for Technology and Innovation.
The ACeN projects seeks to deliver services and prototypes based on the ETSI Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) standard and Apache CloudStack. A novel hybrid load-balancing service (HLBS) will be created and and key NFV demonstrators will be prototyped. All will follow a common architectural approach, on common technology with contributions to open-source communities (under ASL 2.0) by Swiss implementation partners. This work will leverage and can enable access to a market worth up to $2.4 Billion by 2018.
The HLBS will deliver, in a cloud native fashion, the combined two key functionalities of:
- Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
- Elastic IPs (EIP)
Proof of CloudStack capabilities will be demonstrated through two NFV prototypes that are of importance to partners, namely:
- NFV use case (UC) one through the implementation of an on-demand tenant-based inter-data centre connectivity VPN using CloudStack.
- NFV UC five with an on-demand IMS service using CloudStack. IMS.
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