Intel definitely is pressing for containerized data plane. Here <https://intelvs.on24.com/vshow/inteldcgevents/#content/2393080>, @20:49 (registration required), I placed that very question and it took a bit of humming to obtain a straight answer :)
Etienne On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:38 PM <adamv0...@netconsultings.com> wrote: > Wondering whether the industry will consider containerised data-plane in > addition to control-plane (like cRDP). > > Having just control-plane and then hacking to kernel for doing the > data-plane bit is …well not as straight forward as having a dedicated > data-plane VM or potentially container. > > > > adam > > > > *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+adamv0025=netconsultings....@nanog.org> *On > Behalf Of *Etienne-Victor Depasquale > *Sent:* Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:09 PM > *To:* Robert Raszuk <rob...@raszuk.net> > *Cc:* NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > *Subject:* Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? > > > > Clearly to virtualize operating systems as long as your level of > virtualization mainly in terms of security and resource consumption > isolation & reservation is satisfactory is a much better and lighter > option. > > > > That pretty much sums up Intel's view. > > > > To quote an Intel executive I was corresponding with: > > > > "The purpose of the paper was to showcase how Communication Service > Providers can move to a more nimble and future proof microservices based > network architecture with cloud native functions, via container deployment > methodologies versus virtual machines. The paper cites many benefits of > moving to a microservices architecture beyond whether it is done in a VM > environment or cloud native. We believe the 5G networks of the future will > benefit greatly by implementing such an approach to deploying new services." > > > > The paper referred to is this one > <https://www.intel.in/content/www/in/en/communications/why-containers-and-cloud-native-functions-paper.html%20> > . > > > > Cheers, > > > > Etienne > > > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 6:23 PM Robert Raszuk <rob...@raszuk.net> wrote: > > I reason that Intel's implication is that virtualization is becoming > obsolete. > > Would anyone care to let me know his thoughts on this prediction? > > > > Virtualization is not becoming obsolete ... quite reverse in fact in all > types of deployments I can see around. > > > > The point is that VM provides hardware virtualization while kubernetes > with containers virtualize OS apps and services are running on in > isolation. > > > > Clearly to virtualize operating systems as long as your level of > virtualization mainly in terms of security and resource consumption > isolation & reservation is satisfactory is a much better and lighter > option. > > > > Thx, > > R. > > > > > > > -- > > Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale > Assistant Lecturer > Department of Communications & Computer Engineering > Faculty of Information & Communication Technology > University of Malta > > Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale > -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale