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DEVELOPING MULTI-LAYERED AGGREGATE SWITCHARCHITECTURE FOR DCN USING SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS

A Project

By

Ashmita Chakraborty

Abhash Malviya

Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of
San Jose State University
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

August 2015

Major: Electrical Engineering

DEVELOPING MULTI-LAYERED AGGREGATE SWITCHARCHITECTURE FOR DCN USING SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS

A Project
By
Ashmita Chakraborty
Abhash Malviya

Submitted to the office of Graduate Studies of
San Jose State University
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Major: Electrical Engineering

Approved as to style and content by:

Graduate Advisor _________________________ ________________ Dr. Nader F. Mir (Signature) (Date)

Graduate Coordinator ________________________ _________________ Dr. Thuy Le (Signature) (Date)

Ashmita Chakraborty Abhash Malviya
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Typical data centers can occupy from one room to a complete building. Most equipment are server-like mounted in rack cabinets. Servers differ in size from single units to large independently standing storage units which are sometimes as big as the racks. Massive data centers even make use of shipping containers consisting of 1000’s of servers. Instead of repairing individual servers, the entire container is replaced during upgrades. A typical Data Center consists of a sturdy, well-built building housing storage devices, servers, internet connectivity and extensive cabling and networking equipment. It also consists of cooling equipment and infrastructure to supply power, along with automated fire extinguishing systems. It is essential to take backups periodically to ensure operability and high availability. The more critical software and hardware, more efforts are needed for

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