Cloud, SDN & Production Architectures

Cloud platforms, SDN/OpenFlow, blockchain, QoS, and production architecture management

1 Cloud, SDN & Production Architectures

Cloud deployment models, software-defined networking, OpenFlow, SDN analytics, blockchain patterns, QoS management, and production architecture governance.

1.1 About This Part

This part groups the platform and production chapters that were previously inside the oversized Reference Architectures book. It focuses on architecture decisions that shape cloud services, programmable networks, operational quality, and production governance.

1.2 How to Use This Material

  • Use cloud chapters for deployment, service models, platform selection, and cloud security.
  • Use SDN/OpenFlow chapters for programmable-network architecture and telemetry.
  • Use production chapters for QoS, governance, case studies, and operational review.

1.3 Learning Resources

The split keeps platform-scale architecture material separate from foundational reference models and from control/network behavior.