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Many big network operators have already deployed IPv6. Most of the popular client operating systems are ready to use IPv6. The last part is the service providers. It is a kind of a chicken-and-egg problem. If services are not provided over IPv6, then users will not shift to IPv6, and if users do not use IPv6, then the service providers do not deploy IPv6. However, considering the global trend of shifting to IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack world, it is mandatory for service providers to accept all three types of users, 1) IPv4-only users who will remain in the Internet for long time, 2) IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack users who will be a dominant users in near future, and 3) IPv6-only users who will appear in the future as IPv6 deployment progresses. In this paper, we propose a recommended operation model for IaaS operators to soft-land from IPv4-only operation to IPv6-only operation without losing existing IPv4 users. The proposed operation utilizes a wide area L2 network and IPv4-IPv6 translation software for backward compatibility. With our proposal, we can reduce the use of IPv4 addresses in the cloud backend network by shifting to IPv6-only operation, and provide high-performance, scalable, and redundant address translation software suitable for the IPv6-only IaaS system that can be one of the reference operation models of future datacenters.
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Shima, K., Ishida, W., Sekiya, Y. (2013). Designing an IPv6-Oriented Datacenter with IPv4-IPv6 Translation Technology for Future Datacenter Operation. In: Ivanov, I.I., van Sinderen, M., Leymann, F., Shan, T. (eds) Cloud Computing and Services Science. CLOSER 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 367. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04519-1_3
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