Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) is a network virtualization technology that attempts to alleviate the scalability problems associated with large cloud computing deployments.
It uses Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) to tunnel layer 2 packets over layer 3 networks.
[1] Its principal backer is Microsoft.
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