OpenFlow @ Google - Urs Hoelzle, Google
What it is
Urs Hoelzle, Google's SVP of infrastructure, gives the 2012 Open Networking Summit keynote on how Google adopted OpenFlow and software-defined networking in its own networks. The slides are linked in the description.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as a primary source for Google building its own switches and running OpenFlow in production.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2013, last 2015
What HN commenters said
“I watched a talk on OpenFlow”
Shows Google's OpenFlow network testing integrated with continuous integration
jzelinskie, 2013-05 · Recommendation · in “Return of the Borg: How Twitter Rebuilt Google’s Secret Weapon”
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Topics: openflow, google, datacenter networks, sdn, urs hoelzle
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