Snabb Switch simple and fast packet networking
summary
Snabb Switch is an open source Linux/x86 toolkit that actually pushes line rate on commodity servers, claiming up to 100 Gbps per server and demonstrating single-core paths that handle ~10 million packets/sec. It uses user-space drivers, small Lua apps, zero‑copy packet buffers and virtual NICs to build generators, line‑rate packet capture, firewalling, VPNs and NFV for OpenStack. Tests show 10 Gbps on 10 GbE cards and support for jumbo frames (MTU ~9500), and the software is production‑used and community‑maintained.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 3:21Problem with current networking software
- 8:45Snabb Switch project overview
- 14:53Architecture and packet processing
- 22:19Practical applications and demos
- 27:42Summary and Q&A
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