Cloud-native, containerized virtual network functions (VNFs) are among the hottest topics in the industry. In moving from “desiring a cloud-native VNF” to building one it has become clear that there is no appropriate platform to build on. Project “Ligato” (https://ligato.github.io/) has set out to change this. Ligato is an open source platform for creating cloud-native VNFs.
In this talk, we’ll provide the motivation and background for developing Ligato, describe its the architecture, and provide examples or real-world use cases. We will compare the performance and scale of Ligato-based VNF deployments with the performance and scale of VNFs deployed in other environments, such as OpenStack.
Giles Heron is a Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems, and is based in London. His current focus is on high-performance container-networking solutions. Giles has over 30 years' experience in software and network engineering, having started as a software developer coding X.25, SNA... Read More →
Maciek is project lead for Linux Foundation FastData.io open-source benchmarking, works in the Cisco Chief Technology and Architecture Office, focusing on software networking benchmarks, related analytics and HW/SW optimizations... Read More →
Wednesday September 26, 2018 13:50 - 14:20 CEST
G104/105
