With the rise of cloud-native principles, applications are increasingly able to take advantage of diverse, specialized and distributed infrastructure. The emergence of Edge Cloud solutions promises faster and more immersive application experiences, as well as infrastructure primitives for 5G, IoT, mobility, and more. However, this new resource comes with space and power constraints that can only be overcome by using new disaggregated architectures that leverage network acceleration and optimally sized CPUs. The session will highlight how the capabilities unleashed by hardware offload of eBPF in edge cloud microservers will enable developers to efficiently leverage the massive amounts of data on the edge and to create next-generation real-time applications.

1. Using Network Acceleration
for an Optimized Edge Cloud
Server Architecture
My Truong
Senior Director, Packet Labs
Ron Renwick
VP of Products, Netronome

2. 1About Packet
packet.com / @packethost

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Packet empowers developer-driven
companies to deploy physical
infrastructure at global scale.

4. Edge
Our bare metal cloud
experience, deployable in
1000’s of global locations.
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A “Go Anywhere” Cloud Model
Packet’s automated infrastructure is delivered in our public cloud, as well as in Enterprise deployment models.
Cloud
The leading bare metal
public cloud for developers,
available in 20+ locations.
On-Premises
A software solution for
on-premises environments
with 5,000+ servers.

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20+ Public Cloud Locations
● Amsterdam
● Ashburn
● Atlanta
● Boston
● Chicago
● Dallas
● Dublin
● Frankfurt
● Hong Kong
● Los Angeles
● Marseille
● New York
● Phoenix
● Pittsburgh
● Seattle
● Singapore
● Sydney
● Sunnyvale
● Tokyo
● Toronto

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2Why Packet?

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The Experience of the Cloud on Bare Metal
Built by developers, for a developer world - the Packet experience is both intuitive and powerful.
● No Multi Tenancy
● Scalable, Hourly Pricing
● Powerful, Intuitive API
● CloudInit & Meta Data Support
● Native API Libraries
● Leading Integrations

8. Automating at the Hardware Layer
Automation Layer
Hardware Access
Hypervisor
Forced virtualization & multi-tenancy.
Bare Metal Servers
Hardware
No virtualization tax or noisy neighbors.
None
Workloads are portable to any datacenter.Lock-In Risk
100% Dedicated
Users have full access to hardware.
No Access
Hardware is not exposed. No chance for optimization.
High
Proprietary services are the core business model.
packet.com / @packethost

9. Hardware at Software Speed
By separating the hardware from the software, disaggregation is resulting in significant acceleration
of innovation. DevOps users now control the pace of innovation.
• Proprietary Solution
• 18 Month Integration • IT Managed
Open Architectures
Offloads / Accelerators
Portable Software
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• Open Software • Realtime Integration (CI) • DevOps Managed

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3What changes
at the Edge?
Sub-Scalable Architecture

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SERVER CPU
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Multiple PCIe Interfaces

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4Putting Words
Into Actions
Calling All eBPF Lovers!

23. Availability Zone
Availability Zone
Availability Zone
EDGE MODEL
Distributed for Optimization of High Value / Specific Workloads
Micro datacenters often utilizing grid power, with potential for
high temperature variance. Single deployment could be just a
few dozen servers. Complex networking around 5G & IoT.
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HYPERSCALE MODEL
High Availability for Redundancy of Generic Workload
Application deployed across 3 zones with 2N+ power
redundancy. Cooling within a very limited range. Deployment
size of 15k -> 100k servers. Built by the megawatt!
Data
Center
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Micro Data
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Edge Architectures are Different

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Developers are Ready for eBPF!
Credit: excellent article: “Learn eBPF Tracing: Tutorial and Examples” by Brendan Gregg

25. An Architecture for Modern Workloads
Containers, containers, containers. Microservers with SmartNICs are the perfect fit for containerized microservices!
packet.com / @packethost

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Edge Access Program
Our Edge Access Program accelerates open source and commercial use cases by providing access to edge
infrastructure, technology partnerships and expertise.
● Get access to unique, use-case driven edge sites in the United States.
● Bare metal with full automation (early SmartNIC options available).
● Wireless connectivity (CBRS) and Packet Connect (to Azure, GCP, etc.)
Contact sales@packet.com to learn more!

27. Thank You!
My Truong
Senior Director, Packet Labs
mdt@packet.com
Ron Renwick
VP of Products, Netronome
ron.renwick@netronome.com