The document discusses the performance benefits of using 6windgate DPDK to enhance Linux networking capabilities, including features like poll mode drivers and virtualization acceleration. It highlights achievements by companies utilizing DPDK for applications such as cloud data centers and cybersecurity. Additionally, it mentions the development of Ostinato, an open-source traffic generator leveraging DPDK for high-performance networking on standard hardware.

1. SPEED MATTERS
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2. Turbo Boost Linux
Performance
(Millions Of Packets
Per Second)
Performance benefits
scale with the number
of processing cores
1 2 3 8 9 10 ...
...
Fast Path Cores
...
Increase OS stability
by offloading
resource intensive
mundane tasks
Standard Linux
Becomes
Unstable
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3. 6WINDGate DPDK Features and Benefits
 Based on dpdk.org
 6WINDGate DPDK extensions
increase system functionality,
performance, portability and
reliability
Poll Mode Drivers for multi-vendor
NICs
 Performance acceleration for
virtualized networking
 Multi-vendor crypto support
Virtualization
acceleration
Fast vNIC PMD
VMXNET3 Guest
VMware PMD
VIRTIO Guest XEN-KVM
PMD
Crypto
acceleration
Cavium NITROX SDK
5.x Crypto
Intel® Multi-Buffer
Crypto
Intel® QuickAssist
Crypto
Multi-vendor NIC support
Emulex OneConnect®
OCe14000 family PMD
Mellanox ConnectX®-
dpdk.org
3 EN Series PMD
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4. And the winners are…
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5. Grand Prize
 Telecommunications equipment manufacturer, based in Montreal,
Canada
 Specializes in Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical
Network (WDM-PON) solutions
 Novel application: leverage DPDK to optically scale out Cloud Data
Centers
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6. Grand Prize
 Cybersecurity provider based in Paris, France
 Leverages source code analysis techniques to protect its customers
from security threats
 Novel application: formal analysis of DPDK by leveraging its TrustInSoft
Analyzer
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7. Solo Prize
 Srivats P. based in India
 Developed Ostinato, an open source,
cross platform traffic generator
 Novel application: Ostinato leverages
DPDK to deliver 1/10/40G line rate, feature
rich traffic generators on commodity hardware
http://ostinato.org/
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