From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com (mail-io0-f176.google.com [209.85.223.176]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8011F5 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:07:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-io0-f176.google.com with SMTP id g32so5705953ioj.2 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:07:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=6/alIe5uWE8NFXP90YonP+2nNwokKdn0vYOOAloF1K4=; b=RIpml7iB97hA5hyeAZjA/bkvfqZWIiduivOGg6DbX7mWiV8hYcydt2obbs06B49wC9 JZKHFgURnX3CEqv9EQFIT6X7BOoOhpAT4I/jspfCK4Gr0C8XBOEUQ0IlQb1gFBkxG1mz BLd6sowsIT2+en0In4HtxtF30sREY7fsU58ByWIadr9EUoZBkVMUQfC/CKKHE8vA1HKi JIcnSFmlJ6VwAkZFDMDly3Jv7qMCGNYkpLxEJhTXGGVLSXQt4OslfCXKjO2l5HDA40Lo dDwzVfwH8HUTks+HFnSUqpB81ma/GlN3NFu6ExC5tE3mA2fUSOERfStM7Hbp65B9KTx3 jf5Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=6/alIe5uWE8NFXP90YonP+2nNwokKdn0vYOOAloF1K4=; b=teDfjZua2/kcB/KClhFcDXwL4EkJaP7XN9IxcXrsHRVUnQ6W0cjsm8N1EnN3Q7XsQE QB74W+T+Byk4yjFPp7C+3fppi1kZEf2qe2EHOYXiQFoYKCblspCbT7UJaKUMA8AGsLsR gD8jEwF4Lk9iPpewipP1y9kpLQCRg8R/tpQVC3kvhI3MmQvOpYA1rkK7T9rJ0wKkWfKH 6x8RPRRlL8kvtYWeRSkUfMfF4HWRJETGs+KeKJ9qk8EhHpe/DCIwTe6JgEsUNYkUtbC5 DlojDFSl6DF5Mau35dBotiE2M6tOWrI7NqVeKYQJmAWKG5bxoN9G9o+odnkmZdwu6+xH +h5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AHPjjUgGCQoJ4659MI3vaiNDoG68bsYIPaKAcuXm+ErEJF/ocENkmLg/ 0XubswzxbLwzdP4QUYSadv8OD0a/ZvVCzRmoQ1U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QBfT6rveCx2vwFJTrqgpPFA6uzsXp4abk2+xHWpYezsMdH14R9LDHLxjQ4kKYnr++uJLXmdPo0FDkt/QOFONaE= X-Received: by 10.202.86.197 with SMTP id k188mr7747327oib.72.1505452041331; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:07:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.157.39.134 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:07:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Anupam Kapoor Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:37:20 +0530 Message-ID: To: amit mehta Cc: users@dpdk.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.15 Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Newbie query: DPDK use case scenario X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 05:07:22 -0000 ,---- | 1: if DPDK is something that our team can utilize for providing a | faster networking platform, which the applications team (say teams | that use standard unix networking interface to develop software) | can use ? or DPDK is relevant mostly for companies that build Core | Networking Hardware and Software products ? `---- this would be very usecase dependent. fwiw, dpdk doesnt really come with a canonical network stack, and you would need something for app folks to use. if you look at bunch of sample applications (http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.html) you can get a fair idea of effort etc. required for your usecase. -- kind regards anupam In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda. On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:15 AM, amit mehta wrote: > Hello, > > I work at a platform team in a Software Company. Our group > is responsible for providing and maintaining middleware software > for our applications team. > > We have Linux boxes (x86_64 machines running Linux) and have DPDK > supported Intel NIC cards (I had a quick look at the DPDK website > and fortunately, we have such NICs in our Linux boxes). > > I am fairly new to the entire fast network packet processing domain, > hence, I'm wondering : > > 1: if DPDK is something that our team can utilize for providing a > faster networking platform, which the applications team (say teams > that use standard unix networking interface to develop software) > can use ? or DPDK is relevant mostly for companies that build Core > Networking Hardware and Software products ? > > 2: If mine is indeed a valid use case for DPDK usage, then how > big could be the impact on the existing software ? > > Thank you for your help. > > Thanks, > Amit > > -- > Sent from Bahamas, while drinking chi-chi and pi=C3=B1a colada. >