[dpdk-users] Newbie query: DPDK use case scenario

[dpdk-users] Newbie query: DPDK use case scenario

[amit mehta]

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

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Re: [dpdk-users] Newbie query: DPDK use case scenario

[Anupam Kapoor]

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| 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.

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kind regards
anupam


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On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:15 AM, amit mehta <gmate.amit@gmail.com> 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 piña colada.
>

Re: [dpdk-users] Newbie query: DPDK use case scenario

[amit mehta]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Anupam Kapoor <anupam.kapoor@gmail.com> wrote:
> ,----
> | 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.

Thank you for the pointers. I'll take a look.

Thanks,
Amit

-- 
Sent from Bahamas, while drinking chi-chi and piña colada.