Measuring Virtual Networking Overhead

Introducing netweaver, a small tool for measuring virtual networking overhead with paired packet captures.

May 29, 2013 · itsahill00

Deep Dive: HTB Rate Limiting (QoS) with Open vSwitch and XenServer

A scratchpad-style deep dive into how Open vSwitch and Linux HTB expose rate limits for XenServer virtual interfaces.

April 29, 2013 · itsahill00

The SDN Craze

Early thoughts on the SDN hype cycle, what felt useful, and what still needed operational grounding.

September 21, 2012 · itsahill00

How We Found Our Virtual Networking Mojo

How we worked through early VMware networking assumptions and got to a better ESX host network design.

January 7, 2009 · itsahill00