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Cumulus Linux: Case Studies

Adam Lorts

Cumulus Networks

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Case Study – Hosting Provider

• 40,000 Switches, in production since October 2012 – running 100% on Cumulus Linux

• When they were 50% deployed:• 90% of staff managed incumbent gear• 10% managed the gear running Cumulus

“The costs are gone,” said Customer, regarding how Cumulus Linux lowered Customer’s networking, storage and server costs. ”It’s not magic, the costs just aren’t there anymore.”

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Bringing Webscale Efficiencies Benefits to European Cloud Provider

Drivers Benefit from web scale efficiencies with better performance,

scale, price, vendor neutrality Leverage the best tools available to automate systems

Solution Leverages familiar tools: Linux throughout data center with standard

procedures, tools, Quagga routing suite Designed to scale up Ecosystem: Leverages Midokura overlay, physical termination on switches

Results Make cheaper and better solutions for customers OPEX Savings: easy to understand, easy to debug, easy to

troubleshoot Significant CAPEX savings

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Speed of Application Deployment Fuels UTSA Research Projects

Economic and Operational Drivers Limited ability to re-use network assets within an integrated stack Tight budgets for cutting-edge research projects Tedious operations with vendor-specific tools

Ecosystem Solution Facilitates Research Projects Open Compute Project Ecosystem: Quanta, Edge-Core, Ansible, Cumulus Networks

Improved Data Center Economics & Responsiveness Customer choice of components & ability to leverage Linux tools Higher-capacity fabric at lower cost 4-8x operational improvement from automation

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