Loko: Predictable latency in small networks
Guest Post: Good, fast, cheap — pick two. This has been a fundamental rule of network operations since the beginning. Or so we thought.
Tag: networking
RSS++: a new model for elastic high-speed networking
Guest Post: New load-balancing technique shown to spread load across CPU cores in a more optimal way.
Three of the best: Guest Posts
Thanks to the 100+ guest bloggers who contributed stories to the APNIC Blog in 2019. Here’s three of the best!
Do we need to rethink network monitoring?
Guest Post: Classical and automated approaches to network monitoring both have their strengths and weaknesses.
Sizing the buffer
If buffers are generally good and improve data throughput, then more (or larger) buffers are better, right?
Opinion: autonomic, automated and reality
Guest Post: Network engineers need to get their heads out of configuration and features, and into solving business problems.
Why is securing BGP just so damn hard?
Why are some Internet issues so challenging to solve, while others seem to be effortless and appear to solve themselves?
Lessons learned from the robustness principle
A recent IETF draft challenges the robustness principle.
When should you use IPv6 PA space?
Guest Post: Renumbering is not the only problem to solve when renumbering a network.
Broadcast storms in service provider networks
Guest Post: Broadcast storms are common in developing economies, such as Bangladesh, where large parts of many networks consist of switches instead of routers.