Monday, November 20, 2017

Saw a tweet today from the VP of Networks of Netflix. I need help understanding it

I saw this tweet today: https://twitter.com/dtemkin/status/928689879302651904

And I simply don't understand it. Netflix is no longer using Cisco or Juniper but rather "commodity switches." Huh? I guess I don't understand what exactly it is they're doing.

It sounds like they're doing something totally different from what I've seen so far. Does anyone know what it is? Is there something I can read to understand better?

There is some talk later on in the comments about switches having "partial routes" and "full routes". Almost sounds like switches running BGP. I'm lost. Anyone know?



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