Facebook’s New Open-Source Data Switch Technology Is Designed For Flexibility And Greater Control | Linux Today

Facebook’s New Open-Source Data Switch Technology Is Designed For Flexibility And Greater Control

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Ron Miller
Jun 19, 2014

Facebook announced new modularized top-of-rack networking switch technology and a new Linux OS to control these switches. The company will eventually share this technology as part of its Open Compute Project.

Jay Parikh, Facebook’s VP of Infrastructure Engineering, made the announcement at GigaOm’s Structure Conference in an interview with Derrick Harris.

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Ron Miller

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