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Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management

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The Linux Foundations networking division (LF Networking) is helping to address that challenge with the L3AF project, which is based on eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter ) technology. He explained that L3AF offers deep visibility into network infrastructure components that are usually hidden outside of the Linux kernel.

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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

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There’s a new type of switch that could soon be showing up in AI-optimized data centers, a PCIe 6 fabric switch. fabric switch GPUs and AI acceleration technologies typically connect to a hardware motherboard via a PCIe (PCI Express) slot connection. Scorpio PCIe 6.0 Read more from this author Ciena and Arelion achieve 1.6

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Nokia expands data center SONiC support

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Nokia is offering customers an alternative way to set up data center networks by expanding its data center fabric package to support the open-source Software for Open Networking in the Cloud ( SONiC ). Nokias SR Linux NOS supports a wide range of network protocols and features as well as third-party applications.

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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

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(Read our related feature: Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty ) However, if youre looking strictly for a replacement on-prem virtualization platform, the analyst firm Data Center Intelligence Group ( DCIG ) has identified five top alternatives to VMwares vSphere platform.

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SUSE Edge upgrade targets Kubernetes and Linux at the edge

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Open source and Linux platform vendor SUSE is looking to help organizations solve some of the complexity and challenges of edge computing with the company’s SUSE Edge 3.1 SUSE Edge integrates SUSE Linux Micro, which is an optimized Linux distribution for smaller deployments based on the company’s flagship SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE).

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Former Arista COO launches NextHop AI for customized networking infrastructure

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The AI infrastructure challenge for networking at hyper scale The demands of AI are changing the way data centers and particularly hyperscale data centers need to operate. Sadana noted that existing networking vendors arent building the super customized hardware that hyperscalers need either.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

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In estimating the cost of a large-scale VMware migration , Gartner cautions: VMwares server virtualization platform has become the point of integration for its customers across server, storage and network infrastructure in the data center. However, switching to HCI is a capital expense decision.