A platform for high performance and flexible virtual routers on commodity hardware

Multi-core CPUs, along with recent advances in memory and buses, render commodity hardware a strong candidate for software router virtualization. In this context, we present the design of a new platform for virtual routers on modern PC hardware. We further discuss our design choices in order to achieve both high performance and flexibility for packet processing. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.6 [Computer Communication Networks]: [Internetworking

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CCR
• Authors: Norbert Egi, Adam Greenhalgh, Mark Handley, Mickaël Hoerdt, Felipe Huici, Laurent Mathy, Panagiotis Papadimitriou
• Keywords: CCR 2010, Commodity Hardware, Routers, Software Router Virtualization