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Aug 7, 2026 · Cloud Computing

How Baidu Cloud’s Sonata Achieves Predictable Performance Across Multi‑Vendor, Multi‑Generation NICs (NSDI’27)

The paper presents Sonata, a software‑centric vSwitch data plane that decouples from specific NICs, enabling a single implementation to handle heterogeneous, multi‑generation hardware while delivering 2.13‑2.51× software CPS gains and an additional 4.3‑11.5× boost with hardware offload, all validated on hundreds of thousands of production servers.

Cloud NetworkingPerformanceRobustness

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How Baidu Cloud’s Sonata Achieves Predictable Performance Across Multi‑Vendor, Multi‑Generation NICs (NSDI’27)

360 Smart Cloud

Mar 6, 2024 · Cloud Computing

Overlay Networking and Inter‑Node Traffic Forwarding in Virtualized Cloud Environments

This article explains how virtual machine traffic is forwarded across compute nodes in an IAAS cloud using overlay protocols such as VXLAN, detailing L2/L3 inter‑node forwarding, control‑plane designs, and forwarding‑plane implementations with Linux‑Kernel OVS, DPDK, NIC offload, and VDPA.

Cloud IAASOverlaySDN

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Overlay Networking and Inter‑Node Traffic Forwarding in Virtualized Cloud Environments

Architects' Tech Alliance

Feb 16, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Microsoft Hyper‑V Architecture Overview

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Hyper‑V architecture, covering its evolution, deployment options, microkernel design, virtual networking components, and advanced features such as SR‑IOV and VMQ, while contrasting it with earlier Microsoft virtualization products and competing solutions.

Cloud ComputingHyper‑VMicrokernel

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