A Brief History of MidoNet

Dan Mihai DumitriuMidokura CEO

Dan Mihai Dumitriu

⚫ Formerly developer at Amazon.com, Ballista Securities, Sony Electronics, Reliable Network Solutions

⚫ BS & MEng in Computer Science from Cornell University

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The First Business

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The Gaps

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The Networking Problem

Eucalyptus networking was horribleVDE - Virtual Distributed EthernetUser space stack, only L2

No other NVO available

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The Inspiration

Microsoft VL2Sigcomm 2009

Locator/Identifier SeparationClos NetworkL3 Only

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Let’s Solve Them

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MidoNet 0.1

Python agent controlling OVS via OpenFlowPerformance was very bad

Only L3 networksNo NATL3 gateways with BGP

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Enter OpenStack

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OpenStack Opportunity

Flat networking was already obsolete in AWSNatural need for NVOUse case more complex

NAT & Security GroupsL2 networksVM Mobility

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The Pivot

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Enhancing MidoNet

Implemented MN Agent in Java, multi-threadedRemoved OpenFlow & OVSDistributed Flow State

L4 state used to be stored in Cassandra

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MidoNet Core Principles

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SPOF

MidoNet

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CSP -> Enterprise

More complex brownfield environmentsVLAN segmented Ethernet -> L2 GWPhysical appliances, e.g. F5 BIG-IPSecurity -> Service insertionESXi & vSphereBare metal -> VTEP GW

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Open Source MidoNet

MidoNet’s ecosystem is Open

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Open Solution Proprietary Solution

Cloud Platform

Cloud Distribution

Network Virtualization

MidoNet Future

Data Center Network OSFrom Hypervisors to Bare Metal to Fabric

Multi-SiteVPC Peering, stretched L2, etc

Advanced Network Services

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Challenges Remain

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You Can Be a Hero

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Questions?ask.midonet.org