Except Google isn't using software routing. The data plane is still in hardware;...

wmf on April 17, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Going With The Flow: Google’s Secret Switch To The...

Except Google isn't using software routing. The data plane is still in hardware; they've just replaced crufty distributed control plane software (IOS/JunOS) running on a slow embedded processor with Googly centralized control plane software running on x86 servers.