Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Just remember that besides beefy bare metal server, dedicated specialized network cards, they are also using DPDK, which is user space network stack.



Ok, say that is how achieving high throughput. Does it limited to FreeBSD only or can be used on other *nix as well?


DPDK runs on Linux and FreeBSD officially. All of the momentum is on Linux though*

*I was recently part of an effort to add FreeBSD testing to DPDK because SPDK's FreeBSD test agent kept failing when we updated DPDK. I'm a core maintainer for SPDK, which is basically DPDK for storage.




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: