Scaling Cloud Networking at DigitalOcean from ThousandEyes Connect
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Luca Salvatore, a network engineering manager at DigitalOcean, shares insights on networking challenges and solutions in cloud hosting. Key points include the importance of scalability, deployment efficiency, internet stability, and utilizing ThousandEyes for improved visibility and support. He emphasizes that while issues often aren't network-related, visibility in cloud computing and automation remain crucial for success.
Scaling Cloud Networking at DigitalOcean from ThousandEyes Connect
- 1. DigitalOcean, Networking and ThousandEyes Luca Salvatore Network Engineering Manager
- 2. About Me • NetEng Manager @ DigitalOcean • Australian • Moved to NY last year • Been proving “it’s not network” for 10+ years
- 3. Two Truths and a Lie Broke both wrists at the same time riding a BMX Had a pet kangaroo named Skippy Represented Australia in Shotput and Discus
- 4. DigitalOcean - Simple Cloud Hosting
- 6. Networking at DigitalOcean • Team of 5 Net Engineers (We’re Hiring) • What we do • How we do it • Our SDN plans • Automation is awesome • Network Tends • Wanna peer?
- 7. Challenges • Scale – Pushing switches to their limits • Deployment – How to build DCs quickly • Internet stability – It’s not always great • Latency – It matters • Packet loss – It matters more • DDoS – bots, bots and more bots
- 8. Why ThousandEyes? • How we deployed it • Before and After • All new visibility • Improved Support • Less interrupts • Alerting when things are really bad • Reporting for the Execs
- 9. Remember, It’s never the network
- 10. But sometimes it is…..
- 11. Sometimes issues are less obvious...
- 12. Sometimes, wtf?
- 13. Easy to see…
- 14. Final Thoughts • Cloud computing is here to stay • Automation is necessary • Customers are sensitive • Visibility is key • Support is key-er • Share the tools • Winter is coming