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Snabb Switch for Entrepreneurs

Luke Gorrie edited this page Apr 3, 2014 · 1 revision

Interested in opportunities in computer networking? Check out Snabb Switch!

Snabb Switch is open source software for solving novel problems in networking. We are blending the latest techniques for high-performance x86 packet processing together with a high-level LuaJIT programming interface. Our goal is to offer the easiest way to create and deploy new network functions in large scale networks.

With Snabb Switch you can:

  1. Use 10G network interfaces at full speed right out of the box.
  2. Create your own new functionality with LuaJIT scripts.
  3. Join a community of creative networking professionals who all want your project to succeed.
  4. Use the Snabb Lab to test your code with 500+ Gbps of networking bandwidth in Xeon servers with 1G/10G/40G adapters from Intel, Mellanox, SolarFlare, and Chelsio.

and here is how to take advantage:

  1. Network owners: Hire open source professionals to solve your problems on your own terms.
  2. Network engineers: Use your own creativity to solve the networking problems that you care about.
  3. Startup founders: Build new products based on Snabb Switch and sell them for lots of money.
  4. System integrators: Deploy ready-made solutions and make value-added extensions for your customers without any license costs.
  5. Software engineers: Join challenging projects and do exciting work with LuaJIT, C, assembler, device drivers, and (coming) Verilog.
  6. Hardware vendors: Get your gear selected for new projects by providing evaluation hardware and documentation for the Snabb Lab.

Sounds good? Great! Read about our Progress in 2013 and Introduce Yourself on the mailing list!