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OCP Summit 2018 - Disaggregation Theme Dominates

3/21/2018

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The OCP Summit 2018 hit record attendance and we can can summarize the theme as that of continued disaggregation of network/server functions.  Examples of demonstrations, presentations and proposals associated with disaggregation are as follows:
  • Flash/SSD.  Project Denali was presented by Microsoft.  The idea is it separates SSD controller functions from the flash memory itself, allowing the controller to be modified for different work-loads.  This means, essentially, controller semiconductor companies such as Broadcom and Marvell may need to be selling directly to hyperscalers such as Microsoft, as well as to their historical customers - the SSD vendors - such as Western Digital and Samsung, for instance.  We believe other hyperscalers have implemented flash unbundling already.
  • Unbundling of Networking.  Facebook showed off its FBOSS, a network operating system.  Big Switch demostrated its FRR Open Source BGP, a routing protocol and Google showed off its Controller-based P4 system.  There was some levity in this presentation as the hardware upon which the Google system ran was "(not disclosed)" - see accompanying slide.
  • P4 network layer abstraction and programming environment.  Google showed what we believe to be a live, in-production system using P4 to perform route injection and many other functions.
  • Taking the OCP concept a bit further from the traditional server, storage and switch market, Mojo Networks demonstrated an Edgecore-supplied "OCP Accepted" Wireless LAN Access Point that was running the Mojo AP software and working with the Mojo Networks cloud-managed services offering.  This wasn't just a desk unit, the company had 21 live-working Access Points using the OCP concept that powered WiFi to the trade-show floor.
One clear message away from disaggregation was presented and proposed separately both by Facebook and Arista was that for co-packaged optics.  Both companies explained that this integration will consume lower power; Arista went so far as to say it would consume 30% lower power on a system-wide basis.  There was no clear consensus at the show whether co-packaged optics was going to be a hit; however the power-hungry hyperscalers must certainly be entertaining it.

Microsoft ocpsummit18  Project Denali slide
ocpsummit18 Facebook, Big Switch, Google Demo slide
Google slide at ocpsummit18 showing route injection using P4
Mojo Networks OCP Accepted WiFi demonstration at ocpsummit18
Mojo Networks cloud-services console showing about 800 users connected at ocpsummit18
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