Linux IOVisor versus Data Plane Development Kit

Data Plane Development Kit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) is a set of data plane libraries and network interface controller drivers for fast packet processing. The DPDK provides a programming framework for Intel x86 processors and enables faster development of high speed data packet networking applications.[1][2] It scales from Intel Atom processors to Intel Xeon processors and support for other processor architectures like IBM POWER8 are under progress.[3] It is provided and supported under the open source[4] BSD license."

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“IO Visor will work closely with the Linux kernel community to advance universal IO extensibility for Linux. This collaboration is critically important as virtualization is putting more demands on flexibility, performance and security,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation. “Open source software and collaborative development are the ingredients for addressing massive change in any industry. IO Visor will provide the essential framework for this work on Linux virtualization and networking.”

"Advancing IO and network virtualization in the Linux stack can be an enabler of agility and elasticity, which are key requirements for cloud deployments and applications. IO Visor Project’s mission to bring universal IO extensibility to the Linux kernel will accelerate innovation of virtual network functions in SDN and NFV deployments,” said Rohit Mehra, Vice President of Network Infrastructure, IDC. “The ability to create, load and unload in-kernel functions will enable developers in many upstream and downstream open source projects. What’s more, as an initiative under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, the IO Visor Project has the potential for credibility and momentum to benefit the diverse community of vendors and service providers, and ultimately enterprise IT.”