Barcelona, Spain
October 25-28, 2016

Event Details

Please note: All times listed below are in Central Time Zone


Picking an OpenStack Networking Solution

OpenStack networking ecosystem is very rich with both open source and proprietary
solutions representing many different architectures to implement Neutron and networking services.

What are the high level differences between the various open source solutions? What should you look for
when picking a solution? Topics include L2/L3 gateways, L3 only networks, monitoring and debugging, containers, hybrid cloud, connecting legacy networks with new networks, NFV and service chaining, scaling, federation, and more.


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees should recieve a high level overview and insight into the various different ways to implement Neutron and networking services in OpenStack deployments.

We will not get into comparsions, just highlight the various different options and the important things to keep in mind for your network.

Thursday, October 27, 4:40pm-5:20pm (2:40pm - 3:20pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Open Source Software Architect
 I am a software architect, passionate about open source, experienced with networking, virtualization and all areas of SDN/NFV and cloud computing. Contributing to OpenStack Neutron, Containers networking projects and hybrid cloud. Eager to bridge the gaps between OpenStack development and its users and explore new areas to help OpenStack shine Blogging for anything OpenStack related... FULL PROFILE
Red Hat, Principal Software Engineer
Russell is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, Inc.  He was on the OpenStack Technical Committee from Fall 2012 until Fall 2016 and was elected to serve on the OpenStack Foundation Board of Directors in 2015, 2016, and 2017.  Russell has been contributing to the development of OpenStack since the Fall of 2011.  His most significant contributions around OpenStack have... FULL PROFILE