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DigitalOcean, Networking and ThousandEyes
Luca SalvatoreNetwork Engineering Manager
About Me• NetEng Manager @ DigitalOcean
• Australian
• Moved to NY last year
• Been proving “it’s not network” for 10+ years
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
DigitalOcean - Simple Cloud Hosting
DigitalOcean - Locations
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?
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
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
Remember, It’s never the network
But sometimes it is…..
Sometimes issues are less obvious...
Sometimes, wtf?
Easy to see…
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