Networking @Scale, May 2016 — Recap

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This post details presentations from the Networking @Scale 2016 conference, highlighting advancements in large-scale networking. Key contributions include Facebook's deep dives into Terragraph (a 60 GHz wireless system for urban connectivity) and Open/R (a modular routing platform), as well as their experiences scaling Facebook Live with techniques like request coalescing and adaptive bit rate encoding. The post also covers Microsoft's PingMesh and NetBouncer for data center network monitoring, Google's iterations on its B4 SDN WAN, AT&T's use of EVPN for network scaling, Netflix's EVCache for global data caching, and JPL's unique networking challenges for Mars rovers. Day 2 focused on IPv6, with Facebook sharing experiences converting its backbone and data centers to IPv6 and advocating for IPv6-only network support.