High-Performance Cloud Networking With Calico and Vector Packet Processing

Explore this 31-minute conference talk from CNCF that demonstrates how to achieve high-performance cloud networking by integrating Calico with Vector Packet Processing (VPP) and hardware acceleration. Learn about the critical role of high-performance networking in cloud-native environments for scalability and security, and discover how Calico's VPP dataplane works alongside eBPF to provide scalable solutions. Understand the implementation of Marvell's high-performance native plugin, an open-source Data Acceleration Offload solution that optimizes performance by offloading cryptographic tasks and inline IPSec encryption to SmartNICs. Examine how this integration reduces CPU usage while optimizing secure data transmission, and explore VPP's capabilities for fast packet processing, low latency, and high throughput that make it essential for service meshes, edge computing, and microservices architectures. Review benchmark results that showcase improved throughput, reduced latency, and optimized resource utilization through hardware offloading and performance optimizations, making this solution ideal for demanding networking tasks in cloud-native deployments.