Heavy Networking

Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. On air since 2010, it’s the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.

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HN728: How Drivenets Leverages Ethernet Fabrics For AI Networking (Sponsored)

Posted April 5, 202400:47:48

To run AI workloads, a network needs thousands of GPUs and those GPUs must operate in sync. If there is congestion or dropped frames, very expensive...

HN727: Kubernetes Networking Essentials

Posted March 29, 202401:06:50

Where there are containers, there is networking. Today we dig into the networking that underlies Kubernetes, the open source orchestration platform...

HN726: From Automation to Orchestration for a FinTech Network (Sponsored)

Posted March 22, 202400:47:48

Fiserv is one of the largest payment processors in the world, In 2023 it handled more than 35 billion transactions worth $2.03 trillion US dollars....

HN725: Standing up a DC Network Using Terraform

Posted March 15, 202400:47:53

Matt Horn built a data center network through automation, remotely. This is the future of network engineering. Matt shares how his team did it technically:...

HN724: How Packets Move Through a Network Device

Posted March 8, 202400:58:52

Today we metaphorically pop open the hood of switches and routers, taking a look at the mechanics of how they work. We cover the three states: configuration,...