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SUMMARY:Inventing the wheel - Network Orchestration at scale - Tom Merlin 
 Eichhorn
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DESCRIPTION:At DE-CIX\, we're redefining network orchestration from first 
 principles. Confronted with the limitations of existing systems\, we set o
 ut to design a modern orchestration stack—one capable of managing a trul
 y global network\, seamlessly interfacing with a variety of upstream and d
 ownstream systems\, supporting fully managed network devices\, and\, above
  all\, delivering uncompromising reliability.\n\nIn this talk\, we share o
 ur transformation journey—from our starting point to our vision for the 
 future. We'll delve into the architectural choices\, design principles\, a
 nd decision-making frameworks that guided our approach. We’ll also explo
 re how we rigorously test our systems and highlight the critical lessons w
 e’ve learned—insights that are applicable to any complex network autom
 ation project.\n\nOur solution is built on three key pillars: a tightly in
 tegrated central source of truth for configuration management\, an event-d
 riven architecture for service orchestration\, and a highly scalable desig
 n that accommodates rapid global growth.\n\nTo ensure stability and correc
 tness\, we've implemented a digital twin—internally dubbed Shadow—whic
 h mirrors the production environment. This shadow stack enables us to vali
 date and test new software iterations in parallel\, minimizing risk and ac
 celerating confidence before deployment to real hardware.
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URL:https://pretalx.com/denog17/talk/JECPAH/
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