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SR-IOV

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What is SR-IOV?

SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) is a specification that allows a single Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) endpoint (typically a network card) to appear as multiple, separate physical devices. This enables virtualization environments to bypass the hypervisor for certain I/O operations, improving performance by providing near-native I/O speeds to virtual machines. It's commonly used in networking applications where low latency and high throughput are critical, such as high-performance computing, network function virtualization (NFV), and data centers.

What other technologies are related to SR-IOV?

SR-IOV Competitor Technologies

VirtIO is a paravirtualization interface that provides a standard way for guest operating systems to access virtualized hardware. While SR-IOV provides near-native performance by directly assigning physical resources, virtio provides an abstraction layer, thus these technologies are alternatives in certain contexts.
mentioned alongside SR-IOV in 21% (94) of relevant job posts
VMware provides virtualization solutions. While SR-IOV can be used in VMware environments, VMware also offers its own virtualization technologies that may compete with SR-IOV in certain use cases.
mentioned alongside SR-IOV in 0% (123) of relevant job posts

SR-IOV Complementary Technologies

DPDK is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing. It works well with SR-IOV to accelerate network I/O.
mentioned alongside SR-IOV in 11% (301) of relevant job posts
Open vSwitch (OVS) is a software-defined networking (SDN) switch that can be used in conjunction with SR-IOV to provide virtual switching capabilities for virtual machines.
mentioned alongside SR-IOV in 7% (62) of relevant job posts
RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) is a network protocol that allows for direct memory access between servers. It complements SR-IOV by providing high-performance network connectivity for virtual machines.
mentioned alongside SR-IOV in 5% (73) of relevant job posts

Which organizations are mentioning SR-IOV?

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Microsoft
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Juniper Networks
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Red Hat
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