cloudSwXtch
High-performance multicast in every cloud, hybrid, and virtualized environment, seamlessly.

Software defined networking that delivers simplicity, interoperability, and savings.
Delivering ultimate interoperability
cloudSwXtches in your network transparently add standards-based multicast along with many other incredible features not normally supported in the cloud. And it's dead simple...
Enabling Multicast
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IGMPv2/3 standards compliant multicast​
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Lossless packet flows​
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SMPTE 2022-7 Hitless Merge & High Availability ​
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High precision time synchronization​​​​​​
Expanded Connectivity
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Ground-to-cloud & cloud-to-ground flows​
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Horizontal & vertical scaling capabilities​
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Network protocol fanout & conversion​
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Compatibility with all media workloads ​​​
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High Performance
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High-bandwidth ingress & egress​ with >100Gbps bandwidth and 5M PPS
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Live standards conversion​ with Tachyon Live add-on
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SMPTE 2110 workflows​
Monitoring & Control
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Real-time packet level monitoring using virtual network probing points​
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Integrates with Prometheus and Grafana APIs​​
Achieved with zero code changes or APIs
Deployment across diverse environments
cloudSwXtch can be provisioned and accessed by multiple networks, across clouds, edge devices, etc.
Inside Cloud Environments
cloudSwXtch works for fully cloud-based use-cases to add seamless multicast and many other valuable features, with the ability to easily connect across availability zones, regions, and across multiple clouds.​​
Hybrid Environments
cloudSwXtch works in conjunction with the swXtch Bridge located on-prem to create a seamless unified data plane across your on-prem and cloud network environments.​​
On-Prem Virtualized Environments
cloudSwXtch works in any virtalized environment, easily adds multicast and other features, without breaking your security model.​​​​
Design Specifications & Performance
cloudSwXtch
Metric
Value
Max Egress
Max Bandwidth Per Flow
Max # of Multicast Groups
Max # of endpoints (xNICs)
Max # of Fanouts
Up to 100 Gbps
15 Gbps
4,000
1,000
1,000 (multicast)
100 (RIST/SRT/UDP)
xNIC
Metric
Value
Max Bandwidth
Max # of Multicast Groups
High Availability
Max # of Paths
Max # of Flows
10 Gbps
1,000
8
128
swXtchBridge
Metric
Value
Max Bandwidth
Max # of Multicast Groups
Max # of cloudSwXtch Connections
20 Gbps
4,000
10
How cloudSwXtch works
Think of a cloudSwXtch the way you would any physical network switch. Put them where you need them to shape your traffic, build redundancy, or add features where required. They are purely software and can be installed anywhere in your cloud, on-prem, or edge environments. They will build a global data plane across all your networks.
Step 1




Install a cloudSwXtch in your vNet or VPC. It requires its own VM, and is a Linux-based software image. The switch throughput is dependent on the VM version that you select.
Step 2



From any virtual machine or container that wants to produce or consume multicast, retrieve a small software agent (a virtual NIC) from the installed cloudSwXtch.
Step 3





In a few minutes the cloudSwXtch network will self-provision and multicast will be enabled across all the networks running cloudSwXtches or xNICs.