<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, &lt;strong&gt;Cody Smith&lt;/strong&gt; (CTO and Co-founder, Camus Energy) &amp; &lt;strong&gt;Trisha Weir&lt;/strong&gt; (SRE Department Lead, Google) join hosts &lt;strong&gt;Steve McGhee&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Jordan Greenberg&lt;/strong&gt;, to discuss their experience developing &lt;em&gt;Maglev&lt;/em&gt;, a highly available and distributed network load balancer (NLB) that is an integral part of the cloud architecture that manages traffic that comes in to a datacenter. Starting with Maglev’s humble beginnings as a skunkworks effort, Cody and Trisha recount the challenges they faced, and emphasize the importance of psychological safety, collaboration, and adaptability in SRE innovation.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Google SRE Prodcast

Salim Virji

Maglev: load balancing at Google with Cody Smith and Trisha Weir

NOV 13, 202432 MIN
Google SRE Prodcast

Maglev: load balancing at Google with Cody Smith and Trisha Weir

NOV 13, 202432 MIN

Description

In this episode, Cody Smith (CTO and Co-founder, Camus Energy) & Trisha Weir (SRE Department Lead, Google) join hosts Steve McGhee and Jordan Greenberg, to discuss their experience developing Maglev, a highly available and distributed network load balancer (NLB) that is an integral part of the cloud architecture that manages traffic that comes in to a datacenter. Starting with Maglev’s humble beginnings as a skunkworks effort, Cody and Trisha recount the challenges they faced, and emphasize the importance of psychological safety, collaboration, and adaptability in SRE innovation.