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What is cloudSwXtch?

cloudSwXtch creates a virtual overlay network that lets users add high performance networking to their cloud or edge applications, no code changes required!

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  • Unblock Cloud Migrations - Migrate critical workloads that couldn’t move to the cloud.

  • Extend On-Prem Networks to the Cloud - Create a single data plane across private networks and the cloud.

  • Massive Scale - Extended networks with unlimited endpoints share identical features and sub-millisecond performance.

  • Enhanced Packet Monitoring - Provides a unique view into low level network traffic across the entire network.

  • Simplified and Flexible Network Configuration - Add and remove endpoints dynamically from global networks.

Deployable in Azure, AWS, Oracle and Google Clouds.

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Documentation  Overview

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Quick Start Guide

cloudSwXtch implementation for IP multicast on any cloud.

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System Requirements

Set your stage right: optimal configuration for cloudSwXtch.

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API Reference

Navigating and implementing the cloudSwXtch API.

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Installing cloudSwXtch

Step-by-step: deploying cloudSwXtch effectively.

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Installing xNIC

Optimize your network performance: mastering xNIC deployment.

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Using wXcked Eye

Harness superior monitoring and orchestration with wXcked Eye.

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Watch demo videos

Learn how to optimize your workflows and media operations with cloudSwXtch.

Live production in the cloud

Supports SMPTE 2110, JPEG XS, and uncompressed workflows with seamless integration.

Enables high bandwidth, low latency, and robust network performance, maintaining real-time video switching and uninterrupted streams across geographically dispersed teams during outages or disasters.

Delivers seamless production for high-performance workflows.

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Media channel realization

Supports advanced video switching, graphics, and playout with on-prem quality in the cloud.

Seamlessly transitions media channels to cloud-based operations, ensuring high performance, reliability, and comprehensive protocol translations.

Designed for hassle-free cloud-based media channel operations.

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High availability & reliable transport

Supports up to eight copies of the same live stream, performing hitless-packet-merge in accordance with ST 2022-7.

Covers and converts standards – multicast, RTP, UDP, SRT, 2022-7 and 2110 flows – and enables observability across all systems.

Ensures flawless, reliable streams.

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Remote collaboration

Delivers seamless remote collaboration with real-time video content sharing, editing, and management.

Allows for efficient teamwork with high-quality workflows, low latency, and robust performance across multiple locations.

Streamlines remote video collaboration.

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Buy & Go

Simple deployment and no code changes required. Grab the cloudSwXtch from the marketplace, deploy in your tenant, and integrate with your workflows using existing common protocols.

Precision Time Protocol

cloudSwXtch facilitates clock synchronization across the network by acting as the Master Node and passing along information gained from the true clock source to the Follower Nodes at each endpoint (including xNIC). PTP facilitates production needs from Date/Time, Timecode, and Frequency.

Full Mesh Capabilities

Connect cloudSwXtches on different vNETs to support interconnectivity, including across different cloud platforms. Each cloudSwXtch in the mesh communicates to ensure efficient use of interconnected bandwidth, based on dynamic multicast requests and routing.

Monitoring

Visibility down to the packet level for enhanced Monitoring and Quality of Service (QoS). wXcked Eye is our monitoring UI that enables users to audit the performance of their cloudSwXtch network. A REST API is provided to manage and control your network your way.

Protocol Conversion and Fanout

cloudSwXtch takes any supported packet protocol (SRT, unicast, multicast) and fans it out to multiple receivers of another packet protocol.

High availability

Protect your packets by sending them down redundant data paths - across virtual networks, regions or clouds.

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Media and Entertainment

Media Multicast made easy with cloudswXtchHitless Merge - 2022-7
Media support for Compressed and Uncompressed Workflows
Protocol FanoutDisaster Recovery

Internet of Things

IP-multicast for live audio & videoTest, model, & simulation
Real-time data sharing
Emergency response

Financial Services

Seamless IP-multicastBare metal parity
No code changes

Test

Optimize your cloudSwXtch multicast network with our advanced testing and monitoring tools.

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Monitor

Ensure peak performance with Azure and Prometheus monitoring for your cloudSwXtch instances.

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Troubleshoot

Resolving common issues for a smoother cloudSwXtch experience.


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Product Release Notes

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Testimonials

Partners are talking about cloudSwXtch!

“Migrating mission-critical workflows to the cloud is a top-of-mind business priority for organizations across industries today,” said Kip Schauer, Global Head Media & Entertainment and Gaming Partnerships at Google Cloud. “We’re thrilled to partner with swXtch.io to help customers scale with Google Cloud’s high performance computing, including 200 Gbps NICs and Global VPCs, enabling horizontal and vertical scaling on a planet wide network.”

Kip Schauer

Global Head Media & Entertainment and Gaming Partnerships, Google Cloud

“Every other technology that’s out there is just looking at data streams, cloudSwXtch understands broadcast data streams – it’s a massive game changer in our industry.”

Harry Grinling

CEO, Support Partners

“With cloudSwXtch, our customers can launch a virtualized multicast router to extend an on-premises standards-compliant network to the cloud.”

Mo Goyal

International Business Management, Evertz

FAQs

We are committed to keeping your critical systems operational. Our support plans and policies are outlined in our Service Level Agreement.

For more information please contact our support team at support@swXtch.io

Documentation

What cloud networks does cloudSwXtch support?

CloudSwXtch is available on the AWS marketplace, Azure marketplace and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure marketplace today. It is also available for deployment in the Google Cloud.

How do I set up my cloudSwXtch?

cloudSwXtch is very easy to deploy from the Azure, AWS and Oracle Marketplaces, and deployable on Google Cloud. After setting a few simple parameters, a user creates the virtual network which deploys a cloudSwXtch into their Azure, AWS, Oracle or Google Cloud tenant. Any virtual machines that wish to connect to the cloudSwXtch must retrieve an xNIC from the cloudSwXtch by running a simple bash script.

Can I send multicast traffic into my AWS network with swXtch?

Yes. cloudSwXtch enables AWS multicast applications. You can find more information on AWS multicast and cloudSwXtch here.

Can I send multicast traffic from my on-prem systems into Azure, AWS, Google or Oracle Clouds?

Yes. The cloudSwXtch architecture includes a lightweight VM component that allows external networks to create AWS multicast, Azure multicast, Google cloud multicast or Oracle multicast and move traffic between data centers.

Can I send multicast traffic across Azure vNets?

cloudSwXtch supports moving multicast traffic between Azure vNets, within or between Availability Zones.

Which version of IGMP does cloudSwXtch support?

cloudSwXtch is fully compliant with IGMP Version 2, and partially compliant with IGMP Version 3. cloudSwXtch currently supports many of the features of IGMP Version 3 that are in common use, and will fully support IGMP version 3 in a future release.

Which operating systems do the xNICs run on?

xNICs are available for virtual machines that run RHEL 7 or later, CentOS 7 or later, Ubuntu 18.04 or later, Windows Server 2016 and 2019. These operating systems must run on an x86_64 CPU.

What features are available today on a cloudSwXtch?

The first release of cloudSwXtch allows users to transmit multicast traffic on or into the cloud. The multicast network behaves as if it were implemented on physical hardware. It uses standard IGMP-compliant methods to allow multicast producers and consumers to leave or join multicast groups.

What is a cloudSwXtch?

cloudSwXtch is a virtual overlay network that runs in your AWS or Azure tenant. It creates a standards-compliant network by deploying virtual network switches and virtual Network Interface Controllers (xNICs) that allow software workloads running on virtual machines to distribute their information as if they were running on a physical network. Many features not available on cloud networks, like multicast, PTP, packet pacing, custom packet filtering, and others may be implemented as features on this virtual network.