Abstract: One method occurs at a first network node in a service provider network for providing at least one service to multiple tenants. The method includes generating, using input from an administrator of the service provider network, user configuration information for a first tenant; sending, to the first tenant, at least some of the user configuration information; receiving, from the first tenant, first configuration information for configuring a first conduit for tunneling communications between the service provider network and a first site associated with the first tenant's SD-WAN; configuring, using the first configuration information, the first conduit, wherein the first network node is associated with a plurality of conduits, wherein a second conduit of the plurality of conduits is at least in part configured by a second tenant and not the first tenant; and tunneling, via the first conduit, communications between the service provider network and the first site.

Abstract: One method occurs at a first network node in a service provider network for providing at least one service to multiple tenants. The method includes generating, using input from an administrator of the service provider network, user configuration information for a first tenant; sending, to the first tenant, at least some of the user configuration information; receiving, from the first tenant, first configuration information for configuring a first conduit for tunneling communications between the service provider network and a first site associated with the first tenant's SD-WAN; configuring, using the first configuration information, the first conduit, wherein the first network node is associated with a plurality of conduits, wherein a second conduit of the plurality of conduits is at least in part configured by a second tenant and not the first tenant; and tunneling, via the first conduit, communications between the service provider network and the first site.

Abstract: A write protection cache (WPC) is introduced between a process and a disk cache on a solid state drive (SSD). The cache provides a holding area, and only data that has been seen more than once is committed to the disk cache. The WPC provides a layer of protection over the data on the disk by avoiding unnecessary writes to the drive. This protection is accomplished by only committing to disk the data or chunks that is seen more than once by a wide area network (WAN) process.

Abstract: A write protection cache (WPC) is introduced between a process and a disk cache on a solid state drive (SSD). The cache provides a holding area, and only data that has been seen more than once is committed to the disk cache. The WPC provides a layer of protection over the data on the disk by avoiding unnecessary writes to the drive. This protection is accomplished by only committing to disk the data or chunks that is seen more than once by a wide area network (WAN) process.