Abstract: The technology disclosed herein enables optimization of network traffic by deduplicating data for transmission using deduplication information generated by a storage system from which the data is being transferred. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in a network traffic optimizer, receiving first data from a first storage system for transmission over the communication network. The first storage system performed a deduplication process on the first data when storing the first data therein and the deduplication process generated first deduplication information for the first data. The method further provides deduplicating the first data using the first deduplication information in the first storage system and transmitting the first data over the communication network.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for diagnosing a data plane of a network, wherein the network spans a first data center and a second data center, and wherein the second data center is remote to the first, the method comprising: accessing a secure connection between the first data center and the second data center; modifying, by the first performance controller, firewall settings of the first data center from a first setting to a second setting; opening on the second data center an instance of a performance tool; opening on the first data center a client of the instance of the performance tool; sending data packets over the data plane of the network; receiving the data packets; generating metrics associated with the data packets; and modifying firewall settings of the first data center from the second setting to the first setting.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an approach for diagnosing a data plane of a network, wherein the network spans a first data center and a second data center, and wherein the second data center is remote to the first, the method comprising: accessing a secure connection between the first data center and the second data center; modifying, by the first performance controller, firewall settings of the first data center from a first setting to a second setting; opening on the second data center an instance of a performance tool; opening on the first data center a client of the instance of the performance tool; sending data packets over the data plane of the network; receiving the data packets; generating metrics associated with the data packets; and modifying firewall settings of the first data center from the second setting to the first setting.