| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 968.4KB PDF | Date added | 22 Aug 2008 |
| Topics | Scalability, Network Design, Data Center | ||
| Downloads | 9 | ||
Today's data centers may contain tens of thousands of computers with significant aggregate bandwidth requirements. The network architecture typically consists of a tree of routing and switching elements with progressively more specialized and expensive equipment moving up the network hierarchy. Unfortunately, even when deploying the highest-end IP switches/routers, resulting topologies may only support 50% of the aggregate bandwidth available at the edge of the network, while still incurring tremendous cost. Non-uniform bandwidth among data center nodes complicates application design and limits overall system performance. This paper shows how to leverage largely commodity Ethernet switches to support the full aggregate bandwidth of clusters consisting of tens of thousands of elements.
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