Improving the efficiency of server-centric data center network architectures

Ting Wang, Yu Xia, Dong Lin, Mounir Hamdi

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Data center network architecture is regarded as one of the most important determinants of network performance. As the most typical representatives of architecture design, the server-centric scheme stands out due to its good performance in various aspects. However, there still exist some critical shortcomings in these server-centric architectures. In order to provide an efficient solution to these shortcomings and improve the efficiency of server-centric architectures, in this paper, we propose a hardware based approach, named 'Forwarding Unit'. Furthermore, we put forward a traffic aware routing scheme for FlatNet to further evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of our approach. Both theoretical analysis and simulation experiments are conducted to measure its overall performance with respect to cost-effectiveness, fault-tolerance, system latency, packet loss ratio, aggregate bottleneck throughput, and average path length.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3088-3093
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479920037
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: 10 Jun 201414 Jun 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014

Conference

Conference2014 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period10/06/1414/06/14

Keywords

  • Data center network
  • Flat network
  • Server-centric

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