On the Design and Analysis of Data Center Network Architectures for Interconnecting Dual-Port Servers
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
We consider the design and analysis of Data Center Network (DCN) architectures for interconnecting dual-port servers. Unlike existing works, we propose the concept of Normalized Switch Delay (NSD) to distinguish a server-to-server-direct hop and a server-to-server-via-switch hop, to unify the design of DCN architectures. We then consider a fundamental problem: maximizing the number of dual-port servers, given network diameter and switch port number; and give an upper bound on this maximum number. Two novel architectures are proposed: SWCube and SWKautz, based on the generalized hypercube and Kautz graph, respectively, which in most cases accommodate more servers than BCN [1], which was claimed to be the largest known architecture. Compared with three existing architectures, SWCube and SWKautz demonstrate various advantages. Analysis and simulations also show that SWCube and SWKautz have nice properties for DCNs, such as low diameter, good fault-tolerance, and capability of efficiently handling network congestion.
DOI
10.1109/INFOCOM.2014.6848124
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Li, Dawei and Wu, Jie, "On the Design and Analysis of Data Center Network Architectures for Interconnecting Dual-Port Servers" (2014). Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 447.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/compusci-facpubs/447