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Article: Directed Point: A communication subsystem for commodity supercomputing with Gigabit Ethernet
Title | Directed Point: A communication subsystem for commodity supercomputing with Gigabit Ethernet |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Cluster Communication model Directed Point Gigabit Ethernet Low-latency communication |
Issue Date | 2002 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/fgcs |
Citation | Future Generation Computer Systems, 2002, v. 18 n. 3, p. 401-420 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this paper, we study the practical issues on the design of a new communication subsystem, named Directed Point (DP), on a server cluster with Gigabit Ethernet connection, with the goals of achieving high performance and good programmability. Our design exploits the gigabit network architecture and the operating system characteristics. We propose a realistic communication model which can be used to assess various design tradeoffs and to calibrate the performance results. Testing shows that DP communication subsystem can achieve a 16.3 μs single-trip latency and 79.5MBps bandwidth. To achieve good programmability, we propose an abstraction model that allows all inter-process communication patterns to be easily coded using the provided API. The API preserves the syntax and semantics of traditional UNIX I/O operations, making the proposed communication subsystem easy to use without long learning period. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/88978 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.946 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wang, CL | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Tam, ATC | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, BWL | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Zhu, W | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, DCM | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:50:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:50:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Future Generation Computer Systems, 2002, v. 18 n. 3, p. 401-420 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-739X | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/88978 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we study the practical issues on the design of a new communication subsystem, named Directed Point (DP), on a server cluster with Gigabit Ethernet connection, with the goals of achieving high performance and good programmability. Our design exploits the gigabit network architecture and the operating system characteristics. We propose a realistic communication model which can be used to assess various design tradeoffs and to calibrate the performance results. Testing shows that DP communication subsystem can achieve a 16.3 μs single-trip latency and 79.5MBps bandwidth. To achieve good programmability, we propose an abstraction model that allows all inter-process communication patterns to be easily coded using the provided API. The API preserves the syntax and semantics of traditional UNIX I/O operations, making the proposed communication subsystem easy to use without long learning period. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/fgcs | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Future Generation Computer Systems | en_HK |
dc.rights | Future Generation Computer Systems. Copyright © Elsevier BV. | en_HK |
dc.subject | Cluster | en_HK |
dc.subject | Communication model | en_HK |
dc.subject | Directed Point | en_HK |
dc.subject | Gigabit Ethernet | en_HK |
dc.subject | Low-latency communication | en_HK |
dc.title | Directed Point: A communication subsystem for commodity supercomputing with Gigabit Ethernet | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0167-739X&volume=18&spage=401&epage=420&date=2002&atitle=Directed+Point:+A+Communication+Subsystem+for+Commodity+Supercomputing+with+Gigabit+Ethernet | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Wang, CL:clwang@cs.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Wang, CL=rp00183 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0167-739X(01)00059-0 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0036027533 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 82177 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036027533&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 401 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 420 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000173198300007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wang, CL=7501646188 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Tam, ATC=15737678700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cheung, BWL=55057608700 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Zhu, W=7404232996 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lee, DCM=15737090900 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0167-739X | - |