Multicast performance analysis for high-speed torus networks

S. Oral; A. George

doi:10.1109/LCN.2002.1181839

Multicast performance analysis for high-speed torus networks

S. Oral, A. George

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Overall efficiency of high-performance computing clusters not only relies on the computing power of the individual nodes, but also on the performance that the underlying network can provide to the computational application. Although modern high-performance networks, especially system area networks (SAN), have high unicast performance, they do not support multicast communication in hardware. This research experimentally evaluates the performance of various protocols for unicast-based and path-based multicast communication on high-speed torus networks. Software-based multicast performance results of selected algorithms on a 16-node Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) torus are given. The strengths and weaknesses of the various protocols are illustrated in terms of startup and completion latency, CPU utilization, and link utilization and concurrency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - LCN 2002
Subtitle of host publication	27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	619-628
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	0769515916
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2002.1181839
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2002 - Tampa, United States Duration: Nov 6 2002 → Nov 8 2002

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Name	Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN
Volume	2002-January

Conference

Conference	27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2002
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa
Period	11/6/02 → 11/8/02

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Funders	Funder number
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Defense

Keywords

Application software
Computer applications
Computer networks
Hardware
High performance computing
Multicast communication
Multicast protocols
Performance analysis
Storage area networks
Unicast

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Oral, S & George, A 2002, Multicast performance analysis for high-speed torus networks. in Proceedings - LCN 2002: 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks., 1181839, Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN, vol. 2002-January, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 619-628, 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2002, Tampa, United States, 11/6/02. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2002.1181839

Multicast performance analysis for high-speed torus networks. / Oral, S.; George, A.
Proceedings - LCN 2002: 27th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks. IEEE Computer Society, 2002. p. 619-628 1181839 (Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN; Vol. 2002-January).

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