Title :
Performance evaluation of high performance switches on parallel and distributed computers
Author :
Dirkx, E. ; Brissinck, W. ; Touhafi, A. ; Clarysse, S.
Author_Institution :
Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
fDate :
28 Apr-2 May 1997
Abstract :
The performance of switching fabrics is crucial to the global quality of service offered by an interconnection networks. It is shown that highly detailed simulations can be accelerated by using a parallel (high performance) computer as the computational platform. The simulation model is represented totally independently of the specific computer: hence validation has to be performed only once and the acceleration and optimization of a given implementation are strictly orthogonal to the problem description
Keywords :
multistage interconnection networks; parallel machines; performance evaluation; switching; virtual machines; acceleration; distributed computers; global quality of service; high performance switches; interconnection networks; optimization; parallel computers; performance evaluation; simulation model; switching fabrics; validation; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; High performance computing; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing on the Information Superhighway, 1997. HPC Asia '97
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7901-8
DOI :
10.1109/HPC.1997.592153
