Title :
Performance analysis of storage area network switches
Author :
Bianco, Andrea ; Giaccone, Paolo ; Giraudo, Enrico Maria ; Neri, Fabio ; Schiattarella, Enrico
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
This paper focuses on a switching architecture designed for storage area network (SAN) applications, with a crossbar switching fabric and an aggregate bandwidth of hundreds of Gbps. We describe the architecture and adopt an abstract model of the flow-controlled, credit-based, packet transfer around the switching fabric. The major effects on performance of the credit-based flow control are investigated under different system parameters.
Keywords :
storage area networks; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; credit-based flow control; crossbar switching fabric; packet transfer; storage area network switch; Aggregates; Bandwidth; Fabrics; Local area networks; Network servers; Packet switching; Performance analysis; Programmable control; Storage area networks; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Switching and Routing, 2005. HPSR. 2005 Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8924-7
DOI :
10.1109/HPSR.2005.1503221
