Title :
Striping within the network subsystem
Author :
Traw, C. Brendan S ; Smith, Jonathan M.
Author_Institution :
Archit. Labs., Intel Corp., USA
Abstract :
Striping is a general architectural technique for the, transparent aggregation of multiple, functionally similar, resources to obtain higher performance. This article establishes a precise terminology for discussing striping and striping techniques, differentiates striping from the more general architectural technique of multiplexing, and outlines the major uses and trade-offs associated with the technique within the network subsystem. It presents a set of criteria for evaluating network striping and a case study of striping within a typical high performance network stack consisting of TCP/IP over ATM/SONET. IT also includes a set of “rules of thumb” for the inclusion of striping within the network subsystem. An appendix describes the trace driven simulation used to support the case study
Keywords :
SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; multiplexing; telecommunication networks; transport protocols; ATM/SONET; TCP/IP; architectural technique; high performance network stack; multiplexing; network architecture; network evaluation; network performance; network subsystem; rules of thumb; striping techniques; trace driven simulation; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Demultiplexing; High performance computing; Information science; Pipeline processing; System performance; TCPIP; Terminology; WDM networks;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
