A microscopic view of bursts, buffer contention, and loss in data centers
Ehab Ghabashneh, Yimeng Zhao, Cristian Lumezanu, Neil Spring, Srikanth Sundaresan, Sanjay Rao
Abstract
Managing data center networks with low loss requires understanding traffic dynamics at short (millisecond) time-scales, especially the burstiness of traffic, and to what extent bursts contend for switch buffer resources. Yet, monitoring traffic over such intervals is a challenge at scale.
Topics & Concepts
BurstinessMillisecondComputer scienceData lossData centerBuffer (optical fiber)Computer networkReal-time computingDistributed computingNetwork packetTelecommunicationsPhysicsAstronomyCloud Computing and Resource ManagementPeer-to-Peer Network TechnologiesComplex Network Analysis Techniques