Title :
Dynamic Load Balancing Multipathing in Data Center Ethernet
Author :
Yu, Yang ; Aung, Khin Mi Mi ; Tong, Edmund Kheng Kiat ; Foh, Chuan Heng
Author_Institution :
Data Storage Inst., Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Currently implemented Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) cannot meet the requirement of a data center due to its poor bandwidth utilization and lack of multipathing capability. In this paper, we propose a layer-2 multipathing solution, namely dynamic load balancing multipathing (DLBMP), for data center Ethernets. With DLBMP, traffic between two communication nodes can be spread among multiple paths. The traffic load of all paths is continuously monitored so that traffic split to each path can be dynamically adjusted. In addition, per-flow forwarding is preserved to guarantee in-order frame delivery. Computer simulations show that DLBMP gives much better performance as compared to STP due to its multipathing and dynamic load balancing capability.
Keywords :
computer centres; local area networks; protocols; resource allocation; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; trees (mathematics); bandwidth utilization; communication traffic; data center Ethernet; dynamic load balancing multipathing; layer-2 multipathing solution; per-flow forwarding; spanning tree protocol; traffic load; Computer simulation; Ethernet networks; Load management; Load modeling; Network topology; Throughput; Topology; data center; load-balancing; multipathing; per-flow;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Miami Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8181-1
DOI :
10.1109/MASCOTS.2010.51
