Very high performance networking for supercomputing

Author

Clinger, Marke

Author_Institution

Solbourne Comput., Longmont, CO, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

12-16 Nov 1990

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

168

Abstract

NASA Ames has installed a very-high-bandwidth, 1 Gb/s local-area network (using two UltraNet 1000 hubs) to study the feasibility and performance of networking supercomputers with minisupercomputers and workstations at the effective bandwidth needed for computing environments of the future. A network display device, which provides interactive graphics over the network, was also installed to study the impact of this new bandwidth on visualization and the impact of interactive graphics on network performance. Three classes of computers were defined for study: workstations, minisupercomputers, and supercomputers. Interactions between these classes in a typical operational environment were also studied. The author presents the results of investigations of network performance in a production facility through distributed processing

Keywords

broadband networks; equipment evaluation (computers); local area networks; multiprocessing systems; network operating systems; optical links; performance evaluation; 1 Gb/s local-area network; 1 Gbit/s; LAN; NAS gigabit network; UltraNet 1000 hubs; distributed processing; interactive graphics; minisupercomputers; network display device; network performance; operational environment; production facility; supercomputers; supercomputing network; visualization; workstations; Bandwidth; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Computer networks; Local area networks; NASA; Production facilities; Supercomputers; Visualization; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Supercomputing '90., Proceedings of

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2056-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SUPERC.1990.130016

Filename

130016