Title :
TCP/IP performance analysis of local ATM networks for HPC
Author :
Yang, Li ; Shu, Renben
Author_Institution :
Nat. Supercomput. Res. Center, Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The performance of connectionless services on local ATM networks is essential for HPC applications. Various performance features of TCP/IP among supercomputers on a local ATM network are tested. These include TCP/IP throughput and delay measurements as functions of socket buffers and packet sizes from one host to another. Results show that the performance is heavily affected by software settings on both the send and the receive side. Suggestions are given for HPC users on how to best utilize network resources
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; delays; local area networks; parallel machines; performance evaluation; transport protocols; TCP/IP delay measurements; TCP/IP performance analysis; TCP/IP throughput measurements; connectionless services; high-performance computing; local ATM networks; network resource utilisation; packet sizes; socket buffers; software settings; supercomputers; Application software; Delay; Performance analysis; Size measurement; Sockets; Software performance; Supercomputers; TCPIP; Testing; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Computing on the Information Superhighway, 1997. HPC Asia '97
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7901-8
DOI :
10.1109/HPC.1997.592152
