Title :
SCinet: Testbed for high-performance networked applications
Author :
Kramer, William T C
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The network\´s use by high-performance applications is difficult to evaluate in the real world. To better understand this interaction, leading experts and organizations in ultra-high-performance networking and computing come together once a year to build an intense, diverse, high-performance network. Almost overnight, the SCinet network comes online as a testbed to show-case state-of-the-art network technology at the IEEE/ACM-sponsored supercomputing conference known as SCxy. in the words of one network engineer, the SCinet team challenges application developers to "burn down the world\´s fastest network." They selected 10 of the most data-intensive applications in 2000 and 12 applications in 2001 for evaluation in a formal judging
Keywords :
computer networks; information resources; multiprocessing systems; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; SCinet; SCinet testbed; high-performance applications; networking; state-of-the-art network; ultra-high-performance networking; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Ethernet networks; Local area networks; Optical fiber cables; Production; Stress; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Wide area networks;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2002.1009168
