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Rethinking buffer management in data center networks

Published:17 August 2014Publication History

ABSTRACT

Data center operators face extreme challenges in simultaneously providing low latency for short flows, high throughput for long flows, and high burst tolerance. We propose a buffer management strategy that addresses these challenges by isolating short and long flows into separate buffers, sizing these buffers based on flow requirements, and scheduling packets to meet different flow-level objectives. Our design provides new opportunities for performance improvements that complement transport layer optimisations.

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      SIGCOMM '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM conference on SIGCOMM
      August 2014
      662 pages
      ISBN:9781450328364
      DOI:10.1145/2619239

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      • Published: 17 August 2014

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      SIGCOMM '14 Paper Acceptance Rate45of242submissions,19%Overall Acceptance Rate554of3,547submissions,16%

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