Understanding Lifecycle Management Complexity of Datacenter Topologies

Authors: 

Mingyang Zhang, University of Southern California; Radhika Niranjan Mysore, VMware Research; Sucha Supittayapornpong and Ramesh Govindan, University of Southern California
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Abstract: 

Most recent datacenter topology designs have focused on performance properties such as latency and throughput. In this paper, we explore a new dimension, life cycle management, which attempts to capture operational costs of topologies. Specifically, we consider costs associated with deployment and expansion of topologies and explore how structural properties of two different topology families (Clos and expander graphs as exemplified by Xpander) affect these. We also develop a new topology that has the wiring simplicity of Clos and the expandability of expander graphs using the insights from our study.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {227667,
author = {Mingyang Zhang and Radhika Niranjan Mysore and Sucha Supittayapornpong and Ramesh Govindan},
title = {Understanding Lifecycle Management Complexity of Datacenter Topologies},
booktitle = {16th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 19)},
year = {2019},
isbn = {978-1-931971-49-2},
address = {Boston, MA},
pages = {235--254},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi19/presentation/zhang},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = feb
}

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