Guo et al (2009) BCube: A High Performance, Server-centric Network Architecture for Modular Data Centers (SIGCOMM)
BCube is a recursive structure so that:
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Abts et al (2010) Energy Proportional Datacenter Networks (ISCA)
A paper from Google describing how to make data center network energy proportional, i.e. the energy consumption in watts is proportional to the utilization. The current status is that, servers are more power-hungry than network because of the over-subscription. However, server is also easier to be energy proportional. Network equipments,...
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Greenberg et al (2009) VL2: A Scalable and Flexible Data Center Network (SIGCOMM)
An architecture of data center network to support virtual machines as workhorses and standard Ethernet as layer-2 with flat-addressing. Load-balancing is provided by Valiant Load Balancing (i.e. OSPF ECMP), and the multipath capability of the network is exploited by modifying the OS of hosts — so that different MAC addresses...
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Eppstein (1998) Finding the k shortest paths (SIAM J Computing)
An algorithm to find the \(k\) shortest paths from node \(s\) to node \(t\) is presented.
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Atlas & Zinin (2008) Basic Specification for IP Fast Reroute: Loop-Free Alternates (RFC5286)
This is an RFC on how to select the “next hop” for fast reroute protections. The default next hop is called “primary” and therefore the one used for fast reroute is called “alternate” next hop. The alternate next hop is not necessary to be in the shortest path, but it...
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