Host congestion control
The conventional wisdom in systems and networking communities is that congestion
happens primarily within the network fabric. However, adoption of high-bandwidth access …
happens primarily within the network fabric. However, adoption of high-bandwidth access …
RackBlox: A Software-Defined Rack-Scale Storage System with Network-Storage Co-Design
Software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined flash (SDF) have been serving as
the backbone of modern data centers. They are managed separately to handle I/O requests …
the backbone of modern data centers. They are managed separately to handle I/O requests …
What's the Story in {EBS} Glory: Evolutions and Lessons in Building Cloud Block Store
In this paper, we qualitatively and quantitatively discuss the design choices, production
experience, and lessons in building the Elastic Block Storage (EBS) at Alibaba Cloud over …
experience, and lessons in building the Elastic Block Storage (EBS) at Alibaba Cloud over …
Deploying user-space {TCP} at cloud scale with {LUNA}
The TCP remains the workhorse protocol for many modern large-scale data centers.
However, the increasingly demanding performance expectations—led by advancement in …
However, the increasingly demanding performance expectations—led by advancement in …
Lightpool: A nvme-of-based high-performance and lightweight storage pool architecture for cloud-native distributed database
J Xu, Y Chen, Y Wang, W Shi, G Fang… - … Symposium on High …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging cloud-native distributed databases rely on local NVMe SSDs to provide high-
performance and highavailable data services to many cloud applications. However, the …
performance and highavailable data services to many cloud applications. However, the …
[PDF][PDF] Burstable Cloud Block Storage with Data Processing Units
Cloud block storage (CBS) is a key pillar of public clouds. Today's CBS distinguishes itself
from physical counterparts (eg, SSDs) by offering unique burst capability as well as …
from physical counterparts (eg, SSDs) by offering unique burst capability as well as …
Volley: Accelerating Write-Read Orders in Disaggregated Storage
Modern data centers deploy disaggregated storage systems (eg, NVMe over Fabrics, NVMe-
oF) for fine-grained resource elasticity and high resource utilization. A client-side writeback …
oF) for fine-grained resource elasticity and high resource utilization. A client-side writeback …
[PDF][PDF] Understanding the Host Network
M Vuppalapati, S Agarwal, HN Schuh, B Kasikci… - SIGCOMM, 2024 - cs.cornell.edu
The host network integrates processor, memory, and peripheral interconnects to enable data
transfer within the host. Several recent studies from production datacenters have established …
transfer within the host. Several recent studies from production datacenters have established …
Ada-WL: An Adaptive Wear-Leveling Aware Data Migration Approach for Flexible SSD Array Scaling in Clusters
Recently, the flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) array has been widely implemented in
real-world large-scale clusters. With the increasing number of users in upper-tier …
real-world large-scale clusters. With the increasing number of users in upper-tier …
Bifrost: Extending RoCE for Long Distance Inter-DC Links
P Yu, F Xue, C Tian, X Wang, Y Chen… - 2023 IEEE 31st …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCEv2) has been widely deployed to data centers (DCs)
for its better compatibility with Ethernet/IP than Infiniband (IB). As cross-DC applications …
for its better compatibility with Ethernet/IP than Infiniband (IB). As cross-DC applications …