Optimizing 10-Gigabit Ethernet for networks of workstations, clusters, and grids: A case study

Proceedings of the 2003 ACM/IEEE Conference on Supercomputing, SC 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Feng, Wu Chun ^a   Hurwitz, Justin ^a   Newman, Harvey ^b   Ravot, Sylvain ^b   Cottrell, R Les ^d   Martin, Olivier ^c   Coccetti, Fabrizio ^d   Jin, Cheng ^b   Wei, Xiaoliang ^b   Low, Steven ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

10-GIGABIT ETHERNET; COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; END-TO-END LATENCY; END-TO-END THROUGHPUT; LAND SPEED RECORDS; NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE; NETWORKS OF WORKSTATIONS;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 84877052709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1048935.1050200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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