A loss-free multipathing solution for data center network using software-defined networking approach

• Main Authors: Fang, Shuo, Yu, Yang, Foh, Chuan Heng, Aung, Khin Mi Mi
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103349; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16717
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Conventional Ethernet protocols struggle to meet the scalability and performance requirements of data centers. Viable replacements have been proposed for data center ethernet (DCE): link-layer Multipathing (MP) is deployed to replace spanning tree protocol (STP) and thus improve network throughput;...