Performance Enhancement of Inter-Cluster Communication with Software-based Data Compression Link Layer.
Shinichi Yamagiwa, Keiichi Aoki, Koichi Wada · 2005
The communication performance is an important factor of the performance in cluster computer, which must be considered for the challenge that tries to improve its overall performance to accomplish the desired one. This paper focuses on the communication method for reducing the communication data in cluster computer using a data compression mechanism based on software in the link layer of cluster network, called the link layer compression. The technique is implemented on a lower layer of the cluster network comparatively to the mechanisms proposed in the preceding researches. Finally, the performance results show that the technique is able to enhance the performance of cluster computer, as well as achieve good compatibility for cluster-oriented applications. KEY WORDS cluster computing, network performance, data compression 1