Failure-based Lifespan Performance Analysis of Network Fabric in Modular Data Centers: Toward Deployment in Canada's North
Reza Farrahi Moghaddam, Vahid Asghari, Fereydoun Farrahi Moghaddam, Mohamed Cheriet · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2014
Data centers have evolved from a passive element of compute infrastructure to become an active and core part of any ICT solution. Modular data centers are a promising design approach to improve resiliency of data centers, and they can play a key role in deploying ICT infrastructure in remote and in- hospitable environments with low temperatures and hydro- and wind-electric capabilities. Modular data centers can also survive even with lack of contin- uous physical maintenance and support. Generally, the most critical part of a data center is its network fabric that could impede the whole system even if all other components are fully functional. In this work, a complete failure analysis of modular data centers using failure models of various components including servers, switches, and links is performed using a proposed Monte- Carlo approach. This approach allows us to calculate the performance of a design along its lifespan even at the terminal stages. A class of modified