Real-Time In-Network Microburst Mitigation on Programmable Switch

Microbursts in the datacenter network (DCN) last for an extremely short time in switches and are difficult to discover from a coarse-grained perspective. Most prior works are dedicated to in-network detection of microbursts and have not yet attempted to mitigate them in real time. Therefore, a realt...

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Published in:IEEE access 2022, Vol.10, p.2446-2456
Main Authors: Lin, Yu-Jie, Hung, Chi-Hsiang, Wen, Charles H.-P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
Delays
in-network
Microburst mitigation
Microbursts (meteorology)
Packet loss
programmable switch
Real time
Real-time systems
Servers
Switches
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Summary:Microbursts in the datacenter network (DCN) last for an extremely short time in switches and are difficult to discover from a coarse-grained perspective. Most prior works are dedicated to in-network detection of microbursts and have not yet attempted to mitigate them in real time. Therefore, a realtime microburst mitigator, called RIMM, is proposed in this work and mainly applies orderly detours with flowlet intervals for preventing packet loss and packet retransmission in the network. RIMM mainly consists of three key components: (1) detour launcher, (2) packet sequencer, and (3) post-detour handler, and can entirely work in-network on a programmable switch. Experimental results demonstrate that RIMM is capable of preventing packet loss, allowing the reduction of packet retransmissions, while effectively reducing microbursts, resulting in an enhanced data-center network performance.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3139642