2013/01/25 by Solnushkin, Konstantin S.
#C.2.1 #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #K.6.2 #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Parallel #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1301.6180
This paper presents an algorithm to automatically design networks with torus topologies, such as ones widely used in large-scale supercomputers. The characteristic feature of our approach is that real life equipment prices and values of technical characteristics are used. As a result, we also have the opportunity to compare costs of torus and fat-tree networks. The algorithm is useful as a part of a bigger design procedure that selects optimal hardware of cluster supercomputer as a whole.