Exploiting NIC memory for improving cluster-based webserver performance

Gyu Sang Choi; Jin Ha Kim; Deniz Ersoz; Mazin S. Yousif; Chita R. Das

doi:10.1109/CLUSTR.2005.347067

Exploiting NIC memory for improving cluster-based webserver performance

Gyu Sang Choi, Jin Ha Kim, Deniz Ersoz, Mazin S. Yousif, Chita R. Das

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Improving the performance of Web servers has become a critical issue to handle the increasing demand on various network-based services. In this context, we exploit the local memory of programmable Network Interface Cards (NICs) to improve the performance of cluster-based Web servers, which are increasingly used in designing Web server platforms. We use the NIC memory for caching recently accessed data blocks to improve server performance. We have implemented a prototype of the proposed NIC caching mechanism for a distributed Web server, based on PRESS [3], on an 8-node, Myrinet-connected Linux cluster. Measurements with several server workloads show that NIC caching can enhance throughput by up to 27% compared to the original PRESS Web server without NIC caching, by minimizing the DMA and PCI bus overhead.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2005.347067
State	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER - Burlington, MA, United States Duration: Sep 27 2005 → Sep 30 2005

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC
ISSN (Print)	1552-5244

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Other	2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER
Country/Territory	United States
City	Burlington, MA
Period	9/27/05 → 9/30/05

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General Engineering

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Choi, GS, Kim, JH, Ersoz, D, Yousif, MS & Das, CR 2005, Exploiting NIC memory for improving cluster-based webserver performance. in 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER., 4154110, Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, ICCC, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing, CLUSTER, Burlington, MA, United States, 9/27/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLUSTR.2005.347067

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