¡¡Chinese Journal of Computers   Full Text
  TitleSnowflake: A New-Type Network Structure of Data Center
  AuthorsLIU Xiao-Qian1) YANG Shou-Bao1) GUO Liang-Min 1)£¬2) WANG Shu-Ling1) SONG Hu1)
  Address1)(School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026) 2)(Department of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui241003)
  Year2011
  IssueNo.1(76¡ª86)
  Abstract &
  Background 		Abstract The paper analyses the deficiency of traditional data center and new characteristics of current data center. Basing on the famous Koch curve, it proposes a new-type network structure of data center, called Snowflake. It takes scalability into full consideration. On the premise of low proportion of switches and servers, it can efficiently achieve routing mechanisms in shorter mean path lengths with less network cost. Keywords data center; network structure; protocol; routing