Traffic statistics in WDM storage area networks

Bernardi Pranggono; Jaafar M.H. Elmirghani

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598662

Traffic statistics in WDM storage area networks

Bernardi Pranggono, Jaafar M.H. Elmirghani

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Abstract

Storage area networks (SANs) are becoming an important part of optical metropolitan area networks (MANs). Growing storage and business-continuity needs; high-bandwidth, low latency requirements for SANs; storage infrastructure consolidation; and post-9/11 regulatory issues are among the several driving factors to push this trend. In this paper, we study network traffic in a proposed metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring architecture SAN with variable-length packets. The paper begins with a brief review of the relevant background information on SANs, data mirroring and network traffic analysis in the literature. Subsequently, the network architectures along with their medium access control (MAC) protocols are described. Network traffic analysis for the proposed network architectures is studied by means of discrete-event computer simulation. Network traffic characteristics are evaluated under self-similar asymmetric traffic scenarios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	89-92
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-2625-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598662
Publication status	Published - 2008

Publication series

Name	2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	2162-7339

Keywords

storage area networks
probability density function
wavelength division multiplexing
servers
media access protocol
computer architecture
protocols

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