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Several new data center network topologies have been proposed by researchers, aimed at addressing many of the shortcomings of the current DCN. This chapter reviews some of the representative topologies. We classify the topologies based on their characteristics into fixed and flexible topologies. We then review their properties in terms of scale, performance and hardware redundancy.
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Liu, Y., Muppala, J.K., Veeraraghavan, M., Lin, D., Hamdi, M. (2013). Data Center Network Topologies: Research Proposals. In: Data Center Networks. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01949-9_3
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