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International Conference on High-Performance Computing and Networking

HPCN-Europe 1995: High-Performance Computing and Networking pp 79–85Cite as

Characterizing the resource demands of TCP/IP

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Communication costs can significantly affect the performance behavior of distributed applications. We consider the problem of estimating the resource demands of a commonly used network communication subsystem, namely TCP/IP. We show that the resource demands associated with TCP/IP vary significantly for different message sizes and behave in a non-intuitive manner. For example, larger messages can require less CPU time than shorter messages. We find that different implementations of TCP have implementation-specific signatures that describe the relationship between message size and CPU demand. These signatures can be used to support performance-oriented design and management of distributed applications. A characterization procedure for finding an implementation's signature is presented. The procedure is non-intrusive and uses measurement tools that are or can be made available in most Unix environments. In this way the procedure can be repeated by analysts on many platforms.

Research partly funded by the Italian MURST 40% and 60% projects

Research funded by the Norwegian Research Council, grant #100486/410

Research funded by the IBM Canada MANDAS project and the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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  1. Dip. Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milano, Italy

    Ennio Pozzetti & Giuseppe Serazzi

  2. Dept. Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Vidar Vetland & Jerome Rolia

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  1. Ennio Pozzetti
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Pozzetti, E., Vetland, V., Rolia, J., Serazzi, G. (1995). Characterizing the resource demands of TCP/IP. In: Hertzberger, B., Serazzi, G. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 919. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0046613

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