Arithmetic Study related to Energy in Switches for some Data Centre Topologies

Abstract

Data Centre facilities are rapidly increasing as parallel computing schemes are ever growing. Those kinds of facilities are designed according to different topologies, but many of them are underutilized, leading to energy misuse in many of the switches providing network interconnection for the end hosts. In this paper, some common Data Centre topologies are studied, such as Fat Tree, Leaf and Spine, N-Hypercube and Folded N-Hypercube, in order to find out their performances in terms of energy saving purposes for the same number of hosts hanging on each design, hence obtaining a coherent comparison among them all. It is to be said that each topology has its own benefits and drawbacks, meaning that each one may be the best option depending on the initial conditions of an implementation. However, in the conditions established for steady latency and jitter, it seems that Fat Tree topologies get better results as the size of the Data Centre grows up, whereas Leaf and Spine does it otherwise.