TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance analysis of high-performance file-transfer systems for Grid applications
AU - Anglano, Cosimo
AU - Canonico, Massimo
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - Data-intensive Grid applications require the availability of tools able to transfer very large files in the shortest amount of time. Many file-transfer tools, based on solutions aimed at overcoming the limitations imposed by the TCP protocol, have recently been developed. In this paper we experimentally compare the performance of some of these tools in various network scenarios by running experiments on PlanetLab, an open platform for the development, deployment, and access of planetary-scale services, that comprises hundreds of hosts scattered across the globe. Our results show that solutions based on UDP and adopting rate-based algorithms result in better performance than other alternatives in most cases, while solutions based on TCP achieve similar performance only under specific circumstances.
AB - Data-intensive Grid applications require the availability of tools able to transfer very large files in the shortest amount of time. Many file-transfer tools, based on solutions aimed at overcoming the limitations imposed by the TCP protocol, have recently been developed. In this paper we experimentally compare the performance of some of these tools in various network scenarios by running experiments on PlanetLab, an open platform for the development, deployment, and access of planetary-scale services, that comprises hundreds of hosts scattered across the globe. Our results show that solutions based on UDP and adopting rate-based algorithms result in better performance than other alternatives in most cases, while solutions based on TCP achieve similar performance only under specific circumstances.
KW - Data-intensive Grid applications
KW - File-transfer tools
KW - High bandwidth-delay-product networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33745346836&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/cpe.976
DO - 10.1002/cpe.976
M3 - Article
SN - 1532-0626
VL - 18
SP - 807
EP - 816
JO - Concurrency Computation Practice and Experience
JF - Concurrency Computation Practice and Experience
IS - 8
ER -