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What and Who
Rethinking bulk data transfers for next-generation applications
Himabindu Pucha
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SWS Colloquium
Himabindu Pucha is currently a post-doctoral fellow in the
Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
She received her doctorate in December 2007 and her Masters
degree in 2003 from the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at Purdue University.
Her research interests span distributed systems, computer networks,
and mobile computing. She is an ACM Student Research Competition
finalist this year and a recipient of the Google Anita Borg Scholarship
and the Purdue Violet Haas award.
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English
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Date, Time and Location
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
11:00
90 Minutes
E1 5
019
Saarbrücken
Abstract
How did you use the Internet today? The answer to this question has significantly
evolved in the last decade. Ten years ago, we were browsing simple websites with
text and images, and communicating via instant messaging and emails. In addition
to these applications, today's users are engaging in on-demand video streaming,
multimedia conferencing, and sharing files from software updates to personal music,
and as a result transferring large volumes of data (of the order of Mbytes) more
frequently than ever. Hence, bulk data transfers at the core of these applications
are becoming increasingly important and are expected to provide high throughput and
efficiency. Contrary to these expectations, however, our study of file sharing networks
confirms previous observations that bulk data transfers are slow and inefficient,
motivating the need to rethink their design.
In this talk, I will present my approach to address a prominent performance bottleneck
for these bulk data transfers: Lack of sufficient sources of data to download from.
My work addresses this challenge by (1) exploiting network peers that serve files
similar to the file being downloaded, and (2) by coupling all the available network
resources with similar data on the local disk of a receiver. My talk will also
highlight the system design and implementation for the above solutions. For example,
I will discuss handprinting, a novel and efficient algorithmic technique to locate
the additional similar network peers with only a constant overhead. Finally, a transfer
system that simultaneously benefits from disk and network is required to work well
across a diverse range of operating environments and scenarios resulting from varying
network and disk performance. I will present the design principles for an all-weather
transfer system that adapts to a wide spectrum of operating conditions by monitoring
resource availability.
evolved in the last decade. Ten years ago, we were browsing simple websites with
text and images, and communicating via instant messaging and emails. In addition
to these applications, today's users are engaging in on-demand video streaming,
multimedia conferencing, and sharing files from software updates to personal music,
and as a result transferring large volumes of data (of the order of Mbytes) more
frequently than ever. Hence, bulk data transfers at the core of these applications
are becoming increasingly important and are expected to provide high throughput and
efficiency. Contrary to these expectations, however, our study of file sharing networks
confirms previous observations that bulk data transfers are slow and inefficient,
motivating the need to rethink their design.
In this talk, I will present my approach to address a prominent performance bottleneck
for these bulk data transfers: Lack of sufficient sources of data to download from.
My work addresses this challenge by (1) exploiting network peers that serve files
similar to the file being downloaded, and (2) by coupling all the available network
resources with similar data on the local disk of a receiver. My talk will also
highlight the system design and implementation for the above solutions. For example,
I will discuss handprinting, a novel and efficient algorithmic technique to locate
the additional similar network peers with only a constant overhead. Finally, a transfer
system that simultaneously benefits from disk and network is required to work well
across a diverse range of operating environments and scenarios resulting from varying
network and disk performance. I will present the design principles for an all-weather
transfer system that adapts to a wide spectrum of operating conditions by monitoring
resource availability.
Contact
Claudia Richter
9325 688
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Carina Schmitt, 04/25/2008 11:19
Claudia Richter, 04/22/2008 11:10 -- Created document.
Claudia Richter, 04/22/2008 11:10 -- Created document.