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Grid Network Session Processing and Forwarding Engine—Open Solutions GP, 43182 Christy Street, Suite 43030, Fremont, CA 94538-3165; 925-846-5331

Mr. Peter Reali, Principal Investigator, preali@sbcglobal.net

Mr. Kam K. Pang, Business Official, kam_k_pang@sbcglobal.net

DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER84032

Amount:  $750,000

With network bandwidth increasing more rapidly than processor speed for the past two decades, a serious performance problem exists for the transport, storage, and retrieval of large amounts of scientific data.  This project will identify current performance bottlenecks, and develop a high-performance, processing and forwarding engine-hardware architecture that will handle data rates of 10 Gbps and beyond.  Phase I developed a software profile and determinged system performance for a scaled-down version (1Gbps) of the Grid Network Session Processing and Forwarding Engine (GNSPFE).  The results were used to extrapolate the design of the 10 Gbps Engine.   Phase II will develop a prototype 10 Gbps GNSPFE and verify its peformance on a transoceanic network.

Commercial Applications And Other Benefits as described by the awardee:  The Grid Network Session Processing and Forwarding Engine should become an enabling technology, providing economical 10 Gbps service to high-performance cluster file systems.  In addition, the technology should find use as a Grid network solution for file servers, on-demand video servers, and game servers.