Intel Corporation
ADAPTIVE COLLABORATIVE MEMORY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKING DEVICES

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, and systems for adaptive collaborative memory with the assistance of programmable networking devices. Under one example, the programmable networking device is a switch that is deployed in a system or cluster of servers comprising a plurality of nodes. The switch selects one or more nodes to be remote memory server nodes and allocate one or more portions of memory on those nodes to be used as remote memory for one or more remote memory client nodes. The switch receives memory access request messages originating from remote memory client nodes containing indicia identifying memory to be accessed, determines which remote memory server node is to be used for servicing a given memory access request, and sends a memory access request message containing indicia identifying memory to be accessed to the remote memory server node that is determined. The switch also facilitates return of messages containing remote memory access responses to the client nodes.