RDMA

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Seonglae Cho
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2021 May 16 9:18
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2025 Mar 3 17:24
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Remote Direct Memory Access

RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) is commonly used alongside NVMe-oF. It allows direct memory access from one computer to another without CPU involvement, dramatically reducing CPU utilization.

Key Benefits

  • Provides significant advantages when computing and storage are disaggregated
  • Enables compute nodes to retrieve information from remote storage directly into memory without CPU intervention
  • Allows virtual machines on compute nodes to utilize more physical CPU resources

Implementation Considerations

  • Requires RDMA-compatible NICs and drivers
  • Hardware support must be verified before deployment

Storage Protocols

  • Several RDMA-based storage protocols exist:
    • NVMe-oF (NVMe over Fabrics)
    • SRP (Storage RDMA Protocol)
    • iSER (
      iSCSI
      Extension for RDMA)
  • Mellanox has endorsed NVMe-oF as their development standard due to its superior performance
RDMA Protocol
 
 
 
 
 
 

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