https://github.com/PlatformLab/Homa

Low-Latency Data Center Network Transport
https://github.com/PlatformLab/Homa

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Low-Latency Data Center Network Transport

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/PlatformLab/Homa
• Owner: PlatformLab
• License: isc
• Created: 2018-04-18T05:37:23.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-11-09T20:19:40.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T17:34:32.170Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C++
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• Size: 671 KB
• Stars: 189
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 27
• Open Issues: 6
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Homa

An implementation of the Homa transport protocol as a C++ userspace library.

*(Note: this repo is no longer under active development and the implementation is

still at a relatively early stage (see below); for a more production-ready

version of Homa, check out the Homa Linux kernel module:

[PlatformLab/HomaModule](https://github.com/PlatformLab/HomaModule))*

## What is the Homa transport protocol?

Homa is a new transport protocol for datacenter networks developed at the

[Stanford PlatformLab](https://platformlab.stanford.edu). Homa provides

exceptionally low latency, especially for workloads with a high volume of very

short messages, and it also supports large messages and high network

utilization. A complete description of Homa can be found in this 

[paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09615). A version of this was published in

ACM SIGCOMM 2018.

## What is this implementation?

This project aims to provide a implementation of the Homa transport protocol

that can be included by applications as a C++ library and can run completely in

userspace, bypassing the kernel for the best possible performance.

The implementation built in two layers:

  1. a "Packet Driver" which provides simple unreliable packet send/receive, and

  2. the Transport which implements the Homa protocol using packet send/receive.

This project provides a [DPDK](https://www.dpdk.org) based implementation of a

Driver which allows high performance packet processing for linux-based systems

with a range of NICs. The Transport is Driver agnostic so other environments can

be supported by building additional drivers.

## What is the current state of this implementation?

This implementation should be close to feature complete or at least runnable.

The interface, however, is still in flux and thus not stable to develop against.

Additionally, more testing needs to be done to ensure the implementation works

as expected.

## Quick Start

### Dependencies

Required:

  * CMake (>= 3.11)

  * DPDK (18.11)

  

Optional:

  * Doxygen

  * pthreads

### Download

```

git clone https://github.com/PlatformLab/Homa.git

```

### Build

From the `Homa` project directory:

```

cmake -E make_directory build

cmake -E chdir build cmake ..

cmake --build build

```

### Install (default install prefix)

```

sudo cmake --build build --target install

```