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POLO network configuration:

0.8 Gb/s at each node

Difficult multicast/broadcast

More than 10 Gb/s at each node

Expensive Fiber Channel (FC) switch

Example: 8 nodes require 16 Tx/Rx modules

and switch

No expensive switch

Example: 8 nodes only require 8 Tx/Rx modules

POLO adapter cost potentially similar to FC adapter

Natural multicast/broadcast over shared medium

High-Performance Clusters and Workgroups: The POLO Project

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