A content-aware switch can optimize cluster-based server architectures by examining requests and distributing them to servers on the basis of application-level information. A network-processor-based switch can reduce HTTP processing latency and improve packet throughput.
Index Terms:
content-aware switch, network processor, ENP2611, Intel IXP 2400
Citation:
Li Zhao, Yan Luo, Laxmi N. Bhuyan, Ravi Iyer, "A Network Processor-Based, Content-Aware Switch," IEEE Micro, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 72-84, May/June 2006, doi:10.1109/MM.2006.46