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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 19, 2010
Jagwinder Singh Brar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);
Tyson J. Lamoreaux, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark N. Kelly, Dublin, IE;
Jagwinder Singh Brar, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);
Tyson J. Lamoreaux, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark N. Kelly, Dublin, IE;
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The efficiency of scaling of a network of computing devices can be improved by grouping highly-connected portions into deployment units wherein devices only have to be aware of other devices in the respective deployment unit. The various deployment units can be connected by a backbone mechanism. In some embodiments, the backbone utilizes a torroidal connection scheme to connect the backbone switches and pass routing protocol information. Host traffic can still utilize connections between tiers, such that standard routing and networking protocols can be utilized. In other embodiments, logical interfaces can be initialized in each backbone switch, such that each switch itself can function as a point backbone. The devices of the various deployment units then can communicate with each other via the point backbones using standard networking and routing protocols.