A Split Architecture Approach to Terabyte-Scale Caching in a Protocol-Oblivious Forwarding Switch.

Research has proven that in-network caching is an effective way of eliminating redundant network traffic. For a larger cache that scales up to terabytes, a network element must utilize block storage devices. Nevertheless, accessing block devices in packet forwarding paths could be a major performance bottleneck because storage devices are prone to be much slower than memory devices concerning band...