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For high performance computing environments, the capacity to move data across a network quickly and efficiently is a requirement. Such networks are typically described as requiring high throughput and low latency. High throughput refers to an environment that can deliver a large amount of processing capacity over a long period of time. Low latency refers to the minimal delay between processing input and providing output, such as you would expect in a real-time application.
In these environments, conventional networking using socket streams can create bottlenecks when it comes to moving data. Introduced in 1999 by the
The Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) is a networking protocol developed to support stream connections over InfiniBand fabric. SDP support was introduced to the JDK 7 release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition ("Java SE Platform") for applications deployed in the Solaris Operating System ("Solaris OS") and on Linux operating systems. The Solaris OS has supported SDP and InfiniBand since Solaris 10 5/08. On Linux, the InfiniBand package is called OFED (OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution). The JDK 7 release supports the 1.4.2 and 1.5 versions of OFED.