What communication topology does Ohm use?
Ohm’s communication topology will vary over the three years of the project. In the first year, Ohm’s topology will be a “star” topology with a gigabit switch at the center of the star. In the second year, Ohm’s topology will be a “ring-star hybrid”, with the central switch being augmented by the additional links needed to form a ring. In the third year, Ohm’s topology will be a “hypercube-star hybrid”, with the central switch being augmented by the additional links needed to form a hypercube. Our Ohm Performance Applet provides a summary of our performance/price findings for each of these three topologies using 2001 prices (and lets the user enter today’s prices to see how the performance/price ratio has changed).
