@inproceedings{vigfusson2008dr, author = {Vigfusson, Ymir and Abu-Libdeh, Hussam and Balakrishnan, Mahesh and Birman, Ken and Tock, Yoav}, title = {Dr. Multicast: Rx for data center communication scalability}, booktitle = {LADIS '08: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Middleware}, year = {2008}, month = {September}, abstract = {Data centers avoid IP Multicast (IPMC) because of a series of problems with the technology. We introduce Dr. Multicast (MCMD), a system that maps IPMC operations to a combination of point-to-point unicast and traditional IPMC transmissions. MCMD optimizes the use of IPMC addresses within a data center, while simultaneously respecting an administrator-specified acceptable-use policy. We argue that with the resulting range of options, IPMC no longer represents a threat and can therefore be used much more widely.}, publisher = {ACM}, url = {https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/dr-multicast-rx-for-data-center-communication-scalability-2/}, pages = {1–12}, isbn = {978-1-60558-296-2}, edition = {LADIS '08: Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Middleware}, }