Patent Publication Number: US-11038815-B2

Title: Technologies for managing burst bandwidth requirements

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Bandwidth management in a software-defined-networking environment such as a data center can be a critical aspect of maintaining a desired performance level and meeting service level objectives. In certain circumstances, additional burst bandwidth may be needed, such as when a drive in a data center fails. When a drive fails, additional bandwidth may be required to replicate the data previously stored on the failed drive to an additional location, limiting the bandwidth available for other services. 
     In addition to failure of a drive, there may be additional circumstances where a burst of bandwidth is needed to handle data requests. For example, there may be cases when several clients request data transactions at the same storage device or storage sled. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The concepts described herein are illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the accompanying figures. For simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements illustrated in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. Where considered appropriate, reference labels have been repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. 
         FIG. 1  is a simplified diagram of at least one embodiment of a data center for executing workloads with disaggregated resources; 
         FIG. 2  is a simplified diagram of at least one embodiment of a pod that may be included in the data center of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of at least one embodiment of a rack that may be included in the pod of  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a side elevation view of the rack of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of the rack of  FIG. 3  having a sled mounted therein; 
         FIG. 6  is a is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of a top side of the sled of  FIG. 5 ; 
         FIG. 7  is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of a bottom side of the sled of  FIG. 6 ; 
         FIG. 8  is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of a compute sled usable in the data center of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 9  is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of the compute sled of  FIG. 8 ; 
         FIG. 10  is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of an accelerator sled usable in the data center of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 11  is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of the accelerator sled of  FIG. 10 ; 
         FIG. 12  is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of a storage sled usable in the data center of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 13  is a top perspective view of at least one embodiment of the storage sled of  FIG. 12 ; 
         FIG. 14  is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of a memory sled usable in the data center of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 15  is a simplified block diagram of a system that may be established within the data center of  FIG. 1  to execute workloads with managed nodes composed of disaggregated resources; 
         FIG. 16  is a simplified block diagram of a system for managing burst bandwidth requirements; 
         FIG. 17  is a simplified block diagram of a software-defined networking (SDN) controller of the system in  FIG. 16 ; 
         FIG. 18  is a simplified block diagram of a storage sled of the system in  FIG. 17 ; 
         FIG. 19  is a simplified block diagram of a network switch of the system in  FIG. 17 ; 
         FIG. 20  is a simplified block diagram of an environment that may be established by the SDN controller of  FIG. 17 ; 
         FIG. 21  is a simplified flow diagram of at least one embodiment of a method for determining a model for a burst bandwidth requirement for data replication; 
         FIG. 22  is a simplified flow diagram of at least one embodiment of a method for determining a model for a burst bandwidth requirement for multiple data accesses; 
         FIGS. 23-24  are a simplified flow diagram of at least one embodiment of a method for managing a burst bandwidth requirement for data replication; and 
         FIGS. 25-26  are a simplified flow diagram of at least one embodiment of a method for managing a burst bandwidth requirement for multiple data accesses. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     While the concepts of the present disclosure are susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described herein in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit the concepts of the present disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives consistent with the present disclosure and the appended claims. 
     References in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “an illustrative embodiment,” etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may or may not necessarily include that particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described. Additionally, it should be appreciated that items included in a list in the form of “at least one A, B, and C” can mean (A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C). Similarly, items listed in the form of “at least one of A, B, or C” can mean (A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C). 
     The disclosed embodiments may be implemented, in some cases, in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosed embodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or stored on a transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g., computer-readable) storage medium, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. A machine-readable storage medium may be embodied as any storage device, mechanism, or other physical structure for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a volatile or nonvolatile memory, a media disc, or other media device). 
     In the drawings, some structural or method features may be shown in specific arrangements and/or orderings. However, it should be appreciated that such specific arrangements and/or orderings may not be required. Rather, in some embodiments, such features may be arranged in a different manner and/or order than shown in the illustrative figures. Additionally, the inclusion of a structural or method feature in a particular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required in all embodiments and, in some embodiments, may not be included or may be combined with other features. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 1 , a data center  100  in which disaggregated resources may cooperatively execute one or more workloads (e.g., applications on behalf of customers) includes multiple pods  110 ,  120 ,  130 ,  140 , each of which includes one or more rows of racks. Of course, although data center  100  is shown with multiple pods, in some embodiments, the data center  100  may be embodied as a single pod. As described in more detail herein, each rack houses multiple sleds, each of which may be primarily equipped with a particular type of resource (e.g., memory devices, data storage devices, accelerator devices, general purpose processors), i.e., resources that can be logically coupled to form a composed node, which can act as, for example, a server. In the illustrative embodiment, the sleds in each pod  110 ,  120 ,  130 ,  140  are connected to multiple pod switches (e.g., switches that route data communications to and from sleds within the pod). The pod switches, in turn, connect with spine switches  150  that switch communications among pods (e.g., the pods  110 ,  120 ,  130 ,  140 ) in the data center  100 . In some embodiments, the sleds may be connected with a fabric using Intel Omni-Path technology. In other embodiments, the sleds may be connected with other fabrics, such as InfiniBand or Ethernet. As described in more detail herein, resources within sleds in the data center  100  may be allocated to a group (referred to herein as a “managed node”) containing resources from one or more sleds to be collectively utilized in the execution of a workload. The workload can execute as if the resources belonging to the managed node were located on the same sled. The resources in a managed node may belong to sleds belonging to different racks, and even to different pods  110 ,  120 ,  130 ,  140 . As such, some resources of a single sled may be allocated to one managed node while other resources of the same sled are allocated to a different managed node (e.g., one processor assigned to one managed node and another processor of the same sled assigned to a different managed node). 
     A data center comprising disaggregated resources, such as data center  100 , can be used in a wide variety of contexts, such as enterprise, government, cloud service provider, and communications service provider (e.g., Telco&#39;s), as well in a wide variety of sizes, from cloud service provider mega-data centers that consume over 100,000 sq. ft. to single- or multi-rack installations for use in base stations. 
     The disaggregation of resources to sleds comprised predominantly of a single type of resource (e.g., compute sleds comprising primarily compute resources, memory sleds containing primarily memory resources), and the selective allocation and deallocation of the disaggregated resources to form a managed node assigned to execute a workload improves the operation and resource usage of the data center  100  relative to typical data centers comprised of hyperconverged servers containing compute, memory, storage and perhaps additional resources in a single chassis. For example, because sleds predominantly contain resources of a particular type, resources of a given type can be upgraded independently of other resources. Additionally, because different resources types (processors, storage, accelerators, etc.) typically have different refresh rates, greater resource utilization and reduced total cost of ownership may be achieved. For example, a data center operator can upgrade the processors throughout their facility by only swapping out the compute sleds. In such a case, accelerator and storage resources may not be contemporaneously upgraded and, rather, may be allowed to continue operating until those resources are scheduled for their own refresh. Resource utilization may also increase. For example, if managed nodes are composed based on requirements of the workloads that will be running on them, resources within a node are more likely to be fully utilized. Such utilization may allow for more managed nodes to run in a data center with a given set of resources, or for a data center expected to run a given set of workloads, to be built using fewer resources. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 2 , the pod  110 , in the illustrative embodiment, includes a set of rows  200 ,  210 ,  220 ,  230  of racks  240 . Each rack  240  may house multiple sleds (e.g., sixteen sleds) and provide power and data connections to the housed sleds, as described in more detail herein. In the illustrative embodiment, the racks in each row  200 ,  210 ,  220 ,  230  are connected to multiple pod switches  250 ,  260 . The pod switch  250  includes a set of ports  252  to which the sleds of the racks of the pod  110  are connected and another set of ports  254  that connect the pod  110  to the spine switches  150  to provide connectivity to other pods in the data center  100 . Similarly, the pod switch  260  includes a set of ports  262  to which the sleds of the racks of the pod  110  are connected and a set of ports  264  that connect the pod  110  to the spine switches  150 . As such, the use of the pair of switches  250 ,  260  provides an amount of redundancy to the pod  110 . For example, if either of the switches  250 ,  260  fails, the sleds in the pod  110  may still maintain data communication with the remainder of the data center  100  (e.g., sleds of other pods) through the other switch  250 ,  260 . Furthermore, in the illustrative embodiment, the switches  150 ,  250 ,  260  may be embodied as dual-mode optical switches, capable of routing both Ethernet protocol communications carrying Internet Protocol (IP) packets and communications according to a second, high-performance link-layer protocol (e.g., Intel&#39;s Omni-Path Architecture&#39;s, InfiniBand, PCI Express) via optical signaling media of an optical fabric. 
     It should be appreciated that each of the other pods  120 ,  130 ,  140  (as well as any additional pods of the data center  100 ) may be similarly structured as, and have components similar to, the pod  110  shown in and described in regard to  FIG. 2  (e.g., each pod may have rows of racks housing multiple sleds as described above). Additionally, while two pod switches  250 ,  260  are shown, it should be understood that in other embodiments, each pod  110 ,  120 ,  130 ,  140  may be connected to a different number of pod switches, providing even more failover capacity. Of course, in other embodiments, pods may be arranged differently than the rows-of-racks configuration shown in  FIGS. 1-2 . For example, a pod may be embodied as multiple sets of racks in which each set of racks is arranged radially, i.e., the racks are equidistant from a center switch. 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 3-5 , each illustrative rack  240  of the data center  100  includes two elongated support posts  302 ,  304 , which are arranged vertically. For example, the elongated support posts  302 ,  304  may extend upwardly from a floor of the data center  100  when deployed. The rack  240  also includes one or more horizontal pairs  310  of elongated support arms  312  (identified in  FIG. 3  via a dashed ellipse) configured to support a sled of the data center  100  as discussed below. One elongated support arm  312  of the pair of elongated support arms  312  extends outwardly from the elongated support post  302  and the other elongated support arm  312  extends outwardly from the elongated support post  304 . 
     In the illustrative embodiments, each sled of the data center  100  is embodied as a chassis-less sled. That is, each sled has a chassis-less circuit board substrate on which physical resources (e.g., processors, memory, accelerators, storage, etc.) are mounted as discussed in more detail below. As such, the rack  240  is configured to receive the chassis-less sleds. For example, each pair  310  of elongated support arms  312  defines a sled slot  320  of the rack  240 , which is configured to receive a corresponding chassis-less sled. To do so, each illustrative elongated support arm  312  includes a circuit board guide  330  configured to receive the chassis-less circuit board substrate of the sled. Each circuit board guide  330  is secured to, or otherwise mounted to, a top side  332  of the corresponding elongated support arm  312 . For example, in the illustrative embodiment, each circuit board guide  330  is mounted at a distal end of the corresponding elongated support arm  312  relative to the corresponding elongated support post  302 ,  304 . For clarity of the Figures, not every circuit board guide  330  may be referenced in each Figure. 
     Each circuit board guide  330  includes an inner wall that defines a circuit board slot  380  configured to receive the chassis-less circuit board substrate of a sled  400  when the sled  400  is received in the corresponding sled slot  320  of the rack  240 . To do so, as shown in  FIG. 4 , a user (or robot) aligns the chassis-less circuit board substrate of an illustrative chassis-less sled  400  to a sled slot  320 . The user, or robot, may then slide the chassis-less circuit board substrate forward into the sled slot  320  such that each side edge  414  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate is received in a corresponding circuit board slot  380  of the circuit board guides  330  of the pair  310  of elongated support arms  312  that define the corresponding sled slot  320  as shown in  FIG. 4 . By having robotically accessible and robotically manipulable sleds comprising disaggregated resources, each type of resource can be upgraded independently of each other and at their own optimized refresh rate. Furthermore, the sleds are configured to blindly mate with power and data communication cables in each rack  240 , enhancing their ability to be quickly removed, upgraded, reinstalled, and/or replaced. As such, in some embodiments, the data center  100  may operate (e.g., execute workloads, undergo maintenance and/or upgrades, etc.) without human involvement on the data center floor. In other embodiments, a human may facilitate one or more maintenance or upgrade operations in the data center  100 . 
     It should be appreciated that each circuit board guide  330  is dual sided. That is, each circuit board guide  330  includes an inner wall that defines a circuit board slot  380  on each side of the circuit board guide  330 . In this way, each circuit board guide  330  can support a chassis-less circuit board substrate on either side. As such, a single additional elongated support post may be added to the rack  240  to turn the rack  240  into a two-rack solution that can hold twice as many sled slots  320  as shown in  FIG. 3 . The illustrative rack  240  includes seven pairs  310  of elongated support arms  312  that define a corresponding seven sled slots  320 , each configured to receive and support a corresponding sled  400  as discussed above. Of course, in other embodiments, the rack  240  may include additional or fewer pairs  310  of elongated support arms  312  (i.e., additional or fewer sled slots  320 ). It should be appreciated that because the sled  400  is chassis-less, the sled  400  may have an overall height that is different than typical servers. As such, in some embodiments, the height of each sled slot  320  may be shorter than the height of a typical server (e.g., shorter than a single rank unit, “1U”). That is, the vertical distance between each pair  310  of elongated support arms  312  may be less than a standard rack unit “1U.” Additionally, due to the relative decrease in height of the sled slots  320 , the overall height of the rack  240  in some embodiments may be shorter than the height of traditional rack enclosures. For example, in some embodiments, each of the elongated support posts  302 ,  304  may have a length of six feet or less. Again, in other embodiments, the rack  240  may have different dimensions. For example, in some embodiments, the vertical distance between each pair  310  of elongated support arms  312  may be greater than a standard rack until “1U”. In such embodiments, the increased vertical distance between the sleds allows for larger heat sinks to be attached to the physical resources and for larger fans to be used (e.g., in the fan array  370  described below) for cooling each sled, which in turn can allow the physical resources to operate at increased power levels. Further, it should be appreciated that the rack  240  does not include any walls, enclosures, or the like. Rather, the rack  240  is an enclosure-less rack that is opened to the local environment. Of course, in some cases, an end plate may be attached to one of the elongated support posts  302 ,  304  in those situations in which the rack  240  forms an end-of-row rack in the data center  100 . 
     In some embodiments, various interconnects may be routed upwardly or downwardly through the elongated support posts  302 ,  304 . To facilitate such routing, each elongated support post  302 ,  304  includes an inner wall that defines an inner chamber in which interconnects may be located. The interconnects routed through the elongated support posts  302 ,  304  may be embodied as any type of interconnects including, but not limited to, data or communication interconnects to provide communication connections to each sled slot  320 , power interconnects to provide power to each sled slot  320 , and/or other types of interconnects. 
     The rack  240 , in the illustrative embodiment, includes a support platform on which a corresponding optical data connector (not shown) is mounted. Each optical data connector is associated with a corresponding sled slot  320  and is configured to mate with an optical data connector of a corresponding sled  400  when the sled  400  is received in the corresponding sled slot  320 . In some embodiments, optical connections between components (e.g., sleds, racks, and switches) in the data center  100  are made with a blind mate optical connection. For example, a door on each cable may prevent dust from contaminating the fiber inside the cable. In the process of connecting to a blind mate optical connector mechanism, the door is pushed open when the end of the cable approaches or enters the connector mechanism. Subsequently, the optical fiber inside the cable may enter a gel within the connector mechanism and the optical fiber of one cable comes into contact with the optical fiber of another cable within the gel inside the connector mechanism. 
     The illustrative rack  240  also includes a fan array  370  coupled to the cross-support arms of the rack  240 . The fan array  370  includes one or more rows of cooling fans  372 , which are aligned in a horizontal line between the elongated support posts  302 ,  304 . In the illustrative embodiment, the fan array  370  includes a row of cooling fans  372  for each sled slot  320  of the rack  240 . As discussed above, each sled  400  does not include any on-board cooling system in the illustrative embodiment and, as such, the fan array  370  provides cooling for each sled  400  received in the rack  240 . Each rack  240 , in the illustrative embodiment, also includes a power supply associated with each sled slot  320 . Each power supply is secured to one of the elongated support arms  312  of the pair  310  of elongated support arms  312  that define the corresponding sled slot  320 . For example, the rack  240  may include a power supply coupled or secured to each elongated support arm  312  extending from the elongated support post  302 . Each power supply includes a power connector configured to mate with a power connector of the sled  400  when the sled  400  is received in the corresponding sled slot  320 . In the illustrative embodiment, the sled  400  does not include any on-board power supply and, as such, the power supplies provided in the rack  240  supply power to corresponding sleds  400  when mounted to the rack  240 . Each power supply is configured to satisfy the power requirements for its associated sled, which can vary from sled to sled. Additionally, the power supplies provided in the rack  240  can operate independent of each other. That is, within a single rack, a first power supply providing power to a compute sled can provide power levels that are different than power levels supplied by a second power supply providing power to an accelerator sled. The power supplies may be controllable at the sled level or rack level, and may be controlled locally by components on the associated sled or remotely, such as by another sled or an orchestrator. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 6 , the sled  400 , in the illustrative embodiment, is configured to be mounted in a corresponding rack  240  of the data center  100  as discussed above. In some embodiments, each sled  400  may be optimized or otherwise configured for performing particular tasks, such as compute tasks, acceleration tasks, data storage tasks, etc. For example, the sled  400  may be embodied as a compute sled  800  as discussed below in regard to  FIGS. 8-9 , an accelerator sled  1000  as discussed below in regard to  FIGS. 10-11 , a storage sled  1200  as discussed below in regard to  FIGS. 12-13 , or as a sled optimized or otherwise configured to perform other specialized tasks, such as a memory sled  1400 , discussed below in regard to  FIG. 14 . 
     As discussed above, the illustrative sled  400  includes a chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 , which supports various physical resources (e.g., electrical components) mounted thereon. It should be appreciated that the circuit board substrate  602  is “chassis-less” in that the sled  400  does not include a housing or enclosure. Rather, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is open to the local environment. The chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  may be formed from any material capable of supporting the various electrical components mounted thereon. For example, in an illustrative embodiment, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is formed from an FR-4 glass-reinforced epoxy laminate material. Of course, other materials may be used to form the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  in other embodiments. 
     As discussed in more detail below, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  includes multiple features that improve the thermal cooling characteristics of the various electrical components mounted on the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . As discussed, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  does not include a housing or enclosure, which may improve the airflow over the electrical components of the sled  400  by reducing those structures that may inhibit air flow. For example, because the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is not positioned in an individual housing or enclosure, there is no vertically-arranged backplane (e.g., a backplate of the chassis) attached to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 , which could inhibit air flow across the electrical components. Additionally, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  has a geometric shape configured to reduce the length of the airflow path across the electrical components mounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . For example, the illustrative chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  has a width  604  that is greater than a depth  606  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . In one particular embodiment, for example, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  has a width of about 21 inches and a depth of about 9 inches, compared to a typical server that has a width of about 17 inches and a depth of about 39 inches. As such, an airflow path  608  that extends from a front edge  610  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  toward a rear edge  612  has a shorter distance relative to typical servers, which may improve the thermal cooling characteristics of the sled  400 . Furthermore, although not illustrated in  FIG. 6 , the various physical resources mounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  are mounted in corresponding locations such that no two substantively heat-producing electrical components shadow each other as discussed in more detail below. That is, no two electrical components, which produce appreciable heat during operation (i.e., greater than a nominal heat sufficient enough to adversely impact the cooling of another electrical component), are mounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  linearly in-line with each other along the direction of the airflow path  608  (i.e., along a direction extending from the front edge  610  toward the rear edge  612  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 ). 
     As discussed above, the illustrative sled  400  includes one or more physical resources  620  mounted to a top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Although two physical resources  620  are shown in  FIG. 6 , it should be appreciated that the sled  400  may include one, two, or more physical resources  620  in other embodiments. The physical resources  620  may be embodied as any type of processor, controller, or other compute circuit capable of performing various tasks such as compute functions and/or controlling the functions of the sled  400  depending on, for example, the type or intended functionality of the sled  400 . For example, as discussed in more detail below, the physical resources  620  may be embodied as high-performance processors in embodiments in which the sled  400  is embodied as a compute sled, as accelerator co-processors or circuits in embodiments in which the sled  400  is embodied as an accelerator sled, storage controllers in embodiments in which the sled  400  is embodied as a storage sled, or a set of memory devices in embodiments in which the sled  400  is embodied as a memory sled. 
     The sled  400  also includes one or more additional physical resources  630  mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . In the illustrative embodiment, the additional physical resources include a network interface controller (NIC) as discussed in more detail below. Of course, depending on the type and functionality of the sled  400 , the physical resources  630  may include additional or other electrical components, circuits, and/or devices in other embodiments. 
     The physical resources  620  are communicatively coupled to the physical resources  630  via an input/output (I/O) subsystem  622 . The I/O subsystem  622  may be embodied as circuitry and/or components to facilitate input/output operations with the physical resources  620 , the physical resources  630 , and/or other components of the sled  400 . For example, the I/O subsystem  622  may be embodied as, or otherwise include, memory controller hubs, input/output control hubs, integrated sensor hubs, firmware devices, communication links (e.g., point-to-point links, bus links, wires, cables, waveguides, light guides, printed circuit board traces, etc.), and/or other components and subsystems to facilitate the input/output operations. In the illustrative embodiment, the I/O subsystem  622  is embodied as, or otherwise includes, a double data rate 4 (DDR4) data bus or a DDR5 data bus, as described further below. 
     In some embodiments, the sled  400  may also include a resource-to-resource interconnect  624 . The resource-to-resource interconnect  624  may be embodied as any type of communication interconnect capable of facilitating resource-to-resource communications. In the illustrative embodiment, the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem  622 ). For example, the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnect dedicated to resource-to-resource communications. 
     The sled  400  also includes a power connector  640  configured to mate with a corresponding power connector of the rack  240  when the sled  400  is mounted in the corresponding rack  240 . The sled  400  receives power from a power supply of the rack  240  via the power connector  640  to supply power to the various electrical components of the sled  400 . That is, the sled  400  does not include any local power supply (i.e., an on-board power supply) to provide power to the electrical components of the sled  400 . The exclusion of a local or on-board power supply facilitates the reduction in the overall footprint of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 , which may increase the thermal cooling characteristics of the various electrical components mounted on the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  as discussed above. In some embodiments, voltage regulators are placed on a bottom side  750  (see  FIG. 7 ) of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  directly opposite of the processors  820  (see  FIG. 8 ), and power is routed from the voltage regulators to the processors  820  by vias extending through the circuit board substrate  602 . Such a configuration provides an increased thermal budget, additional current and/or voltage, and better voltage control relative to typical printed circuit boards in which processor power is delivered from a voltage regulator, in part, by printed circuit traces. 
     In some embodiments, the sled  400  may also include mounting features  642  configured to mate with a mounting arm, or other structure, of a robot to facilitate the placement of the sled  600  in a rack  240  by the robot. The mounting features  642  may be embodied as any type of physical structures that allow the robot to grasp the sled  400  without damaging the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  or the electrical components mounted thereto. For example, in some embodiments, the mounting features  642  may be embodied as non-conductive pads attached to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . In other embodiments, the mounting features may be embodied as brackets, braces, or other similar structures attached to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . The particular number, shape, size, and/or make-up of the mounting feature  642  may depend on the design of the robot configured to manage the sled  400 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 7 , in addition to the physical resources  630  mounted on the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 , the sled  400  also includes one or more memory devices  720  mounted to a bottom side  750  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . That is, the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is embodied as a double-sided circuit board. The physical resources  620  are communicatively coupled to the memory devices  720  via the I/O subsystem  622 . For example, the physical resources  620  and the memory devices  720  may be communicatively coupled by one or more vias extending through the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Each physical resource  620  may be communicatively coupled to a different set of one or more memory devices  720  in some embodiments. Alternatively, in other embodiments, each physical resource  620  may be communicatively coupled to each memory device  720 . 
     The memory devices  720  may be embodied as any type of memory device capable of storing data for the physical resources  620  during operation of the sled  400 , such as any type of volatile (e.g., dynamic random access memory (DRAM), etc.) or nonvolatile memory. Volatile memory may be a memory that requires power to maintain the state of data stored by the medium. Non-limiting examples of volatile memory may include various types of random access memory (RAM), such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or static random access memory (SRAM). One particular type of DRAM that may be used in a memory module is synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM). In particular embodiments, DRAM of a memory component may comply with a standard promulgated by the Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council (JEDEC), such as JESD79F for DDR SDRAM, JESD79-2F for DDR2 SDRAM, JESD79-3F for DDR3 SDRAM, JESD79-4A for DDR4 SDRAM, JESD209 for Low Power DDR (LPDDR), JESD209-2 for LPDDR2, JESD209-3 for LPDDR3, and JESD209-4 for LPDDR4. Such standards (and similar standards) may be referred to as DDR-based standards and communication interfaces of the memory devices that implement such standards may be referred to as DDR-based interfaces. 
     In one embodiment, the memory device is a block addressable memory device, such as those based on NAND or NOR technologies, such as multi-threshold level NAND flash memory or NOR flash memory. A memory device may also include byte addressable write-in-place nonvolatile memory devices, such as Intel 3D XPoint™ memory, Intel Optane™ memory, Micron QuantX™ memory, magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) memory that incorporates memristor technology, or other byte addressable write-in-place nonvolatile memory devices. In some embodiments, the memory device may comprise a transistor-less stackable cross point architecture in which memory cells sit at the intersection of word lines and bit lines and are individually addressable and in which bit storage is based on a change in bulk resistance. In one embodiment, the memory device may be or may include memory devices that use chalcogenide glass, single or multi-level Phase Change Memory (PCM), a resistive memory, nanowire memory, ferroelectric transistor random access memory (FeTRAM), anti-ferroelectric memory, magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) memory that incorporates memristor technology, resistive memory including the metal oxide base, the oxygen vacancy base and the conductive bridge Random Access Memory (CB-RAM), or spin transfer torque (STT)-MRAM, a spintronic magnetic junction memory based device, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) based device, a DW (Domain Wall) and SOT (Spin Orbit Transfer) based device, a thyristor based memory device, or a combination of any of the above, or other memory. The memory device may refer to the die itself and/or to a packaged memory product. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 8 , in some embodiments, the sled  400  may be embodied as a compute sled  800 . The compute sled  800  is optimized, or otherwise configured, to perform compute tasks. Of course, as discussed above, the compute sled  800  may rely on other sleds, such as acceleration sleds and/or storage sleds, to perform such compute tasks. The compute sled  800  includes various physical resources (e.g., electrical components) similar to the physical resources of the sled  400 , which have been identified in  FIG. 8  using the same reference numbers. The description of such components provided above in regard to  FIGS. 6 and 7  applies to the corresponding components of the compute sled  800  and is not repeated herein for clarity of the description of the compute sled  800 . 
     In the illustrative compute sled  800 , the physical resources  620  are embodied as processors  820 . Although only two processors  820  are shown in  FIG. 8 , it should be appreciated that the compute sled  800  may include additional processors  820  in other embodiments. Illustratively, the processors  820  are embodied as high-performance processors  820  and may be configured to operate at a relatively high power rating. Although the processors  820  generate additional heat operating at power ratings greater than typical processors (which operate at around 155-230 W), the enhanced thermal cooling characteristics of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  discussed above facilitate the higher power operation. For example, in the illustrative embodiment, the processors  820  are configured to operate at a power rating of at least 250 W. In some embodiments, the processors  820  may be configured to operate at a power rating of at least 350 W. 
     In some embodiments, the compute sled  800  may also include a processor-to-processor interconnect  842 . Similar to the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  of the sled  400  discussed above, the processor-to-processor interconnect  842  may be embodied as any type of communication interconnect capable of facilitating processor-to-processor interconnect  842  communications. In the illustrative embodiment, the processor-to-processor interconnect  842  is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem  622 ). For example, the processor-to-processor interconnect  842  may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnect dedicated to processor-to-processor communications. 
     The compute sled  800  also includes a communication circuit  830 . The illustrative communication circuit  830  includes a network interface controller (NIC)  832 , which may also be referred to as a host fabric interface (HFI). The NIC  832  may be embodied as, or otherwise include, any type of integrated circuit, discrete circuits, controller chips, chipsets, add-in-boards, daughtercards, network interface cards, or other devices that may be used by the compute sled  800  to connect with another compute device (e.g., with other sleds  400 ). In some embodiments, the NIC  832  may be embodied as part of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that includes one or more processors, or included on a multichip package that also contains one or more processors. In some embodiments, the NIC  832  may include a local processor (not shown) and/or a local memory (not shown) that are both local to the NIC  832 . In such embodiments, the local processor of the NIC  832  may be capable of performing one or more of the functions of the processors  820 . Additionally or alternatively, in such embodiments, the local memory of the NIC  832  may be integrated into one or more components of the compute sled at the board level, socket level, chip level, and/or other levels. 
     The communication circuit  830  is communicatively coupled to an optical data connector  834 . The optical data connector  834  is configured to mate with a corresponding optical data connector of the rack  240  when the compute sled  800  is mounted in the rack  240 . Illustratively, the optical data connector  834  includes a plurality of optical fibers which lead from a mating surface of the optical data connector  834  to an optical transceiver  836 . The optical transceiver  836  is configured to convert incoming optical signals from the rack-side optical data connector to electrical signals and to convert electrical signals to outgoing optical signals to the rack-side optical data connector. Although shown as forming part of the optical data connector  834  in the illustrative embodiment, the optical transceiver  836  may form a portion of the communication circuit  830  in other embodiments. 
     In some embodiments, the compute sled  800  may also include an expansion connector  840 . In such embodiments, the expansion connector  840  is configured to mate with a corresponding connector of an expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate to provide additional physical resources to the compute sled  800 . The additional physical resources may be used, for example, by the processors  820  during operation of the compute sled  800 . The expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate may be substantially similar to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  discussed above and may include various electrical components mounted thereto. The particular electrical components mounted to the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate may depend on the intended functionality of the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate. For example, the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate may provide additional compute resources, memory resources, and/or storage resources. As such, the additional physical resources of the expansion chassis-less circuit board substrate may include, but is not limited to, processors, memory devices, storage devices, and/or accelerator circuits including, for example, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), security co-processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), machine learning circuits, or other specialized processors, controllers, devices, and/or circuits. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 9 , an illustrative embodiment of the compute sled  800  is shown. As shown, the processors  820 , communication circuit  830 , and optical data connector  834  are mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Any suitable attachment or mounting technology may be used to mount the physical resources of the compute sled  800  to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . For example, the various physical resources may be mounted in corresponding sockets (e.g., a processor socket), holders, or brackets. In some cases, some of the electrical components may be directly mounted to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  via soldering or similar techniques. 
     As discussed above, the individual processors  820  and communication circuit  830  are mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that no two heat-producing, electrical components shadow each other. In the illustrative embodiment, the processors  820  and communication circuit  830  are mounted in corresponding locations on the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that no two of those physical resources are linearly in-line with others along the direction of the airflow path  608 . It should be appreciated that, although the optical data connector  834  is in-line with the communication circuit  830 , the optical data connector  834  produces no or nominal heat during operation. 
     The memory devices  720  of the compute sled  800  are mounted to the bottom side  750  of the of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  as discussed above in regard to the sled  400 . Although mounted to the bottom side  750 , the memory devices  720  are communicatively coupled to the processors  820  located on the top side  650  via the I/O subsystem  622 . Because the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is embodied as a double-sided circuit board, the memory devices  720  and the processors  820  may be communicatively coupled by one or more vias, connectors, or other mechanisms extending through the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Of course, each processor  820  may be communicatively coupled to a different set of one or more memory devices  720  in some embodiments. Alternatively, in other embodiments, each processor  820  may be communicatively coupled to each memory device  720 . In some embodiments, the memory devices  720  may be mounted to one or more memory mezzanines on the bottom side of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  and may interconnect with a corresponding processor  820  through a ball-grid array. 
     Each of the processors  820  includes a heat sink  850  secured thereto. Due to the mounting of the memory devices  720  to the bottom side  750  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  (as well as the vertical spacing of the sleds  400  in the corresponding rack  240 ), the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  includes additional “free” area or space that facilitates the use of heat sinks  850  having a larger size relative to traditional heat sinks used in typical servers. Additionally, due to the improved thermal cooling characteristics of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 , none of the processor heat sinks  850  include cooling fans attached thereto. That is, each of the heat sinks  850  is embodied as a fan-less heat sink. In some embodiments, the heat sinks  850  mounted atop the processors  820  may overlap with the heat sink attached to the communication circuit  830  in the direction of the airflow path  608  due to their increased size, as illustratively suggested by  FIG. 9 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 10 , in some embodiments, the sled  400  may be embodied as an accelerator sled  1000 . The accelerator sled  1000  is configured, to perform specialized compute tasks, such as machine learning, encryption, hashing, or other computational-intensive task. In some embodiments, for example, a compute sled  800  may offload tasks to the accelerator sled  1000  during operation. The accelerator sled  1000  includes various components similar to components of the sled  400  and/or compute sled  800 , which have been identified in  FIG. 10  using the same reference numbers. The description of such components provided above in regard to  FIGS. 6, 7, and 8  apply to the corresponding components of the accelerator sled  1000  and is not repeated herein for clarity of the description of the accelerator sled  1000 . 
     In the illustrative accelerator sled  1000 , the physical resources  620  are embodied as accelerator circuits  1020 . Although only two accelerator circuits  1020  are shown in  FIG. 10 , it should be appreciated that the accelerator sled  1000  may include additional accelerator circuits  1020  in other embodiments. For example, as shown in  FIG. 11 , the accelerator sled  1000  may include four accelerator circuits  1020  in some embodiments. The accelerator circuits  1020  may be embodied as any type of processor, co-processor, compute circuit, or other device capable of performing compute or processing operations. For example, the accelerator circuits  1020  may be embodied as, for example, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), security co-processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), neuromorphic processor units, quantum computers, machine learning circuits, or other specialized processors, controllers, devices, and/or circuits. 
     In some embodiments, the accelerator sled  1000  may also include an accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect  1042 . Similar to the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  of the sled  600  discussed above, the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect  1042  may be embodied as any type of communication interconnect capable of facilitating accelerator-to-accelerator communications. In the illustrative embodiment, the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect  1042  is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem  622 ). For example, the accelerator-to-accelerator interconnect  1042  may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnect dedicated to processor-to-processor communications. In some embodiments, the accelerator circuits  1020  may be daisy-chained with a primary accelerator circuit  1020  connected to the NIC  832  and memory  720  through the I/O subsystem  622  and a secondary accelerator circuit  1020  connected to the NIC  832  and memory  720  through a primary accelerator circuit  1020 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 11 , an illustrative embodiment of the accelerator sled  1000  is shown. As discussed above, the accelerator circuits  1020 , communication circuit  830 , and optical data connector  834  are mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Again, the individual accelerator circuits  1020  and communication circuit  830  are mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that no two heat-producing, electrical components shadow each other as discussed above. The memory devices  720  of the accelerator sled  1000  are mounted to the bottom side  750  of the of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  as discussed above in regard to the sled  600 . Although mounted to the bottom side  750 , the memory devices  720  are communicatively coupled to the accelerator circuits  1020  located on the top side  650  via the I/O subsystem  622  (e.g., through vias). Further, each of the accelerator circuits  1020  may include a heat sink  1070  that is larger than a traditional heat sink used in a server. As discussed above with reference to the heat sinks  870 , the heat sinks  1070  may be larger than traditional heat sinks because of the “free” area provided by the memory resources  720  being located on the bottom side  750  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  rather than on the top side  650 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 12 , in some embodiments, the sled  400  may be embodied as a storage sled  1200 . The storage sled  1200  is configured, to store data in a data storage  1250  local to the storage sled  1200 . For example, during operation, a compute sled  800  or an accelerator sled  1000  may store and retrieve data from the data storage  1250  of the storage sled  1200 . The storage sled  1200  includes various components similar to components of the sled  400  and/or the compute sled  800 , which have been identified in  FIG. 12  using the same reference numbers. The description of such components provided above in regard to  FIGS. 6, 7, and 8  apply to the corresponding components of the storage sled  1200  and is not repeated herein for clarity of the description of the storage sled  1200 . 
     In the illustrative storage sled  1200 , the physical resources  620  are embodied as storage controllers  1220 . Although only two storage controllers  1220  are shown in  FIG. 12 , it should be appreciated that the storage sled  1200  may include additional storage controllers  1220  in other embodiments. The storage controllers  1220  may be embodied as any type of processor, controller, or control circuit capable of controlling the storage and retrieval of data into the data storage  1250  based on requests received via the communication circuit  830 . In the illustrative embodiment, the storage controllers  1220  are embodied as relatively low-power processors or controllers. For example, in some embodiments, the storage controllers  1220  may be configured to operate at a power rating of about 75 watts. 
     In some embodiments, the storage sled  1200  may also include a controller-to-controller interconnect  1242 . Similar to the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  of the sled  400  discussed above, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1242  may be embodied as any type of communication interconnect capable of facilitating controller-to-controller communications. In the illustrative embodiment, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1242  is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem  622 ). For example, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1242  may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnect dedicated to processor-to-processor communications. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 13 , an illustrative embodiment of the storage sled  1200  is shown. In the illustrative embodiment, the data storage  1250  is embodied as, or otherwise includes, a storage cage  1252  configured to house one or more solid state drives (SSDs)  1254 . To do so, the storage cage  1252  includes a number of mounting slots  1256 , each of which is configured to receive a corresponding solid state drive  1254 . Each of the mounting slots  1256  includes a number of drive guides  1258  that cooperate to define an access opening  1260  of the corresponding mounting slot  1256 . The storage cage  1252  is secured to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that the access openings face away from (i.e., toward the front of) the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . As such, solid state drives  1254  are accessible while the storage sled  1200  is mounted in a corresponding rack  204 . For example, a solid state drive  1254  may be swapped out of a rack  240  (e.g., via a robot) while the storage sled  1200  remains mounted in the corresponding rack  240 . 
     The storage cage  1252  illustratively includes sixteen mounting slots  1256  and is capable of mounting and storing sixteen solid state drives  1254 . Of course, the storage cage  1252  may be configured to store additional or fewer solid state drives  1254  in other embodiments. Additionally, in the illustrative embodiment, the solid state drivers are mounted vertically in the storage cage  1252 , but may be mounted in the storage cage  1252  in a different orientation in other embodiments. Each solid state drive  1254  may be embodied as any type of data storage device capable of storing long term data. To do so, the solid state drives  1254  may include volatile and nonvolatile memory devices discussed above. 
     As shown in  FIG. 13 , the storage controllers  1220 , the communication circuit  830 , and the optical data connector  834  are illustratively mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Again, as discussed above, any suitable attachment or mounting technology may be used to mount the electrical components of the storage sled  1200  to the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  including, for example, sockets (e.g., a processor socket), holders, brackets, soldered connections, and/or other mounting or securing techniques. 
     As discussed above, the individual storage controllers  1220  and the communication circuit  830  are mounted to the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that no two heat-producing, electrical components shadow each other. For example, the storage controllers  1220  and the communication circuit  830  are mounted in corresponding locations on the top side  650  of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  such that no two of those electrical components are linearly in-line with each other along the direction of the airflow path  608 . 
     The memory devices  720  of the storage sled  1200  are mounted to the bottom side  750  of the of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  as discussed above in regard to the sled  400 . Although mounted to the bottom side  750 , the memory devices  720  are communicatively coupled to the storage controllers  1220  located on the top side  650  via the I/O subsystem  622 . Again, because the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  is embodied as a double-sided circuit board, the memory devices  720  and the storage controllers  1220  may be communicatively coupled by one or more vias, connectors, or other mechanisms extending through the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602 . Each of the storage controllers  1220  includes a heat sink  1270  secured thereto. As discussed above, due to the improved thermal cooling characteristics of the chassis-less circuit board substrate  602  of the storage sled  1200 , none of the heat sinks  1270  include cooling fans attached thereto. That is, each of the heat sinks  1270  is embodied as a fan-less heat sink. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 14 , in some embodiments, the sled  400  may be embodied as a memory sled  1400 . The storage sled  1400  is optimized, or otherwise configured, to provide other sleds  400  (e.g., compute sleds  800 , accelerator sleds  1000 , etc.) with access to a pool of memory (e.g., in two or more sets  1430 ,  1432  of memory devices  720 ) local to the memory sled  1200 . For example, during operation, a compute sled  800  or an accelerator sled  1000  may remotely write to and/or read from one or more of the memory sets  1430 ,  1432  of the memory sled  1200  using a logical address space that maps to physical addresses in the memory sets  1430 ,  1432 . The memory sled  1400  includes various components similar to components of the sled  400  and/or the compute sled  800 , which have been identified in  FIG. 14  using the same reference numbers. The description of such components provided above in regard to  FIGS. 6, 7, and 8  apply to the corresponding components of the memory sled  1400  and is not repeated herein for clarity of the description of the memory sled  1400 . 
     In the illustrative memory sled  1400 , the physical resources  620  are embodied as memory controllers  1420 . Although only two memory controllers  1420  are shown in  FIG. 14 , it should be appreciated that the memory sled  1400  may include additional memory controllers  1420  in other embodiments. The memory controllers  1420  may be embodied as any type of processor, controller, or control circuit capable of controlling the writing and reading of data into the memory sets  1430 ,  1432  based on requests received via the communication circuit  830 . In the illustrative embodiment, each memory controller  1420  is connected to a corresponding memory set  1430 ,  1432  to write to and read from memory devices  720  within the corresponding memory set  1430 ,  1432  and enforce any permissions (e.g., read, write, etc.) associated with sled  400  that has sent a request to the memory sled  1400  to perform a memory access operation (e.g., read or write). 
     In some embodiments, the memory sled  1400  may also include a controller-to-controller interconnect  1442 . Similar to the resource-to-resource interconnect  624  of the sled  400  discussed above, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1442  may be embodied as any type of communication interconnect capable of facilitating controller-to-controller communications. In the illustrative embodiment, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1442  is embodied as a high-speed point-to-point interconnect (e.g., faster than the I/O subsystem  622 ). For example, the controller-to-controller interconnect  1442  may be embodied as a QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), an UltraPath Interconnect (UPI), or other high-speed point-to-point interconnect dedicated to processor-to-processor communications. As such, in some embodiments, a memory controller  1420  may access, through the controller-to-controller interconnect  1442 , memory that is within the memory set  1432  associated with another memory controller  1420 . In some embodiments, a scalable memory controller is made of multiple smaller memory controllers, referred to herein as “chiplets”, on a memory sled (e.g., the memory sled  1400 ). The chiplets may be interconnected (e.g., using EMIB (Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge)). The combined chiplet memory controller may scale up to a relatively large number of memory controllers and I/O ports, (e.g., up to 16 memory channels). In some embodiments, the memory controllers  1420  may implement a memory interleave (e.g., one memory address is mapped to the memory set  1430 , the next memory address is mapped to the memory set  1432 , and the third address is mapped to the memory set  1430 , etc.). The interleaving may be managed within the memory controllers  1420 , or from CPU sockets (e.g., of the compute sled  800 ) across network links to the memory sets  1430 ,  1432 , and may improve the latency associated with performing memory access operations as compared to accessing contiguous memory addresses from the same memory device. 
     Further, in some embodiments, the memory sled  1400  may be connected to one or more other sleds  400  (e.g., in the same rack  240  or an adjacent rack  240 ) through a waveguide, using the waveguide connector  1480 . In the illustrative embodiment, the waveguides are 64 millimeter waveguides that provide 16 Rx (i.e., receive) lanes and 16 Tx (i.e., transmit) lanes. Each lane, in the illustrative embodiment, is either 16 GHz or 32 GHz. In other embodiments, the frequencies may be different. Using a waveguide may provide high throughput access to the memory pool (e.g., the memory sets  1430 ,  1432 ) to another sled (e.g., a sled  400  in the same rack  240  or an adjacent rack  240  as the memory sled  1400 ) without adding to the load on the optical data connector  834 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 15 , a system for executing one or more workloads (e.g., applications) may be implemented in accordance with the data center  100 . In the illustrative embodiment, the system  1510  includes an orchestrator server  1520 , which may be embodied as a managed node comprising a compute device (e.g., a processor  820  on a compute sled  800 ) executing management software (e.g., a cloud operating environment, such as OpenStack) that is communicatively coupled to multiple sleds  400  including a large number of compute sleds  1530  (e.g., each similar to the compute sled  800 ), memory sleds  1540  (e.g., each similar to the memory sled  1400 ), accelerator sleds  1550  (e.g., each similar to the memory sled  1000 ), and storage sleds  1560  (e.g., each similar to the storage sled  1200 ). One or more of the sleds  1530 ,  1540 ,  1550 ,  1560  may be grouped into a managed node  1570 , such as by the orchestrator server  1520 , to collectively perform a workload (e.g., an application  1532  executed in a virtual machine or in a container). The managed node  1570  may be embodied as an assembly of physical resources  620 , such as processors  820 , memory resources  720 , accelerator circuits  1020 , or data storage  1250 , from the same or different sleds  400 . Further, the managed node may be established, defined, or “spun up” by the orchestrator server  1520  at the time a workload is to be assigned to the managed node or at any other time, and may exist regardless of whether any workloads are presently assigned to the managed node. In the illustrative embodiment, the orchestrator server  1520  may selectively allocate and/or deallocate physical resources  620  from the sleds  400  and/or add or remove one or more sleds  400  from the managed node  1570  as a function of quality of service (QoS) targets (e.g., performance targets associated with a throughput, latency, instructions per second, etc.) associated with a service level agreement for the workload (e.g., the application  1532 ). In doing so, the orchestrator server  1520  may receive telemetry data indicative of performance conditions (e.g., throughput, latency, instructions per second, etc.) in each sled  400  of the managed node  1570  and compare the telemetry data to the quality of service targets to determine whether the quality of service targets are being satisfied. The orchestrator server  1520  may additionally determine whether one or more physical resources may be deallocated from the managed node  1570  while still satisfying the QoS targets, thereby freeing up those physical resources for use in another managed node (e.g., to execute a different workload). Alternatively, if the QoS targets are not presently satisfied, the orchestrator server  1520  may determine to dynamically allocate additional physical resources to assist in the execution of the workload (e.g., the application  1532 ) while the workload is executing. Similarly, the orchestrator server  1520  may determine to dynamically deallocate physical resources from a managed node if the orchestrator server  1520  determines that deallocating the physical resource would result in QoS targets still being met. 
     Additionally, in some embodiments, the orchestrator server  1520  may identify trends in the resource utilization of the workload (e.g., the application  1532 ), such as by identifying phases of execution (e.g., time periods in which different operations, each having different resource utilizations characteristics, are performed) of the workload (e.g., the application  1532 ) and pre-emptively identifying available resources in the data center  100  and allocating them to the managed node  1570  (e.g., within a predefined time period of the associated phase beginning). In some embodiments, the orchestrator server  1520  may model performance based on various latencies and a distribution scheme to place workloads among compute sleds and other resources (e.g., accelerator sleds, memory sleds, storage sleds) in the data center  100 . For example, the orchestrator server  1520  may utilize a model that accounts for the performance of resources on the sleds  400  (e.g., FPGA performance, memory access latency, etc.) and the performance (e.g., congestion, latency, bandwidth) of the path through the network to the resource (e.g., FPGA). As such, the orchestrator server  1520  may determine which resource(s) should be used with which workloads based on the total latency associated with each potential resource available in the data center  100  (e.g., the latency associated with the performance of the resource itself in addition to the latency associated with the path through the network between the compute sled executing the workload and the sled  400  on which the resource is located). 
     In some embodiments, the orchestrator server  1520  may generate a map of heat generation in the data center  100  using telemetry data (e.g., temperatures, fan speeds, etc.) reported from the sleds  400  and allocate resources to managed nodes as a function of the map of heat generation and predicted heat generation associated with different workloads, to maintain a target temperature and heat distribution in the data center  100 . Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the orchestrator server  1520  may organize received telemetry data into a hierarchical model that is indicative of a relationship between the managed nodes (e.g., a spatial relationship such as the physical locations of the resources of the managed nodes within the data center  100  and/or a functional relationship, such as groupings of the managed nodes by the customers the managed nodes provide services for, the types of functions typically performed by the managed nodes, managed nodes that typically share or exchange workloads among each other, etc.). Based on differences in the physical locations and resources in the managed nodes, a given workload may exhibit different resource utilizations (e.g., cause a different internal temperature, use a different percentage of processor or memory capacity) across the resources of different managed nodes. The orchestrator server  1520  may determine the differences based on the telemetry data stored in the hierarchical model and factor the differences into a prediction of future resource utilization of a workload if the workload is reassigned from one managed node to another managed node, to accurately balance resource utilization in the data center  100 . 
     To reduce the computational load on the orchestrator server  1520  and the data transfer load on the network, in some embodiments, the orchestrator server  1520  may send self-test information to the sleds  400  to enable each sled  400  to locally (e.g., on the sled  400 ) determine whether telemetry data generated by the sled  400  satisfies one or more conditions (e.g., an available capacity that satisfies a predefined threshold, a temperature that satisfies a predefined threshold, etc.). Each sled  400  may then report back a simplified result (e.g., yes or no) to the orchestrator server  1520 , which the orchestrator server  1520  may utilize in determining the allocation of resources to managed nodes. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 16 , an illustrative system  1600  for managing burst bandwidth requirements includes a software-defined networking (SDN) controller  1602 , one or more storage sleds  1604 , one or more compute sleds  1606 , and one or more network switches  1608 . Each storage sled  1604  includes one or more storage devices  1808 , as discussed in more detail below in regard to  FIG. 18 . The data on each of the storage devices  1808  may be stored in multiple locations (e.g., in three locations), providing redundancy. In use, the SDN controller  1602  monitors the traffic to one or more storage devices of the storage sled  1604 . If a failure of one of the storage devices  1808  is detected due to an interruption in traffic, then the data that was stored on that drive is replicated to maintain the desired number of redundancies. 
     The illustrative SDN controller  1602  manages the bandwidth available for replication of the data that was stored on the storage device  1808  that failed. The SDN controller  1602  may determine how much bandwidth is required during the data replication process. For example, in the illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  may allocate an initial amount of bandwidth for the data replication process, and then the SDN controller  1602  may increase the amount of bandwidth available several times as the amount of bandwidth needed for the replication increases. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may allocate queue resources in the network switches  1608  for the data replication processes. 
     In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may monitor data traffic on the storage sleds  1604 . The SDN controller  1602  may monitor the data traffic for a certain pattern indicating that a future bandwidth burst will be required. For example, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may determine that several clients are writing sequentially to a single storage sled  1604 . The SDN controller  1602  may anticipate that there will be a future bandwidth burst to that storage sled  1604  in response to determining that several clients are writing sequentially. The SDN controller  1602  may then an initial amount of bandwidth for the data transfer, and then the SDN controller  1602  may increase the amount of bandwidth available several times as the amount of bandwidth needed for the data transfer increases. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may allocate queue resources in the network switches  1608  for the data transfer. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 17 , the SDN controller  1602  may be embodied as any type of compute device capable of managing a software-defined network and performing the functions described herein. For example, the SDN controller  1602  may be embodied as or otherwise be included in, without limitation, a server computer, an embedded computing system, a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a multiprocessor system, a processor-based system, a consumer electronic device, a smartphone, a cellular phone, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, a network device, a router, a switch, a networked computer, a wearable computer, a handset, a messaging device, a camera device, and/or any other computing device. In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may be composed of two or more disaggregated components, such as one or more compute sleds  1606 , one or more storage sleds  1604 , and/or one or more network switches  1608 . The illustrative SDN controller  1602  includes a processor  1702 , a memory  1704 , an input/output (I/O) subsystem  1706 , one or more storage devices  1708 , and a network interface controller  1710 . In some embodiments, one or more of the illustrative components of the SDN controller  1602  may be incorporated in, or otherwise form a portion of, another component. For example, the memory  1704 , or portions thereof, may be incorporated in the processor  1702  in some embodiments. 
     The processor  1702  may be embodied as any type of processor capable of performing the functions described herein. For example, the processor  1702  may be embodied as a single or multi-core processor(s), a single or multi-socket processor, a digital signal processor, a graphics processor, a microcontroller, or other processor or processing/controlling circuit. Similarly, the memory  1704  may be embodied as any type of volatile or non-volatile memory or data storage capable of performing the functions described herein. In operation, the memory  1704  may store various data and software used during operation of the SDN controller  1602  such as operating systems, applications, programs, libraries, and drivers. The memory  1704  is communicatively coupled to the processor  1702  via the I/O subsystem  1706 , which may be embodied as circuitry and/or components to facilitate input/output operations with the processor  1702 , the memory  1704 , and other components of the SDN controller  1602 . For example, the I/O subsystem  1706  may be embodied as, or otherwise include, memory controller hubs, input/output control hubs, firmware devices, communication links (i.e., point-to-point links, bus links, wires, cables, light guides, printed circuit board traces, etc.) and/or other components and subsystems to facilitate the input/output operations. In some embodiments, the I/O subsystem  1706  may form a portion of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) and be incorporated, along with the processor  1702 , the memory  1704 , and other components of the SDN controller  1602  on a single integrated circuit chip. 
     The one or more storage devices  1708  may be embodied as any type of device or devices configured for the short-term or long-term storage of data. For example, the one or more storage devices  1708  may include any one or more memory devices and circuits, memory cards, hard disk drives, solid-state drives, or other data storage devices. 
     The network interface controller  1710  may be embodied as any type of interface capable of interfacing the SDN controller  1602  with other compute devices, such as through the one or more network switches  1608 . In some embodiments, the network interface controller  1710  may be referred to as a host fabric interface (HFI). The network interface controller  1710  may be capable of interfacing with any appropriate cable type, such as an electrical cable or an optical cable, and/or may be capable of interfacing with a wireless signal, such as through one or more antennae. The network interface controller  1710  may be configured to use any one or more communication technology and associated protocols (e.g., Ethernet, Bluetooth®, WiMAX, near field communication (NFC), etc.). The network interface controller  1710  may be located on silicon separate from the processor  1702 , or the network interface controller  1710  may be included in a multi-chip package with the processor  1702 , or even on the same die as the processor  1702 . The network interface controller  1710  may be embodied as one or more add-in-boards, daughtercards, network interface cards, controller chips, chipsets, specialized components such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or other devices that may be used by the SDN controller  1602  to connect with another compute device. In some embodiments, network interface controller  1710  may be embodied as part of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that includes one or more processors, or included on a multichip package that also contains one or more processors. In some embodiments, the network interface controller  1710  may include a local processor (not shown) and/or a local memory (not shown) that are both local to the network interface controller  1710 . In such embodiments, the local processor of the network interface controller  1710  may be capable of performing one or more of the functions of the processor  1702  described herein. Additionally or alternatively, in such embodiments, the local memory of the network interface controller  1710  may be integrated into one or more components of the SDN controller  1602  at the board level, socket level, chip level, and/or other levels. 
     In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may include other or additional components, such as those commonly found in a compute device. For example, the SDN controller  1602  may also have a display  1712  and/or peripheral devices  1714 . The peripheral devices  1714  may include a keyboard, a mouse, etc. The display  1712  may be embodied as any type of display on which information may be displayed to a user of the SDN controller  1602 , such as a touchscreen display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a plasma display, an image projector (e.g., 2D or 3D), a laser projector, a heads-up display, and/or other display technology. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 18 , the storage sled  1604  may be embodied as any hardware capable of performing the function described herein. In the illustrative embodiment, the storage sled  1604  is embodied as a sled in a rack of a data center and contains one or more storage devices  1808 . Additionally or alternatively, the storage sled  1604  may be embodied as or otherwise be included in, without limitation, a server computer, an embedded computing system, a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a multiprocessor system, a processor-based system, a consumer electronic device, a smartphone, a cellular phone, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, a network device, a router, a switch, a networked computer, a wearable computer, a handset, a messaging device, a camera device, and/or any other computing device. 
     The storage sled  1604  includes a processor  1802 , a memory  1804 , an I/O subsystem  1806 , the one or more storage devices  1808 , a network interface controller  1810 , and, optionally, a display  1812  and/or peripheral devices  1814 . The processor  1802 , the memory  1804 , etc. may be similar to the processor  1702 , the memory  1704 , etc. of the SDN controller  1602 , the description of which will not be included in the interest of clarity. Of course, it should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, the components of the storage sled  1604  may differ from the SDN controller  1602  quantitatively or qualitatively. For example, in one embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  may have a relatively small number of storage devices  1708  and/or relatively small amount of storage space, while the storage sled  1604  may have a relatively large number of storage devices  1808  and/or relatively large amount of storage space. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 3 , an illustrative network switch  1608  is shown with an ultra-shallow queue  1902 , a shallow queue  1904 , and a deep queue  1906 . Of course, the network switch  1608  may include additional components that are not shown in the interest of clarity, such as one or more ports, a processor, a memory, etc. In use, the network switch  1608  may be configured to store packets in one of the queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  based on, e.g., which port the packet is from, what flow the packet is associated with, the source of the packet, the destination of the packet, etc. Each of the ultra-shallow queue  1902 , the shallow queue  1904 , and the deep queue  1906  may be implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or software. In the illustrative embodiment, the deep queue  1906  may be a virtual queue that is in a shared packet buffer memory. 
     The network switch  1608  is configured to process packets in the ultra-shallow queue  1902  quickly in order to reduce or minimize the latency of packets placed in the ultra-shallow queue  1902 . The network switch  1608  is configured to process packets in shallow queue  1904  quickly as well, although under high load the network switch  1608  may not process packets stored in the shallow queue  1904  as quickly. The network switch  1608  is configured to process packets stored in the deep queues  1906  as network resources are available. In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may assign the various queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  to different tasks, such as by assigning the queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  to particular flows or particular virtual local area networks (VLANs) (which may be virtual extensible LANs or VXLANs in some embodiments). 
     Referring now to  FIG. 20 , in an illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  establishes an environment  2000  during operation. The illustrative environment  2000  includes a storage device monitor  2002 , a storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004 , a data replication resource allocator  2006 , a bandwidth burst detector  2008 , a bandwidth burst modeler  2010 , and a bandwidth burst resource allocator  2012 . The various modules of the environment  2000  may be embodied as hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. For example, the various modules, logic, and other components of the environment  2000  may form a portion of, or otherwise be established by, the processor  1702  or other hardware components of the SDN controller  1602 . As such, in some embodiments, one or more of the modules of the environment  2000  may be embodied as circuitry or collection of electrical devices (e.g., a storage device monitor circuit  2002 , a storage device failure bandwidth modeler circuit  2004 , a data replication resource allocator circuit  2006 , etc.). It should be appreciated that, in such embodiments, one or more of the circuits (e.g., the storage device monitor circuit  2002 , the storage device failure bandwidth modeler circuit  2004 , the data replication resource allocator circuit  2006 , etc.) may form a portion of one or more of the processor  1702 , the memory  1704 , the I/O subsystem  1706 , the storage devices  1708 , the network interface controller  1710 , and/or other components of the SDN controller  1602 . Additionally, in some embodiments, one or more of the illustrative modules may form a portion of another module and/or one or more of the illustrative modules may be independent of one another. Further, in some embodiments, one or more of the modules of the environment  2000  may be embodied as virtualized hardware components or emulated architecture, which may be established and maintained by the processor  1702  or other components of the SDN controller  1602 . It should be appreciated that some of the functionality of one or more of the modules of the environment  2000  may require a hardware implementation, in which case embodiments of modules which implement such functionality will be embodied at least partially as hardware. 
     The storage device monitor  2002 , which may be embodied as hardware, firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/or a combination thereof as discussed above, is configured to monitor the one or more storage devices  1808  on the one or more storage sleds  1604 . The storage device monitor  2002  may monitor the storage devices  1808  for a possible failure. In some embodiments, the storage device monitor  2002  may anticipate a failure of a storage device  1808  prior to the device actually failing, and the storage device monitor  2002  may trigger a data replication process at that time. Additionally or alternatively, the storage device monitor  2002  may monitor for a current failure of a storage device  1808  and may trigger a data replication process at that time. The storage device monitor  2002  may also monitor certain parameters of the storage devices  1808 , such as the amount of bandwidth used by or allocated to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with each storage device  1808 , the type of services associated with each storage device  1808 , etc. 
     In some embodiments, the storage device monitor  2002  is configured to monitor the data traffic that is being sent and received at one or more storage sleds  1604  and/or one or more storage devices  1808 . The storage device monitor  2002  may monitor for whether data being sent is for sequential writes or random writes. If the storage device monitor  2002  notices a change in data being sent (e.g., several clients are writing sequential writes), the storage device monitor  2002  may anticipate a burst bandwidth for the corresponding storage sled  1604  and/or corresponding storage device  1808  and trigger an allocation of bandwidth accordingly. 
     The storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  is configured to monitor bandwidth usage during data replication after failure of a storage device  1808 . The storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  may monitor how the bandwidth usage changes over time. In the illustrative embodiment, the storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  may observe that the bandwidth used for data replication increases over time. The storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  may determine one or more parameters that can be used to model the bandwidth needed for future data replication operations. The one or more parameters may be determined based on, e.g., the amount of bandwidth used by or allocated to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , the type of services associated with the storage device  1808 , etc. In some embodiments, the storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  may employ machine learning techniques to model bandwidth usage in future data replications. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004  may also determine what resources of the network switches  1608  are needed, such as how many queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  at what times. 
     The data replication resource allocator  2006  is configured to allocate resources for data replication of the data stored on a storage device  1808  that has or will fail. The data replication resource allocator  2006  includes a bandwidth allocator  2014  and a network switch queue allocator  2016 . The bandwidth allocator  2014  is configured to allocate bandwidth to the replication process. For example, in the illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  may establish a VLAN (which may be a VXLAN in some embodiments) for use by the data replication process, and the bandwidth allocator  2014  may allocate bandwidth to the VLAN. In the illustrative embodiment, the bandwidth allocator  2014  may increase the bandwidth available to the VLAN in a step-wise manner, increasing the bandwidth allocated in a series of discrete steps. The particular amount of bandwidth to provide and when to increase the bandwidth is determined based on parameters determined by the storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004 . As discussed above, the parameters (and, therefore, the bandwidth allocated) may depend on the bandwidth used by or allocated to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , the type of services associated with the storage device  1808 , etc. 
     The network switch queue allocator  2016  is configured to allocate various queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  to the replication process. The network switch queue allocator  2016  may, e.g., request allocation of queues, release queues from other uses, etc. The network switch queue allocator  2016  may determine the amount of queue resources needed and when the queue resources are needed in a similar manner as the bandwidth allocator  2014 . For example, the network switch queue allocator  2016  may allocate queue resources of the network switches  1608  based on the parameters of the model constructed by the storage device failure bandwidth modeler  2004 . 
     The bandwidth burst detector  2008  is configured to monitor the storage sleds  1604  and/or the storage devices  1808  for when a burst bandwidth may occur. In particular, the bandwidth burst detector  2008  is configured to monitor for when clients making data requests on the storage sleds  1604  and/or storage devices  1808  change from sequential writs to random writes and/or from random writes to sequential writes. If the bandwidth burst detector  2008  detects several clients changing to sequential writes, the bandwidth burst detector  2008  may anticipate a bandwidth burst and trigger a bandwidth burst allocation process. 
     The bandwidth burst modeler  2010  is configured to monitor bandwidth of the storage sleds  1604  and/or the storage devices  1808  and generate a model that predicts burst bandwidth usage. The illustrative bandwidth burst modeler  2010  is configured to generate a model that predicts burst bandwidth usage based on the type and number of clients making data requests, whether the data requests are for sequential writes, random writes, or another operation, the bandwidth associated with the storage sled  1606  and/or the storage devices  1808 , etc. The bandwidth burst modeler  2010  may generate a model that has a required bandwidth that increases in a series of discrete steps, allowing the bandwidth allocated for the bandwidth burst to increase in a manner that corresponds to the expected demand. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the bandwidth burst modeler  2010  may also determine what resources of the network switches  1608  are needed, such as how many queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  at what times. 
     The bandwidth burst resource allocator  2012  is configured to provide a burst of resources when triggered by the burst bandwidth detector  2008 . The bandwidth burst resource allocator  2012  includes a bandwidth allocator  2018  and a network switch queue allocator  2020 . The bandwidth allocator  2018  is configured to allocate bandwidth for the expected burst. For example, in the illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  may establish a VLAN (which may be a VXLAN in some embodiments) for use by the data transfers associated with the data burst or may increase the bandwidth of the VLANs already associated with the services that are expected to have a burst of bandwidth utilization. In the illustrative embodiment, the bandwidth allocator  2018  may increase the bandwidth available to the VLAN(s) in a step-wise manner, increasing the bandwidth allocated in a series of discrete steps. The particular amount of bandwidth to provide and when to increase the bandwidth is determined based on parameters determined by the bandwidth burst modeler  2010 . As discussed above, the parameters (and, therefore, the bandwidth allocated) may depend on the bandwidth used by or allocated to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , the type of services associated with the storage device  1808 , how many clients are writing sequentially, how many clients are writing randomly, etc. 
     The network switch queue allocator  2020  is configured to allocate various queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  to handle the expected bandwidth burst. The network switch queue allocator  2020  may, e.g., request allocation of queues, release queues from other uses, etc. The network switch queue allocator  2016  may determine the amount of queue resources needed and when the queue resources are needed in a similar manner as the bandwidth allocator  2018 . For example, the network switch queue allocator  2020  may allocate queue resources of the network switches  1608  based on the parameters of the model constructed by the bandwidth burst modeler  2010 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 21 , in use, the SDN controller  1602  may execute a method  2100  for generating a model of bandwidth usage in data replication. The method  2100  begins in block  2102 , in which the SDN controller  1602  may detect a failure of a storage device  1808 . In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may detect a failure of a storage device  1808  prior to the actual failure of the storage device  1808 . The SDN controller  1602  may determine parameters of the storage device  1808 , such as how much bandwidth is used or assigned to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , etc. In block  2106 , the SDN controller  1602  initiates data replication of the data that was stored on the failed storage device  1808 . 
     In block  2108 , the SDN controller  1602  monitors the bandwidth usage of the data replication process. In the illustrative embodiment, the bandwidth usage of the data replication process may increase in a predictable manner based on, e.g., how much bandwidth is used or assigned to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , etc. 
     In block  2110 , the SDN controller  1602  may generate parameters of a model (such as a machine-learning-based model) of the bandwidth used for the data replication process. The parameters of the model may be generated based on the observed parameters of the data replication process, such as how much bandwidth was used or assigned to the storage device  1808 , the number of services associated with the storage device  1808 , the amount of bandwidth used during the data replication process, etc. Of course, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may continually monitor data replication bandwidth usage, and may update parameters of a model that were previously generated. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 22 , in use, the SDN controller  1602  may execute a method  2100  for generating a model of bandwidth burst usage. The method  2200  begins in block  2202 , in which the SDN controller  1602  may monitor data traffic on storage sleds  1604  and/or storage devices  1808 . In block  2204 , the SDN controller  1602  may determine parameters of the data traffic, such as the type and number of clients making data requests, whether the data requests are for sequential writes, random writes, or another operation, the bandwidth associated with the storage sled  1606  and/or the storage devices  1808 , etc. In block  2206 , if the bandwidth associated with the storage sled  1604  and/or storage devices  1808  has a burst, the bandwidth burst is detected in block  2206 . 
     In block  2208 , the SDN controller  1602  may generate parameters of a model (such as a machine-learning-based model) of the bandwidth used as part of the bandwidth burst. The parameters of the model may be generated based on the observed parameters of the bandwidth burst, such as such as the type and number of clients making data requests, whether the data requests are for sequential writes, random writes, or another operation, the bandwidth associated with the storage sled  1606  and/or the storage devices  1808 , the bandwidth actually used at various times during the burst, etc. Of course, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may continually burst bandwidth, and may update parameters of a model that were previously generated. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 23 , in use, the SDN controller  1602  may execute a method  2300  for controlling bandwidth allocation for a data replication process. The method  2300  begins in block  2302 , in which the SDN controller  1602  monitors one or more storage devices  1808  on one or more storage sleds  1604 . In block  2304 , if failure of a storage device  1808  is not detected, the method loops back to block  2302  to continue monitoring the storage device  1808 . If failure of a storage device is detected, the method  2300  proceeds to block  2306 . It should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, failure of a storage device  1808  may be detected before the storage device  1808  actually fails. 
     In block  2306 , the SDN controller  1602  triggers a storage device failure protocol. It should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, different aspects of the SDN controller  1602  may be in different locations, and triggering the storage device failure protocol may include, e.g., communicating between various components of the SDN controller  1602  that a failure has occurred. 
     In block  2308 , the SDN controller  1602  determines one or more parameters of a tiered burst requirement to perform the data replication. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may describe the bandwidth that will be allocated for the data replication as a function of time. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may indicate that, e.g., a fixed amount of bandwidth will be allocated initially, that the bandwidth allocated will be increased by a predetermined amount at a predetermined time, etc. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on a model that has been generated based on past data replications. In some embodiments, the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on a machine-learning-based model. 
     The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on any suitable data. For example, the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on a parameter of the storage device  1808  that failed in block  2310 . The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on the services that were associated with the storage device  1808  that failed in block  2312 . The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may also be determined based on the bandwidth that was associated with the storage device  1808  that failed in block  2314 . 
     In block  2316 , the SDN controller  1602  assigns one or more queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  to the data replication process. In the illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  establishes a VLAN (which may be a VXLAN in some embodiments) to be used for the data replication process, and the queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  may be assigned to the established VLAN. 
     In block  2318 , the SDN controller  1602  allocates a first amount of bandwidth for replication of the data. The amount allocated is based on the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement determined in block  2308 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 24 , the method  2300  continues in block  2320 , in which the SDN controller  1602  determines a period of time to wait before allocating additional bandwidth or queues based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement. The period of time may be any suitable period, such as 1 millisecond, 10 milliseconds, 100 milliseconds, 1 second, 10 seconds, etc. In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may determine when to allocate additional bandwidth based on how much of the currently-allocated bandwidth is in use. In block  2322 , if the data replication process is complete, the method  2300  jumps to block  2332 , in which the SDN controller  1602  releases the bandwidth and queues allocated to the data replication. If the data replication process is not complete, the method  2300  proceeds to block  2324 . 
     In block  2324 , if it is not yet time to allocate additional resources, the method  2300  loops back to block  2322  to check if data replication is complete. If it is time to allocate additional resources, the method  2300  proceeds to block  2326 , in which the SDN controller  1602  allocates additional bandwidth for data replication. The additional amount to allocate may be determined based on the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement determined in block  2308 . In the illustrative embodiment, the amount to increase the bandwidth by may be determined at the beginning of the data replication process. Additionally or alternatively, the amount to increase the bandwidth by may be partially determined based on aspects of the data replication process as it is ongoing. 
     In block  2328 , the SDN controller  1602  may also allocate additional queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  to the data replication process. In block  2330 , the SDN controller  1602  may determine an amount of time to wait before adding additional bandwidth. It should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may determine how long to wait after each bandwidth addition at the beginning of the data replication process. Additionally or alternatively, how long to wait for the next increase in bandwidth may be partially determined based on aspects of the data replication process as it is ongoing. 
     Referring back to block  2322 , when the data replication is complete, the method jumps to block  2332 , in which the SDN controller  1602  releases the bandwidth and the queues allocated to the data replication process. In block  2334 , the SDN controller  1602  may update one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm that models the bandwidth usage of data replication based on the bandwidth actually used during the data replication. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 25 , in use, the SDN controller  1602  may execute a method  2500  for controlling bandwidth allocation for a bandwidth burst. The method  2500  begins in block  2502 , in which the SDN controller  1602  monitors data traffic on one or more storage sleds  1604  and/or one or more storage devices  1808 . The SDN controller  1602  may monitor for an indication of a future bandwidth burst requirement, such as several clients all sending sequential writes to the same storage sled  1604  and/or to the same storage device  1808 . 
     In block  2504 , if an indication of a future bandwidth burst requirement is not detected, the method loops back to block  2502  to continue monitoring the storage sleds  1604  and/or the storage devices  1808 . If indication of a future bandwidth burst requirement is detected, the method  2500  proceeds to block  2506 . 
     In block  2506 , the SDN controller  1602  determines one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement based on the monitored data traffic. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may describe the bandwidth that will be allocated to handle the anticipated bandwidth burst as a function of time. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may indicate that, e.g., a fixed amount of bandwidth will be allocated initially, that the bandwidth allocated will be increased by a predetermined amount at a predetermined time, etc. The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on a model that has been generated based on past bandwidth bursts. In some embodiments, the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on a machine-learning-based model. 
     The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on any suitable data. In the illustrative embodiment, the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on the number of clients that are providing sequential writes. Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may be determined based on the type or number of services associated with the monitored data traffic in block  2508 . The parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement may also be determined based on the amount of current bandwidth associated with the monitored data traffic in block  2510 . 
     In block  2512 , the SDN controller  1602  assigns one or more queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  to the anticipated bandwidth burst. In the illustrative embodiment, the SDN controller  1602  may establish a new VLAN or may determine a VLAN associated with the bandwidth burst (which may be VXLANs in some embodiments), and the queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  may be assigned to the established VLAN. 
     In block  2514 , the SDN controller  1602  allocates a first amount of bandwidth for the anticipated bandwidth burst. The amount allocated is based on the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement determined in block  2506 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 26 , the method  2500  continues in block  2516 , in which the SDN controller  1602  determines a period of time to wait before allocating additional bandwidth or queues based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement. The period of time may be any suitable period, such as 1 millisecond, 10 milliseconds, 100 milliseconds, 1 second, 10 seconds, etc. In some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may determine when to allocate additional bandwidth based on how much of the currently-allocated bandwidth is in use. In block  2518 , if the bandwidth burst is complete, the method  2500  jumps to block  2528 , in which the SDN controller  1602  releases the bandwidth and queues allocated to for the bandwidth burst. If the data replication process is not complete, the method  2500  proceeds to block  2520 . 
     In block  2520 , if it is not yet time to allocate additional resources, the method  2500  loops back to block  2518  to check if the bandwidth burst is complete. If it is time to allocate additional resources, the method  2500  proceeds to block  2522 , in which the SDN controller  1602  allocates additional bandwidth for the bandwidth burst. The additional amount to allocate may be determined based on the parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement determined in block  2508 . In the illustrative embodiment, the amount to increase the bandwidth by may be determined at the beginning of the data replication process. Additionally or alternatively, the amount to increase the bandwidth by may be partially determined based on aspects of the bandwidth burst as it is ongoing. 
     In block  2524 , the SDN controller  1602  may also allocate additional queues  1902 ,  1904 ,  1906  of the network switches  1608  for the bandwidth burst. In block  2526 , the SDN controller  1602  may determine an amount of time to wait before adding additional bandwidth. It should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, the SDN controller  1602  may determine how long to wait after each bandwidth addition at the beginning of the bandwidth burst. Additionally or alternatively, how long to wait for the next increase in bandwidth may be partially determined based on aspects of the bandwidth burst as it is ongoing. 
     Referring back to block  2518 , when the data replication is complete, the method jumps to block  2528 , in which the SDN controller  1602  releases the bandwidth and the queues allocated for the bandwidth burst. In block  2530 , the SDN controller  1602  may update one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm that models the bandwidth usage of the bandwidth burst based on the bandwidth actually used during the bandwidth burst. 
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     Illustrative examples of the devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein are provided below. An embodiment of the devices, systems, and methods may include any one or more, and any combination of, the examples described below. 
     Example 1 includes a software-defined networking (SDN) controller for control of data transfer, the SDN controller comprising storage device monitor circuitry to detect a failure of a storage device of a storage sled of a data center; and a data replication resource allocator to determine one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement for replication of data that was on the storage device; allocate a first amount of bandwidth on a network of the data center for replication of the data that was on the storage device; determine, based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for replication of the data that was on the storage device; and allocate a second amount of bandwidth on the network for replication of data that was on the storage device in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1, and wherein the data replication resource allocator is further to establish a virtual local area network (VLAN) on the network, wherein to allocate the first amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the first amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN, wherein to allocate the second amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the second amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN. 
     Example 3 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 and 2, and wherein to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, wherein the data replication resource allocator is further to determine the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-3, and wherein the data replication resource allocator is further to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more parameters of the storage device; determine the period of time to wait based on the one or more parameters of the storage device; and determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more parameters of the storage device. 
     Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4, and wherein the one or more parameters of the storage device comprise at least one of (i) a number of services associated with the storage device, (ii) a type of storage associated with the storage device, and (iii) a bandwidth associated with the storage device. 
     Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-5, and wherein the data replication resource allocator is further to access one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the period of time to wait comprises to determine the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm. 
     Example 7 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-6, and further including a storage device failure bandwidth modeler to monitor bandwidth usage of a plurality of data replication processes resulting from failure of a plurality of storage devices; determine parameters of the plurality of storage devices; determine the one or more parameters of the machine-learning-based algorithm based on the monitored bandwidth usage of the plurality of data replication processes and the determined parameters of the plurality of storage devices. 
     Example 8 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-7, and wherein the data replication resource allocator is further to allocate a first number of queues of one or more network switches for replication of the data on the storage device; and allocate a second number of queues of the one or more network switches for replication of the data in response to the determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed, wherein the second number of queues to be allocated is predetermined prior to allocation of the first number of queues. 
     Example 9 includes a software-defined networking (SDN) controller for control of data transfer, the SDN controller comprising storage device monitor circuitry to monitor data traffic from each of a plurality of compute device to a storage sled of a data center over a network of the data center; bandwidth burst detector circuitry to detect an indication of a future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; and bandwidth burst resource allocator circuitry to determine one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; allocate a first amount of bandwidth on the network for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices based on the determined one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement; determine, based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices; and allocate a second amount of bandwidth on the network for the data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 10 includes the subject matter of Example 9, and wherein to allocate the first amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the first amount of bandwidth to a VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices, wherein to allocate the second amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the second amount of bandwidth to the VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 11 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 9 and 10, and wherein to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, wherein the bandwidth burst resource allocator circuitry is further to determine the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 12 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 9-11, and wherein to detect the indication of the future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices comprises to detect sequential writes from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 13 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 9-12, and wherein the bandwidth burst resource allocator circuitry is further to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; determine the period of time to wait based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; and determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 14 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 9-13, and wherein the bandwidth burst resource allocator circuitry is further to monitor, prior to monitoring of the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices, bandwidth usage of a plurality of data transfer processes from each of a plurality of source compute devices to a destination storage sled, wherein each of the plurality of data transfer processes is following an increase in sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices to the destination storage sled; determine parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices; and determine one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm based on the parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices, wherein to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the period of time to wait comprises to determine the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm. 
     Example 15 includes a method for control of data transfer by a software defined networking (SDN) controller, the method comprising detecting, by the SDN controller, a failure of a storage device of a storage sled of a data center; determining, by the SDN controller, one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement for replication of data that was on the storage device; allocating, by the SDN controller, a first amount of bandwidth on a network of the data center for replication of the data that was on the storage device; determining, by the SDN controller and based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for replication of the data that was on the storage device; and allocating, by the SDN controller, a second amount of bandwidth on the network for replication of data that was on the storage device in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 16 includes the subject matter of Example 15, and further including establishing a virtual local area network (VLAN) on the network, wherein allocating the first amount of bandwidth comprises allocating the first amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN, wherein allocating the second amount of bandwidth comprises allocating the second amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN. 
     Example 17 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15 and 16, and wherein determining the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises determining the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, further comprising determining, by the SDN controller, the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 18 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15-17, and further including determining, by the SDN controller, the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more parameters of the storage device; determining, by the SDN controller, the period of time to wait based on the one or more parameters of the storage device; and determining, by the SDN controller, the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more parameters of the storage device. 
     Example 19 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15-18, and wherein the one or more parameters of the storage device comprise at least one of (i) a number of services associated with the storage device, (ii) a type of storage associated with the storage device, and (iii) a bandwidth associated with the storage device. 
     Example 20 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15-19, and further including accessing, by the SDN controller, one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm, wherein determining the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises determining the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein determining the period of time to wait comprises determining the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein determining the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises determining the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm. 
     Example 21 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15-20, and further including monitoring, by the SDN controller, bandwidth usage of a plurality of data replication processes resulting from failure of a plurality of storage devices; determining, by the SDN controller, parameters of the plurality of storage devices; determining, by the SDN controller, the one or more parameters of the machine-learning-based algorithm based on the monitored bandwidth usage of the plurality of data replication processes and the determined parameters of the plurality of storage devices. 
     Example 22 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 15-21, and further including allocating, by the SDN controller, a first number of queues of one or more network switches for replication of the data on the storage device; and allocating, by the SDN controller, a second number of queues of the one or more network switches for replication of the data in response to the determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed, wherein the second number of queues to be allocated is predetermined prior to allocation of the first number of queues. 
     Example 23 includes a method for control of data transfer by a software defined networking (SDN) controller, the method comprising monitoring, by the SDN controller, data traffic from each of a plurality of compute device to a storage sled of a data center over a network of the data center; detecting, by the SDN controller, an indication of a future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; determining, by the SDN controller, one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; allocating, by the SDN controller, a first amount of bandwidth on the network for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices based on the determined one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement; determining, by the SDN controller and based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices; and allocating, by the SDN controller, a second amount of bandwidth on the network for the data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 24 includes the subject matter of Example 23, and wherein allocating the first amount of bandwidth comprises allocating the first amount of bandwidth to a VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices, wherein allocating the second amount of bandwidth comprises allocating the second amount of bandwidth to the VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 25 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 23 and 24, and wherein determining the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises determining the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, further comprising determining, by the SDN controller, the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 26 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 23-25, and wherein detecting the indication of the future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices comprises detecting sequential writes from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 27 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 23-26, and further including determining, by the SDN controller, the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; determining, by the SDN controller, the period of time to wait based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; and determining, by the SDN controller, the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 28 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 23-27, and further including monitoring, by the SDN controller and prior to monitoring the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices, bandwidth usage of a plurality of data transfer processes from each of a plurality of source compute devices to a destination storage sled, wherein each of the plurality of data transfer processes is following an increase in sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices to the destination storage sled; determining, by the SDN controller, parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices; and determining, by the SDN controller, one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm based on the parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices, wherein determining the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises determining the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein determining the period of time to wait comprises determining the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein determining the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises determining the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm. 
     Example 29 includes one or more computer-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a software-defined networking (SDN) controller, causes the SDN controller to perform the method of any of Examples 15-28. 
     Example 30 includes a software-defined networking (SDN) controller comprising means to perform the method of any of Examples 15-28. 
     Example 31 includes one or more computer-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a software-defined networking (SDN) controller, causes the SDN controller to detect a failure of a storage device of a storage sled of a data center; determine one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement for replication of data that was on the storage device; allocate a first amount of bandwidth on a network of the data center for replication of the data that was on the storage device; determine, based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for replication of the data that was on the storage device; and allocate a second amount of bandwidth on the network for replication of data that was on the storage device in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 32 includes the subject matter of Example 31, and wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to establish a virtual local area network (VLAN) on the network, wherein to allocate the first amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the first amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN, wherein to allocate the second amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the second amount of bandwidth for replication of the data on the storage device to the VLAN. 
     Example 33 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31 and 32, and wherein to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to determine the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 34 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31-33, and wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more parameters of the storage device; determine the period of time to wait based on the one or more parameters of the storage device; and determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more parameters of the storage device. 
     Example 35 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31-34, and wherein the one or more parameters of the storage device comprise at least one of (i) a number of services associated with the storage device, (ii) a type of storage associated with the storage device, and (iii) a bandwidth associated with the storage device. 
     Example 36 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31-35, and wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to access one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the period of time to wait comprises to determine the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm. 
     Example 37 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31-36, and wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to monitor bandwidth usage of a plurality of data replication processes resulting from failure of a plurality of storage devices; determine parameters of the plurality of storage devices; determine the one or more parameters of the machine-learning-based algorithm based on the monitored bandwidth usage of the plurality of data replication processes and the determined parameters of the plurality of storage devices. 
     Example 38 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 31-37, and wherein the plurality of instructions further causes the SDN controller to allocate a first number of queues of one or more network switches for replication of the data on the storage device; and allocate a second number of queues of the one or more network switches for replication of the data in response to the determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed, wherein the second number of queues to be allocated is predetermined prior to allocation of the first number of queues. 
     Example 39 includes one or more computer-readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a software-defined networking (SDN) controller, causes the SDN controller to monitor data traffic from each of a plurality of compute device to a storage sled of a data center over a network of the data center; detect an indication of a future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; determine one or more parameters of a tiered bandwidth burst requirement based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; allocate a first amount of bandwidth on the network for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices based on the determined one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement; determine, based on the one or more parameters of the tiered bandwidth burst requirement, a period of time to wait before allocation of additional bandwidth for data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices; and allocate a second amount of bandwidth on the network for the data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices in response to a determination that the period of time to wait has elapsed. 
     Example 40 includes the subject matter of Example 39, and wherein to allocate the first amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the first amount of bandwidth to a VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices, wherein to allocate the second amount of bandwidth comprises to allocate the second amount of bandwidth to the VLAN associated with data transfer from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 41 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 39 and 40, and wherein to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth comprises to determine the period of time to wait before allocation of the additional bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the SDN controller to determine the second amount of bandwidth prior to allocation of the first amount of bandwidth. 
     Example 42 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 39-41, and wherein to detect the indication of the future bandwidth burst based on the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices comprises to detect sequential writes from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 43 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 39-42, and wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the SDN controller to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; determine the period of time to wait based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices; and determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated based on the one or more services associated with the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices. 
     Example 44 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 39-43, and wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the SDN controller to monitor, prior to monitoring of the data traffic from each of the plurality of compute devices, bandwidth usage of a plurality of data transfer processes from each of a plurality of source compute devices to a destination storage sled, wherein each of the plurality of data transfer processes is following an increase in sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices to the destination storage sled; determine parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices; and determine one or more parameters of a machine-learning-based algorithm based on the parameters of the sequential writes from each of the plurality of source compute devices, wherein to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the first amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, wherein to determine the period of time to wait comprises to determine the period of time to wait with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm, and wherein to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated comprises to determine the second amount of bandwidth to be allocated with use of the one or more parameters of the machine learning-based algorithm.