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Modular Architecture for High-Performance and Low Overhead Data Transfers
SessionThe 12th Annual International Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS)
DescriptionHigh-performance applications necessitate rapid and dependable transfer of massive datasets across geographically dispersed locations. Traditional file transfer tools often suffer from resource underutilization and instability due to fixed configurations or monolithic optimization methods. We propose AutoMDT, a novel Modular Data Transfer Architecture, to address these issues by employing deep reinforcement learning based agent to simultaneously optimize concurrency levels for read, network, and write operations. This solution incorporates a lightweight network–system simulator, enabling offline training of a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) agent in approximately 45 minutes on average, thereby overcoming the impracticality of lengthy online training in production networks. AutoMDT’s modular design decouples I/O and network tasks. This allows the agent to capture complex buffer dynamics precisely and to adapt quickly to changing system and network conditions. Evaluations on production-grade testbeds show that AutoMDT achieves up to 8X faster convergence and 68\% reduction in transfer completion times compared to state-of-the-art solutions.
