We discuss control of bittide distributed systems, which are designed to provide logical synchronization between networked machines by observing data flow rates between adjacent systems at the physical network layer and controlling local reference clock frequencies. We analyze the performance of approximate proportional-integral control of the synchronization mechanism and develop a simple continuous-time model to show the resulting dynamics are stable for any positive choice of gains. We then construct explicit formulae to show that closed-loop performance measured using the L2 norm is a product of two terms, one depending only on resistance distances in the graph, and the other depending only on controller gains.
翻译:我们讨论对比特德分布式系统的控制,这些系统旨在通过观察物理网络层相邻系统之间的数据流动率和控制本地参照时钟频率,实现网络机器之间的逻辑同步。我们分析了同步机制的大致比例整体控制性能,并开发了一个简单的连续时间模型,以显示由此产生的动态对于任何积极的收益选择来说是稳定的。然后我们构建明确的公式,以显示使用L2标准测量的闭路运行性能是两个条件的产物,一个条件仅取决于图中的阻力距离,另一个条件仅取决于控制器的收益。