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Definitions of remote direct memory access:

Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) is a concept whereby two or more computers communicate via Direct Memory Access directly from the main memory of one system to the main memory of another. As there is no CPU, cache, or context switching overhead needed to perform the transfer, and transfers can continue in parallel with other system operations, this is particularly useful in applications where high throughput, low latency networking is needed such as in massively parallel Linux clusters. ...
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