Ginex: SSD-enabled Billion-scale Graph Neural Network Training on a Single Machine via Provably Optimal In-memory Caching

Summary: Ginex enables billion-scale GNN training on a single machine with SSDs. Inspector-executor pipeline splits sample/gather, enabling Belady-like optimal in-memory caching for feature vectors. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 12752
Venue: VLDB
Year: 2022
Pagerank: 7.2812392e-05
Overall Rank: 3,281 | 77.20%
DOI: 10.14778/3551793.3551819

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5,721	DynaHB: A Communication-Avoiding Asynchronous Distributed Framework with Hybrid Batches for Dynamic GNN Training	2024	VLDB	5.3538607e-05
6,979	OUTRE: An OUT-of-core De-REdundancy GNN Training Framework for Massive Graphs within A Single Machine	2024	VLDB	4.8697538e-05
7,104	DiskGNN: Bridging I/O Efficiency and Model Accuracy for Out-of-Core GNN Training	2025	SIGMOD	4.8254019e-05
7,924	Distributed Graph Embedding with Information-Oriented Random Walks	2023	VLDB	4.6109814e-05
9,785	Capsule*: An Out-of-Core Training Mechanism for Colossal GNNs	2025	SIGMOD	4.2799988e-05
10,011	A Comprehensive Benchmark on Spectral GNNs: The Impact on Efficiency, Memory, and Effectiveness	2026	SIGMOD	4.1905499e-05
11,036	TIGER: Training Inductive Graph Neural Network for Large-scale Knowledge Graph Reasoning	2024	VLDB	4.1905499e-05
11,082	Complex-Path: Effective and Efficient Node Ranking with Paths in Billion-Scale Heterogeneous Graphs	2024	VLDB	4.1905499e-05

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Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
271	AliGraph: A Comprehensive Graph Neural Network Platform	2019	VLDB	0.00029565193
1,102	Large Graph Convolutional Network Training with GPU-Oriented Data Communication Architecture	2021	VLDB	0.00014011556
1,332	AGL: A Scalable System for Industrial-purpose Graph Machine Learning	2020	VLDB	0.00012549751
3,839	GTS: A Fast and Scalable Graph Processing Method based on Streaming Topology to GPUs	2016	SIGMOD	6.7108721e-05

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