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Abstract | ||
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Although the secure sockets layer (SSL) is the most popular protocol to provide a secure channel between a client and a cluster-based network server, its high overhead degrades the server performance considerably, and thus, affects the server scalability. Therefore, improving the performance of SSL-enabled network servers is critical for designing scalable and high performance data centers. In this paper, we examine the impact of SSL offering and SSL-session aware distribution in cluster-based network servers. We propose a backend forwarding scheme, called ssl_with_bf that employs a low-overhead user-level communication mechanism like VIA to achieve good load balance among server nodes. We compare three distribution models for network servers: round robin (RR), ssl_with_session and ssl_with_bf through simulation. The experimental results with 16-node and 32-node cluster configurations show that while session reuse of ss_with_session is critical to improve the performance of application servers, the proposed backend forwarding scheme can further enhance the performance due to better load balancing. The ssl_with_bf scheme can minimize average latency by about 40% and improve throughput across a variety of workloads |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2005 | 10.1109/CLUSTR.2005.347056 | CLUSTER |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
ssl offering,protocols,client-server system,ssl-enabled network servers,network servers,resource allocation,round robin,workstation clusters,client-server systems,secure sockets layer,telecommunication security,cluster-based secure network servers,backend forwarding,ssl-session aware distribution,ssl_with_session model,load balancing,ssl_with_bf model,application server,load balance,data center,network server,secure socket layer | Secure channel,Computer science,Load balancing (computing),Server,Computer network,Resource allocation,Throughput,Transport Layer Security,Operating system,Application server,Distributed computing,Scalability | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
1552-5244 E-ISBN : 0-7803-9486-0 | 0-7803-9486-0 | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.47 | 9 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jin-ha Kim | 1 | 329 | 18.78 |
| Gyu Sang Choi | 2 | 121 | 20.20 |
| Chita R. Das | 3 | 1467 | 80.03 |