Title
Network resource control for Xen-based virtualized software routers.
Abstract
The pluralist architecture is considered an alternative for the future Internet to support multiple services with contrasting requirements. In this approach, machine virtualization techniques play a fundamental role. Nevertheless, when applied to networking, they impose critical bottlenecks since they do not provide suitable mechanisms to orchestrate the utilization of the underlying resources. In this work, we propose XTC (Xen Throughput Control) to fill this gap and control the utilization of network resources in Xen-based virtual routers. The main idea is to provide aggregate control, regardless of the traffic on specific network interfaces. To achieve this goal, XTC indirectly adjusts the maximum throughput of a virtual router by controlling the amount of CPU given to it. Our experimental results show that XTC provides differentiation and fairness between virtual routers and also adapts to system disturbances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.comnet.2014.02.003
Computer Networks
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Future Internet,Network virtualization,Xen,Virtual resource management
Journal
64
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1389-1286
4
0.48
References 
Authors
15
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rodrigo S. Couto19810.71
Miguel Elias M. Campista228129.97
Luís Henrique Maciel Kosmalski Costa327733.90