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Modeling Performance and Scalability of Cloud Services over Unikernels

by Wagner S. Marques, Arthur F. Lorenzon, Marcelo C. Luizelli, Fabio D. Rossi
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 176 - Number 36
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Wagner S. Marques, Arthur F. Lorenzon, Marcelo C. Luizelli, Fabio D. Rossi
10.5120/ijca2020920517

Wagner S. Marques, Arthur F. Lorenzon, Marcelo C. Luizelli, Fabio D. Rossi . Modeling Performance and Scalability of Cloud Services over Unikernels. International Journal of Computer Applications. 176, 36 ( Jul 2020), 1-6. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920517

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title = { Modeling Performance and Scalability of Cloud Services over Unikernels },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jul 2020 },
volume = { 176 },
number = { 36 },
month = { Jul },
year = { 2020 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-6 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume176/number36/31432-2020920517/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2020920517 },
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Abstract

Virtualization provides several benefits to computing. However, applications have presented a low performance on traditional virtualized platforms. Unikernels are an alternative for cloud platforms application deployment in order to overcome such limitations. It comprises a small system for the cloud, providing deployment agility and portability among virtualization platforms. Moreover, Unikernels performance evaluation concerning other virtualization alternatives such as containers and traditional virtual machines is still lacking. This work evaluates Unikernels’ performance and scalability running HTTP services. The data was collected through a benchmark tool execution and modeled using a polynomial and a linear equation. The results illustrate that Unikernels is a promising alternative since it presents a 34.9% better performance than traditional virtual machines.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Unikernels Containers Virtualization HTTP Web application Cloud

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