TY - GEN
T1 - Performance analysis of virtualized network functions on virtualized systems architectures
AU - Falkner, Matthias
AU - Leivadeas, Aris
AU - Lambadaris, Ioannis
AU - Kesidis, George
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/12/16
Y1 - 2016/12/16
N2 - Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network architecture that employs the concept of virtualization and allows the consolidation of many network services on top of an industry standard off-the-shelf server. This decoupling of network functions and services from dedicated and expensive hardware appliances has led the Enterprise and Service Providers to increasingly make use of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) to reap the benefits of reduced capital and operational expenses. Total cost of ownership calculations however are typically a function of the attainable network throughput and performance, which in a virtualized system is highly dependent on the overall system architecture. The number of VNFs running on the server, their I/O demands, the performance characterization of the underlying hypervisor scheduler, or the packet path from physical interfaces into the VNFs are examples of how the system architecture can influence overall performance and throughput. This article provides the challenges of deploying VNFs on a virtualized system architecture and analyzes the impact of the architecture on the overall VNF performance under both single-VNF and multi-VNF configurations.
AB - Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging network architecture that employs the concept of virtualization and allows the consolidation of many network services on top of an industry standard off-the-shelf server. This decoupling of network functions and services from dedicated and expensive hardware appliances has led the Enterprise and Service Providers to increasingly make use of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) to reap the benefits of reduced capital and operational expenses. Total cost of ownership calculations however are typically a function of the attainable network throughput and performance, which in a virtualized system is highly dependent on the overall system architecture. The number of VNFs running on the server, their I/O demands, the performance characterization of the underlying hypervisor scheduler, or the packet path from physical interfaces into the VNFs are examples of how the system architecture can influence overall performance and throughput. This article provides the challenges of deploying VNFs on a virtualized system architecture and analyzes the impact of the architecture on the overall VNF performance under both single-VNF and multi-VNF configurations.
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U2 - 10.1109/CAMAD.2016.7790333
DO - 10.1109/CAMAD.2016.7790333
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018183732
T3 - IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD
SP - 71
EP - 76
BT - 2016 IEEE 21st International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 21st IEEE International Workshop on Computer Aided Modelling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2016
Y2 - 23 October 2016 through 25 October 2016
ER -