Right-Sizing Geo-distributed Data Centers for Availability and Latency

Iyswarya Narayanan, Aman Kansal, Anand Sivasubramaniam

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Abstract

We show cloud developers how to right size data center (DC) capacity for geo-distributed applications deployed on several multi-megawatt DCs, possibly also using many smaller edge DCs. Note that capacity considerations for a geo-distributed infrastructure do not decompose into individual DC capacity planning. When edge DCs are used, heterogeneous availability and costs affect the capacity split between the edge and core DCs. Non-uniform spatial distribution of clients and interdependence between latency and availability constraints make it non-trivial to provision the right capacity at each DC. We develop a geo-distributed capacity planning framework to capture the key factors that influence capacity, ranging from application demand patterns, latency and availability requirements, DC cost-availability trade-offs, and data replication overheads. We apply our framework to a realistic application and DC infrastructure setting to gather insights into how capacity should be provisioned and allocated across DCs for a representative set of requirements and costs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2017
EditorsKisung Lee, Ling Liu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages230-240
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781538617915
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 13 2017
Event37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2017 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Jun 5 2017Jun 8 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

Other

Other37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period6/5/176/8/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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