| Presentation | 2020-07-17 Performance Analysis of vhost-user toward Efficient VM/Container-based Network Functions Ryota Kawashima, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | Vhost-user enables fast inter-process communications in the user-space, and ring buffers (Virtqueues) on shared memory regions are the heart of the mechanism. Various network functions have been virtualized or containerized under the name of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); however, vhost-user that bridges network functions and the underlying virtual switch is a huge roadblock in terms of performance. Packet copy between the processes has been regarded as a major cause, but simple zero-copying pushes the performance up only 20% for short-packet traffic. Meanwhile, better throughput can gain without removing packet copy when CPU caches are effectively used. Understanding the performance characteristics of vhost-user is a key to eliminate the roadblock, but this is a challenging subject due to the complicated architecture/implementation. In this paper, we analyze performance characteristics of vhost-user to boost up the packet forwarding efficiency of softwarized network functions. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | NFV / vhost-user / performance analysis / caching / zero-copy |
| Paper # | ICM2020-16 |
| Date of Issue | 2020-07-09 (ICM) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | ICM |
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| Conference Date | 2020/7/16(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Virtual Conference |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Chair | Kazuhiko Kinoshita(Tokushima Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Yoichi Sato(Open Systems Laboratory) / Haruo Ooishi(NTT) |
| Secretary | Yoichi Sato(NTT) / Haruo Ooishi(Bosco) |
| Assistant | Tetsuya Uchiumi(Fujitsu Lab.) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Performance Analysis of vhost-user toward Efficient VM/Container-based Network Functions |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | NFV |
| Keyword(2) | vhost-user |
| Keyword(3) | performance analysis |
| Keyword(4) | caching |
| Keyword(5) | zero-copy |
| 1st Author's Name | Ryota Kawashima |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Nagoya Institute of Technology(NITech) |
| Date | 2020-07-17 |
| Paper # | ICM2020-16 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.120 |
| Number (no) | ICM-109 |
| Page | pp.pp.49-54(ICM), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2020-07-09 (ICM) |