@inproceedings{35a93443a102430ca42b50ae0692575b,
title = "Harnessing memory page distribution for network-efficient live migration",
abstract = "Live migration of Virtual Machines (VM) is an important part of cloud and data center management that allows load balancing, physical machine (PM) maintenance, and consolidation. Maintaining low network usage spikes and fast times during live migration are necessary goals to ensure that the performance of the migrating VM as well as that of other VMs in the cluster is not degraded. In this paper we present a proactive memory sharing protocol that utilizes the commonality of memory pages between VMs due to similar resident Operating Systems and applications to achieve these goals. The proposed method identifies and distributes important shared pages in a cluster over time substantially reducing network usage and enabling fast times during migration. We implement our approach on a test cluster and demonstrate the time and bandwidth benefits achieved with real world loads for both pre and post copy live migration.",
keywords = "cloud computing, live migration, memory pages, virtual machines",
author = "Kashifuddin Qazi and Yang Li and Andrew Sohn",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 16th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC 2014, 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2014 and 6th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, CSS 2014 ; Conference date: 20-08-2014 Through 22-08-2014",
year = "2014",
month = mar,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1109/HPCC.2014.47",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - 16th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC 2014, 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2014 and 6th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, CSS 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "264--267",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 16th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, HPCC 2014, 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2014 and 6th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, CSS 2014",
address = "United States",
}