Achieving application-level utility max-min fairness of bandwidth allocation in datacenter networks

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Abstract

Providing fair bandwidth allocation for applications is becoming increasingly compelling in cloud datacenters as different applications compete for shared datacenter network resources. Existing solutions mainly provide bandwidth guarantees for virtual machines (VMs) and achieve the fairness of VM bandwidth allocation. However, scant attention has been paid to application bandwidth guarantees for the fairness of application performance. In this paper, we introduce a rigorous definition of application-level utility max-min fairness, which guides us to develop a non-linear model to investigate the relationship between the fairness of application performance (utility) and the application bandwidth allocation. Based on Newton’s method, we further design a simple yet effective algorithm to solve this problem, and evaluate its effectiveness with extensive experiments using OpenFlow in Mininet virtual network environment. Evaluation results show that our algorithm can achieve utility max-min fair share of bandwidth allocation for applications in datacenter networks, yet with an acceptable computational overhead.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCollaborative Computing
Subtitle of host publicationNetworking, Applications, and Worksharing - 11th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2015, Proceedings
EditorsXiaofei Liao, Fangming Liu, Song Guo, Yanmin Zhu
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages36-46
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319289090
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event11th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2015 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 10 Nov 201511 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume163
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period10/11/1511/11/15

Keywords

  • Application utility
  • Bandwidth allocation
  • Datacenter networking
  • Max-min fairness

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