[one-users] paper about the AoE storage driver in OpenNebula

[Javier Fontan]

Thanks! Do you think it is possible to link to the paper from
http://wiki.opennebula.org? That way it will be easier to find. Maybe
not a direct link to the PDF but some page where it can be
downloaded/read.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Sándor Ács <acs.sandor at sztaki.mta.hu> wrote:
> Dear Community,
>
> let me share with you the "Block Level Storage Support for Open Source IaaS
> Clouds" paper (published at PDP2013), that describes the AoE storage driver
> (http://dev.opennebula.org/issues/1648) and its evaluation.
>
> Abstract:
> Cloud computing is the dominating paradigm in distributed computing. The
> most popular open source cloud solutions support different type of storage
> subsystems, because
> of the different needs of the deployed services (in terms of performance,
> flexibility, cost-effectiveness). In this paper, we investigate the
> supported standard and open source storage
> types and create a classification. We point out that the Internet Small
> Computer System Interface (iSCSI) based block level storage can be used for
> I/O intensive services currently.
> However, the ATA-over-Ethernet (AoE) protocol uses fewer layers and operates
> on lower level which makes it more lightweight and faster than iSCSI.
> Therefore, we proposed an architecture
> for AoE based storage support in OpenNebula cloud. The novel storage
> solution was implemented and the performance evaluation shows that the I/O
> throughput of the AoE based
> storage is better (32.5-61.5%) compared to the prior iSCSI based storage and
> the new storage solution needs less CPU time (41.37%) to provide the same
> services.
>
> Keywords-Cloud Computing; Storage Area Network; ATA-over-Ethernet; iSCSI;
>
> If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me!
>
> Best Regards,
> Sandor Acs
>
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