Executing distributed applications on virtualized infrastructures specified with the VXDL language and managed by the HIPerNET framework

International audienceWith the convergence of computing and communication, and the expansion of cloud computing, new models and tools are needed to allow users to define, create, and exploit on-demand virtual infras- tructures within wide area distributed environments. Optimally design- ing customized virtual execution-infrastructure and executing them on a physical substrate remains a complex problem. This paper presents the VXDL language, a language for specifying and describing virtual infras- tructures and the HIPerNET framework to manage them. Based on the example of a specific biomedical application and workflow engine, this paper illustrates how VXDL enables to specify different customized vir- tual infrastructures and the HIPerNET framework to execute them on a distributed substrate. The paper presents experiments of the deploy- ment and execution of this application on different virtual infrastructures managed by our HIPerNet system. All the experiments are performed on the Grid'5000 testbed substrate

Exploring the Virtual Infrastructures as a Service concept with HIPerNET

With the expansion and convergence of communication and computing, dynamic provisioning of customized networking and processing infrastructures, as well as resource virtualization, are appealing concepts and technologies. Therefore, new models and tools are needed to allow users to create, trust and enjoy such on-demand virtual infrastructures within a wide area context. This research report presents the HIPerNET framework that we are designing and developing for creating, managing and controlling virtual infrastructures in the context of high-speed Internet. The key idea of this proposal is the combination of network- and system-virtualization associated with controlled resource reservation to provide fully isolated environments. HIPerNET's motivations and design principles are presented. We then examine specifically how this framework handles the virtual infrastructures, called Virtual Private eXecution Infrastructures (VPXI). To help specifying customized isolated infrastructures, HIPerNET relies on VXDL, a language for VPXI description and modeling which considers end-host resource as well as the virtual network topology interconnecting them, including virtual routers. We exemplify the VPXI specification, allocation and execution using a real large-scale distributed medical application. Experimental results obtained within the Grid'5000 testbed are presented and analyzed

Joint Elastic Cloud and Virtual Network Framework for Application Performance-cost Optimization

International audienceCloud computing infrastructures are providing resources on demand for tackling the needs of large-scale distributed applications. To adapt to the diversity of cloud infras- tructures and usage, new operation tools and models are needed. Estimating the amount of resources consumed by each application in particular is a difficult problem, both for end users who aim at minimizing their costs and infrastructure providers who aim at control- ling their resources allocation. Furthermore, network provision is generally not controlled on clouds. This paper describes a framework automating cloud resources allocation, deploy- ment and application execution control. It is based on a cost estimation model taking into account both virtual network and nodes managed by the cloud. The flexible provisioning of network resources permits the optimization of applications performance and infrastructure cost reduction. Four resource allocation strategies relying on the expertise that can be cap- tured in workflow-based applications are considered. Results of these strategies are confined virtual infrastructure descriptions that are interpreted by the HIPerNet engine responsible for allocating, reserving and configuring physical resources. The evaluation of this framework was carried out on the Aladdin/Grid'5000 testbed using a real application from the area of medical image analysis

QVIA-SDN: Towards QoS-Aware Virtual Infrastructure Allocation on SDN-based Clouds

International audienceVirtual Infrastructures (VIs) emerged as a potential solution for network evolution and cloud services provisioning on the Internet. Deploying VIs, however, is still challenging mainly due to a rigid management of networking resources. By splitting control and data planes, Software-Defined Networks (SDN) enable custom and more flexible management, allowing for reducing data center usage , as well as providing mechanisms to guarantee bandwidth and latency control on switches and endpoints. However, reaping the benefits of SDN for VI embedding in cloud data centers is not trivial. Allocation frameworks require combined information from the control plan (e.g., isolation policies, flow identification) and data (e.g., storage capacity, flow table configuration) to find a suitable solution. In this context, the present work proposes a mixed integer programming formulation for the VI allocation problem that considers the main challenges regarding SDN-based cloud data centers. Some constraints are then relaxed resulting in a linear program, for which a heuristic is introduced. Experimental results of the mechanism, termed as QVIA-SDN, highlight that an SDN-aware allocation solution can reduce the data center usage and improve the quality-of-service perceived by hosted tenants

MMFA: Uma Abordagem para Distribuição de Vídeo Baseada em Redes Definidas por Software

Aplicações de víıdeo pressionam infraestruturas de redes de computadores que, com a mesma acurácia e qualidade, precisam tratar quantidades cada vez maiores de dados. A gerência de fluxos de rede, através de Software Defined Network (SDN), mostra-se como uma alternativa promissora para otimizar o consumo de recursos. Explorar características específicas de aplicações de vídeo, dependentes de fluxo de redes, através da gerência destes fluxos via SDN, permite ganho de escalabilidade sem incremento de infraestrutura. Esse trabalho apresenta a solução MMFA, uma alternativa escalável a aplicações de vídeo, sem alterações na arquitetura nem de clientes nem de servidores. MMFA é agnóstica a aplicação e atua na gerência de fluxos reduzindo tráfego redundante entre servidores e usuários pertencentes a uma mesma rede de distribuição SDN

A Taxonomy of container security on computational clouds: concerns and solutions

VirtualizationincloudcomputinghasbeenusedincombinationwithenvironmentsPlatformas a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in order to provide performance, isolation, and scalability. However, containers and virtual machines (VMs) are susceptible to the vulnerabilities present in the core of operating system as well as container solutions, which are a risk for information and service operation of all entities sharing a same host. The safety recommendation guides aims to mitigate the security in this scenario, but the selection of containerization solutions taking into account security requirements is a complex task. Thus, we propose a security taxonomy focused on containers to cloud computing in order to assist the classification and evaluation containers security mechanisms and solutions

Dispositivo Integrado a um Sistema Colaborativo para o Monitoramento e Localização de Pessoas

Este artigo tem por objetivo desenvolver uma solução de hardware e software para a localização e monitoramento de pessoas em ambientes domiciliares, universitários, hospitalares ou empresariais, utilizando equipamentos de prateleira/comuns . A solução proposta se contrapõe às tecnologias existentes que envolvem sensores e oferece um serviço de localização baseado em redes sem fio padrão 802.11b/g/n. Os resultados encontrados mostram que é possível desenvolver um sistema de baixo custo para localização de pessoas com um grau de precisão aceitável para as mais variáveis aplicações na indústria, comércio ou serviços

Dynamically provisioned virtual infrastructures : specification, allocation and execution

Les Infrastructures Virtuelles (VIs) ont émergé de la combinaison de l’approvisionnement des ressources informatiques et des réseaux virtuels dynamiques. Grâce à la virtualisation combinée des ressource de calcul et de réseau, le concept de VI transforme l’Internet en un réservoir mondial de ressources interconnectées. Avec l’innovation des VIs viennent aussi des nouveaux défis nécessitant le développement de modèles et technologies, pour assister la migration d’applications existantes d’infrastructures traditionnelles vers des VIs. L’abstraction complète des ressources physiques et l’indéterminisme dans les besoins des applications, en termes de ressources de calcul et de communication ont fait de la composition de VI un problème difficile. En outre, l’allocation d’un ensemble des VIs sur un substrat distribué est un problème NP-difficile. En plus des objectifs traditionnels (par exemple un coût minimal, un revenu croissant), un algorithme d’allocation doit également satisfaire les attentes des utilisateurs (par exemple la qualité de l’allocation). Ce manuscrit contribue aux initiatives de recherche en cours avec les propositions suivantes : i) le Virtual Infrastructure Description Language (VXDL), qui permet aux utilisateurs et aux systèmes de décrire les composants pertinents d’une VI ; ii) un mécanisme qui traduit un flux de travail en une spécification de VI pour faciliter l’exécution d’applications distribuées; iii) une solution pour réduire l’espace de recherche d’une façon automatique qui accélère le processus d’allocation ; et iv) un service offert par des fournisseurs d'infrastructure avec lequel un utilisateur peut déléguer les besoins en fiabilité.Virtual Infrastructures (VIs) have emerged as result of the combined on-demand provisioning of IT resources and dynamic virtual networks. By combining IT and network virtualization, the VI concept is turning the Internet into a worldwide reservoir of interconnected resources, where computational, storage, and communication services are available on-demand for different users and applications. The innovation introduced by VIs posed a set of challenges requiring the development of new models, technologies, and procedures to assist the migration of existing applications from traditional infrastructures to VIs. The complete abstraction of physical resources, coupled with the indeterminism of required computing and communication resources to execute applications, turned the specification and composition of a VI into a challenging task. In addition, mapping a set of VIs onto a distributed substrate is an NP-hard problem. Besides considering common objectives of infrastructure providers (e.g., efficient usage of the physical substrate, cost minimization, increasing revenue), an allocation algorithm should consider the users' expectations (e.g., allocation quality, data location and mobility). This thesis contributes to related research initiatives by proposing the following: i) Virtual Infrastructure Description Language (VXDL), a descriptive and declarative language that allows users and systems to model the components of a VI; ii) a mechanism for composing VI specifications to execute distributed applications; iii) an approach to reduce the search space in an automatic way, accelerating the process of VI allocation; and iv) mechanism for provisioning reliable VIs

Infrastructures virtuelles dynamiquement approvisionnées : spécification, allocation et exécution

Virtual Infrastructures (VIs) have emerged as result of the combined on-demand provisioning of IT resources and dynamic virtual networks. By combining IT and network virtualization, the VI concept is turning the Internet into a worldwide reservoir of interconnected resources, where computational, storage, and communication services are available on-demand for different users and applications. The innovation introduced by VIs posed a set of challenges requiring the development of new models, technologies, and procedures to assist the migration of existing applications from traditional infrastructures to VIs. The complete abstraction of physical resources, coupled with the indeterminism of required computing and communication resources to execute applications, turned the specification and composition of a VI into a challenging task. In addition, mapping a set of VIs onto a distributed substrate is an NP-hard problem. Besides considering common objectives of infrastructure providers (e.g., efficient usage of the physical substrate, cost minimization, increasing revenue), an allocation algorithm should consider the users' expectations (e.g., allocation quality, data location and mobility). This thesis contributes to related research initiatives by proposing the following: i) Virtual Infrastructure Description Language (VXDL), a descriptive and declarative language that allows users and systems to model the components of a VI; ii) a mechanism for composing VI specifications to execute distributed applications; iii) an approach to reduce the search space in an automatic way, accelerating the process of VI allocation; and iv) mechanism for provisioning reliable VIs.Les Infrastructures Virtuelles (VIs) ont émergé de la combinaison de l’approvisionnement des ressources informatiques et des réseaux virtuels dynamiques. Grâce à la virtualisation combinée des ressource de calcul et de réseau, le concept de VI transforme l’Internet en un réservoir mondial de ressources interconnectées. Avec l’innovation des VIs viennent aussi des nouveaux défis nécessitant le développement de modèles et technologies, pour assister la migration d’applications existantes d’infrastructures traditionnelles vers des VIs. L’abstraction complète des ressources physiques et l’indéterminisme dans les besoins des applications, en termes de ressources de calcul et de communication ont fait de la composition de VI un problème difficile. En outre, l’allocation d’un ensemble des VIs sur un substrat distribué est un problème NP-difficile. En plus des objectifs traditionnels (par exemple un coût minimal, un revenu croissant), un algorithme d’allocation doit également satisfaire les attentes des utilisateurs (par exemple la qualité de l’allocation). Ce manuscrit contribue aux initiatives de recherche en cours avec les propositions suivantes : i) le Virtual Infrastructure Description Language (VXDL), qui permet aux utilisateurs et aux systèmes de décrire les composants pertinents d’une VI ; ii) un mécanisme qui traduit un flux de travail en une spécification de VI pour faciliter l’exécution d’applications distribuées; iii) une solution pour réduire l’espace de recherche d’une façon automatique qui accélère le processus d’allocation ; et iv) un service offert par des fournisseurs d'infrastructure avec lequel un utilisateur peut déléguer les besoins en fiabilité