CloudShelter: Protecting virtual machines' memory resource availability in clouds

Tianwei Zhang, Yuan Xu, Yungang Bao, Ruby B. Lee

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Abstract

We present CloudShelter, an architecture to protect virtual machines' memory availability from undesired resource contention on the cloud servers. We introduce a new micro-architectural metric: Memory Round Trip Time, to quantify VMs' memory QoS. Using this metric, (1) CloudShelter defines new QoS options for customers when launching VMs. These options can guarantee VMs' memory QoS at different levels even when they face intensive contention with co-located VMs; (2) CloudShelter periodically monitors VMs' memory QoS at runtime: once QoS violations against customers' demands are detected, CloudShelter places this VM into an isolated environment to eliminate contention. CloudShelter can reduce 30.1% performance interference from LLC/DRAM contention and 81.6% interference from bus contention1.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages557-564
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538622544
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 22 2017
Event35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017 - Boston, United States
Duration: Nov 5 2017Nov 8 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017

Other

Other35th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period11/5/1711/8/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hardware and Architecture

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