Energy-aware server provisioning and load dispatching for connection-intensive internet services Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:4254322, abstract = {Energy consumption in hosting Internet services is becoming a pressing issue as these services scale up. Dynamic server provisioning techniques are effective in turning off unnecessary servers to save energy. Such techniques, mostly studied for request-response services, face challenges in the context of connection servers that host a large number of long-lived TCP connections. In this paper, we characterize unique properties, performance, and power models of connection servers, based on a real data trace collected from the deployed Windows Live Messenger. Using the models, we design server provisioning and load dispatching algorithms and study subtle interactions between them. We show that our algorithms can save a significant amount of energy without sacrificing user experiences.}, address = {Berkeley, CA, USA}, author = {Chen, Gong and He, Wenbo and Liu, Jie and Nath, Suman and Rigas, Leonidas and Xiao, Lin and Zhao, Feng}, booktitle = {NSDI'08: Proceedings of the 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation}, citeulike-article-id = {4254322}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1387613}, isbn = {111-999-5555-22-1}, keywords = {2009, 571r, power, provisioning}, location = {San Francisco, California}, pages = {337--350}, posted-at = {2009-04-05 17:43:36}, priority = {2}, publisher = {USENIX Association}, title = {Energy-aware server provisioning and load dispatching for connection-intensive internet services}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1387613}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:4254322 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4254322 N2 - Energy consumption in hosting Internet services is becoming a pressing issue as these services scale up. Dynamic server provisioning techniques are effective in turning off unnecessary servers to save energy. Such techniques, mostly studied for request-response services, face challenges in the context of connection servers that host a large number of long-lived TCP connections. In this paper, we characterize unique properties, performance, and power models of connection servers, based on a real data trace collected from the deployed Windows Live Messenger. Using the models, we design server provisioning and load dispatching algorithms and study subtle interactions between them. We show that our algorithms can save a significant amount of energy without sacrificing user experiences. CY - San Francisco, California SN - 111-999-5555-22-1 AD - Berkeley, CA, USA EP - 350 TI - Energy-aware server provisioning and load dispatching for connection-intensive internet services PB - USENIX Association T2 - NSDI'08: Proceedings of the 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation SP - 337 KW - 2009 KW - 571r KW - power KW - provisioning AU - Chen, Gong AU - He, Wenbo AU - Liu, Jie AU - Nath, Suman AU - Rigas, Leonidas AU - Xiao, Lin AU - Zhao, Feng PY - 2008/// UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1387613 ER -