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Survivable resource orchestration for optically interconnected data center networks.
Optics Express
|February 12, 2014
Summary
We developed new methods for optical network virtualization to efficiently manage cloud resources. Our approach minimizes data centers needed for survivability, ensuring cloud application availability during network failures.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Network Engineering
- Cloud Computing
Background:
- Overlay networks require robust resource orchestration for reliable cloud application performance.
- Optical network virtualization presents opportunities for advanced resource management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose novel resource orchestration schemes for overlay networks using optical network virtualization.
- To ensure K-connect survivability and maintain resource availability for cloud applications under failure conditions.
Main Methods:
- Developing resource orchestration schemes leveraging optical network virtualization.
- Utilizing information from underlying optical networks for provisioning decisions.
- Minimizing the number of provisioned data centers to guarantee K-connect survivability.
Main Results:
- The proposed schemes successfully provision the minimum required data centers.
- K-connect survivability is guaranteed, ensuring resilience against network failures.
- Resource availability for cloud applications is maintained even during failures.
Conclusions:
- Resource orchestration in virtualized optical networks can efficiently guarantee survivability.
- The proposed schemes offer a scalable solution for reliable cloud application delivery.
- Optimized data center provisioning is key to maintaining high availability in overlay networks.
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