Title :
Lossless virtual networks
Author :
Crisan, Daniel ; Birke, Robert ; Minkenberg, Cyriel ; Gusat, Mitch
Author_Institution :
Zurich Res. Lab., IBM Res., Ruschlikon, Switzerland
Abstract :
Current hypervisor software drops packets in the virtual network. This behavior is suboptimal, wastes network resources and harms performance. We propose to extend the flow control mechanisms that currently exist only in physical networks to the virtual networks. Using a simple setup we show the advantages of losslessness in a virtualized environment.
Keywords :
virtual private networks; flow control mechanisms; hypervisor software; lossless virtual networks; losslessness; packets; physical networks; virtualized environment; Bandwidth; Hardware; Motion pictures; Servers; Software; Streaming media; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2013 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Turin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0055-8
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOMW.2013.6970732
