Using Block Filter Device for Acceleration of Storage Synchronization on Fault-tolerant Virtual Machines

Yu Tzu Yao, Wei Lun Dai, Wei Jen Wang, Deron Liang

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Abstract

A fault-tolerant virtual machine (VM) system has the ability to continue its execution even when it encounters a failure. Such a system typically consists of a pair of VMs, the primary VM and the backup VM. The primary VM hosts user applications and continuously transfers its internal state to the backup VM, while the backup VM needs to perform failover upon a failure on primary VM. The synchronization efficiency of a fault-tolerant VM system is a major concern since the primary VM needs to stop execution of user applications to perform synchronization. This study focuses on the issue of disk synchronization efficiency for the fault-tolerant VM system, and proposes a new approach for efficient disk synchronization under the active-passive VM fault tolerance model. Our experimental results show that, the proposed approach has nearly the same performance as the shared-storage approach (the no-disk-synchronization approach).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 9th International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2023
EditorsShoou-Jinn Chang, Sheng-Joue Young, Artde Donald Kin-Tak Lam, Liang-Wen Ji, Stephen D. Prior
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages217-219
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9798350398380
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event9th International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2023 - Chiba, Japan
Duration: 21 Apr 202325 Apr 2023

Publication series

Name2023 9th International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2023

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2023
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityChiba
Period21/04/2325/04/23

Keywords

  • Block Filter
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Live Storage Migration
  • Virtual Machine

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