Mitigating Large Response Time Fluctuations through Fast Concurrency Adapting in Clouds

Jianshu Liu, Shungeng Zhang, Qingyang Wang, Jinpeng Wei

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Abstract

Dynamically reallocating computing resources to handle bursty workloads is a common practice for web applications (e.g., e-commerce) in clouds. However, our empirical analysis on a standard n-tier benchmark application (RUBBoS) shows that simply scaling an n-tier application by reallocating hardware resources without fast adapting soft resources (e.g., server threads, connections) may lead to large response time fluctuations. This is because soft resources control the workload concurrency of component servers in the system: adding or removing hardware resources such as Virtual Machines (VMs) can implicitly change the workload concurrency of dependent servers, causing either under-or over-utilization of the critical hardware resource in the system. To quickly identify the optimal soft resource allocation of each server in the system and stabilize response time fluctuation, we propose a novel Scatter-Concurrency-Throughput (SCT) model based on the monitoring of each server's real-time concurrency and throughput. We then implement a Concurrency-aware system Scaling (ConScale) framework which integrates the SCT model to fast adapt the soft resource allocations of key servers during the system scaling process. Our experiments using six realistic bursty workload traces show that ConScale can effectively mitigate the response time fluctuations of the target web application compared to the state-of-the-art cloud scaling strategies such as EC2-AutoScaling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE 34th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages368-377
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781728168760
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2020 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: May 18 2020May 22 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 IEEE 34th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2020

Conference

Conference34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period5/18/205/22/20

Keywords

  • scalability
  • soft resources
  • web applications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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