More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines
Accurate working set size estimation is important to increase the consolidation ratio of data centers and to improve the efficiency of live migration. Thus, it is important to come up with a technique that provides an accurate estimation of the working set size of virtual machines that can respond t...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
IEEE
2019-01-01
|
| Series: | IEEE Access |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8759869/ |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846138786281422848 |
|---|---|
| author | Ahmed A. Harby Sherif F. Fahmy Ahmed F. Amin |
| author_facet | Ahmed A. Harby Sherif F. Fahmy Ahmed F. Amin |
| author_sort | Ahmed A. Harby |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Accurate working set size estimation is important to increase the consolidation ratio of data centers and to improve the efficiency of live migration. Thus, it is important to come up with a technique that provides an accurate estimation of the working set size of virtual machines that can respond to changes in memory usage in real-time. In this paper, we study the problem of working set size estimation in virtual machines and come up with a method that allows us to better estimate the working set size of virtual machines in Linux. Toward that end, we design a finite state machine that can be used to accurately estimate the working set size and that is responsive to changes in workload. We then implement the algorithm on Linux using QEMU-KVM as our hypervisor. The system is tested using the sysbench benchmark for memory, CPU, and database workloads. The results indicate that our algorithm provides better results in terms of average working set size estimations and is competitive with existing techniques in terms of page faults. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-cd1bb74ea5054f728c5b78ca86b92e2b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2169-3536 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2019-01-01 |
| publisher | IEEE |
| record_format | Article |
| series | IEEE Access |
| spelling | doaj-art-cd1bb74ea5054f728c5b78ca86b92e2b2024-12-07T00:00:18ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017940399404710.1109/ACCESS.2019.29282218759869More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual MachinesAhmed A. Harby0Sherif F. Fahmy1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7330-0694Ahmed F. Amin2Computer Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo, EgyptComputer Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo, EgyptComputer Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo, EgyptAccurate working set size estimation is important to increase the consolidation ratio of data centers and to improve the efficiency of live migration. Thus, it is important to come up with a technique that provides an accurate estimation of the working set size of virtual machines that can respond to changes in memory usage in real-time. In this paper, we study the problem of working set size estimation in virtual machines and come up with a method that allows us to better estimate the working set size of virtual machines in Linux. Toward that end, we design a finite state machine that can be used to accurately estimate the working set size and that is responsive to changes in workload. We then implement the algorithm on Linux using QEMU-KVM as our hypervisor. The system is tested using the sysbench benchmark for memory, CPU, and database workloads. The results indicate that our algorithm provides better results in terms of average working set size estimations and is competitive with existing techniques in terms of page faults.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8759869/WSSvirtual machinesmemory management |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed A. Harby Sherif F. Fahmy Ahmed F. Amin More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines IEEE Access WSS virtual machines memory management |
| title | More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines |
| title_full | More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines |
| title_fullStr | More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines |
| title_full_unstemmed | More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines |
| title_short | More Accurate Estimation of Working Set Size in Virtual Machines |
| title_sort | more accurate estimation of working set size in virtual machines |
| topic | WSS virtual machines memory management |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8759869/ |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT ahmedaharby moreaccurateestimationofworkingsetsizeinvirtualmachines AT sherifffahmy moreaccurateestimationofworkingsetsizeinvirtualmachines AT ahmedfamin moreaccurateestimationofworkingsetsizeinvirtualmachines |