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Modeling and managing virtual network environments

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Dimitris Kontoudis,

Panayotis FoulirasAuthors Info & Claims

PCI '13: Proceedings of the 17th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics

Pages 39 - 46

https://doi.org/10.1145/2491845.2491846

Published: 19 September 2013 Publication History

Abstract

While the virtualization concept and its underlying technologies have been adopted in the computer networks field, as in many other Information Technology areas, a generic model of network virtualization environments (NVEs) has not, yet, been proposed. This lack of conceptual impression imposes limitations on the representation and management of these environments.

In this paper we propose a new modular and extensible conceptual model, based on Distributed Management Task Force's Common Information Model (DMTF CIM), which can be applied to most scenarios of NVE architectures. We, also, present a test case where the model is extended to include Statistical Process Control methods for guaranteed network performance delivery. In this example, an NVE spans different virtual server nodes, which provide its required resources, and this architecture is modeled and managed resulting in a mechanism to assess and control the overall resources consumption.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4335
Kontoudis DFouliras PLambrinoudakis CGeorge GStefanos GLazaros MPanagiotis TCleo S(2015)Statistics-driven datacenter resources provisioningProceedings of the 19th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics10.1145/2801948.2801971(185-190)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2801948.2801971

Index Terms

Modeling and managing virtual network environments
1. Networks
  1. Network services
    1. Network management
    2. Network monitoring

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Kontoudis DFouliras P(2017)A statistical approach to virtual server resource managementConcurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience10.1002/cpe.433530:4Online publication date: 29-Sep-2017
https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.4335
Kontoudis DFouliras PLambrinoudakis CGeorge GStefanos GLazaros MPanagiotis TCleo S(2015)Statistics-driven datacenter resources provisioningProceedings of the 19th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics10.1145/2801948.2801971(185-190)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2801948.2801971

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