A study on performance comparison of cloud architectures using nested virtualization

Hee Seok Choi, Tae Muk Lyoo, Jong Beom Lim, Daeyong Jung, Jihun Kang, Taeweon Suh, Heonchang Yu

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    Abstract

    In recent years, cloud computing has become a significant technology trend because of various advantages including cost savings, flexibility, high availability, and scalability using virtualization technology. However, one of the concerns for using cloud computing is security. In fact, there are multiple attack surfaces in virtualized environments. In this paper, we build a fault tolerant cloud architecture using nested virtualization. With our constructed cloud architecture, we argue that a malicious virtual machine cannot subvert the whole virtual machines on the physical host machine. To support this, we compare the performance of two types of virtual machines (i.e., nested virtual machines and regular virtual machines). Results provide encouraging support for the validity of our cloud architecture with negligible performance degradation while having fault tolerance.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationUbiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2013
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages77-84
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)9783642416705
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Event8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2013 - Danang, Viet Nam
    Duration: 2013 Dec 182013 Dec 20

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
    Volume280 LNEE
    ISSN (Print)1876-1100
    ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

    Other

    Other8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2013
    Country/TerritoryViet Nam
    CityDanang
    Period13/12/1813/12/20

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. 2013056346).

    Keywords

    • Cloud architecture
    • Hypervisor
    • Nested virtualization
    • Virtual machine

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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