A Novel Hybrid-Copy Algorithm for Live Migration of Virtual Machine

Zhou Lei, Exiong Sun, Shengbo Chen, Jiang Wu and Wenfeng Shen
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Zhou Lei: School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Exiong Sun: School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Shengbo Chen: School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Jiang Wu: School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Wenfeng Shen: School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Future Internet, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: Live migration of virtual machines is an important approach for dynamic resource scheduling in cloud environment. The hybrid-copy algorithm is an excellent algorithm that combines the pre-copy algorithm with the post-copy algorithm to remedy the defects of the pre-copy algorithm and the post-copy algorithm. Currently, the hybrid-copy algorithm only copies all memory pages once in advance. In a write-intensive workload, copy memory pages once may be enough. However, more iterative copy rounds can significantly reduce the page faults in a read-intensive workload. In this paper, we propose a new parameter to decide the appropriate time to stop the iterative copy phase based on real-time situation. We use a Markov model to forecast the memory access pattern. Based on the predicted results and the analysis of the actual situation, the memory page transfer order would be adjusted to reduce the invalid transfers. The novel hybrid-copy algorithm is implemented on the Xen platform. The experimental results demonstrate that our mechanism has good performance both on read-intensive workloads and write-intensive workloads.

Keywords: live migration; virtual machine; hybrid-copy; Xen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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