Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging solution that aims at improving the flexibility, the efficiency and the manageability of networks, by leveraging virtualization and cloud computing technologies to run network appliances in software. However, the “softwarization” of network functions raises reliability concerns, as they will be exposed to faults in commodity hardware and software components. In this paper, we propose a methodology for the dependability evaluation and benchmarking of NFV Infrastructures (NFVIs), based on fault injection. We discuss the application of the methodology in the context of a virtualized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and the pitfalls in the design of a reliable NFVI.

Dependability evaluation and benchmarking of Network Function Virtualization Infrastructures / Cotroneo, Domenico; DE SIMONE, Luigi; Iannillo, ANTONIO KEN; Lanzaro, Anna; Natella, Roberto. - (2015), pp. 1-9. (Intervento presentato al convegno Proceedings of the 2015 1st IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) tenutosi a London, UK nel 13-17 April 2015) [10.1109/NETSOFT.2015.7116123].

Dependability evaluation and benchmarking of Network Function Virtualization Infrastructures

COTRONEO, DOMENICO;Luigi De Simone;IANNILLO, ANTONIO KEN;LANZARO, ANNA;NATELLA, ROBERTO
2015

Abstract

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is an emerging solution that aims at improving the flexibility, the efficiency and the manageability of networks, by leveraging virtualization and cloud computing technologies to run network appliances in software. However, the “softwarization” of network functions raises reliability concerns, as they will be exposed to faults in commodity hardware and software components. In this paper, we propose a methodology for the dependability evaluation and benchmarking of NFV Infrastructures (NFVIs), based on fault injection. We discuss the application of the methodology in the context of a virtualized IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and the pitfalls in the design of a reliable NFVI.
2015
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Dependability evaluation and benchmarking of Network Function Virtualization Infrastructures / Cotroneo, Domenico; DE SIMONE, Luigi; Iannillo, ANTONIO KEN; Lanzaro, Anna; Natella, Roberto. - (2015), pp. 1-9. (Intervento presentato al convegno Proceedings of the 2015 1st IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft) tenutosi a London, UK nel 13-17 April 2015) [10.1109/NETSOFT.2015.7116123].
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