Memory Deduplication and Copy-on-Write Optimization in Rapid Virtual Machine Provisioning Systems
Keywords:
Virtual Machine Provisioning, Memory Deduplication, Copy-On-Write Mechanisms, Hypervisor Optimization, Cloud InfrastructureAbstract
Traditional virtual machine replication based on full copy cloning results in heavy resource duplication aswell as overheads in time that discourage dynamic scaling properties found in current cloud settings.Architectural improvements based on memory deduplication and copy-on-write functionality radically alter provisioning processes
References
Christopher Clark et al., "Live Migration of Virtual Machines," NSDI ’05: 2nd Symposium on Networked Systems Design & Implementation. [Online]. Available: https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/nsdi05/tech/full_papers/clark/clark.pdf


