A Lightweight Design for Serverless Function as a Service
Ju Long, Hung-Ying Tai, Shen-Ta Hsieh, Michael Juntao Yuan
Abstract
In this article, we demonstrate that lightweight high-level runtimes, such as WebAssembly, could offer performance and scaling advantages over existing solutions and could enable fine-grained, pay-as-you-use business models.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceFunction (biology)Service (business)Software engineeringSoftwareEmbedded systemServerScalingOperating systemSystems engineeringService-oriented architectureDistributed computingBusiness processCloud computingCloud Computing and Resource ManagementSoftware System Performance and ReliabilityDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems