SPRIGHT
Shixiong Qi, Leslie Monis, Ziteng Zeng, Ian-chin Wang, K. K. Ramakrishnan
Abstract
Serverless computing promises an efficient, low-cost compute capability in cloud environments. However, existing solutions, epitomized by open-source platforms such as Knative, include heavyweight components that undermine this goal of serverless computing. Additionally, such serverless platforms lack dataplane optimizations to achieve efficient, high-performance function chains that facilitate the popular microservices development paradigm. Their use of unnecessarily complex and duplicate capabilities for building function chains severely degrades performance. 'Cold-start' latency is another deterrent.
Topics & Concepts
MicroservicesComputer scienceCloud computingDistributed computingLatency (audio)Function (biology)Open sourceOperating systemComputer architectureTelecommunicationsSoftwareBiologyEvolutionary biologyCloud Computing and Resource ManagementSoftware System Performance and ReliabilitySoftware-Defined Networks and 5G