CyberStar - Simple, Elastic and Cost-Effective Network Functions Management in Cloud Networks

Explore a conference talk from USENIX ATC '24 that introduces CyberStar, an innovative approach to managing network functions in cloud environments at scale. Delve into the challenges of meeting elastic requirements for massive traffic and diverse network function requests from tenants. Discover how CyberStar leverages cloud elastic compute services (ECS) like containers and virtual machines to provide scalable network function services. Learn about the two key designs: resource pooling based on a novel three-tier architecture, and on-demand resource assignment that balances tenant demands with operational costs. Understand how CyberStar outperforms traditional network functions built on bare-metal servers, achieving 6.7 times higher bandwidth (100Gbps) and scaling to millions of connections 20 times faster. Gain insights from researchers at Nanjing University, Alibaba Group, Zhejiang University, and Tsinghua University as they present their findings in this 17-minute talk.

USENIX ATC '24 - CyberStar: Simple, Elastic and Cost-Effective Network Functions Management in...