Emerging paradigms for network virtualization like Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) form new challenges for accurate performance modeling and analysis tools. Therefore, performance modeling and prediction approaches that support SDN or NFV technologies help system operators to analyze the performance of a data center and its corresponding network. The Descartes Network Infrastructures (DNI) offers a high-level descriptive language to model SDN-based networks, which can be transformed into various predictive modeling formalisms. However, these modeling concepts have not yet been evaluated in a realistic scenario. In this paper, we present an extensive case study evaluating the DNI modeling capabilities, the transformations to predictive models, and the performance prediction using the OMNeT++ and SimQPN simulation frameworks. We present five realistic scenarios of a content distribution network (CDN), compare the performance predictions with real-world measurements, and discuss modeling gaps and calibration issues causing mispredictions in some scenarios.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 HeRyGrEiHoKo-MMB2020-Model-based-SDN-Performance
%A Herrnleben, Stefan
%A Rygielski, Piotr
%A Grohmann, Johannes
%A Eismann, Simon
%A Hossfeld, Tobias
%A Kounev, Samuel
%B Proceedings of the 20th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems
%C Cham
%D 2020
%I Springer
%K SDN descartes t_full myown
%R 10.1007/978-3-030-43024-5_6
%T Model-based Performance Predictions for SDN-based Networks: A Case Study
%U https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43024-5_6
%X Emerging paradigms for network virtualization like Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) form new challenges for accurate performance modeling and analysis tools. Therefore, performance modeling and prediction approaches that support SDN or NFV technologies help system operators to analyze the performance of a data center and its corresponding network. The Descartes Network Infrastructures (DNI) offers a high-level descriptive language to model SDN-based networks, which can be transformed into various predictive modeling formalisms. However, these modeling concepts have not yet been evaluated in a realistic scenario. In this paper, we present an extensive case study evaluating the DNI modeling capabilities, the transformations to predictive models, and the performance prediction using the OMNeT++ and SimQPN simulation frameworks. We present five realistic scenarios of a content distribution network (CDN), compare the performance predictions with real-world measurements, and discuss modeling gaps and calibration issues causing mispredictions in some scenarios.
%@ 978-3-030-43024-5
@inproceedings{HeRyGrEiHoKo-MMB2020-Model-based-SDN-Performance,
abstract = {Emerging paradigms for network virtualization like Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) form new challenges for accurate performance modeling and analysis tools. Therefore, performance modeling and prediction approaches that support SDN or NFV technologies help system operators to analyze the performance of a data center and its corresponding network. The Descartes Network Infrastructures (DNI) offers a high-level descriptive language to model SDN-based networks, which can be transformed into various predictive modeling formalisms. However, these modeling concepts have not yet been evaluated in a realistic scenario. In this paper, we present an extensive case study evaluating the DNI modeling capabilities, the transformations to predictive models, and the performance prediction using the OMNeT++ and SimQPN simulation frameworks. We present five realistic scenarios of a content distribution network (CDN), compare the performance predictions with real-world measurements, and discuss modeling gaps and calibration issues causing mispredictions in some scenarios.},
added-at = {2020-04-06T11:25:55.000+0200},
address = {Cham},
author = {Herrnleben, Stefan and Rygielski, Piotr and Grohmann, Johannes and Eismann, Simon and Hossfeld, Tobias and Kounev, Samuel},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2cc7e491c9d89a36cd32cfa4bab75f83c/samuel.kounev},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-43024-5_6},
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isbn = {978-3-030-43024-5},
keywords = {SDN descartes t_full myown},
month = {March},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {MMB 2020},
timestamp = {2022-11-16T09:09:54.000+0100},
title = {{Model-based Performance Predictions for SDN-based Networks: A Case Study}},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43024-5_6},
year = 2020
}