Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation
Lightweight virtualization technologies have revolutionized the world of software development by introducing flexibility and innovation to this domain. Although the benefits introduced by these emerging solutions have been widely acknowledged in cloud computing, recent advances have led to the sprea...
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| description | Lightweight virtualization technologies have revolutionized the world of software development by introducing flexibility and innovation to this domain. Although the benefits introduced by these emerging solutions have been widely acknowledged in cloud computing, recent advances have led to the spread of such technologies in different contexts. As an example, the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile edge computing benefit from container virtualization by exploiting the possibility of using these technologies not only in data centers but also on devices, which are characterized by fewer computational resources, such as single-board computers. This has led to a growing trend to more efficiently redesign the critical components of IoT/edge scenarios (e.g., gateways) to enable the concept of device virtualization. The possibility for efficiently deploying virtualized instances on single-board computers has already been addressed in recent studies; however, these studies considered only a limited number of devices and omitted important performance metrics from their empirical assessments. This paper seeks to fill this gap and to provide insights for future deployments through a comprehensive performance evaluation that aims to show the strengths and weaknesses of several low-power devices when handling container-virtualized instances. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6034815b4c4243b39ea2ab2b8c8c981c2022-12-21T18:14:24ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362017-01-0158835885010.1109/ACCESS.2017.27044447930383Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance EvaluationRoberto Morabito0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-9934Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB, Jorvas, FinlandLightweight virtualization technologies have revolutionized the world of software development by introducing flexibility and innovation to this domain. Although the benefits introduced by these emerging solutions have been widely acknowledged in cloud computing, recent advances have led to the spread of such technologies in different contexts. As an example, the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile edge computing benefit from container virtualization by exploiting the possibility of using these technologies not only in data centers but also on devices, which are characterized by fewer computational resources, such as single-board computers. This has led to a growing trend to more efficiently redesign the critical components of IoT/edge scenarios (e.g., gateways) to enable the concept of device virtualization. The possibility for efficiently deploying virtualized instances on single-board computers has already been addressed in recent studies; however, these studies considered only a limited number of devices and omitted important performance metrics from their empirical assessments. This paper seeks to fill this gap and to provide insights for future deployments through a comprehensive performance evaluation that aims to show the strengths and weaknesses of several low-power devices when handling container-virtualized instances.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7930383/Internet of Thingsedge computingcontainer virtualizationdockerperformance evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Morabito Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation IEEE Access Internet of Things edge computing container virtualization docker performance evaluation |
| title | Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation |
| title_full | Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation |
| title_short | Virtualization on Internet of Things Edge Devices With Container Technologies: A Performance Evaluation |
| title_sort | virtualization on internet of things edge devices with container technologies a performance evaluation |
| topic | Internet of Things edge computing container virtualization docker performance evaluation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7930383/ |
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