虚拟机网络带宽动态调节机制分析-analysis on dynamic adjustment mechanism of virtual machine network bandwidth.docxVIP

AbstractCurrent virtualization technology is mainly focusing on the virtualization of various mainline hardwares. The research about virtual machine network bandwidth allocation is scarcely few. If the virtual machine network bandwidth can not do some necessary control according to application needs, mutual bandwidth competition will make the application’s function unguaranteed. Virtualization platform Xen provides network bandwidth allocation mechanism which only allocates the network bandwidth when the virtual machine is being created. When the virtual machine is running, the mechanism will limit the virtual machine bandwidth to a certain value unchanged. All the operations of the mechanism are transparent to user. After the virtual machine is created, network bandwidth can never be changed. It seriously lacks of user operation space, user’ actually bandwidth needs can not be very well met.Based on the research of Xen network bandwidth allocation mechanism, in view of its shortage, virtual machine network bandwidth dynamic regulation mechanism solves this problem. Firstly, in user’ console, the mechanism provides user-oriented bandwidth regulation interface. Secondly, in network device driver layer, the mechanism realizes bandwidth dynamic regulation. User-oriented bandwidth regulation interface can accept user bandwidth regulation request from the console, update the bandwidth parameter to XenStore. By way of modifying device state, to trigger the driver layer do bandwidth regulation operation. Driver layer bandwidth regulation method, monitoring the device state, when the device state is changed, it takes response, gets bandwidth new value from XenStore, reallocates bandwidth to the virtual machine. In order to validate the effectiveness of virtual machine network bandwidth dynamic regulation mechanism, a simplified bandwidth dynamic allocation model generates dynamic bandwidth regulation request according to the bandwidth actual usage, invokes the bandwidth reg