面向直播HTTPStreaming系统的HTTP缓存服务器行为优化.PDFVIP

68 2012 ，48 （10） Computer Engineering and Applications 计算机工程与应用 ⦾网络、通信、安全⦾ 面向直播HTTP Streaming 系统的HTTP 缓存服务器行为优化 1 1 1 1 2 李云飞 ，谢伟凯 ，鲁晨平 ，张智强 ，申瑞民 1 1 1 1 2 LI Yunfei , XIE Weikai , LU Chenping , ZHANG Zhiqiang , SHEN Ruimin 1.上海交通大学 现代远程教育研究中心，上海 200030 2.上海交通大学 电子信息与电气工程学院，上海 200030 1.E-Learning Lab, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China 2.School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China LI Yunfei, XIE Weikai, LU Chenping, et al. Optimization on behavior of HTTP cache server in live HTTP streaming system. Computer Engineering and Applications, 2012, 48 （10）：68-74. Abstract ：HTTP cache server plays a key role in increasing the scalability of HTTP streaming systems. However mainstream cache servers, such as Nginx, Squid and Varnish, behave improperly when the cache file is being updat- ed. When used in live HTTP Streaming systems, this behavior will cause the cache server to deliver many unneces- sary requests to the origin server periodically so that the scalability of the system is constrained. This paper puts for- ward an optimized behavior of the cache server under cache updating period, which is that the cache server just de- liver one request to origin server and refuse all the other requests when the cache is being updated. The optimization strategy is implemented on Nginx. The evaluation results show that the scalability of the system is significantly en- hanced with the optimization. Key words ：HTTP Streaming; cache server; cache updating 摘 要：HTTP 缓存服务器是提高HTTP Streaming 系统客户并发量的关键环节。但当前主流HTTP 缓存服务 器，如Nginx 、Squid、Varnish 等，在缓存资源更新期间的行为都存在不足，当被应用在面向直播的HTTP Stream- ing 系统中时，会周期性地把大量客户端请求转发至源服务器，从而制约了HTTP Streaming 系统的可伸缩性。 提出一种优化的HTTP 缓存服务器在缓存更新期间的行为，即缓存服务器仅向源服务器转发一路客户端请求， 缓存更新期间，拒绝其他关于该资源的请求。优化策略在使用最为广泛的Nginx 服务器的基础上进行了实 现。实验证明，优化后系统的伸缩