Performance Evaluation of hypervisors used in cloud infrastructures that leverage hardware virtualization

Authors

  • José Isaac Zablah Sistema de Difusión de Radio y Televisión, UNAH
  • Antonio García Loureiro Departamento de Electrónica y Computación, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Fernando Gómez Folgar Departamento de Electrónica y Computación, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1846

Keywords:

benchmarks, hypervisor, hardware virtualization, Xen, KVM, Cloud

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a set of benchmarks on hosts and virtual machines running Xen and KVM hypervisors, they are leveraging hardware support for virtualization via the host computer. The aim of this study was to determine which hypervisor do more efficient use of resources under different conditions. In the results, the virtual machines on Xen displayed better performance in calculus; while KVM exhibited better performance on tests of disk access and network usage. Data were taken from comparison of variables such as time and volume data transfer, after running performance tests under the same conditions in different scenarios. The results of this study provide a roadmap to design and optimize high-performance infrastructure based on IaaS (infrastructure as a service) for data management and processing in scientific research.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1846

Revista Portal de la Ciencia, No. 6, julio 2014: 107-120

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Published

2015-02-22

How to Cite

Zablah, J. I., Loureiro, A. G., & Gómez Folgar, F. (2015). Performance Evaluation of hypervisors used in cloud infrastructures that leverage hardware virtualization. Portal De La Ciencia, 6, 107–120. https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1846

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Area Mathematical Physics