Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Two Trends in Cloud Applications
Benefits of Containerization
Containerization and RDMA are in Conflict!
Existing H/W based Virtualization isn't Working
Sub-optimal Performance of Containerized Apps
Our Work: FreeFlow
FreeFlow Design Overview Native RDMA
Background on RDMA
FreeFlow in the Scene
Challenge 1: Verbs forwarding in Control Path
Internal Structure of Verbs Library
FreeFlow Control Path Channel
Challenge 2: Synchronizing Memory for Data Path
Strawman Approach for Synchronization
Zero-copy Synchronization in Data Path
FreeFlow Design Summary
Implementation and Experimental Setup
Does FreeFlow Support Low Latency?
Does FreeFlow Support High Throughput?
Taught by
USENIX