NeTS: Small: The Design and Implementation of a Consolidated MiddleBox Architecture

NeTS：小型：整合的 MiddleBox 架构的设计和实现

基本信息

批准号：
1217654
负责人：
Sylvia Ratnasamy
金额：
$ 40万
依托单位：
International Computer Science Institute
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-01 至 2016-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1217654&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NeTS Small Design Implementation Consolidated

项目摘要

Specialized network appliances or "middleboxes" are expensive and closed systems with little/no hooks for extension; they come with custom management APIs and are deployed as standalone devices with little cohesiveness in how the ensemble of middleboxes is managed. These drawbacks put network infrastructure on a trajectory of growing device sprawl with mounting capital and management costs. This research introduces a new approach to building and managing middlebox infrastructure. Instead of an ad-hoc clutter of specialized and standalone boxes, the research develops a middlebox architecture in which software-centric middlebox applications run consolidated on a shared hardware platform, managed by a single, unified controller. This approach offers extensibility (since new applications are deployed on existing hardware and integrated into a unified management architecture) and yet efficiency (due to amortization of both hardware and management overheads).Broader Impact: Modern society's growing reliance on networked systems has been astounding. This growth has not come easily however. Today's networks are highly complex systems and middleboxes are a significant contributor to this complexity; even the experts that build and run networks struggle to manage and diagnose their operation. Spiraling costs related to the manageability and evolution of networks impacts the networking industry and hence eventually the broader society that relies on them. This research aims to ameliorate this trajectory through a simpler, unified design for middlebox infrastructure.

专门的网络设备或“中间箱”是昂贵且封闭的系统，较少/无挂钩用于扩展；它们具有自定义管理API，并将其部署为独立设备，在Middlebox的合奏中如何管理，几乎没有凝聚力。这些缺点使网络基础架构具有不断增长的设备蔓延的轨迹，并具有越来越多的资本和管理成本。这项研究介绍了一种建立和管理中间箱基础架构的新方法。该研究不是专业和独立盒的临时混乱，而是开发了一个中间框体系结构，其中以软件为中心的中间盒应用程序在共享硬件平台上合并，该应用程序由一个由单个统一的控制器管理。这种方法提供了可扩展性（因为新应用程序已在现有硬件上部署并集成到统一的管理体系结构中），但效率（由于硬件和管理间接费用的摊销）。Boader的影响：现代社会对网络系统的依赖日益严重。但是，这种增长并不容易。当今的网络是高度复杂的系统，中间箱是这种复杂性的重要贡献。甚至建立网络的专家也很难管理和诊断其运营。与网络的可管理性和发展相关的螺旋成本会影响网络行业，从而最终依靠它们的更广泛的社会。这项研究旨在通过更简单，统一的中间箱基础设施设计来改善这一轨迹。