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CoreLab: an emerging network testbed employing hosted virtual machine monitor

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CoNEXT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM CoNEXT Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1544012.1544085

Published: 09 December 2008 Publication History

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Network testbeds for developing, deploying, and experimenting with new network services have evolved as recent rapid progress in virtualization technology. This paper proposes a new network testbed that enhances PlanetLab and is based on a hosted virtual machine monitor (VMM) as a virtual execution environment (VEE) for network services to run on.

This paper reports our experiences in developing such a prototype network testbed employing Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) as a hosted VMM. The paper examines the performance and scalability of the prototype to see whether or not it fulfills what we believe to be the requirements for a new network testbed.

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CoNEXT '08: Proceedings of the 2008 ACM CoNEXT Conference

December 2008

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ISBN:9781605582108

DOI:10.1145/1544012

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IMDEA Networks and University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
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University Texas at Austin
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Polytechnic University
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University of Thessaly, Greece

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