Performance Evaluation of Virtualization Technologies for Databases in HPC Environments

• Timoteo Alberto Peters Lange Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Paolo Cemim Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Fábio Diniz Rossi Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Miguel Gomes Xavier Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Rafael Lorenzo Belle Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Tiago Coelho Ferreto Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Cesar A. F. De Rose Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Resumo

Modern database systems are applications that have a variable workload demanding a great share of the available resources during peak periods. To avoid sub utilization of resources during periods of low load, virtualization technology allows this type of application to be provisioned dynamically. This technique has improved in the last decades and new approaches are emerging to improve performance, like operating system level database virtualization. This paper analyzes the characteristics of this approach compared to traditional virtualization techniques.

Palavras-chave: Hardware, Benchmark testing, Virtual machine monitors, Monitoring, Software, Databases