Shaping virtual machine communication traffic

摘要

Cloud computing platforms having computer-readable media that perform methods to shape virtual machine communication traffic. The cloud computing platform includes virtual machines and a controller. The controller limits the traffic associated with the virtual machines to enable the virtual machines to achieve desired communication rates, especially when a network servicing the virtual machines is congested. The controller may drop communication messages associated with the virtual machines based on a drop probability evaluated for the virtual machines.

主权项

1. A datacenter platform that utilizes one or more processors configured to perform steps that limit transmission communication messages, the steps comprising:
detecting congestion on a network servicing virtual machines running one or more datacenter applications; confirming whether specified communication rates for the virtual machines in the datacenter platform are achieved; and dropping communication messages for the virtual machines based on whether the specified communication rates are achieved.