ECHOS: edge capacity hosting overlays of nano data centers

  • Authors:
  • Nikolaos Laoutaris;Pablo Rodriguez;Laurent Massoulie

  • Affiliations:
  • Telefonica Research;Telefonica Research;Thomson Research

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a radical solution to data hosting and delivery for the Internet of the future. The current data delivery architecture is "network centric", with content stored in data centers connected directly to Internet backbones. This approach has multiple drawbacks among which complexity of deploying data centers, power consumption, and lack of scalability are the most critical. We propose a totally innovative and orthogonal approach to traditional data centers, through what we call "nano" data centers, which are deployed in boxes at the edge of the network (e.g., in home gateways, set-top-boxes, etc.) and accessed using a new peer-to-peer communication infrastructure. Unlike traditional peer-to-peer clients, however, our nano data centers operate under a common management authority, e.g., the ISP who installs and maintains the set-top-boxes, and can thus cooperate more effectively and achieve a higher aggregate performance. Nano data centers are, therefore, better suited for providing guaranteed quality to new emerging applications such as online gaming, interactive IPTV and VoD, and user generated content