A mechanism based on Netfilter for live TCP migration in cluster

  • Wang Huan*
  • , Tian Li
  • , Mingfa Zhu
  • , Limin Xiao
  • , Ruan Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

TCP migration is an important and complex aspect of process migration, which is the foundation of dynamic load balancing. Single IP Address cluster offers a transparent view of a cluster of machines as if they were a single computer on the network. In such an environment, TCP migration can play a significant role for providing services seamlessly. In this paper, we propose a live migration mechanism using Netfilter framework in which no modification to Linux kernel is required. The proposed plug-in module approach has the following advantages: flexibility-TCP migration functions may be loaded and unloaded dynamically, without node function interruption; TCP connections are kept alive while migration is taking place.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing, GCC 2010
Pages218-222
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing, GCC 2010 - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Duration: 1 Nov 20105 Nov 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing, GCC 2010

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing, GCC 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing, Jiangsu
Period1/11/105/11/10

Keywords

  • Cluster
  • Load balancing
  • Netfilter
  • Process migration
  • TCP migration

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