Academic literature on the topic 'Client virtualization'

Client devices operating at the edges on the Internet, in homes, cars, offices, and elsewhere, are highly heterogeneous in terms of their hardware configurations, form factors, and capabilities, ranging from small sensors to wearable and mobile devices, to the stationary ones like smart TVs and desktop machines. With recent and future advances in wireless networking allowing all such devices to interact with each other and with the cloud, it becomes possible to combine and augment capabilities of individual devices via services running at the edge - in edge clouds - and/or via services running in remote datacenters. The virtual platform approach to combining and enhancing such devices developed in this research makes possible the creation of innovative end user services, using low-latency communications with nearby devices to create for each end user exactly the platform needed for current tasks, guided by permissions and policies controlled by remote, cloud-resident social network services (SNS). To end users, virtual platforms operate beyond the limitations of individual devices, as natural extensions of those devices that offer improved functionality and performance, with ease-of-use provided by cloud-level global context and knowledge.

This diploma thesis is devoted to a modern attitude of desktop computer usage, that uses operating system and applications virtualization. The paper describes theoretical principles of virtualization techniques and selection of the proper solution for the organization. Diploma thesis also describes the project implementation.

En los últimos años, el consumo de servicios multimedia ha aumentado y se prevé que esta tendencia continúe en un futuro próximo, convirtiendo el tema de la evaluación de la Calidad de la Experiencia (QoE) en un tema muy importante para valorar el servicio de los proveedores. En este sentido, la optimización de la QoE recibe cada vez más atención ya que las soluciones actuales no han tenido en cuenta, la adaptación, la viabilidad, la rentabi-lidad y la fiabilidad. La presente memoria se centra en la caracterización, diseño, desarrollo y evaluación de diferentes aplicaciones multimedia, con el fin de optimizar la QoE. Por tanto, este trabajo investiga la influencia que la infraestructura de redes, las características de los videos y los terminales de los usuarios, presentan en la QoE de los servicios multimedia actuales en Internet. Esta tesis se basa en la investigación exhaustiva de la evaluación subjetiva y objetiva de QoE en redes heterogéneas. Los desafíos y cuestiones relacionados con el estado de la técnica y se discuten en esta disertación. En la primera fase, diseñamos una metodología de prueba para evaluar la QoE en la transmisión de video en directo y a través de plataformas de video bajo demanda en redes Wi-Fi y celulares. A partir de esta fase inicial, propondremos los problemas a investigar y las preguntas para resolver a lo largo de esta disertación. Nuestra metodología hace uso de métricas subjetivas y objetivas para evaluar la QoE percibida por los usuarios finales. Se realiza un conjunto de experimentos en laboratorio donde nuestra metodología de pruebas es aplicada. Los resultados obtenidos se recopilan y analizan para extraer las relaciones entre la Calidad de servicio (QoS) y QoE. A partir de estos resultados, se propone un mapeo de QoS-QoE que permite predecir la QoE. En la siguiente fase de la investigación, desarrollamos los algoritmos de optimización de QoE basados en la administración del sistema de red para redes Wi-Fi y celulares. Los algoritmos usan los parámetros clave que se tuvieron en cuenta para la evaluación de QoE. El objetivo de estos algorit-mos es proporcionar un sistema de gestión flexible para las redes con el ob-jetivo de lograr un equilibrio controlado entre la maximización de QoE y la eficiencia del uso de los recursos. Por último, se diseña el banco de pruebas del sistema para evaluar el rendimiento de las aplicaciones de servicios multimedia genéricos en los diferentes entornos de prueba. El banco de pruebas del sistema se basa en el enfoque de virtualización; usa los recursos compartidos de un hardware fí-sico para virtualizar todos los componentes. El banco de pruebas virtualiza-do proporciona funciones de red virtualizadas para diferentes escenarios, como Internet (las redes de distribución de contenido - CDNs) y redes inalámbricas. Por lo tanto, se adoptan protocolos livianos y mecanismos ágiles en el sistema, para proporcionar un mejor servicio a los usuarios fina-les. Los resultados de QoE son proporcionados a los proveedores de servi-cios de acuerdo con los parámetros que se definen en el proceso de la eva-luación. Como resultado hemos obtenido un sistema que presenta un servi-cio rentable como una forma factible para la evaluación de la prueba.<br>In recent years, multimedia services consumption has increased and it is expected that this trend will continue in the near future, becoming the evaluation of Quality of Experience (QoE) as a very important issue for assessing the quality of providers' services. In this sense, the optimization of the QoE is progressively receiving much attention considering that current solutions are not based on the adaptation, feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. The present dissertation is focused on the characterization, design, development and evaluation of different multimedia applications aimed to optimize the QoE. Therefore, this work investigates the influence that the networks infrastructure, the videos' characteristics and the users' terminals present on QoE of the current Internet multimedia services. The work is based on a comprehensive research of subjective and objective assessments in heterogeneous networks. Challenges and research questions related to the state of the art are discussed in this dissertation. In the first phase of this dissertation, we design a test methodology for assessing QoE of live video streaming and video on demand platforms to be transmitted over Wi-Fi and cellular networks. From this initial step, we will propound the related research issues and questions to solve this dissertation. Our methodology considers the use of subjective and objective metrics to evaluate the QoE perceived by end-users. A set of laboratory experiments is conducted where our proposed methodology is applied. The obtained results are gathered and analyzed to extract the relations between Quality of Service (QoS) and QoE. From the results, we propose a QoS-QoE mapping which allows predicting QoE. In the next phase of the research, we develop QoE-optimization algorithms based on network system management for Wi-Fi and cellular networks. The algorithms use the key parameters that were taken into account for QoE assessment. The goal of these algorithms is to provide a flexible management system for the networks in order to achieve the desirable trade-off between QoE maximization and resource usage efficiency. Lastly, the system testbed is designed in order to evaluate the performance of generic multimedia services applications for the different environments under test. The system testbed is based on virtualization approach; it uses the shared resources of a physical hardware to virtualize all components. The virtualized testbed provides virtualized network functions for the different scenarios such as the Internet (Content Delivery Networks - CDNs) and wireless networks. Therefore, lightweight protocols and agile mechanisms are adopted in the system to provide enhanced service to end-users. The QoE results are reported to the service providers according to the parameters defined in the evaluation process. As a result, we have obtained a cost-effective system, which is considered as a feasible way for test evaluation.<br>En els últims anys, el consum de serveis multimèdia ha augmentat i es preveu que aquesta tendència continue en un futur pròxim, convertitnt el tema de l'avaluació de la Qualitat d'Experiència (QoE) una tasca molt im-portant per a valorar el servei dels proveïdors. En aquest sentit, l'optimització de la QoE rep cada vegada més atenció degut a que les solucions actuals no tenen en compte, l'adaptació, la viabilitat, el rendiment i la fiabilitat. La present memòria se centra en la caracterització, disseny, desenvolupament i avaluació de diferents aplicacions multimèdia, amb la finalitat d'optimitzar la QoE. Per tant, aquest treball investiga la influència que la infraestructura de les xarxes, les característiques dels videos i els terminals dels usuaris tenen sobre la QoE dels serveis multimèdia actuals d'Iinternet. Aquesta tesi es basa en una recerca exhaustiva de l'avaluació subjectiva i objectiva de QoE en xarxes heterogènies. Els desafiaments i preguntes relacionats amb l'estat de la tècnica es discuteixen en aquesta dissertació. En la primera fase, dissenyem la metodologia de prova per a avaluar la QoE de transmissió de video en directe i de plataformes de video baix demanda en xarxes Wi-Fi i cel·lulars. A partir d'aquest primer pas, proposem els problemes de recerca relacionats i les preguntes a resoldre a través d'a-questa tesi. La nostra metodologia fa ús de mètriques subjectives i objecti-ves per a avaluar la QoE dels usuaris finals. Es realitzen un conjunt d'expe-riments en laboratori on s'aplica la nostra metodología. Els resultats obtin-guts es recopilen i analitzen per a extraure les relacions entre la QoS i la QoE. A partir d'aquests resultats, esproposa un mapatge de QoS-QoE que ens permetrà predir la QoE. En la següent fase de la recerca, desenvolupem els algoritmes d'optimi-tzació de la QoE per a l'administració de xarxes Wi-Fi i cel·lulars. Els algo-ritmes utilitzen els paràmetres clau que es van tenir en compte per a l'ava-luació de QoE. L'objectiu d'aquests algoritmes és proporcionar un sistema de gestió flexible per ales xarxes que permetrá aconseguir un equilibri con-trolat entre la maximització de la QoE i l'us eficient dels recursos. Finalment, el banc de proves del sistema està dissenyat per a avaluar el rendiment de les aplicacions de serveis multimèdia genèrics en els diferents entorns de prova. El banc de proves del sistema es basa en l'enfocament de virtualització; usa els recursos compartits d'un equip físic que virtualitza tots els components. El banc de proves virtualitzat proporciona les funcions de xarxa virtualitzades per a diferents escenaris, com Internet (les xarxes de distribució de continguts - CDNs) i xarxes sense fils. Per tant, s'adopten protocols lleugers i mecanismes àgils en el sistema per a proporcionar un millor servei als usuaris finals. Els resultats de QoE son proporcionats als proveïdors de serveis d'acord amb els paràmetres que es defineixen en el procés de l'avaluació. Com a resultat, hem obtés un sistema que presenta un servei rendible i com a viable per a l'avaluació de la prova.<br>Abdullah, MT. (2018). Smart Client-Server Protocol and Architecture for Adaptive Multimedia Streaming [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/103324<br>TESIS

Nowadays, many organizations choose to increasingly implement the cloud computing approach. More specifically, as customers, these organizations are outsourcing the management of their physical infrastructure to data centers (or cloud computing platforms). Energy consumption is a primary concern for datacenter (DC) management. Its cost represents about 80% of the total cost of ownership and it is estimated that in 2020, the US DCs alone will spend about $13 billion on energy bills. Generally, the datacenter servers are manufactured in such a way that they achieve high energy efficiency at high utilizations. Thereby for a low cost per computation all datacenter servers should push the utilization as high as possible. In order to fight the historically low utilization, cloud computing adopted server virtualization. The latter allows a physical server to execute multiple virtual servers (called virtual machines) in an isolated way. With virtualization, the cloud provider can pack (consolidate) the entire set of virtual machines (VMs) on a small set of physical servers and thereby, reduce the number of active servers. Even so, the datacenter servers rarely reach utilizations higher than 50% which means that they operate with sets of longterm unused resources (called 'holes'). My first contribution is a cloud management system that dynamically splits/fusions VMs such that they can better fill the holes. This solution is effective only for elastic applications, i.e. applications that can be executed and reconfigured over an arbitrary number of VMs. However the datacenter resource fragmentation stems from a more fundamental problem. Over time, cloud applications demand more and more memory but the physical servers provide more an more CPU. In nowadays datacenters, the two resources are strongly coupled since they are bounded to a physical sever. My second contribution is a practical way to decouple the CPU-memory tuple that can simply be applied to a commodity server. Thereby, the two resources can vary independently, depending on their demand. My third and my forth contribution show a practical system which exploit the second contribution. The underutilization observed on physical servers is also true for virtual machines. It has been shown that VMs consume only a small fraction of the allocated resources because the cloud customers are not able to correctly estimate the resource amount necessary for their applications. My third contribution is a system that estimates the memory consumption (i.e. the working set size) of a VM, with low overhead and high accuracy. Thereby, we can now consolidate the VMs based on their working set size (not the booked memory). However, the drawback of this approach is the risk of memory starvation. If one or multiple VMs have an sharp increase in memory demand, the physical server may run out of memory. This event is undesirable because the cloud platform is unable to provide the client with the booked memory. My fourth contribution is a system that allows a VM to use remote memory provided by a different rack server. Thereby, in the case of a peak memory demand, my system allows the VM to allocate memory on a remote physical server.

This is a report of a prestudy commissioned by a medium-sized Swedish company before an imminent major change in IT systems. The change aims to provide a simplified IT administration within the company through a cloud-based approach. The preliminary study provides an interpretation of the concept of cloud computing. It also covers a review of different models to use in order to achieve an internal cloud. Suggestions on how to proceed with the change process are also provided, and which models might be appropriate for the specific company.<br>Det här är en rapport över en förstudie gjord på uppdrag av ett mellanstort svenskt företag inför en förestående omfattande förändring av IT-systemen. Förändringen syftar till att skapa en förenklad IT-administration inom företaget genom ett molnbaserat arbetssätt. Förstudien ger en tolkning av begreppet datormoln. Den omfattar även en översyn av olika modeller att använda sig av för att åstadkomma ett internt moln. Därtill ges förslag på hur man kan gå vidare med förändringsarbetet samt vilka modeller som kan vara lämpliga för det specifika företaget.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:31:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vitor Chaves de Oliveira.pdf: 1928054 bytes, checksum: 49bf6198a68438069d6ef8b9a2ec77e9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-12-10<br>In recent years, virtualization computing has become a worldwide reality present in datacenters servers of most organizations. The motivations for the use of this solution are focused primarily on cost reduction and increases in availability, integrity and security of data. Based on these benefits, recently it was started the use of this technology for personal computers as well. That is, for desktops, giving birth to the so-called desktop virtualization. Given the technical advantages of the approach, its growth has been so significant that, before 2014, it is expected to be present in over 90% of organizations. However, this new method is completely based on a physical client-server architecture, which increases the importance of the communication network that makes this technique possible. Therefore, analyzing the network in order to investigate the effects according to the environment implemented, becomes crucial. In this work it s varied the local s client hardware and the application, i.e. the service used. The purpose was to detail their effects on computer networks in a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter, throughput. Secondarily are outlined perceptions regarding the Quality of Experience (QoE).<br>Nos ?ltimos anos, a virtualiza??o computacional se tornou uma realidade nos servidores presentes nos data-centers da maioria das organiza??es no mundo. As motiva??es para o emprego desta solu??o est?o centradas, primordialmente, na redu??o de custos e em aumentos na disponibilidade, na integridade e na seguran?a dos dados. Com base nestes benef?cios, recentemente, se come?ou a aproveitar esta tecnologia tamb?m para os computadores pessoais. Isto ?, para os desktops, dando origem a chamada virtualiza??o de desktop. Dadas as vantagen t?cnicas da abordagem, seu crescimento tem sido t?o expressivo que, antes de 2014, se espera que ela esteja presente em mais de 90% das organiza??es. Todavia, este m?todo ? totalmente baseado em uma arquitetura cliente-servidor f?sica, o que aumenta a import?ncia da rede de comunica??o que torna a t?cnica poss?vel. Logo, analisar a rede, a fim de investigar os impactos de acordo com o ambiente implementado, se torna fundamental. Neste trabalho variamos o hardware local do cliente e a aplica??o, isto ?, o servi?o utilizado. A finalidade foi a de detalhar seus efeitos, em redes de computadores, em um par?metro de Qualidade de Servi?o (QoS), a vaz?o. Secundariamente s?o esbo?adas percep??es de Qualidade da Experi?ncia (QoE).

Las necesidades de los clientes de la Gerencia de Experiencia al Cliente para requerir servicios que contempla la aplicación de tecnología está altamente demandada, en ese sentido, la rapidez que la organización aplica para atender a sus clientes debe adaptable a las exigencias actuales de nuestra época, esta perspectiva de negocio permitió desarrollar el presente proyecto de tesis y está relacionado al diseño de una infraestructura virtual sobre tecnología Hiperconvergente que permita soportar la carga de trabajo de las aplicaciones y servidores que pueda alojar el nuevo diseño dentro del centro de datos. Esta nueva infraestructura está siendo diseñada bajo los estándares, recomendaciones y buenas prácticas que cada uno de los fabricantes de las marcas que se mencionaran indican en sus hojas técnicas o investigaciones. Primero, realizaremos un análisis para definir la situación problemática que será resuelta por el presente proyecto, nos adentramos en el problema a resolver para enfocarnos en los detalles, luego describiremos los objetivos específicos y explicaremos los indicadores o métricas por cada objetivo descrito. Segundo, se desarrollará toda la parte conceptual del proyecto suficiente para darle un soporte teórico y técnico a cada punto que se mencione dentro de diseño propuesto. Tercero, se desarrollará un análisis profundo del problema identificado con datos concretos cuantificables que se puedan demostrar, además, del impacto y las causas que original el problema en la organización. Cuarto, se indicará las especificaciones técnicas de la solución propuesta para la nueva infraestructura virtual sobre tecnología Hiperconvergente, teniendo los datos concretos de la aplicación de virtualización, análisis del almacenamiento de la solución y la cantidad de procesamiento que se necesitará. Y finalmente, se expone los resultados y validaciones, las cuales servirán para el cumplimiento de los objetivos de acuerdo con las métricas plasmadas en los indicadores del Capítulo 1.<br>The customer needs of the Customer Experience Management to require services contemplated by the application of technology are highly demanded, in that sense, the speed that the organization applies to serve its customers must adapt to the current demands of our time, This business perspective allowed the development of this thesis project and is related to the design of a virtual infrastructure on Hyperconvergent technology that can support the workload of applications and servers that can accommodate the new design within the data center. This new infrastructure is being designed under the standards, recommendations and good practices that each of the manufacturers of the brands mentioned indicate in their technical sheets or research. First, we will carry out an analysis to define the problematic situation that will be solved by this project, we will get into the problem to be solved to focus on the details, then we will describe the specific objectives and explain the indicators or metrics for each objective described. Second, the entire conceptual part of the project will be developed enough to give theoretical and technical support to each point mentioned within the proposed design. Third, an in-depth analysis of the identified problem will be developed with quantifiable concrete data that can be demonstrated, in addition, of the impact and the causes that the problem originates in the organization. Fourth, the technical specifications of the proposed solution for the new virtual infrastructure on Hyperconvergent technology will be indicated, having the specific data of the virtualization application, analysis of the storage of the solution and the amount of processing that will be needed. And finally, the results and validations are exposed, which will serve to fulfill the objectives according to the metrics set out in the indicators of Chapter 1.<br>Tesis

The purpose of my master's thesis is to make a proposal for optimalization of desktop infrastructure using virtualization. The master's thesis is divided into three main parts. First one is engaged in theoretical ground about virtualization. Second part is dedicated to analysis of current state of desktop infrastructure in company and the third contains proposal to modernization of existing infrastructure including project management