TY - GEN
T1 - A SPEC RG cloud group’s vision on the performance challenges of FaaS cloud architectures
AU - Van Eyk, Erwin
AU - Iosup, Alexandru
AU - Abad, Cristina L.
AU - Grohmann, Johannes
AU - Eismann, Simon
PY - 2018/4/2
Y1 - 2018/4/2
N2 - As a key part of the serverless computing paradigm, Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) platforms enable users to run arbitrary functions without being concerned about operational issues. However, there are several performance-related issues surrounding the state-of-the-art FaaS platforms that can deter widespread adoption of FaaS, including sizeable overheads, unreliable performance, and new forms of the cost-performance trade-off. In this work we, the SPEC RG Cloud Group, identify six performance-related challenges that arise specifically in this FaaS model, and present our roadmap to tackle these problems in the near future. This paper aims at motivating the community to solve these challenges together.
AB - As a key part of the serverless computing paradigm, Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) platforms enable users to run arbitrary functions without being concerned about operational issues. However, there are several performance-related issues surrounding the state-of-the-art FaaS platforms that can deter widespread adoption of FaaS, including sizeable overheads, unreliable performance, and new forms of the cost-performance trade-off. In this work we, the SPEC RG Cloud Group, identify six performance-related challenges that arise specifically in this FaaS model, and present our roadmap to tackle these problems in the near future. This paper aims at motivating the community to solve these challenges together.
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U2 - 10.1145/3185768.3186308
DO - 10.1145/3185768.3186308
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050561054
T3 - ICPE 2018 - Companion of the 2018 ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering
SP - 21
EP - 24
BT - ICPE 2018 - Companion of the 2018 ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 9th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering, ICPE 2018
Y2 - 9 April 2018 through 13 April 2018
ER -