{FaaSNet}: Scalable and fast provisioning of custom serverless container runtimes at alibaba cloud function compute

A Wang, S Chang, H Tian, H Wang, H Yang… - 2021 USENIX Annual …, 2021 - usenix.org
Serverless computing, or Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), enables a new way of building and
scaling applications by allowing users to deploy fine-grained functions while providing fully …

Layer-aware collaborative microservice deployment toward maximal edge throughput

L Gu, Z Chen, H Xu, D Zeng, B Li… - IEEE INFOCOM 2022 …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lightweight container-based microservice has been widely advocated to promote the
elasticity of edge cloud. The inherent layered structure of containers offers a compelling way …

On the use of containers in high performance computing environments

S Abraham, AK Paul, RIS Khan… - 2020 IEEE 13th …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The lightweight nature, application portability, and deployment flexibility of containers is
driving their widespread adoption in cloud solutions. Data analysis and deep learning …

Fastbuild: Accelerating docker image building for efficient development and deployment of container

Z Huang, S Wu, S Jiang, H Jin - 2019 35th Symposium on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Docker containers have been increasingly adopted on various computing platforms to
provide a lightweight virtualized execution environment. Compared to virtual machines, this …

Carving perfect layers out of docker images

D Skourtis, L Rupprecht, V Tarasov… - 11th USENIX Workshop …, 2019 - usenix.org
Container frameworks such as Docker have changed the way developers package, share,
and deploy applications. Container images form a cornerstone of this new model. Images …

Edgepier: P2p-based container image distribution in edge computing environments

S Becker, F Schmidt, O Kao - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge and fog computing architectures utilize container technologies in order to offer a
lightweight application deployment. Container images are stored in registry services and …

{DADI}:{Block-Level} Image Service for Agile and Elastic Application Deployment

H Li, Y Yuan, R Du, K Ma, L Liu, W Hsu - 2020 USENIX Annual Technical …, 2020 - usenix.org
Businesses increasingly need agile and elastic computing infrastructure to respond quickly
to real world situations. By offering efficient process-based virtualization and a layered …

Docker container deployment in distributed fog infrastructures with checkpoint/restart

A Ahmed, A Mohan, G Cooperman… - 2020 8th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
n fog computing environments container deployment is a frequent operation which often lies
in the critical path of services being delivered to an end user. Although creating a container …

BREAK: A Holistic Approach for Efficient Container Deployment among Edge Clouds

Y Feng, S Shen, X Wang, Q Xiang, H Xu… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Container technology has revolutionized service deployment, offering streamlined
processes and enabling container orchestration platforms to manage a growing number of …

A Secure, Fast, and {Resource-Efficient} Serverless Platform with Function {REWIND}

J Song, B Kim, M Kwak, B Lee, E Seo… - 2024 USENIX Annual …, 2024 - usenix.org
Serverless computing often utilizes the warm container technique to improve response
times. However, this method, which allows the reuse of function containers across different …