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Re: [Nfvrg] Using container based hypervisor in NFV

Roberto Riggio <rriggio@fbk.eu> Fri, 17 March 2017 08:03 UTC

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From: Roberto Riggio <rriggio@fbk.eu>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:03:09 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Nfvrg] Using container based hypervisor in NFV
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Dear Nikhil,

there performance benefits of using containers are clear, both in terms of
footprint and
time to spawn them (which however is not always a concern). However I would
not talk
about replacing but about addressing different niches in the ecosystems.

What is clearly missing are also lightweight management and orchestration
stack going
from VIM up to ORCH. We are actually working on a LightMANO concept based on
kubernetes and docker and supporting also process based virtualization
solutions like
click. We could have something to share in the near future on this topic.

Cheers




On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 9:39 PM, nikhil ap <niks3089@gmail.com> wrote:

> Currently, the NFV architecture dictates that virtual functions run on top
> of full fledged hypervisor. However, recent advancements in container based
> hypervisor  such as LXD looks promising.
>
> I think there will be a significant performance benefit in using Lxd over
> KVM although security is the obvious concern. Going forward, do we see
> container based hypervisor replacing KVM like hypervisors in deploying
> network virtual function?
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> Regards,
> Nikhil
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