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Timing Failures Caused by Resource Starvation in Virtual Machines

Authors:
Sune Jakobsson

Keywords: Java virtual machines; garbage collection; application servers; resource starvation.

Abstract:
This paper discusses cascading effects of resource starvation in virtual machines, and how that affects end-user experiences in certain cases. The paper presents the occurring issues on an N-tier server system, and the way the starvation causes unexpected delays in a service for an end-user. The initial observations were on unexpected communication delays, and by using a simplified test system, this behaviour can be confirmed. The delays can traced back to memory management in the individual servers, causing the timing failures.

Pages: 88 to 91

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: August 21, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4324

ISBN: 978-1-61208-149-6

Location: Nice/Saint Laurent du Var, France

Dates: from August 21, 2011 to August 27, 2011