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Containerization's Power Use Overhead in Video Streaming

Authors:
Etienne-Victor Depasquale
Saviour Zammit

Keywords: containers; power; video; streaming; implementation model.

Abstract:
Containerization of a service enables live migration and, thereby, consolidation of running service instances onto as few host platforms as possible. However, containerization’s operational overhead must be investigated to determine overall viability. One dimension of this overhead is that of power use, and this is investigated here. An architecture for a video cache service at the edge of a Communications Service Provider’s (CSP) network in the metropolitan area is designed, and a scaled version is implemented in a laboratory environment. A comparison is made between power used while streaming videos in both native and containerized modes of operation. Containerization is found to incur a low power overhead while streaming video, compared with streaming video from ffmpeg running directly on the host operating system. Power use is measured using hardware instrumentation and with PowerTOP, a software power meter. Limits on the latter’s accuracy have been observed.

Pages: 1 to 9

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2024

Publication date: November 3, 2024

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8483

ISBN: 978-1-68558-203-6

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from November 3, 2024 to November 7, 2024