Applying network load balancing algorithms in the virtual infrastructure of a software-defined compute cluster

Sagalaeva Anna I., Sagalaev Yuri R., Romashkova Oxana N.

The article is devoted to the study of the possibility of balancing traffic between different parts of a virtualized application running in a private computing cluster. The possibilities of software-configurable networks and their elements in reducing network delays and evenly distributing the load between the system nodes are considered. Received performance results using different traffic distribution algorithms depending on the selected load. The relevance of building services using balancing is justified. Provided an example of using the Openstack Octavia project to recreate the required working environment.

Keywords:cloud computing, load balancing, IT infrastructure, openstack, jmeter.