Publikation
Databases on Modern Networks: A Decade of Research that now comes into Practice
Alberto Lerner; Carsten Binnig; Philippe Cudré-Mauroux; Rana Hussein; Matthias Jasny; Theo Jepsen; Dan R. K. Ports; Lasse Thostrup; Tobias Ziegler
In: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (PVLDB), Vol. 16, No. 12, Pages 3894-3897, VLDP, 2023.
Zusammenfassung
Modern cloud networks are a fundamental pillar of data-intensive
applications. They provide high-speed transaction (packet) rates
and low overhead, enabling, for instance, truly scalable database de-
signs. These networks, however, are fundamentally different from
conventional ones. Arguably, the two key discerning technolo-
gies are RDMA and programmable network devices. Today, these
technologies are not niche technologies anymore and are widely
deployed across all major cloud vendors. The question is thus not
if but how a new breed of data-intensive applications can benefit
from modern networks, given the perceived difficulty in using and
programming them. This tutorial addresses these challenges by
exposing how the underlying principles changed as the network
evolved and by presenting the new system design opportunities
they opened. In the process, we also discuss several hard-earned
lessons accumulated by making the transition first-hand.
