Measuring the network performance of Google cloud platform
Abstract
Public cloud platforms are vital in supporting online applications for remote learning and telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The network performance between cloud regions and access networks directly impacts application performance and users’ quality of experience (QoE). However, the location and network connectivity of vantage points often limits the visibility of edge-based measurement platforms (e.g., RIPE Atlas). We designed and implemented the CLoud-based Applications Speed Platform (CLASP) to measure performance to various networks from virtual machines in cloud regions with speed test servers that have been widely deployed on the Internet. In our five-month longitudinal measurements in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), we found that 30-70% of ISPs we measured showed severe throughput degradation from the peak throughput of the day.
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BibTex
@INPROCEEDINGS{mok2021measuring,
isbn = {978-1-4503-9129-0},
doi = {10.1145/3487552.3487862},
year = {2021-11},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC '21)},
type = {Conference Paper},
author = {Mok, Ricky K.P. and Zou, Hongyu and Yang, Rui and Koch, Tom and Katz-Basset, Ethan and Claffy, Kimberly C.},
abstract = {Public cloud platforms are vital in supporting online applications for remote learning and telecommuting during the COVID-19 pandemic. The network performance between cloud regions and access networks directly impacts application performance and users' quality of experience (QoE). However, the location and network connectivity of vantage points often limits the visibility of edge-based measurement platforms (e.g., RIPE Atlas). We designed and implemented the CLoud-based Applications Speed Platform (CLASP) to measure performance to various networks from virtual machines in cloud regions with speed test servers that have been widely deployed on the Internet. In our five-month longitudinal measurements in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), we found that 30-70% of ISPs we measured showed severe throughput degradation from the peak throughput of the day.},
keywords = {Network throughput; Cloud networking; Speed test},
language = {en},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
title = {Measuring the network performance of Google cloud platform},
PAGES = {54 - 61},
Note = {21st ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC 2021); Conference Location: Online; Conference Date: November 2-4, 2021}
}Research Collection: 20.500.11850/516212