The article explores the potential of improving Layer-7 load balancers by utilizing hardware acceleration through programmable SmartNICs, moving beyond traditional software models. It argues against the need for a full TCP/IP stack and suggests a lightweight forwarding agent instead. The authors present advanced connection management techniques to enhance concurrency and describe custom accelerators that speed up packet processing. Their prototype, Laconic, demonstrates impressive throughput on SmartNICs, emphasizing how these technologies can significantly reduce operational costs and improve performance in cloud infrastructures.
The study investigates optimizing Layer-7 load balancers through hardware acceleration, particularly using SmartNICs to improve efficiency and scalability in cloud data centers.
This work reveals that a less complex TCP/IP stack is sufficient for Layer-7 load balancing, enabling significant performance enhancements via SmartNIC technology.
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