{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4410950037","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2025.3574139","title":"Tiered Cache-Sharing Service for Virtual Machine Images Based on Memory Pool","display_name":"Tiered Cache-Sharing Service for Virtual Machine Images Based on Memory Pool","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-06-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4410950037","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2025.3574139"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/mm.2025.3574139","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2025.3574139","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S59697426","display_name":"IEEE Micro","issn_l":"0272-1732","issn":["0272-1732","1937-4143"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Micro","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102009941","display_name":"Zhihao Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8245-8346"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I191208505","display_name":"Xiamen University","ror":"https://ror.org/00mcjh785","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zhihao Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8245-8346","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074631971","display_name":"Weinan Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9581-3359"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I191208505","display_name":"Xiamen University","ror":"https://ror.org/00mcjh785","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Weinan Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103040997","display_name":"Zhenlong Song","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4085-8437"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhenlong Song","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","NUDT, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"NUDT, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101105445","display_name":"Xinbiao Gan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-1772"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I170215575","display_name":"National University of Defense Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/05d2yfz11","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xinbiao Gan","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","NUDT, Changsha, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"NUDT, Changsha, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I170215575"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100397991","display_name":"Yue Yu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9865-2212"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210136793","display_name":"Peng Cheng Laboratory","ror":"https://ror.org/03qdqbt06","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210136793"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yue Yu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Peng Cheng Lab, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Peng Cheng Lab, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210136793"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100395351","display_name":"Yiming Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-8485"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I191208505","display_name":"Xiamen University","ror":"https://ror.org/00mcjh785","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yiming Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-8485","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5102009941"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I191208505"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.12148274,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"45","issue":"6","first_page":"65","last_page":"72"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9699000120162964,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10715","display_name":"Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems","score":0.9699000120162964,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","score":0.9545999765396118,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9463000297546387,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.9250479936599731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cache","display_name":"Cache","score":0.6597509384155273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.49489063024520874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.4808674454689026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cpu-cache","display_name":"CPU cache","score":0.430099219083786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.3263838291168213}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.9250479936599731},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115537543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165596","display_name":"Cache","level":2,"score":0.6597509384155273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.49489063024520874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.4808674454689026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189783530","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352090","display_name":"CPU cache","level":3,"score":0.430099219083786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.3263838291168213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/mm.2025.3574139","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2025.3574139","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S59697426","display_name":"IEEE Micro","issn_l":"0272-1732","issn":["0272-1732","1937-4143"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Micro","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1304344650","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62302514","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5591681273","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2022YFB4500302","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","funder_display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":2,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2077390769","https://openalex.org/W3199146566"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2133682266","https://openalex.org/W2497617944","https://openalex.org/W2167303720","https://openalex.org/W1563139915","https://openalex.org/W2109715593","https://openalex.org/W2061075966","https://openalex.org/W3147501184","https://openalex.org/W2268996566","https://openalex.org/W4256652509","https://openalex.org/W2140219379"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,53],"virtualization-based":[1],"cloud":[2,165],"computing,":[3],"numerous":[4],"redundant":[5],"tiered":[6],"memory":[7,38,50,65,76,82,149],"pages":[8],"exist":[9],"across":[10],"independent":[11],"virtual":[12,34,74],"machines":[13],"(VMs)":[14],"deployed":[15],"on":[16],"different":[17],"physical":[18],"hosts":[19],"within":[20,127],"the":[21,30,43,128,138,152,162],"data":[22,31,45],"center.":[23],"For":[24],"instance,":[25],"each":[26],"VM":[27],"typically":[28],"loads":[29],"from":[32],"its":[33,37],"disk":[35],"into":[36],"(local":[39],"tier),":[40],"without":[41],"considering":[42],"existing":[44],"in":[46,137],"other":[47],"remote":[48,93,139],"VMs\u2019":[49],"(remote":[51],"tier).":[52],"this":[54],"paper,":[55],"we":[56],"propose":[57],"FlexMem,":[58],"a":[59,73],"preliminary":[60],"architecture":[61],"designed":[62],"to":[63,106,115],"eliminate":[64],"redundancy":[66],"for":[67,91],"qcow2-based":[68],"VMs.":[69],"First,":[70],"FlexMem":[71,97,118,146],"introduces":[72],"persistent":[75],"(PMem)":[77],"device":[78],"that":[79,102,145],"facilitates":[80],"cross-host":[81],"consolidation":[83],"by":[84],"leveraging":[85],"Remote":[86],"Direct":[87,122],"Memory":[88],"Access":[89,123],"(RDMA)":[90],"fast":[92],"read":[94],"operations.":[95],"Second,":[96],"employs":[98],"flexible":[99],"backing":[100],"specifications":[101],"are":[103],"memory-mapped":[104],"(mmapped)":[105],"sparse":[107],"and":[108,119,151],"layered":[109],"qcow2":[110],"images.":[111],"By":[112],"delivering":[113],"images":[114,134],"VMs":[116,155],"through":[117],"enabling":[120],"guest":[121,129],"(DAX),":[124],"user":[125],"programs":[126],"can":[130],"directly":[131],"access":[132],"identical":[133],"already":[135],"cached":[136],"host\u2019s":[140],"memory.":[141],"Our":[142],"evaluation":[143],"demonstrates":[144],"significantly":[147],"improves":[148],"efficiency":[150],"availability":[153],"of":[154,164],"with":[156],"reduced":[157],"hardware":[158],"costs,":[159],"ultimately":[160],"enhancing":[161],"competitiveness":[163],"vendors.":[166]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2025-12-31T23:11:33.660297","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}