Optimizating and integrating node.js on distributed and multicore clouds

在分布式多核云上优化和集成 Node.js

• 批准号: 501197-2016
• 负责人: Kent, Kenneth
• 金额: $ 4.95万
• 依托单位: University of New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618817
• 关键词: Optimizating; integrating; node.js; distributed; multicore

Cloud computing is a crucial driving force towards the information age. It has made the software and hardware connected to our networks available to people and industry with lower costs and better quality of service. Furthermore, because clouds share resources among users, which is referred to as multitenancy, they better utilize the infrastructure. This saves energy and materials, making cloud computing a green and sustainable technology. All these are critical; the alternative to cloud computing is buying, managing and maintaining large computer networks and their necessary infrastructure on premises, which entails a cost either beyond the capabilities of most small and medium sized Canadian companies or eventually transferrable to their customers, making them less competitive against international counterparts.At the software level, new technologies, such as Node.js, have been invented to exploit the distributed characteristics of the cloud. However, being new, they lack the maturity of more established technologies, and more importantly are incomplete in terms of utilizing the underlying hardware and developer-friendliness. We have completed preliminary research in this area through various innovations at the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) level of cloud computing using Java, including improving scalability, higher parallelization/threading support and hardware utilization. Based on these, we will investigate improving Node.js for cloud computing with scientific discipline particularly in the areas of scalability, cloud deployment, live-development support, hardware utilization and new language features.

云计算是迈向信息时代的重要推动力。它使连接到我们网络的软件和硬件以更低的成本和更好的服务质量向人们和行业提供。此外，由于云在用户之间共享资源，这被称为多租户，它们可以更好地利用基础设施。这节省了能源和材料，使云计算成为一种绿色和可持续的技术。所有这些都至关重要;云计算的替代方案是购买，管理和维护大型计算机网络及其必要的内部基础设施，这需要的成本要么超出大多数中小型加拿大公司的能力，要么最终转移到他们的客户，使他们与国际同行竞争力下降。在软件层面，新技术，如Node.js，被发明来利用云的分布式特性。然而，作为新技术，它们缺乏成熟的技术，更重要的是在利用底层硬件和开发人员友好性方面不完整。我们已经通过使用Java的云计算平台即服务（PaaS）级别的各种创新完成了该领域的初步研究，包括提高可扩展性，更高的并行化/线程支持和硬件利用率。在此基础上，我们将研究如何通过科学的学科来改进Node.js的云计算，特别是在可扩展性、云部署、实时开发支持、硬件利用率和新语言功能等方面。