GPN-Perf2: Game private networks and game servers performance optimization

GPN-Perf2：游戏专用网络和游戏服务器性能优化

• 批准号: 477506-2014
• 负责人: Dietze, Beverlie
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Okanagan College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=696309
• 关键词: GPN; Perf2; Game; private; networks

GPN-Perf is a two-phase project conducted by Okanagan College and its industrial partner WTFast. The first phase begins in 2014 as an undergoing NSERC CCI ARD Level 1 project. Its main results are (a) the design and implementation of an experimental GPN (Game Private Network) infrastructure to test game server software performance on an "in vitro" laboratory environment, (b) isolation of the effect of server software from network latency and bandwidth, which is not possible in WTFast's industrial setup that connects players with servers over the internet (c) measuring and explaining key statistics of the GPN performance. Okanagan College's goal is to schedule the second phase immediately after completion of the first phase so as to retain student interest, continuous involvement of WTFast and thus reduce the lag between academic R&D and future high-value WTFast services. This project will utilize the infrastructure created in the first phase of the project as the framework on which to test and build game server software that can optimize and monitor WTFast game services in real time. This infrastructure will allow new servers to be automatically deployed and configured for use as private game servers, while also monitoring their performance and usage statistics. By using new innovative predictive models (created by the project), new servers may be automatically added when traffic levels will require more resources to maintain optimal performance. Testing of the network infrastructure and the network software will be done using a program that simulates many players connecting to many game servers on several virtual machines in the network. The goal of these network tests is to identify the point at which the network software can no longer keep up to the flow of traffic. The tests will also serve to identify the capacity of the game servers and their host virtual machines in terms of the number of players they can support. This knowledge and associated experimental functionality exists nowhere else in the industry and will give us deeper knowledge, plus industrial innovation in the game networking area.

GPN-Perf是由Okanagan学院及其工业合作伙伴WTFast进行的两阶段项目。 第一阶段于2014年开始，作为NSERC CCI ARD 1级项目。其主要结果是（a） 设计和实现了一个实验性的GPN（游戏专用网络）基础设施，以测试游戏服务器 在“体外”实验室环境中的软件性能，（B）隔离服务器软件的影响 从网络延迟和带宽，这是不可能在WTFast的工业设置，连接球员 （c）衡量和解释全球方案网络业绩的关键统计数据。 Okanagan College的目标是在第一阶段完成后立即安排第二阶段， 保持学生的兴趣，持续参与WTFast，从而减少学术研发之间的滞后 以及未来的高价值WTFast服务。该项目将利用第一阶段建立的基础设施， 该项目作为测试和构建游戏服务器软件的框架，可以优化和监控 WTFast游戏服务在真实的时间。该基础设施将允许自动部署新服务器， 这些服务器被配置为用作私人游戏服务器，同时还监控它们的性能和使用统计数据。通过 使用新的创新预测模型（由该项目创建），在以下情况下，可以自动添加新服务器 流量水平将需要更多的资源来保持最佳性能。 网络基础设施和网络软件的测试将使用模拟 许多玩家连接到网络中多个虚拟机上的许多游戏服务器。这些目标 网络测试的目的是确定网络软件无法跟上流量的点。 这些测试还将用于确定游戏服务器及其主机虚拟机的容量， 他们可以支持的玩家数量。 这种知识和相关的实验功能在行业中无处不在， 更深入的知识，以及游戏网络领域的产业创新。