Migração de registros de imagens de aplicações conteinerizadas baseada na mobilidade dos usuários em infraestruturas de borda

Abstract

Containerization is the leading virtualization technology implemented in Edge Computing environments due to its low resource consumption and fast provisioning times. The challenge of intelligently placing container registries in the infrastructure becomes more apparent as these entities significantly affect the speed at which containers are provisioned. Existing research on container registry management has focused on defining predefined container registry locations, neglecting the potential variability in demand for container images influenced by factors such as user mobility. This work proposes a new strategy that dynamically provisions container records based on user mobility. While provisioning new registries close to users ensures shorter application provisioning times, deprovisioning idle registries optimizes edge infrastructure utilization regarding power consumption. Simulated experiments demonstrate that our dynamic registry provisioning approach outperforms current strategies regarding application provisioning time and power savings.