The article presents Laconic, a novel approach to optimizing layer-7 load balancing by leveraging SmartNICs. It emphasizes using a lightweight network stack to minimize overhead and proposes lightweight synchronization methods to enhance concurrency. By taking advantage of hardware acceleration capabilities available in SmartNICs, the approach aims to alleviate the processing demands on generic cores, thereby improving scalability and efficiency. The paper represents a culmination of research into effective and efficient load balancing techniques without raising ethical considerations.
Laconic proposes offloading layer-7 load balancing onto SmartNICs, employing a lightweight network stack and synchronization mechanisms for enhanced concurrency and scalability.
By utilizing SmartNICs' hardware acceleration engines, Laconic aims to reduce the processing load on generic cores, optimizing layer-7 load balancing for better performance.
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