Abstract

In an optical inter-datacenter (inter-DC) network, for preventing data loss, a cloud system usually leverages multiple DCs for obtaining sufficient data redundancy. In order to improve the data-transfer efficiency of the regular DC backup, this paper investigates fast and coordinated data backup in geographically distributed (geo-distributed) optical inter-DC networks. By considering a mutual backup model, in which DCs can serve as the backup sites of each other, we study how to finish the regular DC backup within the shortest time duration (i.e., DC backup window (DC-B-Wnd)). Specifically, we try to minimize DC-B-Wnd with joint optimization of the backup site selection and the data-transfer paths. An integer linear programming (ILP) model is first formulated, and then we propose several heuristics to reduce the time complexity. Moreover, in order to explore the tradeoff between DC-B-Wnd and operational complexity, we propose heuristics based on adaptive reconfiguration (AR). Extensive simulations indicate that among all the proposed heuristics, AR-TwoStep-ILP achieves the best tradeoff between DC-B-Wnd and operational complexity and it is also the most time-efficient one.

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