Resiliência em redes definidas por software através de replicação

Abstract

Software-Defined Network (SDN) is a new paradigm that allows the development of innovative network management applications and provides a new way to look for the resolution of problems which exist throughout the Internet today. In order to simplify the task of managing the network most of SDN architectures uses a centralized network management approach. However, such approach raises, among other problems, the issue of a single point of failure, that can compromise the proper functioning of the network. A proven method to achieve a higher level of network resilience is to use a replication technique. The aim of this work is to investigate: (1) how different replication techniques relate to each other, (2) how each one performs on the task of providing resilience to a SDN, and (3) which technique is the most suitable for different scenarios. Replication techniques are mainly classified in two types: passive and active replication.This work is one of the first to address this issue. For the purpose of proof-of-concept, the replication mechanisms implemented work for networks with one switch enabled for SDN protocol. Our results show that replication is a suitable way to increase resilience in a SDN and to build these services for networks using SDN is straightforward and much less complex.