Eskandani, Nafise ; Salvaneschi, Guido (2023)
The Uphill Journey of FaaS in the Open-Source Community.
In: Journal of Systems and Software, 198
doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.111589
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Since its introduction in 2014 by Amazon, the Function as a Service (FaaS) model of serverless computing has set the expectation to fulfill the promise of on-demand, pay-as-you-go, infrastructure-independent processing, originally formulated by cloud computing. Yet, serverless applications are fundamentally different than traditional service-oriented software in that they pose specific performance (e.g., cold start), design (e.g., stateless), and development challenges (e.g., debugging). A growing number of cloud solutions have been continuously attempting to address each of these challenges as a result of the increasing popularity of FaaS. Yet, the characteristics of this model have been poorly understood; therefore, the challenges are poorly tackled. In this paper, we assess the state of FaaS in open-source community with a study on almost 2K real-world serverless applications. Our results show a jeopardized ecosystem, where, despite the hype of serverless solutions in the last years, a number of challenges remain untackled, especially concerning component reuse, support for software development, and flexibility among different platforms — resulting in arguably slow adoption of the FaaS model. We believe that addressing the issues discussed in this paper may help researchers shaping the next generation of cloud computing models.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2023 |
| Autor(en): | Eskandani, Nafise ; Salvaneschi, Guido |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | The Uphill Journey of FaaS in the Open-Source Community |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 1 April 2023 |
| Verlag: | Elsevier |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Journal of Systems and Software |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 198 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jss.2022.111589 |
| URL / URN: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01641... |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Since its introduction in 2014 by Amazon, the Function as a Service (FaaS) model of serverless computing has set the expectation to fulfill the promise of on-demand, pay-as-you-go, infrastructure-independent processing, originally formulated by cloud computing. Yet, serverless applications are fundamentally different than traditional service-oriented software in that they pose specific performance (e.g., cold start), design (e.g., stateless), and development challenges (e.g., debugging). A growing number of cloud solutions have been continuously attempting to address each of these challenges as a result of the increasing popularity of FaaS. Yet, the characteristics of this model have been poorly understood; therefore, the challenges are poorly tackled. In this paper, we assess the state of FaaS in open-source community with a study on almost 2K real-world serverless applications. Our results show a jeopardized ecosystem, where, despite the hype of serverless solutions in the last years, a number of challenges remain untackled, especially concerning component reuse, support for software development, and flexibility among different platforms — resulting in arguably slow adoption of the FaaS model. We believe that addressing the issues discussed in this paper may help researchers shaping the next generation of cloud computing models. |
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| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 09 Mär 2023 09:07 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 09 Mär 2023 09:07 |
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