This paper presents a system-level method for achieving the rapid deployment and high-
density caching of serverless functions in a FaaS environment. For reduced start times …

Container-based virtualization has become the de-facto standard for deploying applications
in data centers. However, deployed containers frequently include a wide-range of tools (eg …

Unikernels leverage library OS architectures to run isolated workloads on the cloud. They
have garnered attention in part due to their promised performance characteristics such as …

Trusted execution environments (TEEs) are becoming a requirement across a wide range of
platforms, from embedded sensors to cloud servers, which encompass a wide range of cost …

" Cloud-native" container platforms, such as Kubernetes, have become an integral part of
production cloud environments. One of the principles in designing cloud-native applications …

From the inception of the cloud, running multi-tenant workloads has put strain on the Linux
kernel's abstractions. After years of having its abstractions bypassed via virtualization, the …

Unikernels have demonstrated enormous advantages over Linux in many important
domains, causing some to propose that the days of Linux's dominance may be coming to an …

Computers continue to diversify with respect to system designs, emerging memory
technologies, and application memory demands. Unfortunately, continually adapting the …

Unikernel specializes a minimalistic LibOS and a target application into a standalone single-
purpose virtual machine (VM) running on a hypervisor, which is referred to as (virtual) …

This paper presents Unikernel Linux (UKL), a path toward integrating unikernel optimization
techniques in Linux, a general purpose operating system. UKL adds a configuration option …