A Massively Scalable Architecture for Instant Messaging & Presence

Jorrit Schippers; Anne Remke; Henk Punt; Maarten Wegdam; Boudewijn R.H.M. Haverkort

doi:10.1016/j.entcs.2010.01.008

A Massively Scalable Architecture for Instant Messaging & Presence

Jorrit Schippers
, Anne Remke^*
, Henk Punt
, Maarten Wegdam
, Boudewijn R.H.M. Haverkort

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the scalability of Instant Messaging & Presence (IM&P) architectures. We take a queueing-based modelling and analysis approach to find the bottlenecks of the current IM&P architecture at the Dutch social network Hyves, as well as to analyse three alternative architectures: evolutionary partitioning, aggregated, batched presence updates and presence subscriptions. We use the Hierarchical Evaluation Tool (HIT) to create and analyse models analytically. Based on these results, we recommend a new architecture that provides better scalability than the current one.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-130
Number of pages	20
Journal	Electronic notes in theoretical computer science
Volume	261
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2010.01.008
Publication status	Published - 13 Feb 2010
Event	4th International Workshop on Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling, PASM 2009 - Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Sept 2009 → 24 Sept 2009 Conference number: 4 http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/nigel.thomas/PASM09.html

Keywords

SCS-Services
Scalability
Instant messaging and presence architecture
Queueing models

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