Evaluation of configurations of AWS Lambda functions

• Autorzy: Bluemke Ilona , Zdanowski Arkadiusz

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/ijet.2025.153619

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

AWS Lambda is a widely used serverless computing service that executes code in response to events and automatically manages the underlying hardware resources. Lambda integrates with many AWS services and offers two processor architecture options for running functions: x86_64 (CISC) and arm64 (RISC). Determining the optimal settings for the lowest cost or execution time is not straightforward due to performance variations between processor architectures, the wide range of configuration options, and the workload-dependent nature of function execution efficiency. We developed a tool which we used in experiments examining different configurations and processors architectures for several algorithms. In this paper two of such experiments are presented in detail.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

serverless computing; Function-as-a-Service; Amazon Web Services; AWS Lambda

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Electronics and Telecommunication
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 71, No. 3
• Strony: 11
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Bluemke Ilona

• Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

autor

Zdanowski Arkadiusz

• Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).