Performance Benchmarking of Serverless Computing Platforms
Dhruv Kumar Seth, Pradeep Chintale · International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology · 2024
Performance benchmarking of serverless computing platforms helps to determine the most appropriate serverless platforms for running backend services for web applications. Performance benchmarking focuses on attributes such as the Central Processing Unit (CPU) performance, network speed or performance, and the memory capacity of the server. The performance benchmarking tools include micro-benchmarking and application benchmarking tools. The micro-benchmarking tools are the focus of this paper, with Amazon Web Service (AWS) as the epitome of a cloud serverless computing platform. The performance benchmarking tools indicate that the AWS is not perfect, but it is a reliable starting point for the development and advancement of serverless computing platforms. Among the performance benchmarks reviewed, the ServerlessBench stood out due to its results that showed decreased tail latency, enhanced bursty behavior, improved image fetch speed, and improved capacity for function transfer.