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Shattering the Ephemeral Storage Cost Barrier for Data-Intensive Serverless Workflows

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Serverless computing enables developers to deploy applications as workflows of functions that invoke one another, with cloud providers handling autoscaling and routing. However, serverless platforms lack efficient mechanisms for cross-function data transfers, which hinders the performance of data-intensive applications. Current solutions rely on intermediary services like AWS S3 or ElastiCache(EC), leading to significant cost inefficiencies---storage costs can account for 24-99% of the total execution bill.

DOI: 10.1145/3721465.3721866

Authors: Shyam Jesalpura, Dmitrii Ustiugov, Michal Baczun, Bora A. Malper, Rustem Feyzkhanov, Edouard Bugnion, Marios Kogias, Boris Grot

Institutions: University of Edinburgh, Nanyang Technological University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Imperial College London

Language: English

Topic: Cloud Computing and Resource Management

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4408941195

FWCI: 2.328

Cites: 44

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10