MULTI-NODE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ACCESS SERVER DESIGNED FOR LARGE SCALABILITY
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a network access service. An embodiment operates by receiving a request for a network access service of a collective, the request including one or more operations to be performed by the network access service, in which the collective comprises sectors and is a first level of a multi-tier hierarchy for distributing the network access service across a plurality of virtual machines; distributing the one or more operations to the sectors of the collective, in which each of the sectors comprises a set of configurable resources related to a physical topology of the sector; and transmitting results of the one or more operations performed by at least some of the configurable resources.
1 . A method for providing a network access service, comprising:
receiving, by at least one resource of a collective, a request for the network access service, the request including one or more operations to be performed by the network access service, wherein the collective comprises sectors and is a first level of a multi-tier hierarchy for distributing the network access service across a plurality of virtual machines;
distributing, by the at least one resource of the collective, the one or more operations to the sectors of the collective, wherein each of the sectors comprises a set of configurable resources related to a physical topology of the sector; and
transmitting, by the at least one resource of the collective, results of the one or more operations performed by at least some of the configurable resources.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sectors perform the one or more operations using high-availability separately-configured data over multiple separately-configured networking services.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the multiple separately-configured networking services are dynamically reconfigured while the one or more operations are being performed.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configurable resources include at least one of a computing system, a virtual machine, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, an IP address pool, a network interface, a routing protocol, or any combination thereof.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one sector of the sectors includes and manages a set of colonies, wherein each of the colonies acts autonomously of the other colonies within the sector.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein at least one colony of the colonies comprises a multi-tier hierarchy of clustered virtual machines, and wherein the at least one colony distributes the one or more operations across the virtual machines.
7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
bootstrapping the virtual machines for synchronization or leadership election using a distributed configuration service external to the colony.
8 . A system, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive a request for a network access service of a collective, the request including one or more operations to be performed by the network access service, wherein the collective comprises sectors and is a first level of a multi-tier hierarchy for distributing the network access service across a plurality of virtual machines;
distribute the one or more operations to the sectors of the collective, wherein each of the sectors comprises a set of configurable resources related to a physical topology of the sector; and
transmitting the results of the one or more operations performed by at least some of the configurable resources.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the sectors perform the one or more operations using high-availability separately-configured data over multiple separately-configured networking services.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the multiple separately-configured networking services are dynamically reconfigured while the one or more operations are being performed.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the configurable resources include at least one of a computing system, a virtual machine, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, an IP address pool, a network interface, a routing protocol, or any combination thereof.
12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one sector of the sectors includes and manages a set of colonies, wherein each of the colonies acts autonomously of the other colonies within the sector.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein at least one colony of the colonies comprises a multi-tier hierarchy of clustered virtual machines, and wherein the at least one colony distributes the one or more operations across the virtual machines.
14 . The system of claim 12 , the at least one processor further configured to:
bootstrap the virtual machines for synchronization or leadership election using a distributed configuration service external to the colony.
15 . A tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request for a network access service of a collective, the request including one or more operations to be performed by the network access service, wherein the collective comprises sectors and is a first level of a multi-tier hierarchy for distributing the network access service across a plurality of virtual machines;
distributing the one or more operations to the sectors of the collective, wherein each of the sectors comprises a set of configurable resources related to a physical topology of the sector; and
transmitting results of the one or more operations performed by at least some of the configurable resources.
16 . The computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein the sectors perform the one or more operations using high-availability separately-configured data over multiple separately-configured networking services.
17 . The computer-readable device of claim 16 , wherein the multiple separately-configured networking services are dynamically reconfigured while the one or more operations are being performed.
18 . The computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein the configurable resources include at least one of a computing system, a virtual machine, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, an IP address pool, a network interface, a routing protocol, or any combination thereof.
19 . The computer-readable device of claim 15 , wherein at least one sector of the sectors includes and manages a set of colonies, wherein each of the colonies acts autonomously of the other colonies within the sector.
20 . The computer-readable device of claim 19 , wherein at least one colony of the colonies comprises a multi-tier hierarchy of clustered virtual machines, and wherein the at least one colony distributes the one or more operations across the virtual machines.