An Investigation into Round Robin and Random Algorithms for the Purpose of Load Balancing on Web Servers in SDN Environments

The Future of Computer Networks will be Software Defined Networks (SDN) as it is efficient and has the capabilities to replace the Traditional Networks due to the increasing number of nodes connected to the internet, it is becoming more difficult to adapt to the latest technology in order to maintain its scalability. This is why it is important that the research community is able to test the various aspects of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to ensure that it can meet the requirements of the industry. Besides being able to provide a solution that can overcome the traditional network limitations, it also allows the researchers to develop a more robust and resilient network. One of the most common controllers used for implementing SDN features is the Ryu Controller. This research aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the performance of this component in terms of load balancing, through a simulation tool known as Mininet, the researchers were able to perform various tests on the system. The framework known as the Ryu is a software-defined networking framework that is built on components. It allows developers to create easy-to-use control and management applications for network devices. It supports various protocols such as OpenFlow and OVSDB, Ryu fully supports OpenFlow versions 1.0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and Nicira Extensions.