Adaptive, performance-oriented, and compression-assisted encryption scheme

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:

• queueing a new data packet and determining a size of the new data packet;
• based on, at least in part, historical data, determining a plurality of already encrypted data packets;
• based on, at least in part, information stored for the plurality of already encrypted data packets, determining an average ratio of compression for the plurality of already encrypted data packets;
• based on, at least in part, the size of the new data packet, retrieving a throughput of compression value and a throughput of encryption value;
• based on, at least in part, the average ratio of compression, the throughput of compression value and the throughput of encryption value, determining whether compressing the new data packet potentially improves utilization of CPU resources;
• and
• in response to determining that compressing the new data packet potentially improves utilization of CPU resources, generating a compressed new data packet by compressing the new data packet.

A hypervisor implemented in a host computer and configured to execute an adaptive, performance-oriented, and compression-assisted encryption scheme to adaptively improve utilization of CPU resources, the hypervisor comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memory units;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform:
• queueing a new data packet and determining a size of the new data packet;
• based on, at least in part, historical data, determining a plurality of already encrypted data packets;
• based on, at least in part, information stored for the plurality of already encrypted data packets, determining an average ratio of compression for the plurality of already encrypted data packets;
• based on, at least in part, the size of the new data packet, retrieving a throughput of compression value and a throughput of encryption value;
• based on, at least in part, the average ratio of compression, the throughput of compression value and the throughput of encryption value, determining whether compressing the new data packet potentially improves utilization of CPU resources;
• and
• in response to determining that compressing the new data packet potentially improves utilization of CPU resources, generating a compressed new data packet by compressing the new data packet.