Using a new event-based simulation framework for investigating resource provisioning in Clouds

Scientific Programming

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 161-178

  Ostermann, Simon ^a   Plankensteiner, Kassian ^a   Prodan, Radu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Grid computing; resource provisioning; simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANCE; GRID COMPUTING; MANAGEMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING;

AMAZON EC2; CLOUD SIMULATION; COMPLEX SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; COMPUTING RESOURCE; COST PER UNIT; DATA CENTRES; DISCRETE EVENTS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; DYNAMIC PROVISIONING; EVENT-BASED; EXTENSIVE TESTING; FILE TRANSFERS; FUZZY DESCRIPTION; GRID RESOURCE; JOB EXECUTION; OVERALL COSTS; OVERALL EXECUTION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE PROVISIONING; SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOWS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79960824950     PISSN: 10589244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SPR-2011-0321     Document Type: Article

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