Supporting CPU-based guarantees in cloud SLAs via resource-level QoS metrics

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1295-1302

  Goiri, Íñigo ^a   Julià, Ferran ^a   Fitó, J Oriol ^a   MacÍas, Mario ^a   Guitart, Jordi ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloud provider; CPU guarantees; QoS metrics; SLA

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; CLOUD PROVIDERS; CPU GUARANTEES; OUTSOURCE; QOS METRICS; RESOURCE PROVIDERS; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SIMPLE METRICS; SLA;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84862236882     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2011.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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