Resource Allocation in a Network-Based Cloud Computing Environment: Design Challenges

TL;DR

This paper discusses the complex challenges in designing energy-aware resource allocation models for cloud computing data centers, emphasizing the integration of computational, network, and energy considerations.

Contribution

It highlights key design challenges and research gaps in developing comprehensive resource allocation algorithms that consider energy efficiency in cloud environments.

Findings

Identifies critical factors affecting resource allocation performance.

Discusses the importance of energy consumption in cloud resource management.

Provides a reference framework for future energy-aware resource allocation models.

Abstract

Cloud computing is an increasingly popular computing paradigm, now proving a necessity for utility computing services. Each provider offers a unique service portfolio with a range of resource configurations. Resource provisioning for cloud services in a comprehensive way is crucial to any resource allocation model. Any model should consider both computational resources and network resources to accurately represent and serve practical needs. Another aspect that should be considered while provisioning resources is energy consumption. This aspect is getting more attention from industry and governments parties. Calls of support for the green clouds are gaining momentum. With that in mind, resource allocation algorithms aim to accomplish the task of scheduling virtual machines on data center servers and then scheduling connection requests on the network paths available while complying with the problem constraints. Several external and internal factors that affect the performance of resource allocation models are introduced in this paper. These factors are discussed in detail and research gaps are pointed out. Design challenges are discussed with the aim of providing a reference to be used when designing a comprehensive energy aware resource allocation model for cloud computing data centers.