Reproducible experiments on dynamic resource allocation in cloud data centers

TL;DR

This paper presents a simulation framework for reproducible experiments on dynamic resource allocation strategies in cloud data centers, enabling validation and new research in virtual machine management.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed simulation framework that allows researchers to replicate and extend experiments on resource allocation in cloud environments.

Findings

Framework enables reproducible experiments

Supports comparison of different resource strategies

Facilitates new research in cloud resource management

Abstract

In Wolke et al. [1] we compare the efficiency of different resource allocation strategies experimentally. We focused on dynamic environments where virtual machines need to be allocated and deallocated to servers over time. In this companion paper, we describe the simulation framework and how to run simulations to replicate experiments or run new experiments within the framework.