Standards for enabling heterogeneous IaaS cloud federations

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current challenges in IaaS cloud interoperability and federation, emphasizing the need for standards to enable seamless heterogeneous cloud integration and improve user experience.

Contribution

It analyzes existing and emerging standards to address interoperability issues in heterogeneous IaaS cloud federations, proposing directions for standardization.

Findings

Identifies key interoperability challenges in IaaS federations

Highlights potential standards to improve cloud interoperability

Suggests standardization as a solution for heterogeneous cloud integration

Abstract

Technology market is continuing a rapid growth phase where different resource providers and Cloud Management Frameworks are positioning to provide ad-hoc solutions -in terms of management interfaces, information discovery or billing- trying to differentiate from competitors but that as a result remain incompatible between them when addressing more complex scenarios like federated clouds. Grasping interoperability problems present in current infrastructures is then a must-do, tackled by studying how existing and emerging standards could enhance user experience in the cloud ecosystem. In this paper we will review the current open challenges in Infrastructure as a Service cloud interoperability and federation, as well as point to the potential standards that should alleviate these problems.