DocumentCode :
3275606
Title :
Modular performance simulations of clouds
Author :
Altevogt, Peter ; Kiss, Tibor ; Denzel, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
IBM Germany R&D GmbH, Boeblingen, Germany
fYear :
2011
fDate :
11-14 Dec. 2011
Firstpage :
3295
Lastpage :
3306
Abstract :
Performance and scalability are essential non-functional features of contemporary cloud solutions. Performance modeling and simulation techniques provide the tools required for cloud capacity planning and design. In this publication we describe a modular approach to simulate the hardware and software components of clouds. This approach supports the rapid construction of new cloud models by combining available simple or compound simulation modules, adding new cloud modules when required and adapting the implementation of existing ones if necessary. Key design points are a careful separation between hardware (infrastructure) modules and modules representing software workflows as well as the introduction of a system of a hierarchical request execution phases separating the simulation of high-level cloud workflows from the simulation of workflows at hardware component level.
Keywords :
cloud computing; digital simulation; cloud capacity design; cloud capacity planning; cloud modular performance simulations; cloud workflows; compound simulation; performance modeling; simulation techniques; software components; software workflows; Adaptation models; Bandwidth; Compounds; Computational modeling; Hardware; Multicore processing; Software;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
ISSN :
0891-7736
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2108-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0891-7736
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2011.6148026
Filename :
6148026
Link To Document :
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