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Cloud Application Predictability through Integrated Load-Balancing and Service Time Control

Nylander, Tommi LU orcid ; Thelander Andrén, Marcus LU ; Årzén, Karl-Erik LU orcid and Maggio, Martina LU (2018) 15th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing
Abstract
Cloud computing provides the illusion of infinite capacity to application developers. However, data center provisioning is complex and it is still necessary to handle the risk of capacity shortages. To handle capacity shortages, graceful degradation techniques sacrifice user experience for predictability. In all these cases, the decision making policy that determines the degradation interferes with other decisions happening at the infrastructure level, like load-balancing choices. Here, we reconcile the two approaches, developing a load-balancing strategy that also handles capacity shortages and graceful degradation when necessary. The proposal is based on a sound control-theoretical approach. The design of the approach avoids the pitfalls... (More)
Cloud computing provides the illusion of infinite capacity to application developers. However, data center provisioning is complex and it is still necessary to handle the risk of capacity shortages. To handle capacity shortages, graceful degradation techniques sacrifice user experience for predictability. In all these cases, the decision making policy that determines the degradation interferes with other decisions happening at the infrastructure level, like load-balancing choices. Here, we reconcile the two approaches, developing a load-balancing strategy that also handles capacity shortages and graceful degradation when necessary. The proposal is based on a sound control-theoretical approach. The design of the approach avoids the pitfalls of interfering control decisions. We describe the technique and provide evidence that it allows us to achieve higher performance in terms of emergency management and user experience. (Less)
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keywords
Cloud computing, Graceful degradation, Load balancing
host publication
Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing
pages
10 pages
publisher
IEEE Computer Society
conference name
15th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing
conference location
Trento, Italy
conference dates
2018-09-04 - 2018-09-06
external identifiers
  • scopus:85061304418
ISBN
978-153865139-1
DOI
10.1109/ICAC.2018.00015
project
Control-based resource management in the distributed cloud
LCCC
WASP: Autonomous Cloud
Event-Based Control of Stochastic Systems with Application to Server Systems
language
English
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yes
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b936307f-5e69-4eb0-9534-d6961de1ecf7
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2018-09-13 16:12:07
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  author       = {{Nylander, Tommi and Thelander Andrén, Marcus and Årzén, Karl-Erik and Maggio, Martina}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing}},
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  keywords     = {{Cloud computing; Graceful degradation; Load balancing}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
  title        = {{Cloud Application Predictability through Integrated Load-Balancing and Service Time Control}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/51135731/tommi_icac_2018_final.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICAC.2018.00015}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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