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Evaluation of Cloud Systems

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Modeling and Simulation in HPC and Cloud Systems

Part of the book series: Studies in Big Data ((SBD,volume 36))

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Modelling and simulation represent suitable instruments for evaluation of distributed system. These essential tools in science are used in Cloud systems design and performance evaluation. The chapter covers the fundamental skills for a practitioner working in the field of Cloud Systems to have, for the development of a correct methodology for the evaluation using simulation of Cloud services and components. We concentrate on subjects related to tasks scheduling and resource allocation with the focus on scalability and elasticity, the constraints imposed by SLA and the use of CloudSim for performance evaluation of Cloud Systems. Several metrics used in modelling and simulation are presented in this chapter.

This work was presented during the event cHiPSet Training School “New Trends in Modeling and Simulation in HPC Systems” Bucharest, Romania, 21–23 September 2016, supported by cHiPSet ICT COST Action IC1406.

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Acknowledgements

The research presented in this paper is supported by the projects: DataWay: Real-time Data Processing Platform for Smart Cities: Making sense of Big Data—PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2731; MobiWay: Mobility Beyond Individualism: an Integrated Platform for Intelligent Transportation Systems of Tomorrow - PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0321; and cHiPSet: High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications, ICT COST Action IC1406.

We would like to thank the reviewers for their time and expertise, constructive comments and valuable insight.

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  1. Computer Science Department, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Mihaela-Andreea Vasile, George-Valentin Iordache, Alexandru Tudorica & Florin Pop

  2. National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI), Bucharest, Romania

    Florin Pop

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    Florin Pop

  3. Department of Computer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

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Vasile, MA., Iordache, GV., Tudorica, A., Pop, F. (2018). Evaluation of Cloud Systems. In: Kołodziej, J., Pop, F., Dobre, C. (eds) Modeling and Simulation in HPC and Cloud Systems. Studies in Big Data, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73767-6_4

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