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The Need for Traffic Based Virtualisation Management for Sustainable Clouds

The Need for Traffic Based Virtualisation Management for Sustainable Clouds

Kiran Voderhobli
Copyright: © 2015 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1947-9344|EISSN: 1947-9352|EISBN13: 9781466677982|DOI: 10.4018/IJOCI.2015100102
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Voderhobli, Kiran. "The Need for Traffic Based Virtualisation Management for Sustainable Clouds." IJOCI vol.5, no.4 2015: pp.8-19. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOCI.2015100102

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Voderhobli, K. (2015). The Need for Traffic Based Virtualisation Management for Sustainable Clouds. International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence (IJOCI), 5(4), 8-19. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOCI.2015100102

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Voderhobli, Kiran. "The Need for Traffic Based Virtualisation Management for Sustainable Clouds," International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence (IJOCI) 5, no.4: 8-19. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOCI.2015100102

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Abstract

The subscription based model of cloud computing has allowed for users to migrate their processes to off-site network facilities. One of the motivations for deployment of cloud based services is to promote sustainability by reducing green-house emissions at a local level. Although some might argue that this model saves a lot of power at local network facilities, the problem of energy crisis caused by ICT is never-ending. Today, data-centres are bee-hives of exascale computing and high network dependant processing. Work-load on the cloud directly contributes to energy consumption to an extent that currently IT clouds are some of the worst contributors to CO2 emissions. This paper discusses why traffic-management on the cloud is vital to make it more power efficient and how it can be achieved by gathering live network statistics. The discussion fits with the context of “emerging clouds” as thought needs to be given on how to apply energy efficient schemes at various points including at the communication level.

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