Modeling and Simulation Strategies for Performance Evaluation of Cloud Computing Systems
Mohammed Fazil Ali, Ahmed Muhammad Barnawi1, Abul Bashar
International Journal of Information Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2000.
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Link: https://www.dline.info/ijis/fulltext/v4n3/ijisv4n3_4.pdf
Abstract:
This paper presents a novel evaluation study of various strategies for modeling and simulating cloud computing
systems in order to assess their performance. Considering the exponential growth in the deployment of cloud computing
systems worldwide and the need for their proper evaluation, this work provides three major contributions through comprehensive
performance evaluations. Firstly, it proposes a novel 10-point performance evaluation framework for existing Cloud Storage
infrastructure and applies it for evaluating major Cloud Storage Service Providers. Secondly, it presents a detailed evaluation
of 18 most popular Cloud Storage Hardware vendors with respect to the storage technologies they incorporate. Thirdly, it
provides a comprehensive survey of prominent simulation tools which are used for simulation and modeling of Cloud
Computing systems. In conclusion, it takes stock of the current trends on optimizing storage infrastructure for Cloud Computing
and predicting future research possibilities in this rapidly growing technology.